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Anderson settles in, Greyhounds beat Wolverines

NEW ULM — In the first and second innings, Cathedral junior right-hander Eli Anderson allowed single runs to Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey in a Section 2A Baseball Tournament elimination game at Johnson Park on Thursday. But Anderson settled down and allowed no runs on two hits in the final ...

Indians hold on against Knights, advance to semis

SLEEPY EYE — Third-seeded Sleepy Eye came away with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie with seventh-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, holding on for the 4-3 win in the Section 2A Baseball Tournament quarterfinals Thursday at Sleepy Eye Ballpark. The Indians took a 3-0 ...

Coil, Blackhawks power past Crusaders in playoffs

SEARLES — When Madelia junior Evan Coil got a hold of an inside fastball and sent it over the fence in left field for a grand slam Thursday at Searles Ballpark, he didn’t realize quite how big of a hit that would end up being. While it gave the top-seeded Blackhawks a solid 5-1 lead at ...

Toomer becomes OCB Pro

NEW ULM — One small bump in the road didn’t stop Brandy Toomer from reaching her goal. After coming up just short of capturing her IFBB (International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation) Pro Cards on May 16 at NPC Worldwide Pittsburgh Natural Pro Qualifier, also known as Natural ...

Buegler bounces back, punches return ticket to state

BUFFALO LAKE — Before the Section 3AA Golf Tournament came around, New Ulm’s Mason Buegler considered his junior year of golf a down season. But he certainly found his stroke when it mattered most. Buegler qualified for his second consecutive state golf tournament after his ...

From hanging numbers to high tech

Back when I was about 10 or 11 years old, I lived about a block and a half from Johnson Park, so my summers were basically going there to shag foul balls — I think returning those got you five cents a ball back then — or if you really got lucky, you were able to be a bat boy for the ...