By Fritz Busch fbusch@nujournal.com SLEEPY EYE — Playing with defensive intensity, the seventh-seeded Sleepy Eye Indians ousted 10th-seeded Mankato Loyola 61-50 in the second round of the Section 2A boys basketball playoffs Tuesday. “We played great defense, really turning up the ...
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 ...
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 ...
ST. PETER — A 10-0 run in the first half and an 11-2 run in the second half by BOLD sealed Sleepy Eye’s fate as the Warriors defeated the Indians 60-41 in the Section 2A Girls Basketball Tournament semifinals Monday at Gustavus Adolphus College. “We battled back after the first one, ...
NEW ULM — The Minnesota Valley Lutheran boys basketball team’s Section 2AA playoff game at Central High School in Norwood Young America has had a time change. The game will now take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday. NYA is the No. 8 seed in the tournament and has a 15-11 record, while the ...
ST. PETER — The top-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Knights were strong defensively all game Monday night, but it didn’t always lead to points on the other end. With a concerted effort to get the ball inside more in the second half, however, everything fell in to place for the Knights as ...