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New Prague goalie Maezie Lock (36) uses her stick to steer a shot aside while defensemen Mackenzie O’Brien (16) tries to keep Owatonna forward Averi Vetsch (5) away from a rebound during the third period of the girls’ ice hockey tournament game Thursday, Dec. 29, in Farmington. Owatonna topped New Prague, 5-2. (John Mueller photo)
It was a busy few weeks for the New Prague High School girls’ ice hockey team as they had a home game and participated in the Schmitz Holiday Classic at the Farmington Schmitz-Maki Arena.
The Trojans won at home, 5-1, Tuesday, Dec. 13, against Minnesota River. New Prague’s next two games, Tuesday,...
The WEM boys basketball team suffered a pair of close Gopher Conference losses last week.
Two players combined for 54 points for Medford in a 68-62 win Monday, Dec. 19. Two players combined for 35 points for USC in a 45-42 Rebels win.
In the loss to Medford, the two teams were tied at 62-all with...
Tri-City United player Alexis Marcussen goes up for the last basket of the game Tuesday, December 20, against Sibley East players Olivia Halquist (#12) and Kate Ameson (#22), making the score 51-36 for the win. (Jarrod Schoenecker photo)
The TCU girls basketball team trailed Sibley East by one point at halftime of their Dec. 20 Minnesota River Conference (MRC) game.
The Titans put together a great second half, outscoring the Wolverines by 16 in the second half to pick up a 51-36 win. It was their second MRC win and moved them into...
TCU Robotics team members compete at the Mankato Tournament on Dec. 16. (Photo courtesy of John Head)
Tri-City United’s Robotics teams dove into the competition season by recently participating in two, back-toback tournaments.
Mankato Tournament
Eight TCU Robotics teams competed in the Mankato Robotics Tournament on Dec. 16. Five of the participating Titan teams hailed from the middle school and...
Northfield’s Kamden Kaiser pleads his case after an open-ice collision with New Prague’s Breck Hagen (22) in the third period of the Trojans’ setback against the Raiders Tuesday, Dec. 20. Kaiser was penalized for the collision. The Trojans weren’t able to take advantage of the man. They fell to the Raiders, 3-0. (John Mueller photo)
Trojans heading north for games
After tough competition against area teams, the New Prague boys’ ice hockey team is looking for a little consistency as the cure for what ails them. What better place to work on it than northern Minnesota?
Having dropped three of their last four games, the Trojans...
New Prague High School’s boys basketball team split two games last week as the Trojans defeated St. Peter, 69-53, Tuesday, Dec. 13, and lost a close, 59- 52, game to Worthington, Saturday, Dec. 17.
New Prague will host New Ulm tonight (Dec. 22) with a 7 p.m. game. The Trojans will then be at the...
Trojan Susie Dalsin competes on the vault. She placed second on the vault for New Prague. (John Mueller photo)
A weary New Prague High School gymnasts had to get through its Tuesday, Dec. 13, meet against Waconia. The Trojans tamed the Wildcats, 140.925 to 125.175 for a win.
“These girls pushed through the meet being very tired and worn down with this being their third meet in seven days,” said New Prague...
Members of the Titan’s Special Olympics Bowling Team from left to right (front row) Redick Valek, Kathleen Russell, and Julia Drobnik, and (back row) John Carson and Joshua Steenhoven. (Jarrod Schoenecker photo)
Layne Wilbright, TCU community education coordinator, said that a total of 16 competed from TCU at the Special Olympics Bowling competition, up from 8-9 that typically competed before. The competition took place at AMF Southdale Lanes in Bloomington on Nov. 12. All members competed in the ramp...
Titan player Mason Vosejpka (#50) goes head to head with Le SueurHenderson’s Preston Ernste (#33) and Cayden Luna (#23) to make the score 30-23 in the first period with three minutes left on Dec. 16. (Jarrod Schoenecker photo)
The Tri City United boys basketball team opened their season with a split of two Minnesota River Conference games. The Titans dropped their opener Tuesday, Dec. 13 to Norwood-Young America, 69-56. Three days later the Titans edged Le Sueur-Hendeson, 57-53.
The Titans played hard, and set a tone for...
WEM sophomore Brady Murphy only needed 34 seconds to pin Colton Tolzmann of Blue Earth Area at 113 pounds Tuesday, Dec. 13. (Jay Schneider photo)
The WEM/JWP Grizzly wrestling team had a very busy week competing in five dual matches.
Despite only winning one of those five matches, the team won four or more individual bouts in four of the five matches.
The Grizzlies were edged 40-35 by Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial and lost 51-30 to Blue...
