Courtesy of Jake McNeill sports@marshallindependent.com ST. PETER — Despite some big scoring performances from Maggie Joyce and Brooklyn Lewis, the No. 3 New Ulm girls basketball team wasn’t able to come out on top in its Section 2AAA semifinals matchup against No. 2 Jordan, Saturday at ...
NEW ULM — New Ulm Eagles head boys hockey coach Ryan Neuman said that he felt that his team had a good season for a young team. “We saw a lot of guys develop as the season went along,” Neuman said of his team that ended with a 15-12 record after an 8-2 loss to Luverne in the Section 3A semifinals. “The seniors that we had displayed good leadership. Our team had tenacity and grit and is showed throughout the whole season. It got us past Minnesota River [in the first round of the Section 3A tournament].” Neuman said that the young Eagles, with just three seniors, ...
ST. PAUL — Five area wrestlers won their first match of the State Individual Wrestling Tournament on Thursday at Grand Casino Arena. In Class AA, New Ulm Area’s Elijah Rieser defeated Pierz’s Carter Young by a 6-2 decision at 139, while NUA’s Alex Portner earned a 16-1 technical fall over South St. Paul’s Lucas Leisering. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial’s Mason Adams pinned Totino-Grace’s Fua Taumalolo in 3:55 to advance at 285. For the girls, NUA’s Ellie Dake earned a win by fall in 3:17 against Mound-Westonka’s Delaney Parker at 170. Also from the area, NUA’s ...
GIRLS BASKETBALL Nicollet 55, MLA/C 54 ST. PETER — Fourth-seeded Nicollet held off fifth-seeded Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey on Thursday in a down-to-the-wire Section 2A Girls Basketball Tournament quarterfinals game, winning 55-54. After Jazmyn Goettlicher sank the go-ahead free throws for Nicollet, she came up with a big block to end the game. MLA/C had a chance to tie it after getting the foul line with less than four seconds to play, but after missing both free throws and getting an offensive rebound, a 3 was put up but blocked by Goettlicher to end the game. Goettlicher led ...
ST. PAUL -- New Ulm Area’s Elijah Rieser, NUA’s Ellie Dake and Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial’s Mason Adams all won their quarterfinals matches on Friday at Grand Casino Arena and will wrestle in the State Individual Wrestling Tournament Semifinals later in the day. Rieser, who was ...
WABASSO — For a farm boy from Clements, Wabasso High School junior Caden Frericks knows how to put his hands to good use. Whether helping around the farm or dominating on the basketball court, where he routinely scores under the hoop or hauls in rebounds over often-taller opponents, ...
