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Area roundup: Coil lifts top-seeded Blackhawks by MLA/C

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PREP BASEBALL MADELIA 3, MLA/C 2 SEARLES — The top-seeded Madelia Blackhawks stayed in the winners bracket of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament in dramatic fashion on Tuesday, earning a 3-2 walk-off win on an RBI single from Evan Coil. The win moves Madelia on to a 5 p.m. quarterfinals game against Mankato Loyola on Thursday in Searles. MLA/C will play at New Ulm Cathedral in an elimination bracket game on Thursday. Madelia trailed 2-0 after four innings and scored single runs in both the fifth and sixth innings before walking it off in the seventh on Coil’s big hit, a ...

Knights knock off Tigers in 2A tourney

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SPRINGFIELD — Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Landry Folkens allowed just two hits as he led the seventh-seeded Knights to a 4-2 upset victory over second-seeded Springfield in the second round of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament on Tuesday. Folkens put up six strikeouts in his complete-game win ...

New Ulm completes final week of clay target shooting

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New Ulm competed in the fifth and final week of clay target shooting this week. Tilken Fruhwirth led the Eagles in trap shooting, scoring a 46/50. Leyton Miller was 44/50, and Isaac Beranek, Jaxon Hage and Tate Isaacson each hit 43 of 50 targets. Isaacson led the team in skeet shooting, hitting 48 of 50 targets. Charlie Arndt was 45/50, as was Fruhwirth and Addysen Wieland. State competitions are next up for the team. The Skeet Shooting Championship will be at Prior Lake on June 11, while the Trap Shooting Championship will be in Alexandria on June 23.

White Sox cool off Twins with 3-1 win

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By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Munetaka Murakami homered, Anthony Kay pitched six sparkling innings and the Chicago White Sox stopped Minnesota's four-game win streak with a 3-1 victory over the Twins on Monday. Drew Romo also connected for Chicago in the opener of a seven-game homestand. Rikuu Nishida singled in the fourth for his first hit in a successful big league debut. The White Sox have won seven in a row against the Twins for the first time since an eight-game streak in 1995. The opener of the four-game series was the first meeting of the AL Central teams ...

TEL roundup: Saenz, Haala homer as Longhorns bully Bluejays

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STARK 22, ESSIG 0 (7 INNINGS) ESSIG — Zach Haala and Arian Saenz combined for seven hits, two homers and 11 RBIs Monday to power the Stark Longhorns to a 22-0 win over the Essig Bluejays in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game. The game ended in seven innings due to the 10-run lead rule. Haala went 4 for 5 with a two-run homer in the sixth, a double, four RBIs and five runs scored, while Saenz was 3 for 5 with a two-run homer in the fourth, seven RBIs and three runs scored. Brandon Helget also was 2 for 5 with a double, four RBIs and four runs scored for Stark, while Adam ...

Brewers overcome Cubs late

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NEW ULM — The New Ulm Brewers scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to erase a 5-4 Courtland lead and went on to beat the Cubs 6-5 Monday afternoon in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game. Mitch Bockenstedt worked out of a ninth-inning Cubs rally and got the win for ...