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Penalties costly in New Ulm girls’ loss

NEW ULM — Tuesday’s game came down to the special teams. Minnesota Rivers’ Noelle Simonette’s power-play goal at the 11:27 mark of the second period gave the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead and Macey Portner’s open-net goal with 20 seconds left in the game sealed the deal as Minnesota River ...

Greyhounds’ comeback falls short to Bulldogs

By Brady Dennis sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — The New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds were unable to close the comeback on Tuesday night, losing 63-59 against Lester Prairie in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game at Cathedral High School. The Greyhounds were led by Shay Wilfahrt’s 22 ...

Birkholz beats buzzer, Chargers top GFW

NEW ULM — Down 33-20 at halftime and trailing throughout much of the Tuesday night’s game, the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers just needed something to bounce in their favor. They got that bounce — or a few of them — off the hands of junior Owen Birkholz. Birkholz’s long 3 near ...

Amendment to the top-50 scorers list

I was made aware that the list of the top 50 scorers in the New Ulm area, printed in The Journal’s 2025 Winter Preview, was missing a significant player. Winthrop’s Nancy Trebbensee, who graduated from Winthrop High School in 1980, not only qualifies for the list, but scored 2,446 career ...

Cathedral Sonics shine in season opener

Submitted information The New Ulm Cathedral Sonics kicked off their competition season with a strong showing at their first event of the year on Saturday, Dec. 13. The competition, hosted by St. James. The Sonics delivered impressive performances, proudly taking home 2nd place in Varsity ...

Dake takes 1st at Hopkins Athena Invitational

HOPKINS — New Ulm Area’s Ellie Dake took home first place at 170 at the Hopkins Athena Invitational on Saturday. Dake pinned Forest Lake’s Savana Stans in 36 seconds before winning by fall over Hastings’ Lily Watts in 1 minute. In the championship match, Dake won by fall over ...