NEW ULM — After more than three months of being shut down, it seems like basketball is finally coming back. New Ulm’s Kory Kettner, who is the director of the Minnesota Rise, got back in action with his participants on Monday this week and they were allowed to work on things such as ...
BANCROFT, Iowa — The New Ulm Brewers went 1-1 last weekend in a pair of amateur baseball exhibition games in Iowa. The Brewers defeated Fairmont 5-3 in the first game thanks to a seventh-inning RBI single from Judd Davis. In the second game, “Them Guys” defeated New Ulm 2-0.
NEW UM — Any baseball players age 15 and 16 who are interested in playing VFW baseball in New Ulm this summer are asked to come to practice at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at the New Um Middle School baseball field. This first practice is not mandatory because of the short notice but if you ...
SPRINGFIELD — After a 5-2 loss to Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart and a three-game losing streak midway through the 2016 season, Springfield baseball coach Bob Fink chose not to get upset or frustrated with the way things were going with his squad. Despite the recent struggles, which ...
Photo courtesy of New Ulm Country Club Mackenzie Sexe recorded a hole-in-one on May 15 at the New Ulm Country Club. She used a 4-hybrid on the Par 3, 133-yard sixth hole for the shot. A hole-in-one Memorabilia Trophy was donated compliments of Patterson Diamond Center.
Staff photos by Fritz Busch Wendinger wins State again Top: Brayden Wendinger, 11, holds his 2019 and 2020 Minnesota Knights of Columbus State free throw championship trophies. A New Ulm Middle School student, he made 24 of 25 free throws in local, district and regional contests to win the ...
SLEEPY EYE — When Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s head football coach Brent Kucera took over in 2010, he knew the pieces were in place to make the Knights a solid program. Kucera soon got the Knights back in the state tournament, taking them there in 2011 and 2012. But it was a change in the ...
NICOLLET — Nicollet head football coach Tom Murphy has been one of the more successful 9-man coaches in the state, coaching for more than 30 years (as a head coach and an assistant). In that time, he has coached the Raiders to seven state tournament appearances (1999, 2002, 2009, 2010, ...
NEW ULM — The New Ulm Girls’ Fastpitch Association announced on Monday that this year’s Windmill Classic will be canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The announcement was made at about noon on Monday on the New Ulm Girls' Fastpitch Association’s Facebook page and read as follows: ...
NEW ULM — In an effort to get amateur baseball started in Minnesota, the Minnesota Baseball Association (MBA) has sent a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz outlining 10 proposed guidelines that teams would follow if Walz elects to open up amateur baseball. MBA President Fred Roufs said ...
NICOLLET — Nicollet standout Jon Mans has decided that he will play college football at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls starting this coming fall. Mans, who played quarterback the last two years and multiple positions for the Raiders on defense the last three years, said that he ...
NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran senior Teddy Giefer will continue to play baseball next year after he signed with University of Minnesota-Crookston. UM-Crookston, a Division II school in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, will give Giefer a chance to both pitch and play ...
NEW ULM — In the end, New Ulm High School senior Nolan Drill just wanted to play Division II baseball. Drill decided that Upper Iowa University, a Division II school in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, was the right fit for him. “The final factor was the atmosphere on my ...
WABASSO — After having her senior track and field season wiped out because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wabasso senior Chloe Haven wanted to continue her running career in college. Last week, Haven decided that she wanted to continue her running career with the University of ...
ST. PETER — Gustavus Adolphus College assistant baseball coach Andrew Woitas has adjusted to the new way of recruiting high school athletes, although the new way isn’t necessarily the preferred way. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Woitas has had to reach out to a lot of the high ...
Submitted photo Wabasso’s Chloe Haven (center) signed her National Letter of Intent to participate in Cross-Country and Track and Field at the University of Minnesota-Morris.
By Jeremy Behnke Journal Sports Editor SPRINGFIELD — In a sense, Paul Dunn is going back home. Dunn, the former Springfield football and softball coach, has been named the new head football coach at Albert Lea High School. Dunn’s grandpa lived near Clarks Grove, which is about 14 ...
The games of softball and baseball are constantly evolving. Both sports have put an increased role on defensive fundamentals and shifts, but at the local high school and college level, it still comes down to the basics. While major league baseball has crazy shifts in place for every hitter ...
NEW ULM — New Ulm High School seniors Madison Roufs and Molly Scheid have decided to continue their soccer careers at Division II Southwest Minnesota State University next year. The two signed letters of intent this past fall. The Mustangs finished the 2019 season with a record of 11-7 ...
Boy, do I miss baseball. I miss going down to Johnson or Mueller Parks for a game and the first thing I notice is the smell and the sound of popcorn being made. I miss walking into Johnson Park and smelling not only fresh popcorn but going to the back concession stand at Johnson Park and ...