The New Prague boys hockey team scored three goals in a span of 70 seconds in a 4-2 win over Mound Westonka Friday, Feb. 7.
After the two teams battled to a scoreless first period, the Trojans scored goals at the 4:43, 5:03, and 5:53 mark of the second period.
Jake Lee scored his team-leading 15th goal. Xavier Emerson scored his 5th goal. Jack Wilmes scored his 5th goal on assists from Aiden Dorzinski, his 6th, and Spencer Tupy, his 2nd of the season.
It took one of the top teams in the state to end the double digit winning streak of the New Prague girls basketball team.
St. Michael-Albertville, ranked 7th in Class AAAA, defeated the Trojans, rated 18th in Class AAAA, 66-63 Saturday, Feb. 8.
The loss snapped a 10 game Trojan winning streak. The last time they were defeated was Dec. 28.
The New Prague gymnastics team put together their top team performance of the year Thursday, Jan. 23.
The Trojans scored 141.625 to defeat Annadale (136.875).
This was the third time the team has eclipsed the 140 point mark but the first over 141.
Not only did they record their season high team score, but they also finished with scores better than their team average in all four individual events.
Annandale’s Becca Green averaged 9.5 on her four events, finishing with an all-around score of 38.050.
Balanced scoring helped the New Prague girls basketball team win a pair of games last week, stretching their winning streak to six straight.
The Trojans had five players score nine points or more in a 68-43 nonconference win over Bloomington Jefferson.
Six different players scored eight points or more in a 69-58 win over Holy Family Friday, Jan. 24.
The New Prague adapted floor hockey team has started its 2020 season with four straight wins.
The Trojans defeated South Suburban, 10-2, Jan. 23. They defeated South Washington County (9-7), Burnsville/Lakeville/Farmington (BLF) (7-1), and Owatonna (16-1) last week.
Against South Suburban, Dylan Raaen had five goals and two assists. Leo Fahey had two goals and two assists.
Battling hard paid off for the New Prague Youth Traveling Team on Sunday, Jan. 12. The team took home the first place trophy for the K-3 tournament in Moundsview at the Iron Mustangs tournament.
Their first match was against Stillwater and was won by one point. New Prague battled for 40 points, while Stillwater ended with 39 points.
The second team New Prague took on was Moundsview. New Prague was again victorious with 73 points to the 12 points from Moundsview.
The final match for first place was a...
The New Prague wrestling team won its 18th straight dual meet Thursday, Jan. 16, defeating Waconia 44-20.
The Trojans, ranked 4th in Class AAA, defeated the No. 20AAA ranked Wildcats by winning 10 of the 14 matches wrestled.
In a match-up of top 10 rate wrestlers, William Busch (4th-195AAA) edged Bram Fitzsimmonds (#6-195AAA) by a 3-2 decision.
New Prague recorded three pins but also scored one technical fall and three major decisions.
Koy Buesgens (106), Colton Bornholdt (113), and Colby Dunkel (120) each had major...
Activity: Dance Team - Var. NEW!!
Reschehduled to DATE: 01/20/2020 - ( previously 01/18/2020 )
Event type: Conference Tournament
Home/Host: New London-Spicer
Opponent: Glencoe-Silver Lake, Delano , Waconia, Litchfield, Mound Westonka, Orono, Rockford Area, Hutchinson, Holy Family Catholic High School, New Prague
START TIME: 5:00PM CST - ( previously 2:00PM CST )
END TIME: 11:00PM CST - ( previously 8:00PM CST )
Location: New London-Spicer High School, 101 Fourth Ave SW, New London, MN
Location Detail: Main Gym North
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New Prague senior Emmalyn Dickerson had the top overall finish for the New Prague gymnastics team Saturday, Jan. 4 during the Matt Shetka Invitational.
Dickerson finished in the top 10 in each individual event and placed fifth overall in the all-around, helping the Trojans place third in the 10-team invite.
Dickerson had an all-around score of 35.4000. She was fourth in the vault (9.200), fifth on the balance beam (9.1000), sixth on the floor exercise (9.1000), and 10th on the bars (8.000).
For the second time this season, the 5th ranked New Prague wrestling team has returned from a tournament with hardware.
The Trojans had 17 top six finishers, including three champions, winning the Tri City United Invitational Saturday, Jan. 4 in Montgomery.
Koy Buesgens (106), Colton Bornholdt (113), and Jake Trachte (182) each claimed individual titles.
Amanda Giesen scored a game-high 25 points to lead the New Prague girls basketball team to a 64-59 win over Prior Lake Friday, Jan. 3.
Emily Russo added 17 points, Katie Vasecka 10 points, and Bethany Vasecka and Kate Seymour chipped in five each.
“We got off to a pretty slow start, especially on the defensive end of the floor,” Trojan head coach Luke Swedberg said. “After the first eight minutes, our effort and intensity was so much better.
We have to give Prior Lake a lot of credit. They were really....
The New Prague boys basketball team received 36 points from senior guard Parker Johnson in a 65-54 loss to Farmington Thursday, Dec. 19 in New Prague.
Johnson’s efforts were not quite enough as the Tigers pulled out a 65-54 win.
Farmington improved to 4-2 overall while the Trojans dropped to 2-4.
New Prague girls basketball head coach Luke Swedberg feels playing a tough schedule will only make his team better later in the season.
The Trojans battled a pair of very good teams last week, one of which is rated No. 1 in Class AAAA according to Minnesota-Scores.net.
Farmington won its eighth game in nine contests Thursday, Dec. 19 when they defeated the Trojans, 76-58 in New Prague.
The Tigers featured three of the top 50 players in Class 4A, led by senior Molly Mogenson and juniors Sophie Hart and Paige Klindseth.
The New Prague boys hockey team improved to 2-4-1 after a win and a tie last week.
The Trojans defeated Hopkins (5-2) on Thursday, Dec. 12 in New Prague. They traveled to Duluth Saturday, Dec. 14 and earned a tie against Denfeld, a team which was 5-1 coming into the contest.
No other information was made available.
New Prague will host Bloomington Jefferson Friday, Dec. 20 at 7:15 p.m.
A quick start energizes any sports team.
In the case of the New Prague wrestling squad, they have received nothing but perfection from their first four wrestlers in the line-up.
“The start of our line-up continues to get us off to a great start in each dual,” New Prague wrestling coach Dan Wagner said.
“From 106-126 we have not lost an individual match. The first four weights are a combined 28-0.”
Koy Buesgens (106), Colron Bornholdt (112), Colby Dunkel (119), and Joey Novak (126) are all 7-0 and have helped the Trojans to a 7-0 start this season.
Despite losing their match with Lakeville North Thursday, Dec. 12, New Prague gymnastics coach Mark Morphew took away a lot of positives.
North scored 143.500 while the Trojans scored 140.700 in the dual.
“Cracking 140 points any time is a great accomplishment but it is especially nice to do this early in the year,” Morphew said.
“We had a good meet with lots of good routines. We had some new skills thrown for the first time in competition.”
