Jim Bastian
journal sports writer
Four local high school players (all juniors) are rising among New Ulm’s high school sports records, and one of them could soon reach 1,000 career points in basketball.
New Ulm Cathedral’s Jevan Wilfahrt currently has 957 career basketball points and has two home games due this weekend.
Greyhound will host Sleepy Eye Public on Friday night and play Wabasso on Saturday at 2:30pm.
Wilfart scored another 43 points, making him the 50th high school player at New Ulm to break the 1,000-point mark, joining fellow junior Colton Benson at New Ulm High School as a hometown player to break that wall this season. You will break it.
Benson now has 1,136 points after recording 21 points against Tri-City United, passing last year’s teammate Charlie Osborne, who scored 1,135 points in his NUHS career.
Benson is currently 29th in New Ulm’s high school caregiver scoring leader.
The Eagles will host Worthington in the Big South Conference game Thursday night.
Also nearing the 1,000-point club is Daviney Dreckman, who currently has 891 career points in seven regular season games and is on New Ulm High School’s women’s basketball team.
She will become the fourth female Eagles basketball player to reach 1,000 points.
New Ulm High School hockey forward Austin Uecker has 107 career points with the Eagles. 6 points behind Colin Huffman.
The Eagles play at Wyndham on Friday and host Litchfield Dussell/Kokato at the New Ulm Civic Center on Tuesday.
New ULM to Host Two State Hockey Tournaments
The New Ulm Civic Center will host both PeeWee A and PeeWee AA state tournaments March 17-19.
Eight teams entered both competitions. The team will arrive in New Ulm on his March 16th for a banquet.
The PeeWee A Dinner will be held at Turner Hall and the PeeWee AA Dinner will be held at the New Ulm Event Center.
Guest speaker for both banquets is former Gopher and professional hockey player Erik Westrum.
Wenninger inducted into Hall of Fame
Former New Anodized Mike Wenninger, who coached Luvern high school baseball for 25 years, was inducted into the Minnesota High School Coaches Hall of Fame on January 14.
After playing baseball for the Eagles in 1990 and 1991, Wenninger graduated from South Dakota, where he continued his baseball career.