The Minnesota River Bulldog Hockey Team, which includes Tri-City United School in its cooperative, scored another win on January 10 when they took on Waseca at the Waseca Community Center.
The Minnesota River Bulldog team’s 4-1 win came thanks to its depth and speed. According to their coach Shea Roehrkasse, the scoring came from several players.

Two weightlifters qualified for state after their performance in Northfield over the weekend.
Lexi Factor in junior varsity and Annabelle Davies in varsity made the state competition and will join Mike Fischer, who qualified for state at a meet in Armstrong in December. Factor took first place in 40 KG, and Davies took second in 55KG.

The Dakota-Rice-Scott League held its winter meeting Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the Doublewide Bar in Elko New Market.
All 13 teams were represented at the meeting. Shakopee’s Jesse Nystrom and New Prague’s Nick Schoenecker were introduced as new managers for 2019.
All league officers were elected for another year. President is Mike Sticha, vice president Greg Faue, secretary Sean O’Neill and treasurer Chris Hertaus. Sticha was appointed to manage the league’s website and social media and handle player contracts. O’Neill is the Region 3C Commissioner.

After a crushing 21-85 loss against Waterville-Elysian-Morristown to open the Tri-City United Basketball Tournament, the Titans rebounded with their first win against Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (JWP), 58-51.
The boys opened the holiday tournament on Thursday, Dec. 27 with a winless record. They faced the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Buccaneers who entered the contest with a 7-1 record, and as records predicted, the Buccaneers dominated the Titans in TCU territory.

After a tough 38-39 loss against Waterville-Elysian-Morristown that opened their holiday tournament on Thursday, Dec. 27, the Tri-City United Girls’ Basketball Team returned Friday to beat Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 62-45.
Coach Eric Specht said the girls started the tourney a little timid, and struggled to put the ball in the basket.

Several wrestlers scored victories at the Redwood River Riot on December 21 and 22. Nick Johnson at 120 pounds, Sam Miller at 195 pounds and Jose Reyes did well at the tournament.
Johnson defeated Kelvin Andrade-Ponce of Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City in his first bout with a 9-2 decision. He continued with a win against Erik Artiga of Worthington in a 6-4 decision, and Wyatt Taylor of Sibley East with a pin in 2:53. He defeated Ryan Borris with a 11-3 major decision before he was defeated by Jaxson Rohman of Fairmont-Martin County West in the final round. He was pinned in 2:03.

The Minnesota River Bulldog Hockey Team opened its season with a win and loss against North Branch and Dodge County.
The team opened its season on Friday, Nov. 23 against North Branch. The team lost 5-1.
Coach Shea Roehrkasse said he thought the team played well overall on the weekend, but just couldn’t get anything going offensively in their season opener.
“Against North Branch, we made a few too many mistakes in the neutral and defensive zone. North Branch did a good job of taking advantage of that,” he said.

A few changes could be in the works for the Dakota-Rice- Scott League baseball next summer as the Minnesota Baseball Association has changed its criteria for classification of teams.
Currently 12 of the 13 teams in the league are classified as Class C teams and one (Elko) is Class B. The association is implementing a points system to classify teams, based on population of the community, the number of players with collegiate and professional experience on their roster from outside the community, and success in the state tournament over the past five years.

The Jackson County Central (JCC) Huskies put an end to the Tri-City United Football Team playoff run, beating the Titans 30-9 on Saturday in the Section 3AAA tournament. 
 
The Huskies commanded a lead on their second possession of the game when their quarterback, junior, Rudy Voss connected with tight end, Keaton Storm for a 24-yard touchdown pass. 
 

Tri-City United junior Hugo Ruiz earned a return trip to the state cross country meet by finishing 10th in the Section 2A meet that was held on Thursday, Oct. 25 at Montgomery National Golf Course.
 
Ruiz, normally one of the front runners who has finished in first place in several races this season (USC, Waseca and New Prague), finished with one of his slowest times of the season, 16:46.2. Last week, Ruiz broke his own school record this year, 16:28.16 in the Minnesota River Conference championships.
 

The Tri-City United Titan Football Team advanced in the Section 3AAA tournament after their 54-20 victory over the Worthington Trojans in Montgomery on Tuesday.
 
With their win, the Titans, a No. 3 seed with a 5-4 record, take to the road for Jackson County to face Jackson County Central in the semi-final round on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Huskies, which are No. 2 seed, enter the contest with an 8-1 record after beating Sibley East 42-8 on Tuesday.
 

For week eight and the final regular game of the football season, the Titans were victorious on their home turf when they beat the St. Peter Saints 19-6 on Wednesday.
 

The Tri-City United Titans were on the road to Marshall on Friday for week seven of the football season. The Marshall Tigers, entering the contest with a 6-0 record, soundly defeated the Titans 54-7.
 
The Titans next action will be against St. Peter on Wednesday, Oct. 17 in Montgomery. It will be senior night for the Titans who are co-sponsoring Tackle Cancer Night with the Saints. The Saints will enter the contest after losing 13-42 to the Waseca Bluejays on Friday.
 
The Tigers’ record improves to 7-0. They take on Jordan next Wednesday.

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With less than a minute to go and a tied game of 14-14, Tri-City United won their homecoming game against the Albert Lea Tigers 14-17 with a 22-yard field goal. Matthew Bartholomew provided the winning kick. The victory elicited cheers from the stands packed with fans and a special homecoming fireworks finale. For more, see the print edition.

The Tri-City United Titan Tennis Team finished its regular season play last week with matches against United South Central and Maple River. According to Coach Phil Murry, the team scored some points in each match but couldn’t string together enough points for a win.
In their match against Maple River, the Titans lost 3-4. Murry said the match wasn’t decided until the come-from-behind victory at No. 3 doubles, but he stated the singles players won their matches in No. 2, 3 and 4 spots.

The Tri-City United Volleyball Team added four more losses to its 2018 record.
According to the Minnesota State High School League, on September 25, the Titans lost to Medford in three sets 4-25, 10-25, and 21-25.
On September 27, the Titans fell to Norwood-Young America in three sets 9-25, 12-25, and 13-25.
On Saturday, the Titans held an invitational and lost to Cleveland in two sets, and Holy Family Catholic. Against Cleveland, the scores were 25-17 and 14-25. Against Holy Family, the scores were 13-25 and 25-20.
No other information was provided.