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Area football roundup: Eagles, SEU, Rabbits rout

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FRIDAY PREP FOOTBALL NEW ULM 40, AUSTIN 14 AUSTIN — The New Ulm Eagles opened the prep football season with a dominating 40-14 win over the Austin Packers in a Southeast Central District, Red Subdistrict game on Friday night. Jeffrey Kral led the Eagles with two TD runs, while Hunter Heil, Owen Castleman and Parker Ranweiler also rushed in a score also. George Gag added a pick six for the Eagles on defense also. The Eagles (1-0) host Fairmont (1-0) on Friday. SEU 51, BOLD 13 OLIVIA — Sleepy Eye United rolled BOLD 51-13 on Friday night in a Mid-South District, Purple ...

First-half mistakes doom MLC football in Week 1

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Courtesy of Jordan King/MLC SID NEW ULM – The Martin Luther College football team shut out Macalester in the second half on Saturday morning at home, but the damage was already done from costly first half mistakes as the Knights lost 34-21. The Knights won the toss, elected to receive and scored on their opening possession, a 13-play, 69-yard scoring drive. That was nearly the only bright spot of the entire first half as the offense would then struggle to sustain and close out drives. MLC turned the ball over twice, both coming in the first half. The first came with 3:06 left ...

Martins stop Saints to capture Class C title

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NEW PRAGUE – Spencer Chirpich didn't realize how big his RBI double in the sixth would end up being until he took the mound with the bases loaded in Sunday's Class C Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament championship game. But that double ended up being the difference maker in the end ...

Lakers strand 15 in semifinals loss to Saints

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NEW PRAGUE – The Hanska Lakers were able to get at least one runner on in every inning but the fourth on Saturday evening at Memorial Park. But much to the delight of the Elrosa Saints, they struggled to get those runners home. Guided by Greenwald Cubs draftee pitcher Grant Moscho’s ...

Red's recap: Greyhounds, Eagles open with road wins

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New Ulm Cathedral head coach Denny Lux said that despite a dominant 47-6 road win Thursday night at Red Rock Central, the Greyhounds played a better second half. “We made some mistakes in that first half, but we played better in the second half,” he said. “We took advantage of [five] miscues of Red Rock where we had a shorter field, but it was still that physical game that I felt it would be. Defensively we had players in the right spots — we tackled better in the second half and the pass defense kept everything in front of them. We caught Red Rock at a good time early in the ...

Lakers down Pirates, on to semis

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NEW PRAGUE -- The Hanska Lakers advanced to the Class C State Amateur Baseball Tournament semifinals with a 5-3 win over the Windom Pirates on Friday night. Hanska now faces the Elrosa Saints at 6:30 p.m. in New Prague on Saturday. Aaron Portner picked up the win for the Lakers, striking out four and allowing three runs, two earned, on eight hits in six innings. At the plate, Kevin Larson was 2 for 3 with a run scored, while Brady Mosenden had a hit and two RBIs. Windom opened the scoring in the third inning on a sacrifice fly, then made it a 2-0 game in the fourth inning as the ...