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Sleepy Eye’s all-time top rebounders meet

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SLEEPY EYE – Sleepy Eye senior Landon Wendinger recently set the school’s career rebounds record that was previously held by Ryan Meyer, who graduated Sleepy Eye with 1,058 rebounds for his career. Wendinger passed Meyer’s rebound record on Feb. 21 in a win at Mankato Loyola. The ...

Eagles ride momentum into section title game

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By Travis Rosenau and Jake McNeill trosenau@nujournal.com ST. PETER — With the elation that came from a 15-point comeback win over St. Peter in Saturday’s Section 2AAA Girls Basketball Tournament semifinals, the New Ulm Eagles are flying high in confidence into Wednesday’s section ...

Sibley East boys’ season ends with playoff loss to JWP

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JANESVILLE — A tough second half doomed Sibley East Tuesday night as Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton ran away with a 67-38 win in the first round of the Section 2AA boys basketball playoffs. The Wolverines trailed 27-24 at halftime but the Bulldogs rolled in the second half. Riley Bussler led ...

Area roundup: Knights pull out upset win in playoffs

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BOYS BASKETBALL St. Mary’s 81, Mayer Lutheran 61 MAYER — The 12th-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Knights rolled into their second round Section 2A playoff game against fifth-seeded Mayer Lutheran on Tuesday and upset the Crusaders 81-61. George Schwint scored 29 points and grabbed ...

Blackhawks surge in 2nd half, hold off Raiders in playoffs

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MADELIA — Fourth-seeded Madelia took a 30-25 lead at halftime and extended it into a 64-52 win over 13th-seeded Nicollet Tuesday in a Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament game. Madelia head coach Jeff Van Hee said that senior leadership was key in coming away with the win. “We just had ...

NUA sees 10 wrestlers honored by Big South

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The Big South Conference announced its 2024-25 All-Conference Wrestling team on Monday, with eight boys wrestlers and two girls wrestlers represented from New Ulm Area. Sophomore Regan Johnson (107), sophomore Kane Johnson (127), junior Tegan Kral (133), junior Elijah Rieser (139), junior ...