MANKATO — Marshall defeated New Ulm VFW Silver 11-1 in six innings on Wednesday night in the VFW Second District Baseball Tournament title game at Mankato East High School. After Silver topped Mankato East 8-3 in a 5 p.m. elimination bracket game Wednesday, Silver got a win by forfeit over ...

By Jake McNeill jmcneill@marshallindependent.com MARSHALL — The top-seeded New Ulm junior legion baseball team had its Substate G Tournament opener against No. 9 Tri-City United postponed from Tuesday night due to thunderstorms. When the time came to play, New Ulm’s bats were ready to ...

Submitted photo/information The Nicollet 8U Softball team finished up the 2024 season playing in the Southern Star League this summer, playing Monday nights in June and July. Back row (l-r): Annabelle Baumann, Megan Becker, Kaylin Zimmerman, Olivia Bruns, Coach Hayley Selby, Olivia Thom, ...

Submitted photo/information by Curtis Dorschner For a second consecutive year, the Essig Bluejays Jr. Bi-County team traveled to Memorial Park in Fairfax for a championship matchup against the top-seeded Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds Monday. The Bluejays hammered out 12 hits and managed ...

NEW ULM — On Saturday, September 21 at the Kelly Inn and Convention Center, Essig’s Doug Radloff will be formally inducted into the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame. Radloff will become the fourth person from Essig to be inducted, joining Louis “Jackpot” Holm, Terry Helget and ...

Submitted photo/information The Nicollet 6U Softball team finished up the 2024 season playing in the Lil’ Peppers League this summer, playing Tuesday nights in June and July. Back row (l-r): Scarlet Patterson, Charlie Johnson, Finley Salfer, Larkin Allerson, Emma Schultz, Kate ...