On Saturday, Feb. 21, the New York Mills speech team competed at the Staples-Motley 49th annual Host Lions meet.  Senior Payton Lausten broke through to the final round (top six) and earned first place in Prose Interpretation.  Senior (and first-year speech competitor) Brienna Honer broke to the next-in final round (top 12) and placed fifth in Extemporaneous… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher For the first time in school history the New York Mills girls wrestling team was represented at the state tournament. Shauna Geiser joined Grady Roberts at the state wrestling tournament with both wrestlers picking up a pair of wins and coming just one win shy of placing at state.  After falling to eventual… Read More

NYM receives 11th seed in section By Chad Koenen Publisher The New York Mills Eagles wrapped up their best season since finishing 28-2 and as the section runner up four years ago with a pair of wins last week.  The Eagles opened the week with a win over Rothsay on Tuesday night by a score of 82-75,… Read More

NYM finishes season with 12-16 record By Chad Koenen Publisher The 14th seeded New York Mills Eagles had their season come to an end on Thursday night at the hands of third seeded Underwood by a score of 62-31. The loss comes on the heels of a 67-23 win over 19th seeded Ortonville last Monday night… Read More

Roberts to join Geiser at state wrestling tournament By Chad Koenen Publisher For a program with as much history and success as the New York Mills wrestling team, an Eagle wrestler is in pretty rare company if they manage to do something that has never been accomplished in the past. For Shauna Geiser, that meant blazing a… Read More

Contributed photo On Friday, Feb. 13, the New York Mills speech team competed in Detroit Lakes. Payton Lausten (third from right) placed second in Prose Interpretation and Brienna Honer (second from left) earned an Excellence rating in Extemporaneous Reading. In this event, Honer drew a random excerpt and has 30 minutes to craft a written… Read More

Contributed photo Placing second out of 21 teams at the Fergus Falls knowledge bowl meet on February 11 were Aubrey Barthel, Lucy Wallgren, Brienna Honer and Isaac Geiser. New York Mills had 17 students competing in senior high knowledge bowl at the last regular season event. Another NY Mills team took fifth place overall. 

Contributed photo Last Saturday the New York Mills speech team competed at a large meet at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton. Payton Lausten in her “picket fencing” — speech jargon for earned a score of one in each of her preliminary rounds, and secured the prose championship.

Eagles to wrap up regular season Friday against Rockets By Chad Koenen Publisher The New York Mills Eagles wrapped up Park Region Conference play last week with a pair of wins over Henning and Bertha-Hewitt by scores of 67-54 and 57-49. The two wins came on the heels of a 63-43 loss to Park Rapids on… Read More

NYM to host NCE/UH on Thursday night By Chad Koenen Publisher New York Mills hit a bit of a rough patch of games last week as the Eagles went 1-3 against some of the top teams in the Park Region Conference. After falling to Park Rapids Area in dramatic fashion on Monday night by a score… Read More