Helget to be honored in Essig Monday
ESSIG — The Essig Bluejays invite the public to join them Essig Ballpark on Monday, May 25, to honor the career and accomplishments of Mandy Helget. The plaque ceremony begins at 12:30 p.m., with a Tomahawk East League game against the Stark Longhorns to follow. Helget was inducted into the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame last year for his 24-year amateur baseball career with Stark and time as Essig Bluejays manager from 1988-1994.
Area roundup: Firebirds torch Mavericks
PREP BASEBALL GFW 12, MCW 1 (5 INNINGS) SHERBURNE — The Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Firebirds collected eight hits and capitalized on five Martin County West errors on Monday to roll to a 12-1 win over the Mavericks in a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover baseball game. Collin Hacker led GFW at the plate, going 2 for 4 with an RBI double and two runs scored, while Owen Swenson was 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Kaden Rieke was 1 for 1 with two walks and two RBIs also for the Firebirds, while Isaac Beckendorf was 1 for 2 with an RBI and Cayson Gosewich was 1 for 3 with an RBI. Rieke got the ...
Furth, Arndt lead Eagles clay target team in Week 4
NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles clay target team completed its fourth week of the season this past week, with Benjamin Furth and Charlie Arndt leading the team at Sioux Valley Gun Club. Furth shot 46 of 50 targets to lead the Eagles in trapshooting, while Kaiden Berg-Ruehling and Ian Lee each hit 45 of 50 targets. Arndt, Breckon Augustin, Tilken Fruhwirth, Tate Isaacson, Mckenzie Lilleodden, Colton Osborne and Zachary Osborne all each hit 44 of 50 targets also in the trapshooting category. In skeet shooting, Arndt hit 45 of 50 targets to lead the team, while Fruhwirth was close behind ...