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SEU leads opening round of 2A boys golf tourney

NORTH MANKATO — The Sleepy Eye United boys golf team turned in a top score of 328 on Tuesday to lead the first round of the Section 2A Boys Golf Tournament at North Links Golf Course. The top four teams qualified for the final round Monday, along with individual golfers who carded a 90 or better and was not on those top four teams. United South Central shot a 330 for second on the day, while Mountain lake shot a 345 and Cedar Mountain shot a 349 to qualify for the final day Monday. The boys medalist with Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton’s Jeffrey Simonson, who shot a 74. SEU was ...

Brown, Guetter complete Section 3A Golf Tournament

WORTHINGTON — Red Rock Central’s Jorga Brown finished as the Section 3A Girls Golf Tournament individual champion on Wednesday at Great Life Golf Club. She shot a 79 on Wednesday to finish with a two-day total of 163 and advance to the Class A state tournament, which begins June 9 at Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker. Wabasso had senior Brayden Guetter compete on the boys’ side of the tournament. He shot a 93 on Wednesday to tie for 19th with a two-day total of 184.

Anderson settles in, Greyhounds beat Wolverines

NEW ULM — In the first and second innings, Cathedral junior right-hander Eli Anderson allowed single runs to Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey in a Section 2A Baseball Tournament elimination game at Johnson Park on Thursday. But Anderson settled down and allowed no runs on two hits in the final ...

Coil, Blackhawks power past Crusaders in playoffs

SEARLES — When Madelia junior Evan Coil got a hold of an inside fastball and sent it over the fence in left field for a grand slam Thursday at Searles Ballpark, he didn’t realize quite how big of a hit that would end up being. While it gave the top-seeded Blackhawks a solid 5-1 lead at ...

New scoreboard a grand slam for Johnson Park

NEW ULM — Terry Steinbach said that when the New Ulm Baseball Association was in the process of looking for a state-of-the art video scoreboard for Johnson Park, he and his wife, Mary, decided that making a very substantial donation towards that project was a way to give back to New Ulm ...

From hanging numbers to high tech

Back when I was about 10 or 11 years old, I lived about a block and a half from Johnson Park, so my summers were basically going there to shag foul balls — I think returning those got you five cents a ball back then — or if you really got lucky, you were able to be a bat boy for the Brewers. Or you could do the scoreboard — be a “numbers hanger” as the late Eddie Konz, who was a groundskeeper there back in the early 60s, called you. Being a bat boy did not pay anything, but if you were lucky enough, you were able to get a cracked bat from one of the Brewers players to take ...