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New Market catcher Jake Lundquist pounced on a bunted ball and fired to first to throw out a Lyon’s Pub batter late in the Muskies state tournament game Friday at Jordan. Lindquist and the Muskies fell to the Warriors in heartbreaking fashion, 6-5. (John Mueller photo)
After a dry spell spanning longer than veteran players want to remember, the Union Hill baseball team has enjoyed success at the state amateur baseball tournament. The Bulldogs topped St. Peter Friday, Aug 16, in Belle Plaine.
The Bulldogs, Montgomery and Waterville will be the three area teams in...
Jarrod Schoenecker photo
Montgomery’s 2024 TCU Legion Baseball Senior Team at the state tournament in Burnsville, from the left, in the front row are Cameron Dobmeier, Dylan Westerman, Max Krautkremer, Brody Factor, Noah Rynda, Keegan O'Meara, Nate Blaschko, and bat boy Jack Scott; and in the back row are Head Coach and Team Manager Mark Novotny, Assistant Coach Chris Flintrop, Reggie Vosejpka, Mason Novotny, Kellen Jirik, Dylan Fink, Connor Flintrop, Chris Johnson, Devin Whiteis, Nolan Readmond, and Assistant Coach Doug Fink.
The TCU Legion Boys Baseball Team, ages 19 and under, fell Tuesday, July 30, at the 2024 Minnesota American Legion Division 1A State Baseball Tournament in Burnsville after a breeze of a game the day before. Holy Family Fire would go on to win the state tournament against Red Wing in the...
Bladyn Bartelt slid into home plate and was called safe during the 13-60 League Playoff victory over Minnesota Lake. (Jay Schneider photo)
The Waterville Indians amateur baseball team won a pair of games in the 13-60 League Playoffs which propelled them into their sixth straight Region Tournament.
The Indians defeated Waseca, 9-4 Saturday, July 20 and Minnesota Lake 10-3 Sunday, July 21 to advance to the 13-60 League Championship game...
New Prague’s Wyatt Giesen, No. 8, was tagged out by a Farmington player. New Prague’s American Legion baseball team had a rough home game Friday, July 19. Farmington topped New Prague, 14-1. New Prague opened the substate playoffs this week in New Ulm. A win over New Ulm will have NP playing the winner of Mankato-Worthington today, Thursday, July 25, 1 p.m. A setback will have New Prague playing this morning, Thursday, July 25, 10:30 a.m. (Patrick Fisher photo)
After splitting games against St. Patrick and St. Benedict, the New Prague Orioles, Union Hill and the other teams in the Dakota, Rice, Scott League are preparing for post-season play.
The Orioles will open post-season play Tuesday, July 30. The bottom four teams in the DRS will play a best two-of-...
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The Belle Plaine Tigers try to catch Mallards' Jack Barnett as he slides into second base during the two teams' exhibition game on July 17. The Mallards came away.
Another three-game week for the Mallards, with only one DRS League game left before playoffs, going 1-2 on the week with an overall record of 13-10-1 and 9-8 in the league. The Mallards are just one game away from securing a spot in the top six of league standings, earning a bye into Region 3C...
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Webster shortstop Austin Isaacson cut off an attempted pick-off play holding St. Benedict at bay late in the Sox’s first game Sunday. Webster topped St. Benedict, 9-1.
Despite a solid pitching performance from a pair of Irish hurlers, Hampton pulled off a walk-off win over visiting St. Patrick Sunday, July 14, in a Section 1 thriller.
With the game deadlocked at 2-each, the Cardinals scored the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth inning. It spoiled St....
St. Patrick built an early lead and then held off Hampton Sunday afternoon, June 30, at Bonin Field.
The Irish took a 5-0 lead with two runs in the fourth inning and two more in the fifth frame. Hampton rallied with a three tallies in the sixth inning before St. Patrick upped its lead to 6-2 with a...
The 2024 WEM Clay Target season just wrapped up and it was a huge success! There were 66 members on this year's team of which 50 of them elected to shoot competitively with Clay Target USA which requires additional fees.
For WEM, the clay target season consists of both trap and skeet shooting...
Elko shortstop Easton Richter slapped a quick tag on New Market’s Jake Lundquist at second base early in the Express’s 7-3 win over New Market Friday, June 21, at Fredrickson Field. Richter hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning that gave his team the win. (John Mueller photo)
A seventh-inning home run broke a 3-3 tie and allowed Elko to top its crosstown rival, the New Market Muskies, 7-3, Friday evening, June 21, at Fredrickson Field.
The Express jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second inning only to have the Muskies tie the game in the third.
Elko retook the lead in the...
The Tri-City United High School Trapshooting state tournament team, after securing second place at the 7A section finals in Alexandria, faired a little less than favorable at Friday’s Minnesota State High School State Trapshooting Tournament in Credit River.
Jacob Cihak pulled a total score of 93,...
