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Early offense, steady pitching lead Cubs back to state

SLEEPY EYE — The Courtland Cubs clinched a Class C Amateur Baseball State Tournament berth with a 5-2 win over the Milroy Yankees Saturday at Sleepy Eye Ballpark. Milroy took an initial 1-0 lead in the first, but Courtland scored runs in the bottom of the first and the second and never ...

Lamberton lives on in 2C tourney, eliminates Sleepy Eye

SPRINGFIELD — The Lamberton Long Sox stayed alive in the Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament on Sunday, defeating the Sleepy Eye Indians 4-1 in a win-or-go-home game at Riverside Park. Quintyn Vold got the start on the mound for Lamberton and finished with the complete-game win. He ...

Orioles win pitchers’ duel, top Kilowatts in 2C playoffs

By Travis Rosenau trosenau@nujournal.com SPRINGFIELD — Jevan Richert’s leadoff double in the bottom of the eighth — and a little station-to-station baseball after that — was enough for the Leavenworth Orioles to top the Granite Falls Kilowatts 1-0 on Sunday in a Region 2C Amateur ...

French homers, Brewers clinch Class B state berth

NEW ULM — In the bottom of the sixth inning of a District 8B amateur baseball playoff game against the Raymond Rockets, Wade French led off the inning with a solo home run to left field to give the New Ulm Brewers a 2-0 lead. In the top of the ninth inning, French relieved New Ulm ...

Junior Gold fall in consolation finals

BLOOMINGTON — The New Ulm Junior Legion Gold fell 5-3 to the Excelsior Junior Legion Blue on Saturday to finish as consolation runners-up in the DI Junior Legion Baseball State Tournament. New Ulm defeated Bloomington 4-3 earlier on Saturday to earn a spot in the consolation finals. New ...

Nine-run ninth punches Lakers’ state ticket

By Travis Rosenau trosenau@nujournal.com SPRINGFIELD — For eight innings on Saturday, the Hanska Lakers and Springfield Tigers exchanged punches in their Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament state-quaifying game. But the Lakers had enough of that in the ninth inning. Tied up at 4-4 ...