NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye Legion’s two first-inning runs was all the offense it needed as it opened the Upper Midwest Classic with a 2-1 victory over Mankato National Thursday at Johnson Park. “Our junior legion set the tone last weekend when they won [the Junior Upper Midwest Classic],” ...

Nolan Kucera, Fr., SEU The 2026 Tomahawk-Valley Conference Player of the Year, Kucera was also the Section 2A Individual champion and helped lead his team to a fifth-place finish at the state tournament. Kucera also placed 16th individually in Class A and had a nine-hole average of 37.4 on ...

SLEEPY EYE — There are areas to his golf game that Sleepy Eye United’s Nolan Kucera wants to grow in, both physically and mentally. The good news for him is that he’s already made big improvements from last year and he just finished his freshman year of high school. The talented, ...

Submitted information NEW ULM — The New Ulm 14U Vipers softball team took first place at the Windmill Classic Tournament in New Ulm on June 20. In pool play the Vipers defeated Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 8-2, Watertown-Mayer 7-2 and Kasson-Mantorville 7-0. New Ulm then went on to play ...

GRANITE FALLS — The Wabasso Jaxx were shut out by the Granite Falls Kilowatts on Wednesday in a Corn Belt League amateur baseball game. The game ended in seven innings due to the 10-run lead rule. Despite the loss, Carter Guetter went 3 for 3 for the Jaxx, while Deagen Maurice was 2 for ...

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Legion Gold allowed St. Peter to take a quick 2-0 lead in an Upper Midwest Classic game Thursday night, but the Gold had an answer. That came in the form of 18 unanswered runs. Led by an eight-run second inning and a seven-run third inning, the Gold racked up 12 hits ...