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Not “A” problem

FARIBAULT — Two seasons ago, the New Ulm Brewers made the Class C State Amateur Baseball Tournament. Last season, New Ulm was bumped up to Class B, but made the state tournament all the same. Now in Class A, New Ulm defied the odds, coming back from being the bottom seed in the Section ...

Granite Falls ends state drought, tops Stark

NEW ULM — The Granite Falls Kilowatts’ 18-season state tournament drought came to end Friday night at Mueller Park. With a 6-3 win over the Stark Longhorn in a Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament state-qualifying elimination game, the Kilowatts earned a Class C state tourney berth for ...

Orioles pound out 18 hits, return to state

NEW ULM — The Leavenworth Orioles pounded out 18 hits and right-hander Mark Anderson struck out 11 in six innings as Leavenworth earned a berth in the Class C Amateur Baseball State Tournament with a 15-4 win over the Springfield Tigers Friday night at Johnson Park. The Region 2C ...

Brewers battle for Class A state berth

By Jim Bastian sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — When the New Ulm Brewers were moved up to Class A this year by the Minnesota Baseball Association, no one believed that the Brewers had a chance to earn a state tournament trip. But come Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in Faribault in a Section 1A ...

Hit like a girl

NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye’s Kelsey Ladd fired up the Brown County Demo Derby crowd Thursday with plenty of big hits and an even bigger victory. Outlasting four other boys in the Gut n Go Youth Class, the 16-year-old’s strong showing led to a first-place finish that saw her awarded extra ...

Demo derby begins at fairgrounds

NEW ULM — The Brown County Fair hosted its annual Demolition Derby, with action starting on Thursday night. Five classes of vehicles clashed on Thursday, starting with the Youth class, then moving on to the Vans, Midsize, 80s, and finishing the night with the LTD Weld Trucks. Kelsey Ladd ...