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Greyhounds down Firebirds

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By Jeff Meder sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral defeated Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 69-43 on Monday in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game. It was a contest that featured some good defense and rebounding but costly turnovers by both teams. The Greyhounds were able to ...

Hammer sisters lead MVL behind season highs

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NEW ULM — Excited to finally share the varsity floor this season, Minnesota Valley Lutheran junior Olivia Hammer and her freshman sister, Violet Hammer, each turned in their best games yet this season when the Chargers needed it most. Against a Cedar Mountain team that entered Monday’s ...

Area roundup: Sleepy Eye holds off GFW

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BOYS BASKETBALL Sleepy Eye 72, GFW 70 WINTHROP — Sleepy Eye eked out a 72-70 win over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game on Friday. Braylon Nelson led the Indians with 22 points and three rebounds, while Chase Zufall had 20 points and seven rebounds. ...

Journal staff favors Seahawks in Super Bowl LX

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Travis Rosenau (Journal Sports Editor): As a proud but often foolishly optimistic Minnesota Vikings fan, seeing former Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold sign with a new team and proceed to make the Super Bowl the very next season after his time in Minnesota brings mixed feelings. A part of me ...

Eagles girls look to upset No. 1 Marshall

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By Jake McNeill sports@nujournal.com MARSHALL — Looking to earn its third consecutive section championship game appearance, the top-seeded Marshall girls hockey team opens its postseason run by hosting the No. 4 New Ulm Eagles in the Section 3A semifinals Saturday at Red Baron Arena at 3 ...

Dake qualifies for state tourney

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REDWOOD FALLS — New Ulm Area’s Ellie Dake returns to the Individual State Wrestling Tournament after winning the 170 division of the Section 3A Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. Dake defeated Jackson County Central’s Riley Peterson by fall in 1:18 before winning by fall again ...