NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles and St. Peter Saints went head to head in an intense showdown on Thursday night in a Big South Conference boys soccer game. Both teams fought hard to the end, but it was the Eagles who finished strong with a 1-0 win. The ball flew up and down the field and ...
NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles found themselves on the short end of a couple three-set matches on Thursday, allowing the Mankato West Scarlets to pick up a 5-2 victory in a nonconference girls tennis meet at New Ulm High School. Despite the defeat, the Eagles had their moments and made it ...
The fifth week of the high school football season on the local front has both the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers and the Greyhounds of New Ulm Cathedral with home games on Friday and Saturday nights, respectively, while New Ulm High School has a road game Friday at Worthington. The Chargers host Jackson County Central and the Huskies’ 30-game winning streak on Friday at 7 p.m. at Johnson Field in MVL's Homecoming game, while the Eagles hit the road to face the Trojans also at 7 p.m. On Saturday, New Ulm Cathedral entertains an unbeaten Nicollet team at 7 p.m. at Johnson ...
SPRINGFIELD — With a 4-0 record, the Springfield Tigers have had as good a start as any football team in the state. Not only did the Tigers break a school record with 80 points against Canby in the season opener, but they also redeemed its section finals loss against Murray County Central ...
GIBBON — Anytime a football team sees a change in coaching, players and schemes, it’s natural for that team to have some growing pains. The Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Firebirds have faced their share of challenges already this season in Travis Vorwerk’s first year at the helm as head ...
Friday night in their game with the New Ulm Eagles, Belle Plaine took the opening drive of the game and used a 74-yard, 10-play scoring drive to take a fast 6-0 lead over the Eagles. That ended up being their longest drive of the game until they went 13 plays late in the third quarter and early in the fourth quarter before turning the ball over on downs in a 14-12 New Ulm win. And it was the Eagles defense that stopped a game-tying 2-point conversion with just over a minute to play in the game. “We had some moments [early] when we let them get behind us in the back end,” New ...
