
The 2024 Gopher Conference girls cross country champions, front row, left to right: Hailey Heinz, MaKenzie Westphal, Madalyn Miller, and Lydia Coulsey. Back row, left to right: Jaelyn Wilmes, Ellie Schlie, Abby Crosby, Emma Huelsnitz, Anne Adams, Lydia Huelsnitz, Kwynn Krause, Madeline Hoehn, and Onikia Herme.
After finishing second the last two years, the WEM/JWP girls cross country team claimed the Gopher Conference Girls Championship Tuesday, Oct. 15 at Prairie Ridge Golf Course in Janesville.
Freshman McKenzie Westphal won her second individual championship and all five Grizzly runners placed in the...
Girls win honors; Wolf runs to HM
Throughout the season, the New Prague cross-country runners have been training to perform their best when the time was right. That approach paid off with fast times and honors earned during the Metro West Conference meet last Tuesday afternoon at Hyland Greens in...
New Prague’s plans of advancing swimmers to the state meet head into overdrive in the next few weeks now that the regular season has come to an end.
The Trojans finished sixth at the True Team section meet last weekend in Lakeville, Oct. 11-12. Coach Cassie Kieffer said swimmers performed well...

NP senior Connor Williams (20) went for the block of a short field goal St. Cloud Tech tried in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night's (Oct. 16) game in St. Cloud. Williams and the Trojans topped the Tigers, 21-12. NP will face Rochester Century Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m., in the section play-in game at Trojan Stadium.
Scoring all its points in the opening half and then turning the game over to the defense in the second half, the New Prague High School football team heads into the section playoffs with a win last Wednesday, Oct. 16, over St. Cloud Tech.
The win in the Granite City sends No. 4 seeded New Prague...

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TCU goalie Nick Mendez deflects an attempted Fairmont goal during the two teams’ matchup on the game on Sept. 12. Mendez would successfully defend his goal for a 5-0 win. The Titan boys compete to be the section champions in Austin, Minn., on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m.
The Tri-City United (TCU) boys soccer team shut out two opponents in the Section 2A soccer tournament last week.
Those two wins move the Titans into the Section 2A Championship Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Austin against No. 1 seed Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa.
TCU blanked Wings United, 6-0,...

WEM freshman Cole Bartz upended a Medford returner, one of his four tackles on kickoffs, during a 54-6 Buccaneer win. WEM is now 6-1 overall and has won four straight games. (Jay Schneider photo)
For the third straight game the WEM football offense piled up more than 300 rushing yards.
This week’s opponent, Medford, allowed 332 first half yards and 47 points in a 54-8 win for the Bucs Thursday, Oct. 10.
WEM improved to 6-1 this season, winning their fourth straight game, while gaining a...

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TCU junior Nathan Blaschko runs for 59-yards to score the Titans sole touchdown during their Homecoming against Waseca on Friday. Waseca would win 42-7.
“We started slowly as Waseca jumped out to a quick 21-0. After the initial surge, we were able to slow down their explosive offense and get some turnovers,” said Head Football Coach Matt Collins. “After the first quarter, we went back and forth with them, and we had a couple of nice drives. We did...
New Prague’s girls’ soccer team is working to build momentum as it heads for the section soccer playoffs next week.
New Prague faced Benilde-St. Margaret’s Tuesday. Details were not available when The New Prague Times went to press.
At 9-2-3, the Trojans will head south today, Thursday, Oct. 3, 4:...

The Trojans' Claire Erickson, bib 122, finished 28th in the race last Tuesday, Sept. 24. (John Mueller photo)
Running on a short week where they had competed the previous Saturday in Mounds View, New Prague’s cross-country runners enjoyed their lone home meet of the season with solid results Tuesday, Sept. 24.
After nine days off to rest, recover and train, New Prague will be in Owatonna today, Thursday,...

The WEM volleyball team remained in third place after defeating United South Central Thursday. Above members of the team celebrated a point. (Jay Schneider photo)
All 11 WEM volleyball players had at least one dig and eight of them had at least one kill in a sweep of United South Central Thursday, Sept. 26 in Waterville.
WEM improved to 4-2 in the Gopher Conference and 12-7 overall with a 25-19, 25-11, and 25-18 win over the Rebels.
The Bucs also had one...