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New Ulm leads in All-BSC Baseball selections

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The Big South Conference released its Baseball All-Conference Team for 2026, with eight total New Ulm players represented, most of any team. On the Black All-Conference team were junior Tanner Backer, sophomore Owen Castleman and seniors Ryan Rathmann and Zach Hubbard. Juniors Mitchell Hopp and Levi Hopp and seniors Candon Briggs and Dirk Haynes were also Honorable Mentions. Marshall had six players make the All-Conference team, but had no Honorable Mentions.

Stade strong in MLB tryout

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NEW ULM — New Ulm’s Ethan Stade said his Major League Baseball tryout this past Saturday at Comerica Park in Detroit went really well. “I got to face a couple of batters — got two strikeouts and a pop-out,” he said. “Everything felt good — body felt good and my pitches were ...

Schaefer captures National title and takes third all-around

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Submitted information Adaline Schaefer, a 12-year-old gymnast from New Ulm, captured the National Championship on uneven bars and earned a third-place all-around finish in her first appearance at the National Gymnastics Association (NGA) National Championships. The National Championships ...

Jahnz surges ahead, wins IMCA Hobby feature in Arlington

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Courtesy of Arlington Raceway ARLINGTON — Another crash fest occurred in the Jack Pines Resort IMCA Hobby feature at the Arlington Raceway this past Saturday. Ben Davis was able to lead the race at the start, then RJ Esqueda who started next to him took a hard right going into Turn 2 bringing out the yellow flag. On the restart, Davis again brought the field around the track but yet another yellow came out when the 32 of Chad Volk, 75 of Dan Probst and 75H of Patrick Schauer all collided in Turn 1. All the cars were out of the race with frame or body damage. Again another ...

Bell, Buxton homer as Twins beat Rangers 4-2

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Bell hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Byron Buxton went deep for the 23rd time this season leading off the sixth and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Monday night. All six runs in the game came off homers, with Texas' Joc Pederson ...

Gold open season with big win

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WASECA — The New Ulm Legion Gold opened their summer season of baseball with an 11-0 shutout of Waseca on Monday. A six-run third inning highlighted the game for the Gold, and a four-run fifth inning helped put things away in five innings due to the 10-run rule. Levi Hopp led the Gold at the plate, going 2 for 2 with a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored, while Kyle Albrecht was 2 for 4 with three RBIs and Hunter Larson was 2 for 4 with a triple, a double and an RBI. Zach Hubbard was 1 for 2 with a double, a walk and three runs scored also for New Ulm, while Jake Finstad was 1 for 4 ...