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Journal staff favors Seahawks in Super Bowl LX

Travis Rosenau (Journal Sports Editor): As a proud but often foolishly optimistic Minnesota Vikings fan, seeing former Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold sign with a new team and proceed to make the Super Bowl the very next season after his time in Minnesota brings mixed feelings. A part of me feels how unfair it is. One year after leading the Vikings to a 14-win season, minimal effort is made to keep him in purple and gold and he joins an already playoff-caliber Seattle Seahawks team that has clearly taken the next step this season. Sometimes I catch myself thinking how Darnold ...

Area roundup: Sleepy Eye holds off GFW

BOYS BASKETBALL Sleepy Eye 72, GFW 70 WINTHROP — Sleepy Eye eked out a 72-70 win over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game on Friday. Braylon Nelson led the Indians with 22 points and three rebounds, while Chase Zufall had 20 points and seven rebounds. Robert Romberg and Brayden Heiderscheidt both had 10 points, while Eric Lozano had 7 points, 10 assists and five rebounds. Cole Jacobson led all scorers for the Firebirds with 37 points, while Kaden Rieke had 17 points. Sleepy Eye (12-8, 7-7) hosts Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey on Monday, while GFW ...

Eagles girls look to upset No. 1 Marshall

By Jake McNeill sports@nujournal.com MARSHALL — Looking to earn its third consecutive section championship game appearance, the top-seeded Marshall girls hockey team opens its postseason run by hosting the No. 4 New Ulm Eagles in the Section 3A semifinals Saturday at Red Baron Arena at 3 p.m. Today’s game will mark the third matchup this season between the Tigers and the Eagles. Marshall earned a 9-1 win over the Eagles in New Ulm on Jan. 13 and defeated them again 8-1 at Red Baron Arena. Marshall’s defensive effort shined particularly in the first of those two matchups, ...

Dake qualifies for state tourney

REDWOOD FALLS — New Ulm Area’s Ellie Dake returns to the Individual State Wrestling Tournament after winning the 170 division of the Section 3A Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. Dake defeated Jackson County Central’s Riley Peterson by fall in 1:18 before winning by fall again over Marshall’s Esther Say in 1:02 in the championship round. Also from the area, Red Rock Central’s Izzy Chmelar placed fifth at 118, while NUA’s Anna Pollard placed sixth at 124. St. James Area/Madelia’s Ellie Romsdahl placed second to advance to state at 136, while Wabasso’s Camryn ...

Lake Heron man takes Golden Gate Hillclimb drag race

For the first time since 2023, the River Valley Dutchmen Snowmobile Club held its Hillclimb Side by Side Drag Races at Golden Gate Campground, located near New Ulm, on Saturday. Races began at 10 a.m. and continued throughout the day. One of the earlier events, the Fossil Division, saw Heron ...

Eagles take down Huskies

NEW ULM — When New Ulm Area senior Dirk Haynes pinned Jackson County Central’s Hayden Schultz in 42 seconds of a 172-pound match, Haynes stood up, looked to his teammates and underlined the New Ulm on his singlet with his right hand. In what was a playful rebuttal to an earlier ...