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‘Back into Eagles softball’

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NEW ULM — While the New Ulm Eagles’ season opener Tuesday was one they’ll want to forget, Thursday’s home opener with Waseca was one the Eagles will want to remember going forward. The Eagles showed the type of softball their head coach Kristi Andersen Loose is accustomed to seeing ...

GETTING TO KNOW Tanner Backer

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Interview by Travis Rosenau Backer, a senior pitcher and first baseman for the Eagles, collected two hits and three RBIs in New Ulm’s 23-2 rout of Westonka on Tuesday. Q: Who is your favorite baseball player, past or present? A: Miguel Sano. Q: What is your favorite pitch to throw? A: ...

Area roundup: Berkner batters Bulldogs

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PREP SOFTBALL SLEEPY EYE 13, LESTER PRAIRIE 3 (5 innings, Game 1) SLEEPY EYE 17, LESTER PRAIRIE 4 (5 innings, Game 2) SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye swept Lester Prairie 13-3 and 17-4, both in five innings, in a Tomahawk Division softball doubleheader on Thursday. Taylor Berkner won Game 1 ...

Altermatt, Hillesheim hold GFW scoreless in doubleheader

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NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral’s star pitchers Jayde Altermatt and Abbey Hillesheim each captained a shutout win over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop as the Greyhounds won 15-0 in four innings in Game 1 and 11-0 in five innings in Game 2 Thursday in a Tomahawk Division softball doubleheader. With ...

Area roundup: Raiders roll back, top Chargers in softball

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PREP SOFTBALL NICOLLET 12, MVL 6 NICOLLET — Despite a six-run lead early by Minnesota Valley Lutheran, the Nicollet Raiders stormed back to score 12 unanswered runs to beat the Chargers 12-6 in a nonconference softball game on Tuesday. Jazmyn Goettlicher was 3 for 4 with two doubles and ...

MVL boys win tri meet at Prairie Ridge

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JANESVILLE — The Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers boys golf team won a prep golf triangular on Monday at Prairie Ridge Golf Course, defeating Maple River and Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton. The Chargers won with a 208 and were followed by Maple River (216) and JWP (227). The Maple River ...