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Scott West, rated 12th in Class AA, ended the team portion of the wrestling season for the Tri-City United (YCU) grapplers. The Titans split two matches in the Section 2AA Tournament Thursday, defeating Orono, 39-30, and losing in the quarterfinals to Scott West. TCU won eight matches in their win...
Less than a month ago, the JWP boys basketball team handed the WEM squad an 81-55 loss. Fast forward to Friday, Feb. 14 and the Buccaneers nearly knocked off the Gopher Conference West Division Champions, losing 50- 46. WEM held the high-scoring Bulldogs to a season low in points, with their...

Front row, left to right: Luke Cahill, Avery Fall, Maddox Moreno, Carson Petry, Lucas Morsching, Keegan Kuball, Brady Murphy, Carter Hoehn, and Ashlynn Wendt. Back row, left to right: Charles Adams, Ava Quast, Reed Sammon, Zach Quast, Lawrence Pietz, Jacksten Knish, Isaac Miller, David Mielke, Avery Breyer, Brenden Masso, Trey Richards, Anaelyse Skidmore, Anne Adams, and Ryleigh Donner.

The best season in the history of WEM/JWP Grizzly wrestling came to an end Saturday, Feb. 15 with a Section 2A Runner-Up finish. The Grizzlies finished their dual meet season with a 17-8 record after advancing to the Section finals. They were defeated by Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, 40-25, in...

NPHS's gymnastics team won the section title and will advance to the state meet Feb. 21-22 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. (John Mueller photo)

New Prague High School's gymnastics team won the section championship this evening, Friday, Feb. 14, at Minnetonka High School, defeating Prior Lake by almost two points. The Trojans will advance to state meet Feb. 21-22 at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. New Prague finished with 147.235 -...
New Prague’s boys’ basketball team continues to have a tough time. The Trojans lost a home game Tuesday, Feb. 4, to Waconia, 71-56, and fell short in a close, 61-56, Friday, Feb. 7, game at Chaska. New Prague has three home games this week. The first was Tuesday, Feb. 11, with a 93-64 loss to Orono...
NPHS girls’ basketball team enters the end of the regular season looking to build momentum. They faced Orono, one of the state’s top Class AAA teams Tuesday with it ending in a close 74-69 loss. NP heads to St. Louis Park Thursday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m., to take on the Orioles. Saturday, Feb. 15, 1 p.m...

New Prague forward Brock Kocina (left) celebrated a goal in the Trojans’ win over Chanhassen-Chaska-Shakopee-PL Tuesday, Jan. 28, in New Prague. Kocina and the Trojans won, 11-3. (John Mueller photo)

With the meat of its schedule on the horizon, the New Prague High School floor hockey team enjoyed big wins in the past week. In the past week, the Trojans co-op team topped a co-op team of players from Chanhassen-Chaska-Shakopee and Prior Lake Tuesday, Jan. 28. They also thumped South Suburban...
For nearly two thirds of their game against Gopher Conference leading JWP, the WEM girls basketball team played right with the Bulldogs. The Bucs led 30-29 at halftime and five minutes into the second half trailed by only one against the Bulldogs, who are undefeated in the conference and 16-2...

WEM senior Maddox Moreno finishes off a Medford wrestler during the 42-29 Grizzly win over the Tigers. (Photo by Leanne Kavitz)

Two wins in the Gopher Conference last week has moved the WEM/JWP wrestling team into second place. The Grizzlies edged previously undefeated Maple River/United South Central, 32-31, Friday, Jan. 17 in Janesville. They traveled to Medford Thursday, Jan. 23 and returned with a 42-29 win over the...
Recognizing it will face more challenging opponents in the weeks to come, the New Prague floor hockey team has enjoyed victory in its first two games this season. The Trojans topped Owatonna, 11-1, Thursday, Jan. 23. The victory came after a season-opening win over Mankato Jan. 14. Tuesday, Jan. 28...

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