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Area roundup: Rengstorf’s game-winner lifts Raiders

GIRLS BASKETBALL Nicollet 69, BLHS 67 NICOLLET — A buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Zoie Rengstorf sent Nicollet over BLHS 69-67 in a nonconference girls basketball game on Monday. Rengstorf finished with 18 points, while Jazmyn Goettlicher had 20 points. Cheyenne Klockziem had 17 points, while Chloe Kachelmeier added 12 points. No statistics were reported for BLHS. Nicollet (18-6) plays at New Ulm Cathedral on Thursday, while BLHS (11-8) hosts Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s on Tuesday. New Ulm 89, TCU 52 MONTGOMERY — New Ulm rolled Tri-City United 89-52 in a Big South Conference ...

Eagles swarm Packers in 3rd

NEW ULM — At 8:11 of the third period, Austin’s Kyler Flanders scored during a power play to tie a nonconference boys hockey game with New Ulm 2-2 on Tuesday. Exactly two minutes later, New Ulm’s Brody Nordby responded, as tic-tack-toe passes from Carson Uecker and Carsten Haala set him ...

MLC roundup: Balge reaches 1,000 points

Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID MEN’S BASKETBALL UW-Superior 79, MLC 60 NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College men’s basketball team took on UW-Superior for the second time this season on Parents’ Day Saturday afternoon. The Yellowjackets made it hard for MLC to get much going offensively and kept the Knights in check, defeating them 79-60. Despite the loss, senior guard Tom Balge reached the 1,000 career points milestone, needing just two points to achieve it. Balge was held scoreless in the first half, but got it off of an offensive rebound early in the second half. Adam ...

Knights rally, spoil Jacobson’s record night

SLEEPY EYE — Down 40-26 in the second half of a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s needed something big to stay in the game. That something came as the team caught fire from 3-point range. Eli Christensen started it off with a ...

Eagles fall to Marshall 7-1 in section semifinals 

By Samantha Davis  MARSHALL — The No. 4 New Ulm girls hockey team’s season came to an end after coming up short 7-1 to top-seeded Marshall in the Section 3A semifinals Saturday afternoon.  Although facing just a 2-1 deficit after the first period, the Tigers took control the rest of ...

Eagles fall short to 17-2 Cardinals

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles managed to keep the red-hot Fairmont Cardinals in check throughout much of Friday night’s Big South Conference boys basketball crossover game, but too many empty possessions and turnovers had the Eagles on the wrong side of the things in the end. A late ...