The Sleepy Sportsmen’s Club’s Trap Range is open each Wednesday evening. In addition to members who get together to shoot, the club welcomes non-members and youth. In fact, youth age 17 and younger get a free box of shells from the Sportsmen’s Club.
Sleepy Eye Jr. Legion baseball team played at Norwood on Monday, June 27 and got behind early as Norwood an swered Sleepy Eye’s 2 runs in the first inning with 11 runs in their half of the inning. From there, Sleepy Eye held Norwood score less and chipped away at that lead to tie it in final inning. It was a 12-11 loss in a 5 inning game.
The trip to Norwood on Monday, June 27 was a two-game night with both Sleepy Eye Jr. Legion and Sleepy Eye VFW playing a game.
The Sleepy Eye Legion baseball team played in the Upper Midwest Classic over the past weekend. The tournament draws teams from a wide area, including from other states.
The Sleepy Eye Jr. Legion baseball team had a great run at the Junior Upper Midwest Classic tournament, played in New Ulm and Essig last weekend. The team strung together three wins before losing their final game.
St. Mary’s Coach Bruce Woitas recently presented season awards to Knights baseball players.
Sleepy Eye 7, Fairmont 3 On Monday, June 20 at Sleepy Eye Baseball Park, Sleepy Eye’s Legion Post 7 took a win over Fairmont in six innings, with the game being called short due to lightning in the area. Mound duties were split between the duo of Jackson Huiras and Arian Saenz.
The Sleepy Eye 14U Softball Team took 1st place in the Hutchinson Class B Tournament on Saturday, June 25. They defeated Kimball 3-0 in game 1 and the MN Rockers 8-4 in game 2 before winning the championship game, 3-1 against the Rockville Rebels. Pictured, front from left: Paige Haala, Mya Hornick, Nora Coulson. Middle: Genevieve Trevino, Brylee Hansen, JaeLynn Schauman. Back: Coach Kathy Haala, Sidney Tauer, Taylor Berkner, Brissa Hernandez, Lydia Helget, Coach Brynja Mielke. Not pictured: Reese Hoffmann. Submitted
New Ulm Brewers 10 - 0 Springfield Tigers 8 - 1 Stark Longhorns 7 - 2 Lamberton Long Sox 8 - 3 Courtland Cubs 7 - 3 Leavenworth Orioles 6 - 5 Hanska Lakers 6 - 6 Sleepy Eye Indians 3 - 7 Gibbon Reds 3 - 9 Fairfax Cardinals 2 - 9 Searles Grizzlies 1 - 8 Essig Bluejays 1 - 9 .
The Sleepy Eye ASA 12U softball team played in the Southern Star Tourney in New Ulm on June 25 and 26, finishing in third place out of 20 teams. Coach Kayla Mathiowetz said, “The team saw some of their best competition this season and rose to the occasion!”