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Jaxx beat Kilowatts behind Liebl’s 21-K night

GRANITE FALLS — Joe Liebl put together a 21-strikeout, complete-game effort on Friday night to help the Wabasso Jaxx take down the Granite Falls Kilowatts in a Corn Belt League amateur baseball game. Liebl allowed just two hits and three walks for one earned run in his mound win, the only ...

Luna lifts Sleepy Eye to 2-0 UMC start

NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye Legion Post 7 had a few things they needed to forget from earlier in their second game of the Upper Midwest Classic on Friday against Rosetown. With just two hits and a pair of errors to their name entering the seventh inning, Sleepy Eye erased a 6-1 deficit in the ...

Ferrell returns home to round out baseball journey

NEW ULM — New Ulm VFW Silver first-year head coach Jeff Ferrell’s baseball journey has taken him full circle from beginning in Minnesota and going to New Mexico to Virginia and then back to Minnesota. “I went to Delano High School and then I started coaching at Albuquerque High School ...

Gophers visit Rolling Thunder wrestling camp

NEW ULM — For the fourth year, Rolling Thunder hosted the Gopher Wrestling Camp at its facility on South German street, with 68 children from first to 12th grade participating on Wednesday. At the camp were University of Minnesota assistant wrestling coach Zach Sanders and four-time NCAA ...

1985 World Series legion team to celebrate 40th anniversary

LEGION WORLD SERIES TEAM REUNION The 1985 New Ulm American Legion Baseball World Series team will celebrate their 40th anniversary this Saturday, June 28th at Johnson Park at noon prior to New Ulm Legion Golds game at 12:30 p.m. against Springfield, Nebraska in the Upper Midwest Classic ...

Gold grab win in UMC opener

By Jim Bastian sports@nujournal.con NEW ULM — Colin Anderson scattered three hits through 6 1/3 innings and struck out eight as New Ulm Legion Gold opened the 2025 Upper Midwest Classic Tournament with a 9-3 win over Byron Thursday night at Johnson Park. Elliot Schabert and Logan Mielke ...