NEW ULM — The New Ulm Junior Legion Gold took advantage of 11 walks, three wild pitches and two hit batters plus eight hits as they cruised by Owatonna 13-0 Thursday night in the Junior Upper Midwest Classic at Johnson Park. The game was stopped after 4 1/2 innings because of the 10-run ...
GIBBON — The Gibbon Reds rolled the Searles Grizzlies 10-0 in seven innings in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game on Thursday. Dominic Rose earned the win for Gibbon, striking out 12 and allowing three hits and no runs with two walks in seven innings. At the plate, Rose was 2 ...
NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion ended pool play in the Junior Upper Midwest Classic undefeated with a 7-4 win over Prior Lake Friday at Mueller Park. Sleepy Eye beat Rosetown 14-2 in five innings earlier in the day and will be the top seed in Pool D and will play the runner up of Pool C ...
FIRST TEAM Taylor Berkner, Sr., P, Sleepy Eye The 2026 Tomahawk Division Player of the Year, Berkner holds the majority of pitching and hitting records at Sleepy Eye after a stellar career. This season, she struck out 189 batters in 141 2/3 innings with a 3.06 ERA in the circle and putting up a 16-8 record. At the plate, Berkner was even more impressive season, batting .597 with 46 hits, 12 doubles, a triple, eight home runs, 38 RBIs and 28 runs scored while striking out just three times all year. The senior is a three-time All-Section player, a four-time All-Conference player, and ...
SLEEPY EYE — When a player spends the amount of time in the pitching circle that Taylor Berkner did over her four-year varsity softball career, they’re naturally going to be judged first and foremost for how they pitch. But when the bat delivers just as much — if not more than the arm ...
NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion opened up the Junior Upper Midwest Classic with a 10-6 win over the New Ulm VFW Silver on Thursday. Sleepy Eye withstood two three-run innings by the Silver during the game, holding off New Ulm until the final out. “I told the kids earlier, you’re ...
