By Ari Selvey aselvey@nujournal.com ST. PETER — Top-seeded Springfield pulled away late for a 21-point win over eighth-seeded Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City in the Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament quarterfinals, defeating the Falcons 74-53 on Thursday. Brayden Stum led the Tigers with 21 ...

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 ...

NEW ULM — This past Friday, New Ulm lost an icon when Jim Senske died. Senske, who was 86 years old, coached baseball at New Ulm High School for four decades and won 707 baseball games at the helm of the Eagles from 1964-2003 and won a state title in 2002 when New Ulm went 27-3. People ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...