Legion

The Calvin-Knuth American Legion Post Officers would like to add to Mr. Swanson's article published in the Daily Globe on June 9. The building that formerly housed the American Legion Lounge and Bingo Hall was closed and has been sold. The Calvin-Knuth chapter was kept, and the plan...

WORTHINGTON -- At the end of World War I, a group of veterans established an organization and gave it a name, the American Legion. It was felt that those who had served in a war such as World War I needed to band together, if for nothing else than to remember their association in...

WORTHINGTON -- Pipestone's Nate Alfson has seen his fair share of time behind the plate this season. As the catcher for both the Pipestone amateur and Legion team, Alfson has had a busy summer. Add on catching games on a Ridgewater College team that finished fourth in the nation,...

SPRINGFIELD -- All Pipestone pitcher Bryce Beyers wanted to do was keep the ball low and let his defense make the plays. A week after Pipestone's Greg Quist threw a no-hitter against Wabasso, Beyers nearly matched Quist as Pipestone cruised to a 10-0 victory in five innings against...

SPRINGFIELD -- After taking the first pitch of the first game Friday in the American Legion baseball playoffs, Luverne leadoff hitter Zack Clark wasn't going to let a good pitch get past him. He took the second pitch of the game deep to left field, and wound up with a triple before...

SLEEPY EYE -- One bad inning spelled the end Tuesday for Worthington's American Legion baseball team. Eagle Lake scored five runs -- all with two outs -- in the fourth inning en route to a 7-3 victory over Worthington, which was eliminated from the 2nd District, Division 1 playoffs. "We...

SPRINGFIELD -- Both the Luverne and the Pipestone American Legion baseball teams stayed alive in the 2nd District tournament Monday night. Luverne defeated Wells, 8-7 in a game which saw six errors between the two teams. Pipestone, meanwhile, had a stellar pitching performance...

SPRINGFIELD -- Before the game started, the Pipestone Legion baseball team set a goal to score 15 runs against Luverne on Saturday. Post 6 nearly reached its goal in a 14-6 victory, setting up a matchup with Wabasso tonight at 8 p.m. "We've been hitting the ball pretty well lately,"...

SLEEPY EYE -- For six innings, the Worthington Legion baseball team kept the Sleepy Eye offense under wraps. However, Sleepy Eye Post 7 scored three runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth to turn a 2-1 lead into a 7-1 victory in the first round of playoffs Saturday. "The...

WORTHINGTON -- As the two teams to advance out of Sub-district A, Pipestone and Luverne are getting prepared for this weekend's 2nd District Division 2 American Legion baseball tournament held in Springfield. Pipestone (14-3-1) won Subdistrict A and plays the host team Springfield...

ADRIAN -- Pipestone (12-3) won a pair of games over the weekend to win the sub-district legion baseball championship, while Luverne (10-5) came back through the loser's bracket and claimed runner-up honors.

PIPESTONE -- The Pipestone American Legion baseball team stormed back from an eight-run deficit Tuesday to defeat Okabena 10-9 in the season finale for both teams. Lon Eichenberger, who went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, delivered a two-run triple in the first inning to put Okabena ahead. Tom...

HERON LAKE -- The Okabena American Legion baseball team found the right formula for victory Saturday. Okabena used timely hitting, near-perfect defense and a pair of solid pitching performances to defeat Worthington, 9-3, in a nine-inning contest. "We hit the ball well," Okabena...