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 ...
NEW ULM — The third annual “Military Appreciation Day” will be held Wednesday, June 24, at Johnson Park when the New Ulm Brewers host Leavenworth at 7:30 p.m. in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game. “All veterans attending the game will receive a free hamburger or cheeseburger, french fry and a beverage courtesy of the New Ulm Baseball Association,” Flor said. Last year, 99 veterans received free meals. Flor said that the gates to the game — which is free admission — will open at 5 p.m and Flor said that food will be served by 5:30 p.m. Flor said that the ...
NEW ULM — Brody Nordy, who scored 10 goals and added 24 assists last season for the New Ulm Eagles hockey team, has signed a tender to play with the Helena Bighorns of the North American Tier III Hockey League. The Bighorns play in the Frontier Division of the NA3HL. Nordby, a forward, said that signing with Helena came about when he talked with former high school teammate at New Ulm — Austin Uecker — who also plays with Helena. “He put in a good word for me and I have been talking with [Damon Hanson] for about a year,” Nordby said. “He sent me an offer and I ...
