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The Waseca High School girls’ hockey team will take a three-game skid into the section tournament Saturday at Albert Lea. Above the Bluejays’ Emma Keith fires a shot.

Regular season ends 12-11 for hockey girls

No matter the sport, it’s always good to go into the playoffs with a winning streak to give the team some momentum. The Waseca High School girls’ hockey team was denied that with home losses to Minnesota River and Luverne. They will enter Albert Lea’s hockey arena with a three-game losing...

Bluejay wrestling season ‘going well’

It might look like the Waseca High School wrestling team is slogging through the season. In this case looks, according to WHS head coach Jake Janike, can be deceiving. "The season has been going well," said Janike. Janike's comments came after the Bluejays dropped five dual meets last week...

Competing for the Bluejays against Blue Earth Area is Maddie Root on the balance beam

WHS gymnasts sweep Blue Earth Area

The Waseca High School gymnastics team had a big night Thursday, Feb. 2, defeating Blue Earth Area at both the varsity and junior varsity level. "What a great night for us!" said Waseca coach Kim Wendland. The varsity won 128.2-127.0. Layla Keith captured the all-around crown for the...

Waseca 10u girls’ hockey took second place in their tournament last weekend

10u girls take second

It was another beautiful weekend to celebrate the great winter sport of hockey. The Tracy Rae Jevning Classic took place from Friday to Sunday, Feb. 3-5. The classic is an eight-team 10U girls’ hockey invitational tournament that takes place every year during the Waseca Sleigh and Cutter...

One fan made a sign for a special Austin goaltender, while another parent takes a video of one of three Austin hockey teams facing Northfield.

14 teams compete at Waseca jamboree

The Waseca boys’ hockey jamboree was a great success this past Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28 and 29. From 8 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Waseca’s Community Arena had two games going on at a time. Fourteen 8U and “mite” teams from around the area took part in the jamboree. Austin had...

Rollercoaster ride

With four minutes remaining in regulation, the outlook was bleak for the Waseca High School boys' basketball team. Things changed quickly. The Bluejays rallied from a 10-point deficit, scoring the final 13 points of the game in a thrilling 61-58 victory over Jackson County Central Friday, Jan...

BATTLE FOR THE BALL — Above, the Bluejays Kloe Wadd (54) battles St. Clair opponents for the basketball Saturday, Jan. 28 at Minnesota State. Below, Mia Kanewischer faces opposition in the paint.

St. Peter stymies WHS girls

Waseca High School girls' basketball coach Joan Conway says the St. Peter Saints have some phenomenal players and are well coached. Translation: they're tough to beat. The Bluejays tried but fell short at St. Peter Monday, Jan. 23, falling 69-49. "They are so gifted offensively," said Conway...

On the road again, and again, and again

The Waseca High School girls’ hockey team had a very busy week with four road games. They went 2-2, shutting out Windom 2-0 and defeating winless Mankato West before falling to New Ulm, Marshall and New Prague. Waseca 7, West 3 Montana Johnson opened the scoring 1:53 into the first period on...

Waseca matmen drop two at Kasson

The Waseca High School wrestling team traveled to Kasson for a triangular Thursday, Jan. 26 and dropped two dual meets, 38-31 to Pine Island and 56-6 to Kasson-Mantorville It dropped the Bluejays' record to 3-7 overall and 1-3 in the East Division of the Big South. A Bluejay rally fell just...

Ahlschlager, Bluejays dominate RW Valley

An already fantastic season for senior forward Kyle Ahlschlager received the icing on the cake when the he hit the century mark in a Bluejay boys’ hockey win over Redwood Valley Tuesday, Jan. 24. Ahlschlager became the first ever Waseca Bluejay hockey player (boy or girl) to reach the hundred-...