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‘Home away from home’

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SLEEPY EYE — While he’s in his final year of high school baseball, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s pitcher Mark Anderson’s baseball career is far from over. The 6-5 senior righty has committed to play college baseball for the Bethel University Royals in St. Paul next spring. Anderson will be ...

KNUJ holds 62nd Annual Player of the Year Event

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NEW ULM — KNUJ announced their 2023-2024 Winter Athletes of the Year on Tuesday at the 62nd Annual Player of the Year Event, selecting three athletes from 44 nominees. St. Peter’s Rhyan Holmgren was selected as the KNUJ Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Holmgren was selected for her ...

Minnesota State men roll to Final Four

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The Minnesota State Mavericks left no room for doubt Tuesday night, rolling to a 98-70 win over Ferris State in an NCAA Division II men's basketball Elite Eight game at Ford Center. The top-seeded Mavericks (33-2) held a convincing 51-32 halftime lead over the Bulldogs ...

New Ulm schools finish milestone-packed winter season

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The 2023-24 high school winter season here in New Ulm may well have been the best in history with records broken and set. Be it on the basketball court or on the ice, this was one for the books. In boys hockey, the New Ulm Eagles’ Austin Uecker put his moniker on several school records. He ...

Big South announces 2023-24 All-Conference boys basketball

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The Big South Conference announced its 2023-2024 All-Conference Boys Basketball Team on Monday, with three New Ulm players being honored. Senior forward Colton Benson, senior guard James Osborne and senior center Nate Firle all made the White Division All-Conference Team from New Ulm. New ...

Point after point

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NEW ULM — Of the seven hockey records that Austin Uecker set in his career with the New Ulm Eagles boys hockey team, the one that means the most to him is his career-point total of 204. But Uecker also has set marks that have rewritten the hockey records at NUHS. Uecker has his name on ...