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Brewers fall to Hastings in 1A playoff opener

HASTINGS — The New Ulm Brewers opened play in the Section 1A Amateur Baseball Tournament this past Saturday by falling to the Hastings Hawks 4-1. The Brewers fell to the elimination bracket with the loss and will travel to take on Dundas in a win-or-go-home game at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Brewers took the first lead in the first inning with a sac fly from Sam Keckeisen that scored Colten Schaefer, who led off with a walk. JT Hoffmann and Cole Ranweiler also singled after that walk to load the bases for Keckeisen. After the sac fly, however, Hastings turned a double play to end the ...

Blue-chipper champions

NEW ULM — Power at the plate, no errors in the field and a complete-game outing from right-hander Adam Perry was more than enough for the Excelsior Blue to finish the Division I Senior Legion State Baseball Tournament as champions. The Blue downed the Wayzata Wizards 8-2 on Sunday ...

Bluejays roll by Grizzlies in 2C playoff win

NEW ULM — The top of the order was strong and consistent for the Essig Bluejays on Sunday, leading the team’s 19-hit performance on the way to a 12-2 win over the Searles Grizzlies in a Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament elimination game at Mueller Park. Winsten Nienhaus went 5 for ...

Tigers hold off Yankees, move on to state qualifier

NEW ULM — In the end, Springfield Tigers manager Steve Helget said he put the game in the hands of a 16-year-old. Madden Lendt pitched two innings of shutout ball and got the game-ending out on a bases-loaded flyout as the Tigers stayed rolling in the Region 2C Baseball Tournament with an ...

Dramatic win sends Sleepy Eye to consolation finals

GLENWOOD - Down one run in the bottom of the seventh inning Sleepy Eye was looking to avoid ending its season in a DII Senior Legion Baseball Tournament consolation bracket game against Glenwood-Lowry. After Carson Uecker drew a walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch to lead off the ...

McBirnie highlights Stock Car Shootout at Arlington

Courtesy of Ben Deatherage ARLINGTON — Jake McBirnie led all 30 laps to win Wednesday night’s $5,000-to-win Sibley County Stock Car Shootout at Arlington Raceway for the Sunoco IMCA Stock Cars before a packed grandstand on opening night of the Sibley County Fair. Driving the Mike ...