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Sleepy Eye Jr. Legion undefeated in JUMC pool play

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NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion ended pool play in the Junior Upper Midwest Classic undefeated with a 7-4 win over Prior Lake Friday at Mueller Park. Sleepy Eye beat Rosetown 14-2 in five innings earlier in the day and will be the top seed in Pool D and will play the runner up of Pool C ...

New Ulm VFW downs Rosetown in JUMC

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NEW ULM — Sometimes in baseball is not how many hits you get in a game, but rather when you get them. While the New Ulm VFW Silver totaled nine hits in their game Saturday afternoon against Rosetown, five of them came in the first inning. That led to a six-run inning and Silver used that ...

Big hits lift Jr. Gold past Alexandria

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NEW ULM — It wasn’t the most polished day in the field for the New Ulm Junior Legion Gold on Friday, but their bats more than made up for it. In their second Junior Upper Midwest Classic tournament game, the Jr. Gold were aided by a five-run third inning that led to a 10-3 win over the ...

Sleepy Eye opens JUMC with win over VFW Silver

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NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion opened up the Junior Upper Midwest Classic with a 10-6 win over the New Ulm VFW Silver on Thursday. Sleepy Eye withstood two three-run innings by the Silver during the game, holding off New Ulm until the final out. “I told the kids earlier, you’re ...

More than a pitcher, Berkner’s bat booms

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SLEEPY EYE — When a player spends the amount of time in the pitching circle that Taylor Berkner did over her four-year varsity softball career, they’re naturally going to be judged first and foremost for how they pitch. But when the bat delivers just as much — if not more than the arm ...