Indians advance in 2A softball tourney
No. 5 Sleepy Eye started its playoff run last week by knocking out No. 12 St. Mary’s 8-3 in the first round of the Section 2A tournament.
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Indians, Knights start playoffs with home victories
St. Mary’s and Sleepy Eye baseball teams both won their first-round playoff games last week at Eagles Park.
The shot heard round Sleepy Eye
Our nation just celebrated the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world.” That was fired at Concord to begin the Revolutionary War. For baseball fans, the “shot heard round the world” was also Bobby Thompson’s homerun to win the pennant for the New York Giants in 1951.
Bass fishing a highlight of spring, season opens Saturday
The bass fishing catch-and-keep season (mndnr.gov/regulations/fishing) opens Saturday, May 25. Spring is a great time to cast a line for these fun-to-catch fish. Largemouth and smallmouth bass can be easier to catch in spring and early summer when they spend more time in shallow water. Later, as water temperatures rise, many bass move to deeper water in search of sunken points, rocky humps and aquatic plant edges that offer protection from larger fish and hiding places for prey. Learn more about how to fish for bass and other species at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource’s learn to fish webpage (mndnr.gov/gofishing/how-catch-fish.html).
Girls take conference track title
The River Valley Wildcats Track and Field Team, a co-op featuring students from Sleepy Eye Public, St. Mary’s, Springfield and Cedar Mountain, won the Tomahawk-Valley Conference girls team championship last week, while the boys finished third. The meet was held on the track in Sleepy Eye.