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Knights take down tenacious T-birds

SLEEPY EYE — Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop battled back from double-digit deficits on three separate occasions Saturday afternoon, but the Thunderbirds ran out of gas in the end against a strong Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s man defense. And with four players in double figures on offense, the Knights ...

Area roundup: Raiders girls ground Greyhounds

GIRLS BASKETBALL Nicollet 72, Cathedral 44 NICOLLET — Nicollet rolled New Ulm Cathedral 72-44 in a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover girls basketball game on Friday. Leah Bode led the Raiders with 25 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals, while Zoie Rengsdorf had 18 points, six rebounds ...

Sleepy Eye defense strong in victory over Knights

By Travis Rosenau trosenau@nujournal.com SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Knights hit 10 3-pointers in the first half of Friday night’s crosstown rivalry game against Sleepy Eye, but that shooting was too hard to maintain against the defensive effort the Indians were bringing. ...

Nicollet wins 6th straight with comeback over Cathedral

NICOLLET — Nicollet overcame a double-digit deficit to defeat New Ulm Cathedral 68-58 in a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game on Friday. “We finally made some shots,” Nicollet head coach Chris Hulke said. “We were cold early, but we have a ton of confidence in ...

St. Mary’s looks for repeat victory in conference championship

By Ari Selvey aselvey@nujournal.com SLEEPY EYE – On Thursday, the Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s girls basketball team came away with a 61-34 win over Martin County West. But now on Thursday, the two teams match up again, but this time for much higher stakes – the first ever Tomahawk-Valley ...

Weekend area roundup: Levi Hopp drops 40 in Eagles’ rout

BOYS BASKETBALL New Ulm 97, TCU 51 MONTGOMERY — The New Ulm Eagles were so dominant Saturday in their Big South Conference boys basketball game with Tri-City United that they could take away all of their sophomore Levi Hopp’s points and still win. Levi Hopp scored 40 points to lead ...