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Knights knock off Tigers in 2A tourney

SPRINGFIELD — Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Landry Folkens allowed just two hits as he led the seventh-seeded Knights to a 4-2 upset victory over second-seeded Springfield in the second round of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament on Tuesday. Folkens put up six strikeouts in his complete-game win ...

Brewers overcome Cubs late

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Brewers scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to erase a 5-4 Courtland lead and went on to beat the Cubs 6-5 Monday afternoon in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game. Mitch Bockenstedt worked out of a ninth-inning Cubs rally and got the win for ...

TEL roundup: Saenz, Haala homer as Longhorns bully Bluejays

STARK 22, ESSIG 0 (7 INNINGS) ESSIG — Zach Haala and Arian Saenz combined for seven hits, two homers and 11 RBIs Monday to power the Stark Longhorns to a 22-0 win over the Essig Bluejays in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game. The game ended in seven innings due to the 10-run lead rule. Haala went 4 for 5 with a two-run homer in the sixth, a double, four RBIs and five runs scored, while Saenz was 3 for 5 with a two-run homer in the fourth, seven RBIs and three runs scored. Brandon Helget also was 2 for 5 with a double, four RBIs and four runs scored for Stark, while Adam ...

Knights down Warriors in playoff opener

SLEEPY EYE — Seventh-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s topped 10th-seeded BOLD 6-1 in the opening round of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament on Thursday. Folkens earned the win for the Knights, striking out nine and allowing one run on one hit in a complete game. At the plate, Ethan Schwartz was 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored, while Tyler Mathioewtz was 2 for 3 with two runs scored. Merrick Mathiowetz added a hit, an RBI and two runs scored. BOLD scored the opening run of the game in the top of the first, but St. Mary’s tied it up in the third as Braulick singled to bring ...

Weidman, Brownfield, Lehne fall in semis

ST. PETER — New Ulm’s Griffin Lehne won his first two matches before falling in the semifinals of the Section 2AA Boys Tennis Individual Tournament on Friday, as did Dan Brownfield and Charlie Weidman in the Section 2AA Boys Tennis Doubles Tournament. Lehne defeated New Prague’s Max Streefland 6-3, 6-1 before defeating Shakopee’s Arnav Anandkumar 6-4, 6-1. Lehne fell 6-1, 6-0 to Prior Lake’s Jack Williams. Also in the singles tournament, Isaac Dittmer fell 6-2, 6-0 to Prior Lake’s Sam Williams in the first round. In the doubles tournament, Weidman and Brownfield ...

Wolverines stop Cyclones in 2AA playoff opener

GAYLORD — The fifth-seeded Sibley East Wolverines rolled to a 9-2 win over the 12th-seeded St. Clair Cyclones on Thursday in the opening round of the Section 2AA Baseball Tournament at Walsh Field. Ashton McCue led the Wolverines at the plate in the win, going 3 for 3 with two runs scored, while catcher Henry Ott was 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Alex Bachmann also was 1 for 2 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored for the Wolverines, while Riley Bussler added an RBI double. Nathan Schauer got the pitching win in six innings of work, allowing five hits and three walks for two runs, one ...