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Weekend area roundup: Jr. Gold stay hot, topple Loyola

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JUNIOR LEGION BASEBALL New Ulm 15, Loyola 4 MANKATO — The No. 1-ranked New Ulm Junior Legion Gold baseball team earned its seventh win in a row this summer with a 15-4 win over Mankato Loyola on Sunday in a junior legion baseball game. Junior Gold (12-1) was led by Josh Forstner, who ...

Mankato American hold off Westview Royal for UMC title

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NEW ULM — Mankato American held off Westview Royal (Omaha), on Sunday for a 6-5 win in the Upper Midwest Classic Baseball Tournament championship game at Johnson Park. American avenged an earlier tournament loss to Westview with the win as Westview defeated American 4-2 on Friday in pool ...

Hoffmann, Brewers down Sleepy Eye on Military Appreciation Day

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By Jim Bastian sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — Justin Hoffmann went 4 for 5 with three doubles and a triple as the New Ulm Brewers blanked the Sleepy Eye Indians 11-0 Sunday on Military Appreciation Day at Johnson Park in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game. The game was stopped ...

Errors, stranded runners doom Gold in UMC

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NEW ULM — When you play bad baseball, you are going to get beat. That happened twice on Saturday to New Ulm Legion Gold as they dropped two games to conclude their time in the Upper Midwest Classic. Gold fell 7-1 to Springfield, Nebraska, in their first game before dropping a 12-3 loss ...

Resilient Sleepy Eye falls in UMC quarterfinals

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ESSIG — Despite several answers by Sleepy Eye Legion Post 7 late in Saturday night’s Upper Midwest Classic quarterfinals game with Mankato American, including a five-run fifth inning to tie the game, the American were just a step ahead in the end. After answering Sleepy Eye’s five-run ...

Sleepy Eye Jr. Legion down Harrisburg in Sioux Falls tourney

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion defeated Harrisburg 15-7 in five innings in a junior legion baseball tournament game Friday. Eric Lozano was the winning pitcher, striking out three while allowing six runs on six hits. At the plate, Merrick Mathiowetz was 3 for 4 with two RBIs ...