The New Prague Trojan adapted floor hockey team won its opening game at the state tournament Friday, 18-2 over Anoka-Hennepin.
The Trojans led 8-0 after one period and were never threatened. Dylan Raaen had five goals and four assists for the Trojans.
New Prague will face defending state champion St. Cloud at noon Saturday at Bloomington Jefferson High School, and will play one more game later that afternoon, for either the championship or for third place. Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville and South Washington County will play in the other semifinal game.
The New Prague Trojan adapted floor hockey team will compete in the Minnesota State High School League Adapted Floor Hockey Tournament, which will be held Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, at Bloomington Jefferson High School. The Trojan team, which includes players from New Prague, Tri-City United, Le Sueur-Henderson, Belle Plaine and Jordan schools, are 10-0 on the season, having defeated South Washington County in their regular season finale last week, 10-3, and then defeating Minnetonka/Wayzata in a state play-in game 12-2.
The New Prague Trojan adapted floor hockey team defeated Wayzata/Minnetnoka 12-2 Thursday, March 7, to earn a spot in the State CI Adapted Floor Hockey Tournament March 15-16 at Bloomington Jefferson High School.
The team, which is 10-0 on the season, enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed from the south, and will face Anoka-Hennepin at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Win or lose, they play at least one more game on Saturday.
The team includes students from New Prague, Tri-City United, Le Sueur-Henderson, Belle Plaine and Jordan schools.
See more in the March 14 print edition.
The New Prague Trojan adapted floor hockey team defeated Stillwater and Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville last week.
The Trojans are 8-0 and tied with South Washington County for the Southern Conference lead. The teams were scheduled to play their twice-postponed regular season finale Tuesday, March 5, in New Prague, with the winner getting the No. 1 seed for the playoffs.
The New Prague Trojan Adapted Floor Hockey Team will host the Wayzata/Minnetonka Lakers at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in a state play-in game. Game time is 4:30 p.m. in the CEC gym.
New Prague is the No. 1 seed in the south division. A win puts them in the state tournament, which will be played Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, at Bloomington Jefferson High School.
The squad includes players from New Prague, Tri-City United, Le Sueur-Henderson, Belle Plaine and Jordan schools.
The Minnesota River Bulldogs were defeated by the East Grand Forks Green Wave in the Bulldogs’ first action of the Class A State Hockey Tournament on Thursday.
The co-op of Le Sueur-Henderson, St. Peter, Cleveland, Tri-City United and Belle Plaine high schools was outshot by the third-seeded Green Wave 43-21.
Senior forward Jade Reicks scored two second-period goals for Minnesota River that cut East Grand Forks’ lead to 3-2 going into the third period.
The Minnesota River Bulldogs will face No. 3 seed East Grand Forks in the first round of the State Class A Boys Hockey Tournament, which begins Wednesday, March 6, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
The Minnesota River Bulldogs Hockey Team is heading to the State Tournament for the first time after their 5-3 win over Rochester Lourdes in Rochester on Thursday night. The Big Dance begins on March 6 at the Xcel Energy Center and ends on March 9. The co-operative team, which includes Le Sueur-Henderson, Tri-City United, Cleveland, Belle Plaine and St. Peter High Schools, celebrates on the ice at the Rochester Recreational Center after their win. Read more in the print edition.
The New Prague adapted floor hockey team won two games last week, defeating Winona and St. Paul Humboldt.
The team was scheduled to host Stillwater Tuesday, Feb. 26, and Burnsville/Farmington/ Lakeville Wednesday, Feb. 27. New Prague plays at Minneapolis Edison Thursday, Feb. 28, and will play their regular season finale on Tuesday, March 5, at home against South Washington County.
New Prague, which has athletes from Tri-City United, Le Sueur-Henderson, Jordan and Belle Plaine, has a 4- 1 record going into this week’s games, with one week left in the regular season.
After being postponed twice, the Minnesota River Bulldogs were finally able to play hockey Tuesday night.
The boys hockey team took on the Albert Lea Tigers in sectional playoff action in Rochester.
Both teams started strong with the drive to score first and keep the momentum in their favor.
Third seeded Albert Lea took a couple shots early, but each was deflected by Minnesota River goalie Andrew Regner.
Strong defensive plays and stick handling helped advance the Minnesota River Bulldogs in the Class A boys hockey sectional playoffs.
The #2 seeded Bulldogs, faced #7 seeded Austin Packers Thursday night in Le Sueur. Coming off a bye in the first round, the Bulldogs held the Packers to two goals and 19 shots on goal in the matchup.
After winning two matches, the Tri-City United wrestling team fell to Waconia in the semi-finals of the class 2AA regional tournament held in Delano on Saturday.
Tri-City United was seeded 6th in the tournament and faced Glencoe-Lester Prairie in its first matchup of the day. Tri-City United came away with a commanding 61-9 victory over Glencoe-Lester Prairie, who was seeded 11th in the tournament.
The Minnesota River Bulldog Hockey Team received the No. 2 seed in section 1A hockey playoffs and will host the winner of No. 7 Austin and No. 10 La Crescent in Le Sueur on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.
The winner of Thursday’s game will take on either No. 3 Albert Lea or No. 6 Faribault on Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Rochester Recreation Center at 8 p.m.
The Titan girls’ basketball team was one for one in back-to-back games last week.
They beat Belle Plaine at home with a score of 56-46. However their six game winning streak was broken on Friday when they lost to Jordan with a score 62-69.
According to Coach Eric Specht, in the game against the Tigers, the Titans played a very nice defensive game, especially in the first half where they finished the period with a 27-18 score.
The New Prague Trojan adapted floor hockey team claimed a pair of victories last week, against South Suburban and Dakota United.
Trojans 12, Jets 0 New Prague hosted South Suburban Tuesday, Feb. 12, and scored a 12-0 win.
"We were very happy just to get a game in with all the weather cancellations we’ve had this year," said Coach Shellie Kriha. "And we were thrilled to be able to come out so strong against South Suburban."
New Prague had six goals in the first and three each in the second and third periods.
The TCU boys basketball team dropped three more contests.
On February 14, they lost to Jordan with a 38-89 score.
On Friday, they played Sibley East in Le Center and lost 42-61.
On Monday, they took on Fairmont and lost 42-58.
Their overall record stands at 1-20.
Remaining on the schedule were contests against Le Sueur-Henderson on February 19, Belle Plaine on February 22 and St. Peter on February 28.
See more in the February 21, 2019 print edition of the Montgomery Messenger.