SPRINGFIELD — Area baseball fans are remembering Springfield’s Paul Burghardt, who died last week at the age of 60. Burghardt was one of the best pitchers in the area in the early to late 80s and was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 15th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur ...

FAIRMONT — Fairmont topped New Ulm 65-58 in a Big South Conference boys basketball game on Wednesday. Levi Hopp led the Eagles with 18 points, while Mitchell Hopp added 15 points. Owen Castleman had 11 points for New Ulm. New Ulm (1-4, 0-4) plays in the Bethany Lutheran College Christmas ...

NEW ULM — After losing their first three games this season, a young and inexperienced Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers boys basketball team has now ran off three consecutive wins following their 70-56 road win Tuesday over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop. Chargers head coach Craig Morgan said his ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Cedar Mountain 82 Cleveland 69 CLEVELAND — Blake Steffl scored his 1,000th career point in Cedar Mountain’s 82-69 win over Cleveland on Tuesday in a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game. Steffl finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and 12 ...

By Ari Selvey aselvey@nujournal.com NEW ULM — At 7:37 of the first period, New Ulm’s Madalynn Olson took the puck into the offensive zone on a breakaway, getting a pass off to Abby Forstner for a short-handed goal to open the scoring. That ended up being the only goal of the game as ...

By Jim Bastian sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral’s Jake Finstad’s desperation 3 at the buzzer tied the game at 58-58 and the Greyhounds got their first lead of the game in overtime as they topped the Lester Prairie Bulldogs 67-61 Tuesday night in a Tomahawk-Valley ...