NEW ULM — New Ulm’s Ethan Stade’s dream of being drafted by a professional baseball team came true Sunday afternoon. But it was not via a phone call but a live stream that the Atlanta Braves chose Stade in the 18th round and 532nd player overall. Stade, who graduated from New Ulm ...
SUNDAY ESSIG 10, GIBBON 0 (8 INNINGS) GIBBON — The Essig Bluejays defeated the Gibbon Reds 10-0 in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game on Sunday. Winsten Nienhaus earned the win for Essig, striking out three and allowing no runs on two hits and two walks in eight innings. At the ...
JUNIOR LEGION NEW ULM 5, COLD SPRING 3 ALEXANDRIA — New Ulm defeated Cold Spring 5-3 to win the Bernie Classic Junior Legion baseball tournament on Saturday. Owen Caslteman earned the win for New Ulm, striking out six and allowing three runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings. At the plate, Paxton Johnson had two hits and two RBIs, while Trevan Thordson, Castleman and Ryler Collen each had two hits. New Ulm hosts Hopkins on Tuesday. SLEEPY EYE 17, USC 7 (6 INNINGS) WELLS — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion defeated United South Central 17-7 in six innings in the Southwest-East ...
MASON, MI — This past weekend, a group of five New Ulm High School trap shooters traveled to Mason, Michigan to participate in the USA High School Clay Target League National Championships. Tilken Fruhwirth, Tate Isaacson, Ian Lee, Ben Furth and Isaac Beranek competed against 234 other ...
It seems that every year either during the Junior Classic or the Upper Midwest Classic, there are out-of-town or out-of-state baseball fans who inevitably ask the question “When is New Ulm going to bid for another Regional American Legion baseball tournament?” People say with the great facilities that New Ulm has in Johnson and Mueller Parks, the history of running first-class tournaments, the great food and now the new video scoreboard at Johnson Park, it should be a no-brainer to put in a bid for one. New Ulm has hosted four American Legion Regional Tournaments — 1957, 1985 ...
LEGION BASEBALL NEW ULM 17, FARMINGTON 2 3 (5 INNINGS) NEW ULM 5, BAYPORT 2 EDINA — New Ulm started the Gopher Classic Legion Baseball Tournament with a pair of wins on Friday, defeating Farmington 2 17-3 in five innings and Bayport 5-2. Mitchell Hopp earned the win in Game 1 against Farmington 2, striking out two and allowing one run on three hits in two innings. Levi Hopp pitched three innings, striking out two and allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits. At the plate, Levi Hopp was 3 for 4 with a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored, while Hunter Larson had three hits ...
