Area Sports

Even though school was out for summer vacation, several students and many adults came out on Thursday morning to wish good luck to the two GFW Firebirds that qualified for the State Track Meet. Senior Silvana Ruiz ran the 800-meter run and sophomore Annie Wersal threw the discus. The Firebird girls jumped into the school van…

The GFW Firebirds girls track team scored 22 points, placing 13th at the Section Meet. MVL/Cathedral won the meet with 87 points and St. Clair/Imannuel Lutheran placed second with 80 points. In this meet the top two individuals and top two relays advance to the State Meet. There is also a time and distance qualifying…

The GFW Firebirds girls track team scored 48 points placing eighth at the Sub-Section Meet. MVL/Cathedral won the meet with 131 points,St. Clair/Immanuel Lutheran placed second with 110 points, Loyola/Cleveland/ MCA placed third with 99 points, River Valley placed fourth with 78 points, Sibley East placed fifth with 70 points, Mayer Lutheran placed sixth with…

by Michael Mattison The GFW Firebirds baseball team lost a 5-4 decision at Sibley East on Monday and then was defeated 11-5 in a game the was suspended earlier in the season. Sibley East jumped out the the early lead against the Firebirds with a run in the second inning and two more in the third.…

by Michael Mattison The GFW Firebirds baseball team posted a 3-1 record last week and improved to 6-10 overall. GFW started the week with a 5-3 victory over Wabasso on Monday. Tied 1-1 after the first, the Firebirds scored three in the bottom of the second for a 5-3 lead. Isaac Beckendorf reached on a fielder’s choice…

by Michael Mattison The GFW Firebirds baseball team picked up its third win of the season at home on Tuesday with a 9-8 victory over Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s. They then almost pulled off another win on Thursday at Springfield but lost 7-6. St. Mary’s jumped out to a 5-0 lead with four runs in the…

Both the GFW Firebirds softball and baseball teams had doubleheader sweeps over Lester Prairie. Check out the April 29 issue of the Winthrop News for the story.

by Michael Mattison The GFW Firebird softball team opened the week with a 10-0 loss at Springfield and ended the week with a double header loss to Sleepy Eye 22-7 and 15-0. The first game of the double header in Winthrop started with Sleepy Eye scoring 11 runs in the top of the first inning. The…

GFW Firebird Cole Jacobson was recently named KNUJ Player of the Year. He has the most points, 2,102, in school history, is second in rebounds with 684, fourth in steals with 226 and sixth in assists wth 286. This year Jacobson averaged 29.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.3 steals a game. He is a…

Cole Jacobson was unanimously chosen as the 2025-26 All-Journal Boys Basketball Player of the Year, as voted on by The New Ulm Journal’s sports staff.