SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion defeated Harrisburg 15-7 in five innings in a junior legion baseball tournament game Friday. Eric Lozano was the winning pitcher, striking out three while allowing six runs on six hits. At the plate, Merrick Mathiowetz was 3 for 4 with two RBIs ...

ESSIG — Despite several answers by Sleepy Eye Legion Post 7 late in Saturday night’s Upper Midwest Classic quarterfinals game with Mankato American, including a five-run fifth inning to tie the game, the American were just a step ahead in the end. After answering Sleepy Eye’s five-run ...

NEW ULM — When you play bad baseball, you are going to get beat. That happened twice on Saturday to New Ulm Legion Gold as they dropped two games to conclude their time in the Upper Midwest Classic. Gold fell 7-1 to Springfield, Nebraska, in their first game before dropping a 12-3 loss ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm resident Steve Rykhus was recently honored by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as the 2024 ATV instructor of the year. “I was surprised,” Rykhus said. “I didn’t even know my name was submitted. The Conservation Officer called me and congratulated ...

GRANITE FALLS — Joe Liebl put together a 21-strikeout, complete-game effort on Friday night to help the Wabasso Jaxx take down the Granite Falls Kilowatts in a Corn Belt League amateur baseball game. Liebl allowed just two hits and three walks for one earned run in his mound win, the only ...

NEW ULM — It was a walk-off walk for a win. Zach Hubbard’s bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning scored Jake Finstad from third and gave New Ulm Legion Gold a 2-1 win over the West Fargo Vets Friday night at Johnson Park in the Upper Midwest Classic ...