NEW ULM — Excited to finally share the varsity floor this season, Minnesota Valley Lutheran junior Olivia Hammer and her freshman sister, Violet Hammer, each turned in their best games yet this season when the Chargers needed it most. Against a Cedar Mountain team that entered Monday’s ...
SLEEPY EYE — Down 40-26 in the second half of a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s needed something big to stay in the game. That something came as the team caught fire from 3-point range. Eli Christensen started it off with a ...
By Jeff Meder sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral defeated Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 69-43 on Monday in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game. It was a contest that featured some good defense and rebounding but costly turnovers by both teams. The Greyhounds were able to ...
Travis Rosenau (Journal Sports Editor): As a proud but often foolishly optimistic Minnesota Vikings fan, seeing former Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold sign with a new team and proceed to make the Super Bowl the very next season after his time in Minnesota brings mixed feelings. A part of me ...
BOYS BASKETBALL Sleepy Eye 72, GFW 70 WINTHROP — Sleepy Eye eked out a 72-70 win over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game on Friday. Braylon Nelson led the Indians with 22 points and three rebounds, while Chase Zufall had 20 points and seven rebounds. ...
By Jake McNeill sports@nujournal.com MARSHALL — Looking to earn its third consecutive section championship game appearance, the top-seeded Marshall girls hockey team opens its postseason run by hosting the No. 4 New Ulm Eagles in the Section 3A semifinals Saturday at Red Baron Arena at 3 ...