Baseball

The Alexandria Blue Anchors are now 3-8 in the second half of the season after losing three of their four games over the weekend in Waterloo and Mankato. The Blue Anchors lost two games in Waterloo over the weekend, splitting a doubleheader on Friday and losing an 11-3 game on Saturday....

The Alexandria Post 87 Legion baseball team finished strong at the Gopher Classic in St. Paul by winning two games on Sunday to finish 3-2 overall at the event. Post 87 beat North St. Paul 10-5 in 10 innings in their final game after taking care of a team from Gillette, Wyoming...

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE Alexandria 10, Mankato 5 The Blue Anchors (14-32, 4-8 second half) blew open a tie game by scoring seven runs over their final two innings in a 10-5 win over Mankato on Monday night. Kevin Hatcher gave the Blue Anchors three solid innings of relief through the...

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE Alexandria 5, Mankato 2 The Blue Anchors snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Mankato Moondogs 5-2 on Thursday night. Michael Barash did almost all the damage offensively for Alexandria. The LSU designated hitter had a home run and a double on his...

The Blue Anchors slid to a four game losing streak after dropping two games to the Waterloo Bucks 8-5 on Monday and 7-1 on Tuesday in Alexandria. The Blue Anchors bats went cold in a 7-1 loss against the Bucks on Wednesday, and starting pitcher Chase Rihtarchik picked up a loss after...

The Alexandria VFW baseball team will host a home tournament this weekend, starting tonight, Friday and ending on Sunday at Knute Nelson Memorial ballpark. The Alexandria 15s will open up the tournament with a 9 a.m. game against Marshall on Friday. The Alexandria 16s will play their...

By Eric Morken emorken@echopress.com The Alexandria VFW 16s went 3-1 early in the week as they continued a packed schedule that will take them into their home tournament this weekend. Alexandria split with the Willmar I team on Tuesday night in Carlos. They won game one, the game...

Behind a strong offense and pitching, the Alexandria Legion Post 87 baseball team swept a doubleheader against Fergus Falls on Tuesday. Alexandria picked up a 6-3 win the second game of the doubleheader, the closer of the two games. The Alexandria offense scored six runs with a...

The Osakis Legion baseball team got back on track after a loss to the Alexandria VFW II team by playing the way this team knows how to play in 10-0 and 9-0 wins over Urbank-Parkers Prairie and New London-Spicer, respectively. Osakis went to a couple experienced guys on the mound...