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Gibbon shuts down Searles

GIBBON — The Gibbon Reds rolled the Searles Grizzlies 10-0 in seven innings in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game on Thursday. Dominic Rose earned the win for Gibbon, striking out 12 and allowing three hits and no runs with two walks in seven innings. At the plate, Rose was 2 for ...

Sleepy Eye Jr. Legion undefeated in JUMC pool play

NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion ended pool play in the Junior Upper Midwest Classic undefeated with a 7-4 win over Prior Lake Friday at Mueller Park. Sleepy Eye beat Rosetown 14-2 in five innings earlier in the day and will be the top seed in Pool D and will play the runner up of Pool C ...

Area roundup: New Ulm Gold starts Burnsville tourney 2-0

LEGION BASEBALL NEW ULM 11, LAKEVILLE NORTH 3 NEW ULM 8, ORONO/MAPLE PLAIN 1 BURNSVILLE — The New Ulm Legion Gold went 2-0 at the Burnsville Tournament on Friday, defeating Lakeville North 11-3 and Orono/Maple Plain 8-1. Tanner Backer was the winning pitcher in Game 1 for New Ulm, ...

Big hits lift Jr. Gold past Alexandria

NEW ULM — It wasn’t the most polished day in the field for the New Ulm Junior Legion Gold on Friday, but their bats more than made up for it. In their second Junior Upper Midwest Classic tournament game, the Jr. Gold were aided by a five-run third inning that led to a 10-3 win over the ...

Sleepy Eye opens JUMC with win over VFW Silver

NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion opened up the Junior Upper Midwest Classic with a 10-6 win over the New Ulm VFW Silver on Thursday. Sleepy Eye withstood two three-run innings by the Silver during the game, holding off New Ulm until the final out. “I told the kids earlier, you’re ...

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 ...