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From hanging numbers to high tech

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Back when I was about 10 or 11 years old, I lived about a block and a half from Johnson Park, so my summers were basically going there to shag foul balls — I think returning those got you five cents a ball back then — or if you really got lucky, you were able to be a bat boy for the ...

Toomer becomes OCB Pro

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NEW ULM — One small bump in the road didn’t stop Brandy Toomer from reaching her goal. After coming up just short of capturing her IFBB (International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation) Pro Cards on May 16 at NPC Worldwide Pittsburgh Natural Pro Qualifier, also known as Natural ...

Buegler bounces back, punches return ticket to state

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BUFFALO LAKE — Before the Section 3AA Golf Tournament came around, New Ulm’s Mason Buegler considered his junior year of golf a down season. But he certainly found his stroke when it mattered most. Buegler qualified for his second consecutive state golf tournament after his ...

Hopp, New Ulm blank Albert Lea in playoff opener

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NEW ULM — Mitchell Hopp, Owen Castleman and Collin Forstner combined for a four-hit shutout and the New Ulm Eagles went blanked Albert Lea 4-0 Wednesday in the first round of the Section 2AAA Baseball Tournament at Johnson Park. Hopp got the win for New Ulm, now 13-8. He went five ...

Knights knock off Tigers in 2A tourney

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SPRINGFIELD — Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Landry Folkens allowed just two hits as he led the seventh-seeded Knights to a 4-2 upset victory over second-seeded Springfield in the second round of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament on Tuesday. Folkens put up six strikeouts in his complete-game win ...

New Ulm completes final week of clay target shooting

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New Ulm competed in the fifth and final week of clay target shooting this week. Tilken Fruhwirth led the Eagles in trap shooting, scoring a 46/50. Leyton Miller was 44/50, and Isaac Beranek, Jaxon Hage and Tate Isaacson each hit 43 of 50 targets. Isaacson led the team in skeet shooting, ...