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 Lakeville North Holiday Classic, facing Lakeville North at 7:45 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 29, then Austin at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30. New Prague starts the new year at home against Kasson-Mantorville at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3.

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 head coach Darrell Christenson. “We are looking forward to one full week of down time before we go again next Thursday (Dec. 22) hosting Minnetonka.”
Tonight’s (Dec. 22) home meet for the Trojans will be at 6 p.m. at the New Prague Gymnastics Center.

Nearly three dozen New Prague falls sports athletes and a couple of Trojan teams have received post-season honors in their respective sports.
Two athletes were named one of the best in their sports athletically and academically.

New Prague's Payten Schieffer placed 5th in the Class A State 100-yard butterfly competition. She also finished 8th in the 200-yard freestyle consolation finals.
New Prague's Nellie Dalsin placed 3rd in the4 Class A State Diving Competition Friday, Nov. 18 at the University of Minnesota. Ava Bruegger placed 14th overall in the same event.

The New Prague High School girls' swimming and diving team advanced a dozen swimmers and divers in six events to the state meet next week at the University of Minnesota while claiming its first-ever section team championship tonight in Rochester.

The New Prague High School girls' cross country finished 12th at the state cross country meet this afternoon, Saturday, Nov. 5, at St. Olaf College.
 
In their first-ever girls' state cross-country meet berth, the Trojans entered the meet seeded 14th.
 
See details in the Nov. 10 print edition of the New Prague Times.

Earlier this season Worthington edged New Prague High School (NPHS), 2-0, in boys soccer. The two teams faced off one more time, this time in the Section 2AA Championship match Tuesday, Oct. 18 in New Prague. Worthington once again defeated the Trojans, 2-0, to advance to the Class AA State Tournament.

Trojan junior Katelyn Sirek, #10, returns a serve during New Prague’s Wednesday, Oct. 26, home game. The Trojans swept Bloomington Kennedy in three games for a win in the Section 6AAA Quarterfinals. New Prague will now play Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. at the New Prague High School gym.
For more on both games see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

Chaska scored twice late in the second quarter and opened a big lead in the second half, handing New Prague a season-ending loss in the opening round of the section football playoffs tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Chaska.
Chaska defeated the Trojans, 35-10. The Hawks took control of the game scoring twice in the final 10.6 seconds of the third quarter.
New Prague’s lone touchdown on the night came with 3:01 left in the fourth quarter. New Prague finishes the season with a 5-4 overall record.

The New Prague football team gave the pyrotechnics crew a workout last Friday night at Trojan Stadium, as the fireworks team was responsible for setting off a barrage of fireworks after every score. The Trojans crushed Rochester John Marshall 55-6 before a packed stadium in this year’s Homecoming game.
The game was back and forth early, as a scoreless first quarter went by quickly. The Trojans ended a promising 12-play drive inches short on fourth down at the Rockets’ 15 yard line, and the Rockets punted after controlling the ball for several minutes of their own.

The New Prague girls swimming and diving team had a record setting performance in their 99-71 victory over St. Louis Park Thursday, Sept. 29.
Payten Schieffer broke her own school record in the 100- yard freestyle by almost a second, recording a winning time of 55.08.

It was a solid week for the Class AAA 12th ranked New Prague volleyball team.
The week opened with a pair of wins against Mankato West and Bloomington Jefferson.
It ended with a split of four matches in the 16-team Farmington Tournament.
The Trojans picked up a 25- 20, 25-20 win over Mounds View. They were then edged by Class AAAA No. 9 rated Rosemount, 25-22, 25-10. In their third match, New Prague downed Elk River 25-22, 20- 25, 16-14. The final match saw Class AAA No. 7 rated Grand Rapids pull out a 25-21, 22- 25, 18-16 victory.

A sweep of the three doubles matches helped the New Prague girls tennis team to a 5-2 win over Faribault at the Farmington Triangular Saturday, Sept. 17.
At No. 1 doubles, Anna Sharkey and Savannah Ryburn won 6-1, 6-2. at No. 2 doubles, Ellie Thomas and Brooke Mensing won 6-0, 6-0. At No. 3 doubles, Abby Pint and Ava Farrell won 6-0, 6-1.
Also winning against Faribault were Carley Motz at No. 3 singles by a 6-3, 6-2 score and Iris Trygstad had the match of the day, winning three tiebreakers - 6-7(6-8), 7-6 (10- 8), and 13-11.

The New Prague boys cross country team placed second in the 28-team Tri City United Gerry Smith Invitational Thursday, Sept. 8 in Montgomery. Belle Plaine was the runaway winner with all five of their runners finishing in the top 20. The Tigers scored 48 points while the Trojans finished with 167 points. Stewartville placed third (189), Jordan fourth (208), and Mound-Westonka fifth (212).

New Prague No. 4 singles player Iris Trygestad had the top finish for the Trojans at the Brainerd Moose Tournament held Saturday, Sept. 10.
Trygestad placed second in the event which featured teams from Brainerd, Pequot Lakes, East Grand Forks, Coon Rapids, Roseau, Big Lake, and Glencoe-Silver Lake.
The No. 3 doubles team of Maggie Giesen and Abby Pint placed third. Mallory Jirik and Ellie Thomas also played one match at No. 3 doubles.

One team was expected to advance into the final round of 16 teams. The other team had never been there. But, both St. Patrick and Webster will now be playing in the final weekend of the Class C Baseball Tournament this weekend in Faribault and Dundas.
St. Patrick was the Region 3C Champions and have been to State numerous times. They received a first round bye and picked up their opening tournament win Friday, Aug. 26 with a 5-1 victory over Urbank.