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Springfield girls lead first leg of Section 2A tourney

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NORTH MANKATO — The Springfield girls golf team held a 23-stroke lead over Sleepy Eye United on Day 1 of the Section 2A Girls Golf Tournament on Thursday at North Links Golf Course. Springfield finished first Thursday with a 377, while SEU was second (400), Mountain Lake was third (414) and Alden-Conger was fourth (430). The top four teams and individuals not on those teams who shot a 114 or better qualified for the final day on Monday back at North Links. SEU’s Sam Price was the medalist on Thursday with an 87, while Springfield’s Mavri Winkelmann was second with an ...

Tigers fall to Clippers, end season

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SPRINGFIELD — Sixth-seeded Cleveland topped second-seeded Springfield 8-5 in the elimination bracket of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament on Thursday. Eli Heglund took the loss for the Tigers, striking out three and allowing five earned runs on five hits in four innings. At the plate, Madden Lendt was 2 for 5 with an RBI, while Max Moriarty had two RBIs. Eli Trevino added a hit and an run scored. Springfield scored the first run of the game in the first on a sacrifice fly from Max Moriarty, but Cleveland took the lead in the second with a pair of runs. Springfield took the lead ...

Coil, Blackhawks power past Crusaders in playoffs

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SEARLES — When Madelia junior Evan Coil got a hold of an inside fastball and sent it over the fence in left field for a grand slam Thursday at Searles Ballpark, he didn’t realize quite how big of a hit that would end up being. While it gave the top-seeded Blackhawks a solid 5-1 lead at ...

Anderson settles in, Greyhounds beat Wolverines

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NEW ULM — In the first and second innings, Cathedral junior right-hander Eli Anderson allowed single runs to Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey in a Section 2A Baseball Tournament elimination game at Johnson Park on Thursday. But Anderson settled down and allowed no runs on two hits in the final ...

Indians hold on against Knights, advance to semis

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SLEEPY EYE — Third-seeded Sleepy Eye came away with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie with seventh-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, holding on for the 4-3 win in the Section 2A Baseball Tournament quarterfinals Thursday at Sleepy Eye Ballpark. The Indians took a ...

Eagles finish Day 1 of Section 2AA meet

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ST. PETER — New Ulm finished the first day of the Section 2AA Track and Field Championships on Wednesday at Gustavus Adolphus College, competing in a number of preliminary events and sending athletes on to the final day of the meet Friday. Eagles sophomore Hunter Heil qualified for 100-meter dash finals by running a personal best time of 11.14. Junior George Gag qualified for Friday's finals in the 400 and 200. George clocked a 400 time of 51.10 and 200 time of 22.45 (PR) to advance to the finals. Senior Michael Hames earned his way to the 400 finals by finishing third in ...