Sports
Minnesota’s regular waterfowl season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 23, with the same regulations as last year. Minnesota has three waterfowl hunting zones — north, central and south — that share the Sept. 23 season opener but have varying end dates. The central and south zones...
The WEM volleyball team pulled off a huge upset Friday, Sept. 15 when they traveled to Cannon Falls and defeated the Class A 3rd Rated Bombers in four sets.
The win ended a solid week for the Bucs. They picked up a sweep of NRHEG Thursday, Sept. 14 and were defeated by undefeated Kenyon-Wanamingo...
The Tri-City United swimmers won events for the Titans in a dual swim meet Tuesday, Sept. 2 at Albert Lea.
Senior Mallorie Plut won the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:41.57 and the 100-yard butterfly in 1:12.79.
Sophomore Lily Traxler captured the one-meter diving title with a score of 160.60....
New Prague front-liners Avery Klein (2) and Avery Terning (9) went up for a block in against Holy Angels Tuesday. The Trojans won the first game of the match but fell to the Stars in five games. (John Mueller photo)
New Prague High School’s volleyball team had a mixed week as the Trojans lost to Holy Angels, defeated Bloomington Jefferson and won the Farmington Tournament.
The Trojan spikers faced Jordan Tuesday evening, Sept. 19. New Prague is also hosting Chaska Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., and Kasson-...
The WEM football team scored a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns to defeat Cleveland, 16-6, Thursday, Sept. 7 at Cleveland in a Mid Southeast West District game.
The Bucs trailed 6-0 early after Cleveland scored on their second drive of the game on a 6-yard pass from Blake Lyons to Carson Lyons....
WEM senior Josephine Volkmann returns a Minnesota Valley Lutheran serve during the 45th annual WEM Invitational Saturday, Sept. 15. (Jay Schneider photo)
The WEM volleyball team won their opening Gopher Conference match of the season and placed third in their home invitational this past week.
The Bucs swept JWP 25-11, 25-20, 25-15 Thursday, Sept. 7 in Waterville. Two days later they hosted the 45th annual WEM Invitational and split four matches.
WEM...
Titan Grant Fitterer (left) pushes hard to try and surpass Alex Beck from New Prague in the last yards of the boys 5,000-meter. Fitterer ended up a fraction of a second behind Beck with a time of 17:56.46 to place 43 out of 202 in the Gerry Smith Invitational. This is a personal record for the sophomore. A total of 31 high schools and 20 middle schools participated in the cross country invitational Thursday. (Jarrod Schoenecker photo)
Tri-City United sophomore Grant Fitterer was the leading runner for the Titan boys cross country team during two early season events.
Fitterer placed third last week at the St. Peter Meet, running the 5,000-meter course in 18:50.
He improved on that time during the 26 team Gerry Smith Invitational...
Titan Ellie Adams is laser-focused on this volley at the match on Sept. 5 against Belle Plaine in Le Center. The girls lose in the first conference match of the season at home. (Jarrod Schoenecker photo)
The Tri-City United volleyball team won three of their five matches to win the consolation championship at the WEM Invitational Saturday, Sept. 9.
In pool play, the Titans had a 25-14, 25-23 loss to WEM, a 27-25, 25-16 win over Minnesota Valley Lutheran, and a 23-25, 25-19, 15-6 loss to Cleveland....
New Prague’s No. 2 singles player, Iris Tryestad, won her match against Waseca, 6-1, 6-4, Tuesday, Sept. 5.Motz and her teammates will host Chaska today, Sept. 14, 4:15 p.m., and then head over to Southwest Christian High School to face the Stars Monday, Sept. 18, 4 p.m. (John Mueller photo)
Having waited three weeks to break in the renovated tennis courts at New Prague High School, the Trojans proved the wait was worthwhile as New Prague christened the new playing surface with a win.
New Prague will host Chaska today, Sept. 14, 4:15 p.m., and then head over to Southwest Christian High...
WEM sophomore Brady Murphy recorded one of his nine solo tackles in a 22-6 loss to GFW Thursday, Aug. 31. (Jay Schneider photo)
The opening game for the WEM football team ended in a loss, with Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop picking up a 22-6 victory Thursday, Aug. 31 in Waterville.
A pair of early touchdowns by the Thunderbirds gave the visitors a 14-0 lead less than seven minutes into the game.
The two teams played a very evenly...
