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Sleepy Eye selected as FOX9 Town Ball Tour stop

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SLEEPY EYE — FOX9 has selected Sleepy Eye Ballpark as one of its Town Ball Tour stops this season. FOX9 will be visiting Sleepy Eye on Wednesday, June 24 to highlight the community for the day, with live broadcasts beginning at 5 p.m. ahead of the Sleepy Eye Indians vs. Stark Longhorns Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game at 7:30 p.m. The evening will also include youth baseball games and additional activities at the ballpark prior to the featured game, with more event information to be announced closer to June 24. Admission to the game is free for all fans.

Area roundup: Greyhounds ground GHEC/T/ML in playoffs

Local Sports

PREP SOFTBALL CATHEDRAL 12, GHEC/T/ML 1 (5 INNINGS) NEW ULM — No. 3-seeded New Ulm Cathedral made short work of 14th-seeded Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther on Tuesday, winning 11-1 at Harman Park in the first round of the Section 2A Softball Tournament. The game ended in five innings due to the 10-run lead rule, which came into effect after an RBI double by Jayde Altermatt. Altermatt got the pitching win in five innings, allowing three hits and no walks for one run while striking out seven. Five Greyhounds had two hits apiece in the win. Ava Schmid led the way for ...

Paredes powers Astros to win over Twins

MN State Sports

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Isaac Paredes hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Jason Alexander scattered four hits over six scoreless innings and the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Tuesday night. Jeremy Peña singled off Zebby Matthews (1-1) to open the game and Paredes followed with his fifth home run — on a 3-2 pitch — for a 2-0 lead. Alexander (1-0) walked one and struck out four after allowing 10 runs in 6 1/3 innings in his first two outings this season. Astros reliever Bryan King struck out Brooks Lee on his 13th pitch to begin the ninth and Victor Caratini ...

Stade looks to reach next level

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NEW ULM — For the fourth time this season, New Ulm’s Ethan Stade has been named the Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) Pitcher of the Week. That comes on the heels of Stade’s 15-strikeout performance against Western Michigan in his 7 2/3 innings of work. Stade had been previously named ...

Wabasso opens 3A tourney with two wins

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WABASSO — Aylah Jenniges’ perfection on the mound and the Wabasso softball team’s consistency at the plate led the Rabbits to a pair of wins to kick off the Section 3A softball tournament. Entering the postseason as the top seed in the South bracket, Wabasso routed Murray County ...

Raiders survive Knights in playoff opener

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NICOLLET — No. 7-seeded Nicollet was able to survive a four-run seventh inning by No. 10-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s to come away with a 7-5 win in the opening round of the Section 2A Softball Tournament on Tuesday. “It’s really cool because we get to move on,” Nicollet pitcher ...