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Eagles clay target team competes at Nationals

MASON, Mich. — The New Ulm Eagles clay target team recently competed at the USA High School National Championship in Mason, Michigan, from July 11-12. The Eagles were led individually by Tilken Fruhwirth, who shot 95 of 100 targets. Dylan Armstrong also participated individually for New Ulm ...

Junior Gold executes, moves to semis

MANKATO — During this Wednesday’s 4-3 win against Hutchinson, New Ulm Junior Legion Gold head coach Mike Anderson commented on the team’s need to execute situational baseball. In Thursday’s Sub-State G Junior Legion Baseball Tournament game against New Prague, New Ulm did just that, ...

Upset specials

NEW ULM — The No. 5-seeded New Ulm Legion Gold’s Caleb Forstner threw only five pitches in Thursday’s DI Sub-State 2 playoff game against the Marshall Mudcats at Johnson Park. But they were the biggest of the season. Forstner relieved starter Kolton Achman with two outs and the bases ...

Goraczkowski lifts to national stage

By Jake Olson sports@nujournal.com FAIRMONT – What started as a hobby quickly turned into a passion for Fairmont’s Jackson Goraczkowski. Goraczkowski, who will enter his senior year of high school this fall, has taken his adaptive weightlifting career to the national stage, becoming a ...

Downtown to Down Under

By Travis Rosenau trosenau@nujournal.com MELBOURNE, Australia — While she was lucky to get a start to her semi-professional basketball career in Ireland last year, this year 2019 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s grad Cassie Heinrichs has gotten to take her talents Down Under. Heinrichs got her ...