Sports
The Trojans accepted the state trophy and medals for their second-place finish at the state floor hockey tournament Saturday, March 18, at Bloomington Jefferson High School.
After winning all its regular season games and cruising through a tough state field to the championship game, the New Prague High School floor hockey team finished second in the state, falling in the championship game to Burnsville, 15-6, Saturday afternoon, March 18, at Bloomington Jefferson High...
New Prague's Evan Weichert hit a short jump shot over the New Ulm defense in the second half of the Trojans' section playoff game Tuesday, March 7, in New Ulm. New Prague couldn't hold off the Eagles and fell, 58-55. (John Mueller photo)
New Prague High School’s boys’ basketball ended its season in a tight, 58-55, game against New Ulm, Tuesday, March 7, in the Section 2AA quarterfinals.
“This was a very tough loss,” said New Prague head coach Dan Peterka. “We played extremely well through the first half and most of the second half...
New Prague High School’s archery team won the Faribault Falcon Classic tournament Saturday, March 11. (From left) Paige Ferrier, Selah Scherman, Ellie Bawdon and Mason Christianson accepted the winner’s trophy for the Trojans. (Submitted photo)
The high school archery team turned in its best performance of the season at the Falcon Classic Saturday, March 11, taking home the first-place team award and scoring 3,301 points from the scores of the top 12 co-ed archers.
Ellie Bawdon scored a 289, including two perfect rounds. Bawdon was the...
Four WEM/JWP wrestlers combined for a 22-0 record in conference matches this last season and they were all honored by Gopher Conference coaches.
Sophomores Keegan Kuball and Carson Petry were honored for the second time while freshman Brady Murphy, sophomore Avery Fall, and senior Jack Cahill were...
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TCU junior Reggie Vosejpka (left) blasts his way past Belle Plaine defenders Ryan Retzer (44) and Teddy Traxler (43) for two points in the Feb. 25 home game.
Belle Plaine used a strong second half to defeat Tri-City United, 67-52, Tuesday, Feb. 28 in the regular season finale for both teams.
TCU opened up an early 19-5 lead but by halftime the two teams were nearly heads-up. Belle Plaine hit a three-pointer to go ahead by six points with seven minutes...
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Titan Alexis Marcussen attempts a basket in the middle of the second period of Feb. 28 in Belle Plaine.
With two players ill and a third player nursing a bad ankle the Tri-City United girls basketball team went into their Section 2AA, North Sub-Section playoff game Tuesday, Feb. 28 not at full strength.
Belle Plaine took advantage of the absences and defeated the Titans, 43-33, ending TCU’s season.
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Tri-City United senior Marco Reyes struggles to break hold in the second round against Fairmont-Martin County West’s Max Olsen at Xcel Energy Center at the state tournament Saturday. Reyes wins this round and looses in the next against Gavin Nelson of Simley.
Two Tri-City United senior wrestlers returned from the Class AA State Wrestling Tournament with All-State Honors.
Caden O’Malley and Reyes each reached the award podium after placing in the top six of their respective weight classes Saturday, March 4.
O’Malley, wrestling at 182 pounds, placed third...
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The six TCU weightlifters that will be heading to the state championship March 11 in Cannon Falls. Pictured are (from left to right) Halee Gargett, Julia Odenthal, Caleigh Hoefs, Morgan Meier, Elizabeth Odenthal, and Ana Stasney.
Six Titan weightlifters are headed to the state championship on March 11 in Cannon Falls.
Whether or not weightlifting is a sport has been a long debate and it currently doesn’t fall under the Minnesota High School League’s guidance as a sport. Because of this, all teams that do participate are a...
WEM sophomore Ashlyn Pelant scored six points and added four assists and four steals in a Section 2AA South Sub-Section win over St. Clair Tuesday, Feb. 28. (Jay Schneider photo)
Class A No. 9 rated Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial outscored the WEM girls basketball team 34-25 in the second half, helping them defeat the Bucs, 60-48 in the Section 2AA, South Sub-Section Semifinals Thursday, March 2 at Mankato East.
The Knights, 27-1 overall and winners of 20 straight games,...
New Prague senior Willem Serie left the starting block just as Alexander Dvorak touched the wall in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the state meet Friday at the University of Minnesota. Despite their best effort, the Trojans didn’t make the finals in the event. The group’s time of 1:32.90 beat the team’s old record by over 3 seconds. (John Mueller photo)
Wrapping up its season in fine fashion, the New Prague High School boys swimmers at the state meet represented their young program well last week.
The Trojans advanced swimmers in four of five events to the state finals, with Brendan Panka and Jacob Bisek swimming their way to the medal stand....
