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Sleepy Eye to host Coaches vs. Cancer event

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SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye High School will be hosting a Coaches vs. Cancer night on Jan. 27 as the Indians take on the Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Mustangs. There will be a free will offering meal from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and other ways to donate, with the proceedings going to the Coaches vs. ...

MVL girls power past Giants

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NEW ULM — From the jump, the Minnesota Valley Lutheran girls basketball team was off and running Monday evening. With quick hands and feet, the Chargers turned a 45-19 halftime lead into a 72-31 rout over the Le Sueur-Henderson Giants in a South Central Conference girls basketball ...

Chargers slam, sink Raiders

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NEW ULM — With slam dunks and plenty of shots sinking from beyond the arc, the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers put on a show Monday night, downing the Central Raiders 84-66 in a nonconference boys basketball game. Pierson Brau led the Chargers (11-5) with 21 points, nine rebounds, four ...

Greyhounds come up short to Warriors

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NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral nearly erased a 9-point deficit late in the second half of a nonconference boys basketball game against BOLD, but the Greyhounds came up just short, falling 62-57 on Monday. Cathedral’s Jimmy Jensen had a chance to tie the game at 60 with under 30 seconds to ...

Area roundup: NUA wins Highwater Ethanol Invite

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PREP WRESTLING NUA takes 1st in Lamberton LAMBERTON — The New Ulm Area wrestling team took first at the Highwater Ethanol Invite on Frdiay at Red Rock Central, taking first out of eight teams with 233 points. Canby took second with 139.5 points. NUA was led by Kane Johnson (133), ...

Firchau stays positive amid injury setback

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MADELIA — When Madelia sophomore guard Kaydon Firchau drove to the hoop during a Jan. 6 home game against Atwater-Cosmos/Grove City, the expected finish to that drive was another Blackhawks bucket. The young standout, who passed 1,000 points for his career earlier this season, instead ...