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Finstad, Anderson, Hubbard lead All-Journal Baseball

FIRST TEAM Jake Finstad, Sr., SS/P, Cathedral The 2025 Tomahawk Division Player of the Year, Finstad was also an All-State selection after helping take the Greyhounds to their first state championship appearance since 2005. Finstad batted .425 at the plate with 34 hits, six doubles, seven ...

Bockenstedt’s first no-no lifts Brewers by A’s

NEW ULM — Mitch Bockenstedt recorded a career-high 19 strikeouts and threw his first amateur no-hitter as the New Ulm Brewers blanked St. James 8-0 Tuesday night in a Tomahawk East League game at Johnson Park. Bockenstedt, who threw 111 pitches, allowed just two base-runners in the game, ...

New Ulm VFW Silver fall in JUMC closer

NEW ULM — New Ulm VFW Silver fell late to Hastings 14-10 in their final game of the Junior Upper Midwest Classic Saturday at Johnson Park. New Ulm held a 9-2 lead after the third inning, but Hastings scored in every inning from then on to put Silver away. Miles Castleman took the loss for ...

New Ulm captures 1st JUMC title since 2001

NEW ULM — None of the 2025 New Ulm Junior Legion Gold baseball players were born the last time a New Ulm team won the Junior Upper Midwest Classic. On a hot, windy Sunday afternoon, that changed as right-handed reliever Collin Forstner got the final strikeout to help New Ulm hold off ...

New Ulm Brewers take down Fairfax 7-1 in TEL

FAIRFAX — The New Ulm Brewers downed the Fairfax Cardinals 7-1 in a Tomahawk East League Amateur baseball game on Friday. Sam Keckeisen was the winning pitcher, striking out seven and allowing one run on four hits in six innings. At the plate for New Ulm, Justin Hoffmann was 3 for 4 with ...

Jr. Gold move on to JUMC semifinals

By Jim Bastian sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — New Ulm Junior Legion Gold broke a 1-1 tie with a six-run third inning and went on to top Luverne Junior Legion 9-3 Saturday night at Johnson Park in a Junior Upper Midwest Classic quarterfinals game. Mitchell Hopp got the win for Gold. He went ...