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Minnesota fortunate with high legion baseball numbers

NEW ULM — John Sands of the Minnesota State Legion Board thinks that numbers for legion baseball in Minnesota are doing well. Sands, who is based out of Chaska, shared those thoughts this past weekend during the DI state legion baseball tourney. But that is not the case around the country. Texas has just one American Legion Baseball team. “And Oklahoma and Georgia only have one legion baseball team,” Sands said. “But here it is the community pride that the towns in Minnesota have to support legion baseball. “I am a coach at Hopkins for legion baseball and for the ...

Donnelly returns to New Ulm, working on baseball novel

NEW ULM — Former New Ulm Journal Sports Writer Pat Donnelly, who wrote for The Journal from 1985 through 1990, is in the process of writing a fictional baseball book that is based on his experiences as a player with the New Ulm Brewers from 1988 through 1991. Donnelly was in New Ulm last weekend for the DI American Legion State Baseball Tournament and did some PA work for games. Now Donnelly is a free-lance writer who also covers Minnesota sports for the Associated Press and Major League Baseball. “For the last two summers I have averaged around 60 Twins home games a year,” he ...

2026 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship results

NEW ULM — The 2026 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship was held this past weekend in New Ulm at the Flying Dutchmen Cycle Club Grounds. Below are the results, which displays each event’s top three placers, their city, state and top time. MICRO MINI 1. Trey Zimmerman, Bay City, WI, 9.812 2. Cooper Sandmeyer, Mapleton, MN, 9.970 3. Jase Mosley, Van Lear, KY, 10.002 65CC 1. Lincoln Haugen, Zumbrota, MN, 7.891 2. Weston Hall, Williston, ND, 8.315 3. Bennett Braulick, Sleepy Eye, MN, 9.028 MINI JUNIOR 1. Henry Cain, Barksdale AFB, LA, 7.202 2. Lincoln Haugen, Zumbrota, ...

Region 2C roundup: Hanska advances to semifinals, Gibbon walks off Wabasso

SUNDAY HANSKA 9, STARK 8 NEW ULM — The top-seeded Hanska Lakers held off the eighth-seeded Stark Longhorns for a 9-8 win in the second round of the Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament on Sunday. Aaron Portner got the win for Hanska, striking out six and allowing three runs on six ...

Jr. Gold fall to Eagan in state elimination game

ALEXANDRIA — The New Ulm Junior Gold baseball team fell to the Eagan Patriots 6-5 on Friday night in a DI Junior Legion State Baseball Tournament elimination game. The loss ended the Junior Gold’s season with a 22-10 record. New Ulm scored three runs in the fifth and one in the sixth to cut into an early 6-1 deficit but was unable to get a runner across in the seventh. Miles Castleman was 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI to lead the Junior Gold, while Mitchell Hopp was 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Trevan Thordson also was 1 for 4 with an RBI, while Owen Castleman, Parker Ranweiler, ...

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 ...