The third time was the charm for the Waconia girls hockey team in the Section 2A Quarterfinals against Minnesota River.
The teams had met two prior times this season, with the Bulldogs winning 5-3 Dec. 1 and the two teams tying 3-all Jan. 13.
The third meeting went the way of Waconia, with the Wildcats shutting out the Bulldogs, 3-0, in the Section 2A Quarterfinals played Thursday in Le Sueur.
Wildcat goalie Abigail Elvebak stopped 25 Minnesota River shots on goal, including 10 in the second period.

The Tri City United girls basketball team picked up its biggest win of the year and nearly pulled off their biggest upset of the season last week.
The Titans hosted NRHEG Monday, Jan. 23 and were edged by the top team in Section 2AA by a 48-44 score. Three nights later TCU scored 42 points in the first half of their 70-33 Minnesota River Conference win over Le Sueur-Henderson (LSH).
NRHEG came into their non-conference match up with only two losses, but TCU head coach Don Marcussen felt his team could hang with the Panthers.

The Minnesota River girls hockey team dropped a pair of close contests and picked up a win last week.
The Bulldogs were edged, 3-2, by Hutchinson Friday, Jan. 27. The following day, TCU was defeated by Marshall, 5-1, in a Big South Conference game. The week started with the Titans defeating Marshall, 3-1.
In the win over the Tigers, Makenna Andresen scored her 20th and 21st goals of the season. Adrianna Bixby added her seventh goal of the year.

The Tri City United wrestling team dropped three matches to much larger schools at the Faribault High Tournament Saturday, Jan. 28.
Hastings defeated the Titans, 63-13. Prior Lake edged the Titans, 42-33. The host school defeated the Titans, 46-22.
The Titans also dropped a pair of matches Thursday, Jan. 26 at Hutchinson. Hutch defeated TCU, 51-19. Annandale/Maple Lake downed TCU, 61-9.

The Tri City United boys basketball team played three Section 2AA opponents last week and had some heartbreaking results.
The Titans dropped a 53-50 contest to Norwood-Young America (NYA) Tuesday, Jan. 24. NYA entered the game with a perfect 6-0 Minnesota River Conference record. TCU rebounded with a 58-37 win over NRHEG Thursday, Jan. 26. The following night Le Sueur-Henderson (LSH) edged the Titans, 64-61.
Missed free throws were key to the overtime loss to the Raiders. TCU missed 15 of their 27 shots from the charity stripe.

It was a solid week for the Minnesota River boys hockey team last week.
The Bulldogs defeated Rochester Lourdes, 4-3, in overtime Thursday, Jan. 26 and tied Marshall, 2-2, in a Big South Conference game Saturday, Jan. 28.
Judson Narum scored the winning goal on an assist from Travis Kotek less than four minutes into the overtime in their win over Lourdes. It was Narum’s sixth goal and Kotek’s sixth assist of the season.

The Minnesota River boys hockey team picked up a pair of Big South Conference wins last week, outscoring their two opponents 14-1.
The Bulldogs won three of their five games, including a 7-1 win over Worthington Saturday, Jan. 14 and 8-0 over winless Redwood Valley Saturday, Jan. 21. The locals also defeated Mound Westonka 5-3 Monday, Jan. 16. Minnesota River also dropped a 5-2 nonconference game to Litchfield/DasselCokato Saturday, Jan. 21 and 7-2 to Big South leading New Ulm Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Two TCU High School Robotics teams and five TCU Middle School Robotics teams competed at the Titans’ home tournament on Saturday, Jan. 14. A total of 45 teams competed in the tournament.
In the high school division, TCU’s teams Gear Train and Barbie Bots made it to the eliminations round. Gear Train earned a ranking of 25th (3-4-0). Barbie Bots team was ranked 30th (3-4-0).

The Minnesota River Bulldogs 12U Girls Hockey, ages 12 and under, were surprised in Woodbury on a very snowy January 3. The girls expected to arrive playing a typical game against the Woodbury 12U B1 team. All other TCU and area schools activities were cancelled this day because of an ongoing winter storm. This game, however, was not cancelled.

It was one win and one loss for the TCU girls basketball team during their home tournament held Dec. 29 and 30 in Montgomery.
The Titans were defeated by Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, 67-45 on Thursday. They came back to defeat JWP, 54-51 Friday evening. WEM was the only team in the tourney who were undefeated.
Sophomore Sophie Whipps scored 10 points off the bench and Ella Schmeising added nine points against the Buccaneers.

The TCU boys basketball team extended their home winning streak to three straight after winning both games in the TCU tournament Dec. 29 and 30.
The Titans defeated WEM, 68-49, Thursday and came back the following day to defeat JWP, 55-40.
The boys did not come out of the gate swinging, as they had somewhat of a slow start. against WEM. Going into halftime leading by only 1 point, the game continued to be an absolute battle until about halfway through the second half.

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 fourth place in the conference.

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 three from the high school.

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 singles category.
Team members received certificates for their achievement at the school board meeting Dec. 12. The school board congratulated each of them and shook each of their hands.

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 Tri City United girls basketball team picked up their first two wins of the season last week, evening their season record at 2-2. After a 57-29 loss to Norwood-Young America (NYA) Tuesday, Dec. 6, the Titans got their first win Thursday, Dec. 8 with a 62-27 victory over Medford and their second win with a 56-41 victory over Le Sueur-Henderson Friday, Dec. 9. More information on this in the Dec. 15 edition of the Messenger.