MANKATO — Right-hander Braden Zimmerman held the potent Blue Earth VFW Post 4580 bats in check, while he and his New Ulm Gold teammates churned out 18 hits during first-round 2nd District Tournament baseball action Thursday. Zimmerman fired a six-hit complete-game mound masterpiece, Alex ...
FAIRMONT — A sport like running seems to be something that would be universal. However, there was a time when it was predominately male. In recent years, though, more women have put on their running shoes, especially at a younger age, partly due to the Title IX law. The law, which ...
FAIRMONT — Buena Vista University pitching coach Steve Sonka might have to re-evaluate utilizing right-hander Tyler Tennyson as part of his rotation next baseball season. Tennyson fired a five-hit complete-game gem and triggered a tiebreaking four-run bottom of the eighth inning with a ...
Blue Earth VFW ready for district BLUE EARTH — The Blue Earth VFW Post 4580 baseball team will open 2nd District Tournament action against New Ulm Gold at 2 p.m. Thursday at Franklin Rogers Field in Mankato. If Blue Earth wins its opener, Post 4580 would play the winner between Shakopee ...
FAIRMONT — Kelly Quiring and Quincy Quiring both live very busy lives. One works three jobs during the summer, while the other works and raises a family. Despite their full schedules, the two find common ground in coaching. Mom, Kelly, and daughter, Quincy, are two of the coaches for ...
Cardinal Camp starts Monday FAIRMONT — The Cardinal Football Camp for Fairmont players in grades 4-9 will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the Fairmont High School practice fields. There is still time to register. For more information, contact the Fairmont Community ...
FAIRMONT — The Saxton Family Farm of Fairmont U14 soccer team lost to Waseca 2-0 on July 16, but defeated Waseca by a 5-1 decision on July 10. Ellie Schultze scored two goals in the win for Fairmont. Sami Lenort doled out two assists and scored a goal, while Brooklyn Meyer provided two ...
FAIRMONT — Comeback completed. Carter Bell safety-squeezed home Luke Mertens with the eventual game-winner in the bottom of the fifth inning, and reliever Hunter Bleess and the Blue Earth VFW Post 4580 defense did the rest. The hard-throwing Bleess limited United South Central to only one ...
FAIRMONT — Fairmont VFW Post 1222 experienced deja vu against United South Central during Thursday’s playback game for the second district-qualifying spot. A.J. Kloos doubled and scored the tying run via a Fairmont error on Joe Bushlack’s fly ball with two out in the bottom of the sixth ...
FORT DODGE, Iowa — The Waterloo Columbus Sailors exited their first Iowa Class 2A state softball tournament with a seventh-place finish after beating the North Union Warriors, 8-0, on Wednesday at Rogers Sports Complex. Central Springs, who placed fifth, beat Columbus Waterloo (35-7), 3-0, ...
FAIRMONT — Suspended suspense. The comeback kids from the Blue Earth VFW Post 4580 baseball lineup erupted for three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to knot the score with United South Central at 5-all before lightning and rain interrupted sub-district action at Herb Wolf Field on ...
FAIRMONT — United South Central right-hander Sam Zebro tossed a six-hit complete game, and more importantly, assisted his own cause inside the batter’s box during Tuesday night’s second-round VFW 2nd District, Southwest Sub-District baseball clash. Zebro drilled the go-ahead and ...
FAIRMONT — Karson Legred’s perfectly-executed RBI suicide-squeeze bunt delivered Caelan Sanders to the plate with the final knockout punch for the Blue Earth VFW Post 4580 baseball team during Tuesday’s second-round 2nd District, Southwest Sub-District clash in Fairmont. Legred’s ...
FORT DODGE, Iowa — What started out as a pitchers’ duel ended with an 8-1 score. The No. 5-seeded Iowa City Regina Regals used a five-run sixth inning and ace Sarah Lehman’s 14 strikeouts for the Class 2A state softball quarterfinal win over the No. 4-seeded North Union Warriors on Monday ...
FAIRMONT — Ace right-hander Jack Hested literally delivered a first-round Southwest Sub-District baseball victory for Fairmont VFW Post 1222 on Monday night. Hested fired a three-hit complete-game gem from the pitcher’s mound and assisted his own cause via a two-run double during a ...
FAIRMONT — Blue Earth VFW Post 4580 baseball coaches Jeff Bell and Brent Legred utilized ‘small ball’ strategy to transform a two-run deficit into an eventual five-run victory during first-round playoff action Monday at Herb Wolf Field. Right-hander Hunter Bleess hurled a complete game ...
SLEEPY EYE — New Ulm Blue eked out an 8-7 win over Fairmont American Legion Post 36 during a single-elimination Division I, 2nd District baseball game Monday night in Sleepy Eye. Blue advances to play No. 1-seeded Mankato National at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Sleepy Eye. Sam Schwieger received ...
FAIRMONT — Dalen Keltgen fired a no-hitter in Game 1, and added a 3-for-3 offensive performance, including three walks, for good measure during the Fairmont VFW Post 1222 baseball lineup’s doubleheader sweep over short-handed Sibley East on Saturday at Herb Wolf Field. Keltgen recorded ...
BLUE EARTH — Winnebago American Legion Post 82/Blue Earth Post 89 head baseball coach Steve Sonnicksen could only describe Sunday’s game as “disappointing.” After holding a 4-0 lead, Adrian Post 32 rallied in the seventh inning for a 5-4 victory over host WBE during Day 3 of the ...
Post 36 to open district tonight FAIRMONT — The Fairmont American Legion Post 36 baseball team opens the Division I, 2nd District Tournament against New Ulm Blue at 8 p.m. tonight in Sleepy Eye in a single-elimination game.