ST. JAMES -- With bases loaded down 6-4 in the eighth inning of the Tomahawk East League-Corn Belt League Amateur Baseball All-Star Game, Hanska’s Chris Knowles of the TEL hit a double to left center field that cleared the bases to give the TEL a 7-6 lead. That ended up being the final ...
SLEEPY EYE -- Second-seeded Springfield defeated top-seeded Sleepy Eye 5-3 in the Southwest-East Sub-Sub-State Senior Legion Baseball Tournament championship game on Saturday. With the win, Springfield claims the top seed in the Southwest Sub-State Tournament, while Sleepy Eye will take the second seed. That tournament will begin Thursday in St. James. Eli Heglund earned the win for Springfield, striking out two and allowing three runs, one earned, on six hits in seven innings pitched. At the plate, Adiel Trevino had a double with three RBIs, while Aiden Moriarty and Heglund each had ...
It seems that every year either during the Junior Classic or the Upper Midwest Classic, there are out-of-town or out-of-state baseball fans who inevitably ask the question “When is New Ulm going to bid for another Regional American Legion baseball tournament?” People say with the great facilities that New Ulm has in Johnson and Mueller Parks, the history of running first-class tournaments, the great food and now the new video scoreboard at Johnson Park, it should be a no-brainer to put in a bid for one. New Ulm has hosted four American Legion Regional Tournaments — 1957, 1985 ...
LEGION BASEBALL NEW ULM 17, FARMINGTON 2 3 (5 INNINGS) NEW ULM 5, BAYPORT 2 EDINA — New Ulm started the Gopher Classic Legion Baseball Tournament with a pair of wins on Friday, defeating Farmington 2 17-3 in five innings and Bayport 5-2. Mitchell Hopp earned the win in Game 1 against Farmington 2, striking out two and allowing one run on three hits in two innings. Levi Hopp pitched three innings, striking out two and allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits. At the plate, Levi Hopp was 3 for 4 with a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored, while Hunter Larson had three hits ...
SLEEPY EYE — Second-seeded Springfield Legion came away with a strong 12-1 win in five innings against Truman in the Southwest-East Sub-Sub-State Senior Legion Baseball Tournament game on Friday. With the win, Springfield advances to play top-seeded Sleepy Eye in the championship game ...
SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Legion Post 7 right-hander Kayden Klein didn’t allow an early 1-0 deficit to shake his confidence Friday. He didn’t need to worry too long anyway as Post 7 was quick to answer at the plate, scoring four unanswered runs to earn a 4-1 win over St. James Post 33 ...
