NEW ULM — The New Ulm Brewers pounded out 19 hits and 19 runs as they downed the Lamberton Long Sox 19-1 Tuesday night in a Tomahawk League game at Johnson Park. The game was stopped after 6 1/2 innings because of the 10-run lead rule. Tate Becker got the win for New Ulm, now 10-1 in TEL ...
ARLINGTON — The Geib Well & Water Sibley Co. Stock Car Shootout presented by Justice Brothers, one of the premier events of the season at Arlington Raceway, is set for Wednesday, July 29th during the Sibley County Fair. IMCA Stock cars will invade the track, drivers are expected to be from the upper midwest in the division as the drivers will be racing for over $30,000 in prize monies. The race will once again pay the IMCA Stock Car winner $5,000 to win and the race will pay $200 to start. Last year’s Stock Car winner was Dan Mackenthun from Hamburg, MN, a local driver that picked ...
SLEEPY EYE — In its final game before the sub-sub-state tournament, Sleepy Eye Legion came away with a solid 4-2 win over New Ulm Legion Gold in a legion baseball game on Monday. “I thought we did all three aspects of the game very well — hitting, pitching, defense,” Sleepy Eye head ...
Two weekends ago, the Sleepy Eye Junior Legion won the Junior Upper Midwest Classic for the first time after sharing the crown in 2016 with Mankato West after Mother Nature rained out the title game. Last weekend, the Sleepy Eye Legion Post 7, coached by Caden Evers and Winsten Nienhaus, matched that by capturing the Upper Midwest Classic title. Post 7 shared the title in 1998 with Rochester after rained cancelled the title game. In 2023, Sleepy Eye finished second in the UMC to Plover, Wisconsin. The only other program to win both titles in the same year came in 1997 and 2001 when ...
SPRINGFIELD — The Sleepy Eye Legion Post 7 baseball team topped Springfield Post 257 on Thursday night by a score of 7-2 in legion baseball action. Eli Christensen got the win in 2 2/3 innings, allowing two hits and one walk for no runs. Carson Uecker got the start and went 3 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and six walks for two earned runs while striking out five. At the plate for Sleepy Eye, Merrick Mathiowetz was 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI, while Kayden Klein was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Uecker also was 2 for 3 with three runs scored, while Tyler Mathiowetz was 2 for 5 with two ...
MADELIA — Every time Tate Becker took to the mound this year, teams would be lucky to even score a single run against the Madelia Blackhawks. The right-handed pitcher allowed just five earned runs in the entire season, ending the year with a staggering .53 ERA. In 66 innings pitched, ...
