The boys’ and girls’ cross country teams were on the road last week to Waseca. Both teams finished in fourth place out of eight participating schools.
Jordan won the boys race with 41 points to TCU’s fourth-place finish of 90 points. Kaleb Sharp helped his school when he ran across the finish line with a time of 16:51.
TCU junior Dante Juberian was the first Titan to cross the finish line after the 5K race. Juberian finished in 6th place with a time of 17:59. Behind him were Austin Rutt in 15th place with a time of 19:11.
For the first time in the program’s history, the girls varsity soccer team improved its record to a win and tie after the team tied 1-1 against Schaeffer on Saturday, Oct. 9.
Coach Carey Langer praised the girls for their teamwork and performance on the field.
The boys varsity soccer team saw a lopsided score when it hosted Watertown-Mayer on Tuesday, but their coach said the boys played hard.
“It was a lopsided game on the scoreboard, but not in the amount of effort given. The Titans played with integrity and finished together as a team in a tough 0-13 loss,” said Coach Brett Padfield.
The TCU Volleyball Team held its tournament on Saturday, Oct. 2 and played four schools: Zumbrota-Mazeppa, Glenco-Silver Lake (GSL), Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial (LCWM) and New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (NRHEG).
The Titans lost to Zumbrota 0-2, and GSL 0-2, but won over NRHEG and LCWM.
TCU Coach Carrie Richards said the wins were in the form of 1-1 ties, but TCU considers it a win because the Titans scored more overall points.
The TCU Tennis Team is wrapping up its season this week with games against Le Sueur-Henderson on Monday and Lakeville on Tuesday.
The last couple of weeks found the girls competing against Sibley East on September 23, Jordan and Albert Lea on September 27, and United South Central on September 28.
The team lost 0-7 against Sibley East. Coach Diane Tiede said her team was outmatched by a very good team.
The TCU Swim and Dive Team sent a small group of girls to the Mankato East Tom Johnson Cougar Relays event in Mankato last weekend.
According to Coach Kristen Munden, all races were swam in a relay format.
The Titan Tennis team got off to a great start when they hosted Maple River on September 16, but ended up losing the match 3-4 against the Eagles.
Titan Coach Diane Tiede said the No.1 doubles of MacKenzie Holmbo and Alexis Hoefs got off to a great start in their match, but just seemed to run out of gas in the end.
She also noted that Cynthia Balcazar and Kacie Traxler battled from behind to get a well-earned win at No. 3 doubles.
The TCU Titan Volleyball Team had a full day at the net Saturday when the team participated in the Waterville- Elysian-Morristown Volleyball Tournament in Waterville.
TCU played five teams in the Pool B. The Titans played games against Cleveland, Minnetonka, St. Clair and Grand Meadow twice.
Against Cleveland, TCU lost both sets 10-25 and 22- 25.
Against Minnetonka, TCU lost both sets 15-25 and 14- 25.
The Titans continued their winning streak beating Sibley East 20-7 in a Saturday afternoon conference game in Montgomery.
TCU 0-14-6-0-20 Sibley East 0-0-0-7-7
In the Wolverine’s first possession, running back/ defensive back Cole Franek intercepted a Sibley East pass, giving the Titans control. However TCU failed to capitalize on the possession and turned it over on downs. The back-and-forth quarter continued without either team scoring.
Three of the four teams from the DRS Amateur Baseball League were eliminated in the first round of the Class C State Tournament last weekend.
Kimball defeated Union Hill (3-0), Luxemburg downed St. Benedict (5-2), and Bemidji ended New Prague’s season (12-3).
St. Patrick is the lone team remaining from Region 3C. They received a first round bye and will play Austin Saturday, Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. at Waconia. Austin defeated Paynesville (6-2) in the first round game.
In the New Prague loss, Bemidji used a draftee pitcher to shut down the potent Orioles offense.
Even though school is out for the summer, members of the TCU Robotics Club have been hard at work building, programming and driving their robots.
The most recent competition was a three-day tournament at the Benton County Fair in Sauk Rapids. Club Advisor John Head said the event was special since it was the first event in the world for the 2021-22 season.
He said because of this, all the robots were quite unique in their designs, and there weren’t really predetermined tactics in game strategies.
St. Patrick scored two unearned runs in the 9th inning and one more in the 10th inning to come from behind to defeat Union Hill for the Region 3C Championship Sunday, August 15 in St. Patrick.
The Irish, the No. 1 seed in the tournament, trailed 7-5 after the Bulldogs scored a run in the top of the 9th to take a 7-5 lead.
Kal Brohmer and Ryan Friedges singled with one out in the 9th. They both scored following an error by the third baseman and an error by the left fielder, tying the game at 7-all.
Kristen Munden was offered, and accepted, the Head Boys Swim & Dive Coach position at New Prague High School, pending approval by the New Prague School Board.
The 2021-22 winter sport season will be the first year that Boys Swim & Dive is offered at New Prague High School.
Kristen started her swimming career on the YMCA swim team in Rochester from age 8-18. She continued swimming for Rochester Mayo High School from 7th - 12th grade.
After her personal career ended, she transitioned into coaching the sport she loves, swimming.
With one week to play, the final games of the DRS Amateur Baseball League schedule will be very important for playoff seeding.
St. Patrick (17-4 record) has clinched the No. 1 seed in the Region 3C Tournament, which will begin Sunday, August 8. Union Hill (14-7) and Faribault (12-8) have clinched league playoff byes. There are five byes available and five teams will be battling this week for those spots.
Montgomery (11-8), New Prague (11-9), St. Benedict (10-12), Lonsdale (9-11), and Prior Lake (9-11) are all in contention for the final two first round playoff byes.
St. Patrick, Faribault, and Montgomery are on the upswing in the DRS Amateur Baseball standings. Prior Lake is heading the other way.
The Irish lead the league by three games with a 14-3 record after downing Prior Lake, 7-6, in 11 innings Sunday, July 11. The loss was one of three this past week by the Lakers.
Faribault is 4-1 in their past five games and have climbed into third place with an 11-6 record. Union Hill is in second place with a 10-5 record.
The Tri-Legion Baseball Team’s bats have been swinging over the past week. The team played Waterville on June 25, Le Sueur on June 28, and Kenyon-Wanamingo on June 29.
On June 25, the team beat the Waterville Legion Team by a 2-0 score. The Tri-Legion team put its first point on the board in the second inning when Dylan Hollum scored off a Chris Johnson hit.
In the sixth inning, Jayson Macho doubled, and was batted home by Johnson.
“That was a great, great game,” said Coach Tim Moravec. “The kids played really well.”