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No. 2 Blackhawks balanced in win over No. 7 Firebirds

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ARLINGTON — When a player gets hot, they’re hard to stop. When an entire starting lineup gets hot, it’s a whole new game. The No. 2 Madelia Blackhawks showed that Thursday night with five players in double figures to hold off Cole Jacobson and the No. 7 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop ...

Springfield routs Loyola in Section 2A quarterfinals

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ARLINGTON — The No. 3 Springfield Tigers got rolling in the second half Thursday night, downing the No. 6 Mankato Loyola Crusaders 92-59 in a Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament quarterfinals game at Sibley East High School. Brecken Heiling led the Tigers (22-6) with 20 points and four ...

KOC Region 2 Free Throw Championship sees 12 winners

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Submitted photos/information The Knights of Columbus Region 2 Free Throw Championship was held in New Ulm on Sunday, March 1. Competitors from New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Wabasso, Sanborn, Lucan and Redwood Falls each attempted 25 shots. Winners will be proceeding to the State Championship in ...

Coach Briggs reflects on Eagles’ state wrestling run

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NEW ULM — The New Ulm Area Eagles wrestling team did a lot more this season than make the state wrestling tournament for the first time since 1999. While winning a lot of matches this season and going on to make state was a crowning achievement, the Eagles also won the interest of several ...

Area roundup: GFW tops Sleepy Eye in 2A playoffs

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BOYS BASKETBALL GFW 76, Sleepy Eye 65 GIBBON — No. 7 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop topped No. 10 Sleepy Eye 76-65 in the Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament on Tuesday. Cole Jacobson scored 43 points for the Firebirds, while Owen Swenson had 9 and Kaden Rieke had 8. Robert Romberg led the ...

New Ulm-Sleepy Eye 12UB girls hockey team punches state ticket

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Submitted photo/information The New Ulm-Sleepy Eye 12UB girls hockey team qualified for this year’a state tournament and is seeded second in the South Region. Their first state game is 4 p.m. on Friday, March 13, in Minnetonka. Front row (l-r): Kailee Kloeckl, Kaybree Schwab. Middle row ...