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Mastering his craft

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New Ulm Area’s all-time wins leader (210 wins) and 2019 New Ulm High School grad Sean Howk has battled several challenges during his collegiate wrestling career. Redshirting as a freshman, a COVID-shortened season, losing his starting spot and handling injuries have been just some of those ...

Remembering Springfield pitcher Paul Burghardt

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SPRINGFIELD — Area baseball fans are remembering Springfield’s Paul Burghardt, who died last week at the age of 60. Burghardt was one of the best pitchers in the area in the early to late 80s and was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 15th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur ...

New Ulm falls to Fairmont in boys basketball

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FAIRMONT — Fairmont topped New Ulm 65-58 in a Big South Conference boys basketball game on Wednesday. Levi Hopp led the Eagles with 18 points, while Mitchell Hopp added 15 points. Owen Castleman had 11 points for New Ulm. New Ulm (1-4, 0-4) plays in the Bethany Lutheran College Christmas ...

Area roundup: Steffl scores 1,000th point

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BOYS BASKETBALL Cedar Mountain 82 Cleveland 69 CLEVELAND — Blake Steffl scored his 1,000th career point in Cedar Mountain’s 82-69 win over Cleveland on Tuesday in a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game. Steffl finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and 12 ...

Olson-Forstner connection leads Eagles by Flyers

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By Ari Selvey aselvey@nujournal.com NEW ULM — At 7:37 of the first period, New Ulm’s Madalynn Olson took the puck into the offensive zone on a breakaway, getting a pass off to Abby Forstner for a short-handed goal to open the scoring. That ended up being the only goal of the game as ...

New Ulm girls roll past Fairmont

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By Caleb Brinton sports@nujournal.com FAIRMONT – The fast-paced New Ulm Eagles’ offense ran away with an 85-59 win over the Fairmont Cardinals in a Big South Conference girls basketball game Tuesday night. Scoring leaders for the Eagles were Brooklyn Lewis with 15 points and Betsy ...