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St. Peter U18/19 girls soccer team claims MYSA State Championship
After a busy summer of soccer action, the St. Peter U18/19 girls team traveled to the campus of St. Benedict College between July 11-14 to compete in the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association State tournament. After going 2-0-1 in pool play and outscoring their opponents 15-4, St. Peter qualified for the title match against the Mississippi Valley Storm team team out of La Crescent, ultimately earning the title via a 2-1 victory. The St. Peter team was led by head coach William Bennet and assistant coach...
Saints begin postseason play as No. 3 seed in RVL West
After closing out the regular season with a record of 7-5, the St. Peter Saints town team earned the No. 3 seed in the River Valley League West Class C playoffs as they vie for one of the four qualifying spots in the Region 6C tournament. As a result, the Saints will take on Arlington in a best of three series that begins Wednesday, July 24. The Saints and A’s will play the series opener Wednesday night, in St. Peter with first-pitch scheduled for 7:30...
Braves prepared to begin postseason play with best of 3 series against Gaylord
After closing out the regular season with a record of 7-5, the Le Sueur Braves town team earned the No. 2 seed in the River Valley League West Class C playoffs as they vie for one of the four qualifying spots in the Region 6C tournament. As a result, the Braves will take on Gaylord in a best of three series that begins Wednesday, July 24. The Braves and Islanders will play the series opener Wednesday night, in Le Sueur with first-pitch scheduled for 7:30...
Arlington falls to Jordan and edges Le Sueur 5-4
The Arlington A’s baseball team dropped two games in River Valley League action during the past week. The A’s 4-8 in league play, were scheduled to play St. Peter in a best of three-game league playoff series this week. The first game was played in St. Peter on Wednesday night, July 24. The second game will be played in Arlington at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 26. A third game, if necessary, will be played in St. Peter at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 28.
Le Sueur-Henderson Senior Legion survives defensive showdown to advance in subsection tournament
This past Saturday, the Le Sueur-Henderson Senior Legion team took a trip up to Watertown for the beginning of the Sub-State playoffs. They faced a good Norwood team that they beat on July 10, 2-1 in Le Sueur. This game didn’t light up the scoreboard either as Logan Feeney started on the mound for post 74/55, throwing five and two-thirds innings of work while recording 12 strikeouts and only giving up two hits. The game, to say the least, was a low scoring affair. ...
Schaffner collects pair of hits in Northwoods League All-Star Game
Janesville Craig graduate Jake Schaffner had two hits in the Northwoods League All-Star Game in Mankato, Minnesota, on Tuesday night. Schaffner has been playing this summer with the Madison Mallards in the wood-bat Northwoods League. He made the Great Lakes All-Star Team after hitting .371 and compiling an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of .956. He’s driven in 25 runs with one homer, scored 34 runs and stolen 14 bases...
Spiders season comes to an end with gut-wrenching loss to Morries
Facing elimination in the 13/60 playoff bracket, the Morristown Morries and Cleveland Spiders traveled to Faribault’s Bell Field for the play-in round. After trailing by three runs for much of the night, Cleveland put-together a four-run rally in the seventh to take a lead, but the Morries bunkered down and retook the lead in bottom of the seventh, holding on to win 6-5. With the victory, Morristown will advance to face top seeded Eagle Lake Saturday, July 20, with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m....
Worthington Legion loses in first round substate game
Walks, errors and hard-hit balls that didn’t find holes combined to cost the Worthington American Legion baseball team as it lost 10-0 to the Mankato Americans squad in a Wednesday night first-round game in the substate tournament at New Ulm’s Mueller Park. Worthington, which had the No. 8...
Mankato collect their 25th win at home
Wednesday’s Northwoods League slate featured two solo matchups; The #1 Mankato Habaneros and the #2 Madison Night Mares, The #3 La Crosse Steam and the #4 Minot Honeybees. The Mankato Habaneros shut out the Madison NightMares 4-0. Paige Zender (Iowa State University) went 1-for-2 hitting her tenth home run with a solo shot in the fourth. Jessa Snippes (University of Minnesota) went 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI. Indigo Fish (Winona State University) went 1-for-2 scoring once with a double and one RBI. Serena Timmer (Drake University) went 1-for-2 with a double. Jayme Scheck (Drake University) earned the win throwing seven scoreless innings allowing five hits and one walk.
Express back in action in two pivotal series in next four days
It’s back to business for the Eau Claire Express following a three-day NBL All-Star break that saw its star outfielder excel in the League’s Home Run Challenge. The Great Lakes All-Stars beat the Great Plains All-Stars 9-2 in the annual Northwoods League All-Star game on Tuesday night before more than 2,300 fans at ISG Field, in Mankato, Minnesota. Express outfielder Brigs Richartz was one of the many Northwoods Baseball League...
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