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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...
A pair of wins in the past week take some of the sting out of a tough loss as the New Prague High School girls’ basketball team prepares for a big game tonight, Thursday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m., at Chanhassen.
Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m., New Prague will be at Becker High School for a tournament game...
New Prague’s Brady Engelking celebrates teammate’s Easton Bosch’s second- period goal in a 3-1 win over Farmington, Thursday, Jan. 23, in New Prague. The win was a critical victory in stopping a losing streak and possibly earning a home section game. The Trojans are back on the ice tonight, Thursday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m., in Chaska. (John Mueller photo)
An audible sigh of relief from the New Prague boys’ ice hockey team was just what the doctor ordered as the Trojans won a big game against a section opponent last week.
But New Prague, 7-9-2 overall, endured a hard return to reality two days later with a tough loss to Benilde-St. Margaret’s, the...
Two wins in three games last week has evened the Minnesota River boys hockey team’s record at 8-8.
The Bulldogs dropped a 4-3 contest at Mankato East Tuesday, Jan. 14. They rebounded to win two Big South Conference games, both by 9-1 scores. The Bulldogs put up 60 shots in a 9-1 win over Windom...
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TCU junior Maxxis Ross attempts to pin Redwood Valley’s Viktor Ortega before time expires at the Titan’s home match on Jan. 16. Time expired before Ross could get the pin, giving Ortega the victory.
The Tri-City United (TCU) wrestling team split two duals during their home triangular Thursday, Jan. 16 in Montgomery.
The Titans defeated a depleted Le Sueur-Henderson squad, 57-17 and lost a 43-23 match to Redwood Valley.
In the win over the Giants, the Titans received six forfeits and one...
Tri-City United (TCU) sophomore Trista Gessler won the girls 118 pound weight class at the Big South Conference Championships held Saturday, Jan. 11 at Jackson County Central.
Gessler, rated 6th in Class AA at 118 pounds, pinned two opponents before decisioning Bernie Rock of Luverne, 13-8. Rock is...
