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Owatonna Juniors Theresa Wunderlich and Blake Davison have been nominated for the Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership (ExCEL) Award for the 2023-24 school year.

Indiana Tech advanced to the NAIA Men’s Basketball Elite Eight for the first time since the 2004-05 season by pulling away in the second half to knock off Jamestown (N.D.),

Leo wins, Fremont loses in regional semifinals VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette Leo is headed to its first regional final since 1993 after handily beating Mississinewa 79-43 at the Class 3A New Castle regional semifinal on Saturday.  The Lions (22-4) led 17-6 after the first quarter, 38-17 at halftime and 59-29 heading into the fourth quarter.  The Lions shot 29 of 55 (52.7%) over the course of the game, while Mississinewa shot just under 27%. Leo also had the edge in rebounding (41-3...

High schools JOURNAL GAZETTE First football, now boys basketball – the Lions roared atop the Northeast 8 again. After sweeping all conference foes on the gridiron in the fall, Leo repeated the feat on the hardwood, wrapping up an unbeaten run through the NE8 by knocking off Columbia City at home Friday, 69-52. Blake Davison scored 28 points and added four assists for the Lions (17-1, 7-0), and DJ Allen nearly notched a triple-double, finishing with 15 points and nine rebounds. Mason Baker and...

High School Roundup: Homestead comes back to beat South Side in sectional finals VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette South Side held Homestead to just nine points in the first half, but the Spartans shut down the Archers in the third quarter and did just enough to win 33-31 and claim the Class 4A Columbia City sectional title on Saturday night, Homesteads third straight sectional title and seventh in eight years.  Junior Ayanna Patterson scored 21 of her teams points, and the Spartans (18-...