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Area roundup: New Ulm Jr. Legion wins Bernie Classic

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 ...

New Ulm participates at national trap shoot meet

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 ...

Regionals a no-brainer for New Ulm?

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 ...

Area roundup: Gold wins twice at Gopher Classic

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 ...

Springfield claims top seed over Sleepy Eye

SLEEPY EYE -- Second-seeded Springfield defeated top-seeded Sleepy Eye 5-3 in the Southwest-East Sub-Sub-State Senior Legion Baseball Tournament championship game on Saturday. With the win, Springfield claims the top seed in the Southwest Sub-State Tournament, while Sleepy Eye will take the second seed. That tournament will begin Thursday in St. James. Eli Heglund earned the win for Springfield, striking out two and allowing three runs, one earned, on six hits in seven innings pitched. At the plate, Adiel Trevino had a double with three RBIs, while Aiden Moriarty and Heglund each had ...

Knowles double gives TEL 7th consecutive All-Star win

ST. JAMES -- With bases loaded down 6-4 in the eighth inning of the Tomahawk East League-Corn Belt League Amateur Baseball All-Star Game, Hanska’s Chris Knowles of the TEL hit a double to left center field that cleared the bases to give the TEL a 7-6 lead. That ended up being the final ...