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Jr. Gold fall to Eagan in state elimination game

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ALEXANDRIA — The New Ulm Junior Gold baseball team fell to the Eagan Patriots 6-5 on Friday night in a DI Junior Legion State Baseball Tournament elimination game. The loss ended the Junior Gold’s season with a 22-10 record. New Ulm scored three runs in the fifth and one in the sixth to cut into an early 6-1 deficit but was unable to get a runner across in the seventh. Miles Castleman was 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI to lead the Junior Gold, while Mitchell Hopp was 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Trevan Thordson also was 1 for 4 with an RBI, while Owen Castleman, Parker Ranweiler, ...

Tigers hold off Yankees, move on to state qualifier

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NEW ULM — In the end, Springfield Tigers manager Steve Helget said he put the game in the hands of a 16-year-old. Madden Lendt pitched two innings of shutout ball and got the game-ending out on a bases-loaded flyout as the Tigers stayed rolling in the Region 2C Baseball Tournament with an ...

Bluejays roll by Grizzlies in 2C playoff win

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NEW ULM — The top of the order was strong and consistent for the Essig Bluejays on Sunday, leading the team’s 19-hit performance on the way to a 12-2 win over the Searles Grizzlies in a Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament elimination game at Mueller Park. Winsten Nienhaus went 5 for ...

Blue-chipper champions

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NEW ULM — Power at the plate, no errors in the field and a complete-game outing from right-hander Adam Perry was more than enough for the Excelsior Blue to finish the Division I Senior Legion State Baseball Tournament as champions. The Blue downed the Wayzata Wizards 8-2 on Sunday ...

Dramatic win sends Sleepy Eye to consolation finals

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GLENWOOD - Down one run in the bottom of the seventh inning Sleepy Eye was looking to avoid ending its season in a DII Senior Legion Baseball Tournament consolation bracket game against Glenwood-Lowry. After Carson Uecker drew a walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch to lead off the ...

Post 7 falls to LSH in state opener

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GLENWOOD — Sleepy Eye Senior Legion took a 7-1 loss to Le Sueur-Henderson in the first round of the DII Senior Legion State Tournament on Friday. Sleepy Eye drops to the consolation bracket, where they will face the loser of a game between Ada and Glenwood-Lowry at 11:30 a.m. on ...