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More than a pitcher, Berkner’s bat booms

SLEEPY EYE — When a player spends the amount of time in the pitching circle that Taylor Berkner did over her four-year varsity softball career, they’re naturally going to be judged first and foremost for how they pitch. But when the bat delivers just as much — if not more than the arm ...

Berkner, Altermatt, Schmiesing, Evers highlight All-Journal Softball

FIRST TEAM Taylor Berkner, Sr., P, Sleepy Eye The 2026 Tomahawk Division Player of the Year, Berkner holds the majority of pitching and hitting records at Sleepy Eye after a stellar career. This season, she struck out 189 batters in 141 2/3 innings with a 3.06 ERA in the circle and putting up ...

Nordby signs tender with Helena

NEW ULM — Brody Nordy, who scored 10 goals and added 24 assists last season for the New Ulm Eagles hockey team, has signed a tender to play with the Helena Bighorns of the North American Tier III Hockey League. The Bighorns play in the Frontier Division of the NA3HL. Nordby, a forward, ...

Johnson Park to host Military Appreciation Day June 24

NEW ULM — The third annual “Military Appreciation Day” will be held Wednesday, June 24, at Johnson Park when the New Ulm Brewers host Leavenworth at 7:30 p.m. in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game. “All veterans attending the game will receive a free hamburger or ...

Shortened, still sweet

LAMBERTON — While an eight-run bottom of the seventh shortened Lamberton Long Sox pitcher Quintyn Vold’s no-hit performance, it was a no-hitter nonetheless for the right-hander. Vold struck out nine in seven innings and the Long Sox offense took it from there to shut out the Stark ...

Friese to play football for DI North Dakota

NEW ULM — Two weeks ago, New Ulm High School’s Isaiah Friese, a senior to be for the Eagles, attended the University of Minnesota Football camp where he talked with University of North Dakota football coaches. “I got to talk to the coaches a little bit,” he said. “We had been in ...