New Ulm Sports Central - Preserving and Sharing New Ulm Area Sports History

A four-run rally in the last inning fell short as New Ulm Junior Legion fell 8-7 in the semi-finals of the Junior Upper Midwest Classic concluding today in New Ulm. Winner Creighton Prep of Omaha advanced to the championship game at 2:30 against the Tonka Mudhens/Mankato game scheduled at noon.

It was a different kind of game for the Junior Legion which had used stellar defense and almost perfect pitching in its march to the semi-finals. It jumped to a 3-0 lead after two innings and then a series of infield hits, errors and walks produced seven unearned runs for Creighton. Leading 8-3, Creighton saw New Ulm rally with walks and a key hit by Kaleb Juntunen in its four-run inning. The tying run was on third before a squeeze bunt popped up and a sharp grounder to third forced the third out at second.

The defeat was only the second of the season against 17 wins. Losses came to Wisconsin and Nebraska teams.

New Ulm Jr. Legion ... 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 - 7 8 3
Creighton Prep .......... 0 0 0 7 1 0 x - 8 8 1
NU - Wendinger, Loose (4) and B. Johnson. CP - Raburn, Cannella (7), Petrich (7) and Carnazzo.