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Region 2C roundup: Hanska advances to semifinals, Gibbon walks off Wabasso

SUNDAY HANSKA 9, STARK 8 NEW ULM — The top-seeded Hanska Lakers held off the eighth-seeded Stark Longhorns for a 9-8 win in the second round of the Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament on Sunday. Aaron Portner got the win for Hanska, striking out six and allowing three runs on six ...

Jr. Gold fall to Eagan in state elimination game

ALEXANDRIA — The New Ulm Junior Gold baseball team fell to the Eagan Patriots 6-5 on Friday night in a DI Junior Legion State Baseball Tournament elimination game. The loss ended the Junior Gold’s season with a 22-10 record. New Ulm scored three runs in the fifth and one in the sixth to cut into an early 6-1 deficit but was unable to get a runner across in the seventh. Miles Castleman was 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI to lead the Junior Gold, while Mitchell Hopp was 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Trevan Thordson also was 1 for 4 with an RBI, while Owen Castleman, Parker Ranweiler, ...

Brewers fall to Hastings in 1A playoff opener

HASTINGS — The New Ulm Brewers opened play in the Section 1A Amateur Baseball Tournament this past Saturday by falling to the Hastings Hawks 4-1. The Brewers fell to the elimination bracket with the loss and will travel to take on Dundas in a win-or-go-home game at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Brewers took the first lead in the first inning with a sac fly from Sam Keckeisen that scored Colten Schaefer, who led off with a walk. JT Hoffmann and Cole Ranweiler also singled after that walk to load the bases for Keckeisen. After the sac fly, however, Hastings turned a double play to end the ...

Blue-chipper champions

NEW ULM — Power at the plate, no errors in the field and a complete-game outing from right-hander Adam Perry was more than enough for the Excelsior Blue to finish the Division I Senior Legion State Baseball Tournament as champions. The Blue downed the Wayzata Wizards 8-2 on Sunday ...

Bluejays roll by Grizzlies in 2C playoff win

NEW ULM — The top of the order was strong and consistent for the Essig Bluejays on Sunday, leading the team’s 19-hit performance on the way to a 12-2 win over the Searles Grizzlies in a Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament elimination game at Mueller Park. Winsten Nienhaus went 5 for ...

Tigers hold off Yankees, move on to state qualifier

NEW ULM — In the end, Springfield Tigers manager Steve Helget said he put the game in the hands of a 16-year-old. Madden Lendt pitched two innings of shutout ball and got the game-ending out on a bases-loaded flyout as the Tigers stayed rolling in the Region 2C Baseball Tournament with an ...