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Second-half woes slow Chargers in loss to Knights

NEW ULM — Against a powerful Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial football team on a five-game winning streak entering Wednesday night, Minnesota Valley Lutheran matched up with the Knights’ physicality well enough to take a 7-7 tie into halftime. The Knights continued to wear away at the ...

Area roundup: Knights clinch perfect division record

TUESDAY PREP VOLLEYBALL ST. MARY’S 3, CATHEDRAL 0 NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s clinched a perfect conference record with a 25-18, 25-5, 25-17 sweep of New Ulm Cathedral in a Tomahawk Division volleyball match on Tuesday. St. Mary’s (20-3-1, 8-0) will travel to play Cleveland in the Tomahawk-Valley Conference volleyball championship match on Monday. Morgan Mathiowetz led the Knights with 15 kills, eight digs and five aces, while Audra Hoffmann had nine kills, 10 digs and five aces. Nell Weiss had four kills and four aces, while Brynne Ibberson had 29 set assists and ...

Seniors lead New Ulm to big playoff victory

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles had a lot to celebrate Tuesday night at New Ulm High School. A four-goal night for Levi Johnson, a hat trick by Methodious Amoah and sophomore Aiden Cunningham’s first varsity goal were all highlights to delight the home crowd. Most importantly, however, was ...

Chargers down Wolverines for Senior Night

NEW ULM — After taking the first two games of a South Central Conference volleyball match against Sibley East, Minnesota Valley Lutheran suffered a setback as it dropped the third set. But the Chargers stayed strong, going on a 9-0 run early in the next set to win the match in four, defeating the Wolverines 25-17, 25-21, 21-25, 25-17 on Tuesday. “Just a reminder to them that this is all within your control,” MVL head coach Johanna Kelly said. “Minimize errors, execute where you can and don’t let off the gas pedal. That was the conversation between sets three and ...

Eagles power past Trojans in opening round

NEW ULM ­– After lightning delayed the start of the game and caused another delay late in the first half, the New Ulm Eagles were lightning quick in return to put Tuesday’s Section 2AA Girls Soccer Tournament game out of reach. It took less than 20 minutes to build a 5-0 lead as the ...

Week 7: Chargers host rolling Knights

The seventh week of the local high school football season means it is a short week for games because of MEA Week with games on Wednesday. Minnesota Valley Lutheran is the lone school at home when they host Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial at 7 p.m. at Johnson Field. New Ulm High School heads to St. Peter while New Ulm Cathedral is at Renville County West with 7 p.m. kickoffs. LAKE CRYSTAL WELLCOME MEMORIAL (5-1) AT MINNESOTA VALLEY LUTHERAN (3-3), WEDNESDAY, 7 P.M., JOHNSON FIELD It is another tough matchup for the Chargers, who host a Knights team that is averaging 36 points per ...