Sports
The WEM Girls Track and Field Team had three athletes be named to an All-Gopher Conference team for the second straight season.
Junior Josie Volkmann, sophomore Ashlyn Pelant, and freshman Addison Condon were named Honorable Mention All-Conference. All three were named to the First Team in 2022....
Three straight wins in the 13-60 League has vaulted the Waterville Indians amateur baseball team into a commanding lead in the 13- 60 League American Division Standings.
The Indians defeated Wells, 9-4, Blue Earth, 7-2, and Morristown, 12-2 in seven innings Sunday, July 2.
The wins improve their...
New Prague Orioles’ Gavin Bergman gets tagged out at home by St. Patrick Irish catcher Coltin Smith. New Prague had a home game Wednesday evening June 28. The Orioles battled, but lost to St. Patrick, 5-0. (Patrick Fisher photo)
St. Patrick’s Trevor Divinski and Ryan Friedges combined for a shutout win over the Orioles Wednesday, June 28, in New Prague.
The Irish jumped to a 2-0 lead in the opening frame and held New Prague scoreless. St. Patrick added another three runs in the seventh inning. Ben Taxdahl led the Irish...
Montgomery’s John Simota, 70, finished third in his age bracket at the Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth June 17. (Submitted photo)
Runners from New Prague and the area were well represented at Grandma’s Marathon and the Gary Bjorklund Half-Marathon earlier this month.
New Prague’s Garren Hamby, 43, finished the Grandma’s Marathon between Two Harbors and Duluth in 3 Hours, 20 minutes, 43 seconds. He finished 1,308 of 6,689...
A quick check to first base causes Mallard Max Krautkremer to dive back to base in the second inning. (Jarrod Schoenecker photo)
Montgomery Mallards 1, Elko Express 8
Perennial DRS powerhouse Elko traveled to Memorial Field last Wednesday, June 14 for a matchup with the local squad, coming out on top 8-1. Mallard’s starting pitcher Derek Christenson kept the dangerous Express bats relatively quiet for six innings, but Elko...
New Prague Orioles’ pitcher, Sam Baker, tosses some heat during the Wednesday, June 14, game at St. Nicholas Hillside Park against the New Market Muskies. Baker struck out six over five innings. It was a game where the Muskies hit four homers for an early lead they never gave up. (Patrick Fisher photo)
Pounding out 15 hits, Union Hill thumped Shakopee, 12-1, Sunday, June 18, at Joe Schleper Stadium.
The Bulldogs blew the game open in the third inning after Nate Lee and Adam Giesen scored in the second inning and Eric Berg crossed the plate, upping the lead to 3-0 in the fourth. Union Hill added...
State champions
The New Prague High School baseball team capped off a great season Friday, June 16, with a 5-3 win over Mahtomedi in the Class AAA state championship game at CHS Field in St. Paul.
New Prague dominated the section playoffs and its first state tournament game against Little Falls Tuesday, June 13,...
The WEM softball team received a number of post-season awards.
They also presented team awards and named their 2023 letterwinners.
The Bucs finished with an 8-8 overall record and were 5-6 in the Gopher Conference, tied for sixth out of 12 teams. As a team they received the Minnesota High School...
Mallard Ryan Iverson, infielder, finds himself in a rundown against the Bulldogs catcher during Sunday afternoon’s home game. (John Mueller photo)
Montgomery Mallards 0, Union Hill Bulldogs 1
The Union Hill Bulldogs came to Memorial Field on Sunday and left without allowing any Mallards to cross the plate. Conrad Masberg threw a complete game, four hit shutout for the Bulldogs, keeping the Mallards bats at bay most of the afternoon, retiring...
507s 6, Orioles 1 The New Prague Orioles hosted the 34th New Prague Oriole Invitational this past weekend, June 10-11. The Lyon's Pub Warriors out of Minneapolis were the eventual champions. New Prague went 1-2 against a few tough Class B teams. In round one they lost to the 507 club out of...
