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

The big stories in the Tomahawk League East this week might have been soley's Lamberton's third loss and the tight race in the National where Hanska won. However, Springfield's 1-0 loss to Redwood Falls has to be the feature.

It was the eighth one-run loss for Springfield this year. (Details and Pictures) John Jenniges, making his first start, pitched the shutout for Redwood Falls while Sam Hanson hurled Essig over Leavenworth 9-2 and Hanska blanked Gibbon 6-0. Gibbon details.

Running a close second in the "surprises" feature's analysis is Searles' 8-7 11-inning victory over St. James. The win culminated a season-long drive for the Grizzlies to over-take the state tournament veteran Lamberton Long Sox. Both are now tied in the division.

Hanska's win was its eighth (8-9) in the American Division where it leads by half game over Stark (7-9) in unusual division race which does not have a team over .500 percent and everyone still in contention for the division title.

Essig improved to 8-8 and to within three games of New Ulm in the National. Essig announced today that it's June 25th rain-out with St. James will now be played Wednesday, July 21 at 8 p.m. at St. James.

In another postponement announcement, the Sleepy Eye @ Stark game has been rescheduled for July 9, at 8:00 p.m. at Stark because the first matchup on June 13th between these two teams was played in Sleepy Eye due to unfavorable field conditions at Stark.