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Track teams compete at ME Invitational

The Blue Earth Area track teams returned to Mankato on Thursday, March 27, for their second indoor meet of the 2025 season. This meet was hosted by Mankato East and also featured Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton. Girls Results Mankato East grabbed the top spot in the girls portion of the meet ...

Track season gets underway for Bucs

The 2025 track season got underway for the Blue Earth Area track teams on Friday, March 21, at the St. Peter Indoor Invitational which was held on the campus of Minnesota State – Mankato. The meet featured five teams. In addition to the Bucs and the host St. Peter Saints, the other teams ...

Rebels open track season in Mankato

The United South Central/Alden-Conger track teams took part in a four-team indoor track meet on March 24 held at Myers Field House on the campus of Minnesota State University – Mankato. In addition to USC/A-C, the other four teams competing were Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, New ...

Bucs come close, but fall to Panthers

The No. 10-seeded Blue Earth Area Buccaneers traveled to Glencoe on Thursday night, March 6, looking to upset the No. 2-seeded Glencoe-Silver Lake Panthers in the Section 2AA boys basketball playoffs. In what turned out to be a very competitive contest, the Panthers held on to defeat the Bucs ...

Bucs hold on, defeat Eagles 74-64

With a blizzard approaching from the west, the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers boys basketball team stormed into the Maple River gymnasium on March 4 and defeated the Eagles 74-64 to advance to the next round of the Section 2AA Tournament. The No. 10-seeded Bucs advanced to the next round of the ...

Area wrestlers compete at State Tourney

The Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament concluded on Saturday, March 1. All four area wrestlers who competed in the individual brackets came home without placing this year. Blue Earth Area’s Timmy Nagel went into the tournament with a record of 26 wins and 16 losses. The junior grappler ...

USC falls to top-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s

The United South Central girls basketball team’s season came to an end when they lost in the quarterfinals of the Section 2A Basketball Tournament. After having defeated Nicollet in a 46-44 come-from-behind thriller on Monday night, Feb. 24, the No. 8 seeded Rebel girls lost to the No. 1 ...

USC falls to GFW in play-in game

The No. 16-seeded United South Central Rebels hosted the No. 17-seeded Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds in a Section 2A Play-in game on Friday night, Feb. 28, in Wells. The contest was close throughout most of the 36 minutes, but the Thunderbirds pulled away in the closing minutes to earn ...

Nagel qualifies for State at 121 pounds

Blue Earth Area’s Timmy Nagel earned his first-ever trip to the individual portion of the Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament with his second-place finish at 121 pounds at the Section 2A Individual Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 22. Nagel began his quest for a spot at State with two byes ...

Three Longhorns make State

The Maple River/United South Central Rebels had three individual wrestlers advance to the Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament from the Section 2AA Meet which was held at Mound-Westonka High School on Feb. 21-22. Isaiah Gonzalez, Noah Gonzalez and Byron Getchell advanced to State by ...