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Eagles rally from 7 down, beat Huskies

NEW ULM — After continuously nipping at Owatonna’s heels on Monday in a nonconference softball game, the New Ulm Eagles finally had enough bite in the bottom of the seventh. Sophomore Natalie Fischer’s RBI single scored Maddi Olson, completing a seven-run comeback and giving the ...

Greyhounds power past Indians

NEW ULM — In the bottom of the fifth inning of a Tomahawk Division softball game, New Ulm Cathedral’s Abbey Hillesheim connected hard on a pitch from Sleepy Eye’s Taylor Berkner, sending it over the left-field fence at Harman Park for a home run. That two-run homer put the Greyhounds ...

SEU keeps control of Tomahawk-Valley tourney

NEW ULM — What has been par for the course for this season’s Tomahawk-Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament, wind played a hand in many shots during the second leg at New Ulm Country Club on Monday. But just like the gusty first leg of the tournament on April 22, Sleepy Eye United’s ...

Weekend area roundup: Becker leads Madelia baseball by Springfield

SATURDAY PREP BASEBALL MADELIA 10, SPRINGFIELD 1 MILROY — Madelia routed Springfield 10-1 on Saturday in a prep baseball invite game at Irish Yard. The big Section 2A matchup saw Madelia pitcher Tate Becker shut down the Springfield bats, going six innings in the win and allowing just one hit and three walks for no runs while striking out eight. He also led the way for Madelia at the plate, going 3 for 4 with an RBI, while Bryce Borkenhagen was 3 for 4 with an RBI, Evan Coil was 2 for 5 with a homer and three RBIs and Noel Davila was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Eli Heglund took the ...

No-quit Knights split doubleheader with Rams

NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College Knights baseball team started parents’ day Saturday with some late-game heroics and almost got them again to end the day at MLC Baseball Field. Trailing 5-0 during the first game of an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader against ...

The 152nd Kentucky Derby is a 20-horse puzzle

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The chaos at the start of the Kentucky Derby sometimes decides the most exciting two minutes in sports in a matter of seconds. Twenty horses bursting out of the starting gate to varying degrees of success makes it a mad dash to the ...