New Market and St. Patrick remain unbeaten and atop the Dakota- Rice-Scott standings through games of June 2. The Muskies claimed two wins last week, over Union Hill and Webster, while the Irish defeated Lonsdale.
The New Prague Trojan adapted softball team lost its opening round game in the State CI Adapted Softball Tournament Friday, May 31, at Chanhassen High School. The Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville Blazing Cats defeated them 9-4.
New Prague plays St. Cloud in the consolation round at 9 a.m. Saturday at Chanhassen. If they win that game they play in the consolation championship at
1:45 p.m.
More rain meant more postponed games in the Dakota-Rice-Scott league this week.
Four league games were postponed earlier in the week, but the sun dried the fields so games were played Friday and Sunday, but Monday’s Memorial Day deluge resulted in six more postponements. The nine games that were played saw nine different winners, ranging from a 38-hit, 25-run slugfest in which St. Patrick defeated Montgomery 13-12 to a pitcher’s duel that saw Prior Lake defeat Union Hill 2-0.
The Le Sueur-Henderson Giants and New Richland H-E-G Panthers ended Tri-City United’s run in the Section 2AA Softball Tournament on Saturday, May 25 at Caswell Park.
After shut-out wins over Belle Plaine and Waseca, a different looking TCU team lost first in the semi-finals and finally in the elimination round. Coach Phil Murry said the team came to the game, but wasn’t ready to play.
The TCU Softball Team advanced in the Section 2AA Quarterfinals on Thursday with another shutout, this time against Belle Plaine.
TCU 7, Belle Plaine 0
The Titans’ record now stands at 14-6. They continue in the tournament on Saturday with a noon game versus Le Sueur-Henderson at Caswell Park in Mankato. The Giants’ overall record stands at 15-7.
The Titans got things going with three runs in the first inning, followed by one in the third and four in the fourth.
Sunday’s rain washed out the entire six-game schedule in the Dakota-Rice-Scott Baseball league. Games that were postponed included Elko at Lonsdale, New Prague at Veseli, Montgomery at St. Benedict, Union Hill at New Market, Shakopee at Webster and Faribault at St. Patrick. The only makeup date announced so far was New Prague at Veseli, which will be played on July 14.
Five league games were played last week, with Elko, Prior Lake, New Prague, New Market, Faribault and St. Patrick getting wins. New Market remains atop the league standing with a 6-0 record.
New Prague jumped to a 10-2 lead and went on to defeat host Buffalo 16-7 to earn a spot in the MSHSL CI Adapted Softball Tournament.
The tournament will be held Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, at Chanhassen High School. This is the sixth time the Trojans have advanced to the state tournament. They went four years, from 2008 through 2011, and again last year.
The team includes athletes from New Prague, Tri-City United, Belle Plaine and Jordan schools.
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In cold, driving rain, the Titan softball team was hot when they shut out Waseca 15-0 in the first round of the Section 2AA tournament on Tuesday.
Playing in Le Center, the Titans endured the weather in four innings and advanced in the tournament.
TCU didn’t waste any time getting to business. The Titans scored two in the first and second innings.
After nine innings, the TCU Titans lost by a run to the Le Sueur-Henderson Giants 3-4 on Monday.
TCU’s Ellaina Novak lead off with a single in the second inning and was sacrificed to second by Ava Rud. She advanced to third on a single by Lilly Barnes, then scored on a single by Destiny Dunagan.
The Giants answered in the fourth inning when Liz Milam reached on an error and Olivia Fritz hit a two-run homer.
Ellie Singleton singled to start the sixth inning, scoring on a double by Elly Novak.
The Titans nabbed an 11-5 win over Waseca despite an early three-run inning on May 7.
The TCU team weathered a scare by Waseca in the second inning where the Titans coughed up three runs. Waseca scored its runs on a double by Zander Fitzsimmons.
The home team captured the lead in the second inning when Dawson Pint’s sac fly scored two runs for TCU.
The TCU boys track and field team landed in second place at the Le Sueur-Henderson Giant Relays on Friday, May 10 with 135.50 points, behind Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School’s first place finish of 179.50 points.
The Titan girls team finished in the middle of the pack of nine visiting schools with a fifth place finish of 110 points. Ahead of TCU, in order of placement, were Le Sueur-Henderson, Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School, Sibley East and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown high schools.
Through puddles of water, soggy greens and cold temperatures, the TCU Golf Team held its invitational on Thursday, May 9 at the Montgomery National Golf Course.
With all of the golfers dressed in layers, winter hats, the Titans boys’ team finished in fourth place out of nine teams with 353 strokes. St. Peter won the meet with 315 strokes, followed by Jordan in second with a 332, and Waseca in third with a 344.
The New Prague Trojan adapted softball team split a pair of games last week, defeating South Suburban 11-7 and losing to Burnsville/Farmington/Lake ville 9-6.
The team, which includes athletes from New Prague, Tri-City United, Belle Plaine and Jordan schools, was scheduled to play at Minneapolis Tuesday and will host White Bear Lake in its final home game Thursday, May 9. New Prague is on the road for its final two games of the season, at Dakota United in Rosemount Tuesday, May 14, and facing Chaska/Chanahsssen/Prior Lake/Shakopee at Prior Lake Thursday, May 16.
After two weeks of play, only three teams - New Market, St. Patrick and Veseli, are undefeated in the Dakota-Rice-Scott League.
New Market defeated Webster and Prior Lake to go to 3-0, while St. Patrick topped Shakopee and Veseli defeated New Prague. Elko - which plays a partial league schedule - is at 1-0 after defeating Montgomery in its league opener.
The season gets into full swing this week, as 13 games are scheduled over the next seven days.
New Prague’s Adapted Softball team travelled to East Ridge High School Thursday, April 25, where they lost a 14-3 contest to the South Washington Thunderbolts.
New Prague just couldn't seem to get in the rhythm, coach Shellie Kriha said. “We allowed too many runs and didn't produce hits on offense,” she said.
South Washington took a 4-0 lead in the first, but New Prague got hits from Evan Minar and Shane Friedrick before Breanna Stark drove in the team’s first run.
Big innings led to big wins for three Dakota-Rice-Scott League baseball teams on the first day of the regular season Sunday, April 28.
New Market scored eight runs in the 11th inning to defeat St. Benedict 10-2, Prior Lake used a nine-run sixth to power their way to a 13-3 win over Shakopee and St. Patrick broke open a close game with a seven-run seventh inning to claim an 8-0 win over Lonsdale. Also on Sunday, Faribault defeated Webster 7-4, Veseli defeated Union Hill 4-3 and Montgomery registered a 4-0 win over New Prague.