NEW ULM — A pretty start to the second half turned ugly for the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers on Monday night, but they were able to get the job done in the end. After seeing a 24-point lead chiseled down to 3 late, the Chargers held off the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers 66-61 in a ...
By Jake Olson jolson@fairmontsentinel.com SHERBURN – Nicollet’s interior scoring and defensive pressure were too much for Martin County West on Monday night as the Raiders avoided a late second-half surge and topped the Mavericks 59-51 in a Valley Division girls basketball ...
HOPKINS — New Ulm Area’s Ellie Dake took home first place at 170 at the Hopkins Athena Invitational on Saturday. Dake pinned Forest Lake’s Savana Stans in 36 seconds before winning by fall over Hastings’ Lily Watts in 1 minute. In the championship match, Dake won by fall over ...
I was made aware that the list of the top 50 scorers in the New Ulm area, printed in The Journal’s 2025 Winter Preview, was missing a significant player. Winthrop’s Nancy Trebbensee, who graduated from Winthrop High School in 1980, not only qualifies for the list, but scored 2,446 career ...
NEW ULM — New Ulm held a 41-40 lead over second-ranked Class AA Belle Plaine at halftime but fell 92-80 by the final buzzer Tuesday in a Big South Conference boys basketball game on Tuesday. The Eagles went up by as much as 9 points in the second half, but a late surge by the Tigers gave ...
By Brady Dennis sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — The New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds were unable to close the comeback on Tuesday night, losing 63-59 against Lester Prairie in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game at Cathedral High School. The Greyhounds were led by Shay Wilfahrt’s 22 ...