Waconia defeats New Prague in Section football quarterfinals

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Jay Schneider, The New Prague Times

The shortened season ended for the New Prague football team Tuesday, Nov. 17.

The Trojans were defeated by Waconia, 27-7, in the Section 2AAAAA Quarterfinals.

Waconia entered the game as the No. 4 seed in the Section with a 4-3 record. New Prague was the No. 5 seed with a 2-2 record.

Matt Friedges scored the lone touchdown for the Trojans in the first half, a half in which head coach Jacob Norby said his team played very well in.

"Big play touchdown by Matt Friedges in the first half and another fantastic performance by our defense! Defensively, our defensive line (Jack Wilmes, Logan Durbin, and Cam Prochaska) did a very nice job of clogging up the middle and our linebackers (Bennett Isely and Tommy Traxler) did an outstanding job of tackling and for the most part bottling up a very talented running back," Norby said.

In the second half New Prague turned the ball over a number of times giving Waconia good field position and put themselves in some big holes, to tough to dig out of.

"In the end, we were not able to grab that elusive playoff victory but this team came to....

To see  more on this story pick up the November 26, 2020 print edition of The New Prague Times.

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