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Brewers power past Expos

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Brewers downed the Eagle Lake Expos 9-2 on Friday night in a non-league amateur baseball game at Mueller Park. The Brewers trailed just 1-0 in the third before tying it in the fifth with a run and taking the lead in the sixth with a run. They then broke things open ...

Sleepy Eye falls to Luverne in DII Sub-State Championship

TRUMAN – Though it almost always comes as a surprise, all streaks are made to be broken. On Saturday, the Sleepy Eye Legion Post 7 baseball team dropped consecutive games to Luverne Post 123 in the DII Southwest Sub-State Legion Baseball Championship – falling short in their hopes of ...

Junior Gold punch 2nd straight state ticket

By Jake McNeill sports@nujournal.com MANKATO — For the second year in a row, the New Ulm Junior Legion Gold baseball team is headed to the DI state tournament. Taking on No. 2 Marshall in the Sub-State G championship Saturday, top-seeded New Ulm jumped out to an early lead despite ...

New Ulm sneaks by Marshall in semifinals

MANKATO — In their fourth meeting of the season, New Ulm came out with a 5-3 victory over Marshall in the semifinals round of the Sub-State G Junior Legion Baseball Tournament Friday at Mankato East High School. Marshall initially took a 3-1 lead, but New Ulm scored three runs in the ...

Gold falls to National, state hopes still alive

NEW ULM — One bad inning. The Mankato Nationals collected five of their eight hits of the game in the fifth inning for five runs and went on to top New Ulm Gold 6-4 in the DI Sub-State 2 American Legion Baseball Tournament at Johnson Park on Friday. Mason Schreiber got the win for the ...

Nicollet youth softball teams wrap up seasons

Submitted photos/information Left: The Nicollet 6U girls softball team wrapped up their season on Tuesday, July 22.  They played in the MAGFA league this summer. Pictured left to right: Jane Gray, Novalee Rist, Larsyn Grommersch, Rylee Meurer, Addie Emich, Hailee Mohrbacher, Eve Johnson, ...