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MLC baseball picks up 3 All-UMAC selections

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Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID ST. PAUL — The 2026 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference baseball awards were released on Wednesday, and the Martin Luther College Knights had three players selected with All-Conference recognition. Pitcher Aidan Berg was named First Team All-UMAC after a sophomore season in which Berg commanded a 3.25 ERA across 10 starts and 61 innings pitched. Berg finished second in the UMAC in strikeouts (79) and broke the MLC single-season record in strikeouts with that amount. Parker Winghart was voted Honorable Mention after receiving First Team honors as a ...

Brewers host Hutchinson in amateur baseball season opener

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NEW ULM — The 2026 amateur baseball season for the New Ulm Brewers opens at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when the Brewers host Hutchinson at Johnson Park. This Sunday, the Brewers open their home Tomahawk East season at Johnson Park when they host St. James at 5 p.m. This will be a special day as this will be the last day that the current Johnson Park scoreboard will be used. Starting Monday, installation of the new video scoreboard begins, with scheduled first game of the new video board on Monday, May 25, when the Brewers host Courtland at 5 p.m. at Johnson Park. As always, it is free ...

Cathedral c-squad wins Springfield tourney

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Submitted information The New Ulm Cathedral C-squad softball team went 3-0 at the Springfield Tournament on Saturday, May 9. They defeated Sleepy Eye St Mary's in their first game 14-0. Avery Fischer, Brielle Neubauer, Noelle Foster and Autumn Neubauer each went 2 for 2 at the plate. Avery ...

Wild winds, wild win

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NEW ULM — The New Ulm softball team put up 16 runs on 13 hit, including a home run, with nine separate player recording at least one hit and three players earning multiple hits in a Big South Conference softball game against Marshall on Tuesday. In just the first inning. The Eagles ...

Eagles serve Scarlets shutout in playoffs

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NEW ULM — Despite high winds Tuesday afternoon, the New Ulm Eagles didn’t let it hurt them a bit. In the first round of the Section 2AA Boys Tennis Tournament, the No. 8-seeded Eagles coasted with the wind to a 7-0 shutout win over the No. 11-seeded Mankato West Scarlets at New Ulm ...

Prokosch powers Bluejays by Cardinals in TEL opener

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ESSIG — The Essig Bluejays took down the Fairfax Cardinals 9-2 on Sunday in the Tomahawk East League amateur baseball season opener. Erich Prokosch led Essig at the plate, going 3 for 3 with a homer and two RBIs, while Zach Riederer was 2 for 4 with two RBIs, Joey Schugel was 2 for 4 and Winsten Nienhaus was 2 for 5 with an RBI. Nienhaus got the win on the mound in three innings, allowing two hits and two walks for two unearned runs while striking out three. Josh Vander Plas pitched four innings to start for Essig, allowing four hits and one walk while striking out seven, while ...