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Rolling Thunder Wrestling K-4 team takes 2nd in Blue Earth tourney

Submitted photo/information The New Ulm Rolling Thunder Wrestling K-4 Team finished second out of nine teams in Blue Earth on Jan. 11. They defeated Mankato 41-36, Waseca 54-26 and Blue Earth 48-42 and fell to Hastings 53-35 in the championship. Front row (l-r): Hunter Forstner, Otto Kent, ...

Eagles girls struggle without Lewis, fall to Tigers

By Jake McNeill sports@nujournal.com MARSHALL — The New Ulm girls basketball team couldn’t overcome the absence of Brooklyn Lewis in its road matchup against top-ranked Marshall on Thursday night. The Tigers jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, defeating the Eagles 80-53 to ...

MLC takes control in win over Northwestern

NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College Knights took home a wire-to-wire win over the University of Northwestern on Wednesday, defeating the Eagles 82-72 in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball game. The win snapped a four-game away losing streak for MLC as the Knights ...

Knights stay undefeated at home with OT win

NEW ULM — Martin Luther College came up clutch as the Knights pulled away for a 72-68 win over the University of Northwestern Wednesday in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference women’s basketball game. Northwestern initially overcame a 10-point deficit late in the second to tie the game at ...

Classic, Junior Classic Tournament dates changed for 2025

By Jim Bastian sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — It is five months away, but the dates for both the Junior Upper Midwest Classic and the Upper Midwest Classic have both been moved back a week to avoid conflict with the July 4th holiday. “The Junior Classic will be held June 19-22 and the ...

MacMillan reflects on 1992 state tournament

NEW ULM —Mike MacMillan has a lot of hockey memories, but for “Mac,” who was the head coach for the New Ulm Eagles boys hockey team from the 1986-87 season through the 1992-93 season, the best came in 1992 when the Eagles earned their first state tournament trip in school ...