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Eagles shine bright in win over Bluejays

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NEW ULM — An all-around strong night, aided by a season-best performance from senior Sophia Berger, helped lift the New Ulm Eagles to a 131.925-128.7 win over the Waseca Bluejays on Thursday night in a Big South Conference gymnastics meet. Berger had a season-high score in the all-around, ...

Sleepy Eye locks down Springfield

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SLEEPY EYE — In a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game against Sleepy Eye on Thursday, Springfield had a clear defensive game plan — clog the paint. And while the Tigers held the Indians to 44 points, Sleepy Eye proved to have a strong defensive game plan of its own as it came away ...

Eighth-graders lead Eagles girls to shutout over Trojans

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NEW ULM — Isabelle Forstner and Callie Haugen — both eighth-graders — each scored two goals as the New Ulm Eagles blanked Worthington 5-0 Thursday night at the New Ulm Civic Center. Tristyn Wolner added the other goal for the Eagles who improved to 2-2 in conference game and 4-11 ...

Sibley East boys take down Titans

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MONTGOMERY — Behind Will Feterl’s big night, the Sibley East Wolverines defeated the Tri-City United Titans 70-56 on Tuesday night in a nonconference boys basketball game. Feterl had 26 points, 13 rebounds and three steals to lead the Wolverines, while Riley Bussler had 17 points, seven ...

New Ulm boys fall short to speedy Waseca

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NEW ULM — The Waseca Bluejays scored four unanswered goals to erase a 2-1 first period lead and went on to a 6-4 win over New Ulm in a Big South Conference boys hockey game at the New Ulm Civic Center. Griffin Storey had two goals for the 20th ranked team in Class A as they improved to ...

Sabres writer’s roots trace back to New Ulm

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One of the first sports writers for The Journal who covered the New Ulm High School boys hockey team in its infancy back in the late 70s was Kevin Oklobzija, who now covers the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. “I was a senior in high school for the 1977-78 school year,” said Oklobzija now ...