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Eagles softball rolls Tigers

By Jake McNeill sports@marshallindependent.com MARSHALL — Early offense and consistent pitching resulted in the New Ulm softball team downing Marshall 9-0 on Tuesday. The Eagles scored five runs in the first two innings and never looked back, cruising to a Big South Conference win. “We ...

Eagles record 19 hits, knock off Tigers

NEW ULM — New Ulm and Marshall were both able to put up numbers in a Big South Conference baseball game on Tuesday. Both teams surpassed double-digit hits, and at least one run was scored in all but one half inning over the course of the game. But in the end, it was the Eagles that were able ...

Chargers win back-and-forth battle with Jags

NEW ULM — RBI singles from Kyan Kube and Blake Sexton in the bottom of the sixth inning broke an 8-8 tie and Connor Bode struck out the side in the top of the seventh as Minnesota Valley Lutheran downed Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther 10-8 in a nonconference baseball game at ...

Chargers win fourth in a row

NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran improved its winning streak to four with an 8-2 victory over Medford Monday in a nonconference softball game on Monday. “We’re running the bases quite well,” MVL head coach Nate Otto said. “We’re trying to force a lot of those pieces to get our ...

Late pars carry Thordson to 2nd place

NEW ULM — New Ulm Eagles senior Brogan Thordson wasn’t going to let jitters get the better of her Monday during the season’s first Big South Conference, Black Division girls golf event. After double-bogeying three of the first four holes at New Ulm Country Club, Thordson got her ...

Area roundup: Eagles softball rolls Worthington

LATE THURSDAY PREP SOFTBALL NEW ULM 22, WORTHINGTON 5 (5 INNINGS) WORTHINGTON — New Ulm rolled by Worthington 22-5 on Thursday in a Big South Conference softball game. The game ended in the fifth due to the 10-run lead rule. Gracie Baker was 4 for 5 with a double, a triple, four ...