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Dake first-ever girl named WOTY

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NEW ULM — After qualifying for the state tournament in 2022 and 2023, New Ulm Area’s Ellie Dake had to wait her time for her next chance. Dake just missed the state tournament in 2024, and her 2025 season was lost to injury. Now in her senior year, Dake had just one more shot to make it ...

New Ulm Area dominates All-Journal Wrestling Team

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Bryce Siem, 7th, 107, St. James/Madelia Siem came on to the varsity wrestling scene with a bang, going 47-2 with 36 pins, 232 team points and 54 takedowns. Siem won the St. James Classic, the Big South Conference individual tournament, the Wabasso Tournament, the Springfield tournament, ...

MLC’s Loberger and Pearson earn All-UMAC honors

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Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID ST. PAUL — The 2025-26 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball awards were officially released on Wednesday, and the Martin Luther College had two sophomore players recognized in Adam Loberger and Benjamin Pearson. Loberger was named ...

No. 2 Blackhawks balanced in win over No. 7 Firebirds

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ARLINGTON — When a player gets hot, they’re hard to stop. When an entire starting lineup gets hot, it’s a whole new game. The No. 2 Madelia Blackhawks showed that Thursday night with five players in double figures to hold off Cole Jacobson and the No. 7 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop ...

Fourteen Knights named UMAC Indoor Track & Field All-Conference

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Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD ST. PAUL — The 2026 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field awards were officially released on Wednesday, and Martin Luther College had 10 athletes named All-UMAC for their performance last weekend at the Indoor ...

Raiders reach 2A semifinals

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ST. PETER — Not only did No. 5 Nicollet advance to the Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament semifinals with a 74-68 win over No. 4 Mayer Lutheran on Thursday, but it also set the school record for wins as it improved to a 23-6 record. “We were [0-25] two years ago, and now we’re going ...