NEW ULM –– There’s still time to sign up for New Ulm area youth football. This will be open for youth entering fifth and sixth grade this fall for the 2018 season. The season runs from Aug. 26-Oct. 13. It’s $85 to sign up for the season and there are no mandatory working hours ...

NEW ULM — Playing in her first varsity tennis match ever at home, New Ulm No. 4 singles player Malia Emerson might have had New Ulm’s best match of the day. Emerson made quick work of Redwood Valley’s Abby Gilk, sweeping her 6-0, 6-0. The freshman didn’t seem to think it was a big ...

NEW ULM –– The Martin Luther College football team was picked to finish sixth in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) this season in league's preseason poll released Tuesday. The Knights finished last season 5-5 overall and 4-5 in UMAC play, good for a tie for sixth place in the ...

ST. PETER/LE SUEUR –– The Searles Bullheads Over 35 men's amateur baseball team opened state tournament play this past weekend with two convincing wins in Class B play. They defeated Fergus Falls 16-0 in five innings on Saturday in Le Sueur and then won another five-inning contest on ...

NEW PRAGUE — Scoring eight runs in a game can give a team a pretty big chance of winning. The Sleepy Eye Indians, though, collected eight runs in just one inning alone. After an eight-run fifth inning on Sunday at Memorial Park, the Indians ran past Elrosa with a 9-4 win in Class C Minnesota ...

NEW PRAGUE –– The St. Patrick Irish topped the Lamberton Long Sox 4-3 in Class C State Tournament amateur baseball action on Saturday night at Memorial Park. The Long Sox were eliminated from the tournament with the loss. Johnny Pistulka took the loss, pitching the complete game ...

This past weekend, 26 skaters took to the ice at the New Ulm Civic Center for the Steel tryout camp that ran Friday through Sunday. “We basically had put players on two teams, dropped the puck and played three games,” Steel coach Andrew Kolb said. “There were a lot of players that we ...

The Searles Bullheads over 35 men's amateur baseball team will begin play this weekend in the Minnesota Senior Men's Amateur Baseball Association state tournament. The Bullheads’ first game will be at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday against Fergus Falls in LeSueur in the Class B/C division. If ...

For three Region 2C and Tomahawk East League teams, the amateur baseball season plays on as Hanska, Lamberton and Sleepy Eye all see their season continue in the Class C state tournament in New Prague, Shakopee and Jordan beginning Aug. 17. Hanska, the Region 2C champion, will get a week ...

Usually around the completion of regional play, amateur baseball teams around Minnesota are looking at the Minnesota State Baseball Association website. What they are looking for is what region they will meet in the first round of the tournament. That is not the case this ...

SPRINGFIELD — Isaac Fink weighed all of his collegiate options and he knew he had a big decision to make. In the end, he decided to pick the school he’s most familiar with. Fink, who will graduate from Springfield in 2019, will continue his athletic career at Augustana University in ...

FAIRFAX — After months of planning and work, the fruit of Jim Weinzetl’s labor became a reality on Saturday afternoon. The Fairfax Baseball Museum, which was a project Weinzetl dreamt up last fall to preserve the town’s baseball history, opened at Memorial Park on Saturday for fans. ...

NEW ULM — Eric Austvold’s grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning capped a seven-run outburst by the New Ulm Brewers as they downed Sleepy Eye 13-7 Saturday afternoon in the final game of the Region 2C round-robin playoffs for both teams. Andrew Peters got the win for the Brewers, ...

LAMBERTON — The Hanska Lakers won the Region 2C amateur baseball tournament with a 4-2 victory over Lamberton on Saturday. Dayton Larson went the distance to earn the win for the Lakers. The win for Hanska means that the Lakers will receive a first-round bye in the state tournament, ...

NEW ULM — Net Generation New Ulm launched their first youth tennis camp on August 6-9 at Lincoln Park. This event was designed for children age 5-8. A total of 37 children registered and many of their parents volunteered. Net Generation New Ulm’s goal is to introduce tennis to area youth ...

NEW ULM — Former New Ulm High School basketball player Matt Hauge has been named the interim boys’ head basketball coach at New Ulm High School. He replaces Steve Foley who resigned after last year. Hauge, who has coached in the New Ulm High School basketball system for the past 17 ...

STARK — The Springfield Tigers breezed to their first win in the Region 2C amateur baseball playoffs on Tuesday night, taking down the Stark Longhorns in convincing fashion 16-7. Branden Flock led the Springfield bats with a 4-for-5 night at the plate, two home runs and four RBIs, while ...

By Jeremy Reinarts Journal Sports Writer SLEEPY EYE –– Sleepy Eye's starting pitcher Jevan Richert, a Leavenworth draftee, delivered a complete-game shutout on Wednesday to blank Springfield 5-0 in the Region 2C amateur baseball playoffs. The Indians moved to 3-1 in the round robin ...

Submitted photo Bob Mertz, Jerry Sellner, Nick Hoelz and Tom Furth were the winners of Monday’s Cathedral Classic at New Ulm Country Club. The four-some had a score of 11-under par to win the event. Cathedral Golf Classic Monday, August 6 1st place 60: Bob Mertz, Jerry Sellner, Nick ...

HANSKA — With Hanska leading the Sleepy Eye Indians 7-4 heading into the seventh inning on Tuesday night at Hanlin Field, the Lakers looked in good shape to roll to a 3-0 start in the Region 2C playoffs. But the Indians had other plans in mind. With a five-run seventh inning, the Indians ...