TCU freshman Landen Blaschko competes at the home weightlifting meet against Burnsville on Dec. 10. Jarrod Schoenecker photo.

Minnesota River girls hockey goalie Annika Magelee recorded a shutout Saturday, Dec. 10, leading her Bulldogs to a 7-0 win over Worthington. Magelee stopped all eight shots and five different players scored goals to help the Bulldogs improve to 3-2 in the Big South Conference and 5-4 overall. More on this in the Dec. 15 edition of the Messenger.

Brynn Fitterer (left) and Chloe Maddox, of the TCU junior varsity jazz dance team, during the team’s second place performance. See the Dec. 15 edition of the Messenger for an additional photo from the meet.

Tri City United freshman Ella Schmiesing had the goal of advancing to the finals in both of her races at the Class A State Swimming and Diving Meet which was held last week at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
These goals were met as she advanced to the finals in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard freestyle races.
“Ella swam strong in her races,” head coach Kristen Munden said. “She had met her goals and ended up on the podium.”

The Tri City United volleyball team finished up a busy week by tying for third place in the eight-team Titan Invitational held Saturday in Montgomery.
The Titans played five total matches during the week. They defeated by Sibley East in five sets Tuesday, Sept. 27 by scores of 25-17, 25-23, 25-21, 25-15, and 15-8. Thursday, Sept. 29 the Titans swept Le Sueur Henderson in their annual “Pink Out” where the packed crowd was there is support of senior middle blocker Kaia Krocak’s family.

TCU senior Dante Juberian placed third in the New Prague Cross Country Invitational which was held Tuesday, Sept. 27.
Juberian completed the 5,000-meter course in 17:20, which was close behind runner-up Kaleb Sharp of Jordan (17:03) and champion Andrew Macheel of Buffalo (16:34).
The TCU boys placed eighth in the nine-team invitational with 172 points. Buffalo was the boys team champion with 59 points. They were followed by New Prague (65), Jordan (87), Waconia (87), Red Wing (142), Sibley East (163), Norwood-Young America (171), TCU, and Le Sueur-Henderson (248).

Cross country teams place third at Crusader Invitational
The Tri City United boys and girls cross country teams each placed third in the Mankato Loyola Crusader Invitational Friday, Sept. 16.
In the girls race, the Titans scored 69 points. St. Peter won the event with 23 points. Martin County West placed second with 44 points.
Sophomore Yasmin Ruiz placed fourth overall in a time of 21:17. The champion was St. Peter freshman Keira Fredrich who finished in 19:47.5.

Waseca returned the opening kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown and added two more first quarter scores in a 49-7 win over Tri City United Friday, Sept. 16 in Montgomery.
“Obviously you never want to start the game giving up a touchdown on the opening kickoff. It is hard to get back momentum after starting like that,” head coach Matt Collins said. “Despite the score we did some good things in this game and have some things we can build on.”

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.

The Region 3C Amateur Baseball Tournament came to an end Sunday, August 14 with the championship game.
Once the dust settled, four teams from the Dakota Rice Scott (DRS) league will be representing the Region at the Class A State Tournament.
St. Patrick is the No. 1 seed from the Region after defeating Montgomery 7-1 in the championship Sunday. Union Hill edged Webster 4-3 in the third place game Saturday, Aug. 13.

Montgomery and St. Patrick have punched their tickets to the Class C State Amateur Baseball Tournament after winning their first two games in the Region 3C Playoffs last weekend.
Montgomery knocked off Webster, 4-1, Friday, Aug. 5 and edged Union Hill, 4-3, Sunday, Aug. 7 to advance to the Region 3C Championship.
The Mallards will face St. Patrick, a 6-0 opening round winner over Veseli Friday and a 5-0 shutout of Faribault Monday, Aug. 8. Montgomery and St. Patrick will play Sunday, Aug. 14 at 1 p.m. at St. Patrick.

With only one night remaining in the DRS Amateur Baseball League schedule, a handful of teams are still looking to move up in the standings in order to receive a playoff bye.
The teams played Wednesday, July 27 in their final evening of regular season play.
St. Patrick (19-2 record in DRS) has clinched the No. 1 seed in the Region 6C Playoffs, which will feature eight teams from the DRS League. Montgomery (14-7) and Union Hill (13-8) have also clinched byes into the Class 3C Playoffs, which start Friday, August 5 or Saturday, August 6.

Kolacky Days’ 42nd Annual Truck & Tractor Pull on Sunday attracted approximately 750 people including spectators and members of the Pit Crews. According to organizer Ken Rynda, 79 entries made up the roster of competitors, some of whom have long-standing connections with the event. Several of those attending pulled to a first-place finish.

A multi-million-dollar facilities improvement project has been approved by the Tri-City United School Board to fix items deemed in need of dire repair by a company hired to complete an independently conducted comprehensive facilities assessment.
The project, which will cover problem areas in all district schools except Lonsdale, was approved with a budget not to exceed $5,285,300.00.

Only a handful of games in the DRS Amateur Baseball League were played over the past week. Veseli played three games, including a pair against Lonsdale.
The Aces defeated the Warriors, 8-6 Sunday, July 3 and 13-0 in eight innings Monday, July 4. Veseli also was defeated Wednesday, June 29, 8-5 by Montgomery.

The Tri-City United Trap Team finished its season over the weekend by shooting its way to second place in the Minnesota State Clay Target Meet.
The Titans took second place overall with a score of 481. Athletes who represented the team were Kaden Dietz, Jonathan Hurd, Dylan Fox, Jacob Cihak, Carter Pomije, and alternates Tanner Ahlbrecht, and Tegan Determan.