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Brewers top Cubs in non-league play

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NEW ULM — In a non-league amateur baseball game, the New Ulm Brewers topped Courtland 15-5 Tuesday night at Johnson Park. The game, scheduled for seven innings, was stopped after five innings because of the 10-run lead rule. Adam Slander got the win for the Brewers, now 18-4. He went four ...

Sleepy Eye Junior Legion advances in elimination bracket

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LUVERNE — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion came back to win 4-3 over Luverne Junior Legion in the elimination bracket of the Southwest Sub-State Junior Legion Baseball Tournament on Tuesday. Sleepy Eye was down 3-0 after five innings but scored two runs in the sixth and two runs in the seventh, ...

Downtown to Down Under

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By Travis Rosenau trosenau@nujournal.com MELBOURNE, Australia — While she was lucky to get a start to her semi-professional basketball career in Ireland last year, this year 2019 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s grad Cassie Heinrichs has gotten to take her talents Down Under. Heinrichs got her ...

Goraczkowski lifts to national stage

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By Jake Olson sports@nujournal.com FAIRMONT – What started as a hobby quickly turned into a passion for Fairmont’s Jackson Goraczkowski. Goraczkowski, who will enter his senior year of high school this fall, has taken his adaptive weightlifting career to the national stage, becoming a ...

Arlington Raceway to host Stock Car Shootout

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Courtesy of Arlington Raceway ARLINGTON — The Sibley County Fair Stock Car Shootout sponsored by Geib Well & Water of Arlington and presented by Justice Brothers of Eden Prairie is shaping up to be a premier event in southern Minnesota. The IMCA Stock Car feature will pay $5,000 to ...

Mason Cox earns prestigious NCAA postgraduate scholarship

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Courtesy of UMAC Athletics INDIANAPOLIS– Martin Luther College alum, Mason Cox, received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, the NCAA announced in early July. He is pursuing a master’s degree in sport and recreation management with a coaching emphasis at Wisconsin Lutheran. While at Martin ...