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2026 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship results

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NEW ULM — The 2026 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship was held this past weekend in New Ulm at the Flying Dutchmen Cycle Club Grounds. Below are the results, which displays each event’s top three placers, their city, state and top time. MICRO MINI 1. Trey Zimmerman, Bay City, WI, 9.812 2. Cooper Sandmeyer, Mapleton, MN, 9.970 3. Jase Mosley, Van Lear, KY, 10.002 65CC 1. Lincoln Haugen, Zumbrota, MN, 7.891 2. Weston Hall, Williston, ND, 8.315 3. Bennett Braulick, Sleepy Eye, MN, 9.028 MINI JUNIOR 1. Henry Cain, Barksdale AFB, LA, 7.202 2. Lincoln Haugen, Zumbrota, ...

Donnelly returns to New Ulm, working on baseball novel

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NEW ULM — Former New Ulm Journal Sports Writer Pat Donnelly, who wrote for The Journal from 1985 through 1990, is in the process of writing a fictional baseball book that is based on his experiences as a player with the New Ulm Brewers from 1988 through 1991. Donnelly was in New Ulm last weekend for the DI American Legion State Baseball Tournament and did some PA work for games. Now Donnelly is a free-lance writer who also covers Minnesota sports for the Associated Press and Major League Baseball. “For the last two summers I have averaged around 60 Twins home games a year,” he ...

Minnesota fortunate with high legion baseball numbers

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NEW ULM — John Sands of the Minnesota State Legion Board thinks that numbers for legion baseball in Minnesota are doing well. Sands, who is based out of Chaska, shared those thoughts this past weekend during the DI state legion baseball tourney. But that is not the case around the country. Texas has just one American Legion Baseball team. “And Oklahoma and Georgia only have one legion baseball team,” Sands said. “But here it is the community pride that the towns in Minnesota have to support legion baseball. “I am a coach at Hopkins for legion baseball and for the ...

Terry Steinbach Day held Saturday at Johnson Park

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Photos courtesy of John Sherman/Sports Editor Sun Newspapers This past Saturday during the DI American Legion State Baseball Tournament, it was Terry Steinbach Day at Johnson Park. Steinbach was presented a plaque by New Ulm Mayor Kathleen Backer and he also threw out the ceremonial first pitch.