For the second time in a week, the New Prague baseball team held a lead against the once-beaten, No. 1 rated Mankato West Scarlets in the Section 2AAA Playoffs.
Earlier in a winner’s bracket semifinal game, the Trojans held a seven run lead but were defeated, 9-8. This loss put the Trojans into the consolation bracket of the Section Tourney.
New Prague defeated Albert Lea, 6-2, Tuesday, June 7 and shutout No. 2 seed, Mankato East, 1-0, to move into the Section Championship against West on Thursday, June 9.
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Midway through the DRS Amateur Baseball League season, there is a new leader.
St. Patrick, winner of five straight games, has risen to the top of the standings with a 6-2 record. Webster, 4-1 in their last five games, moves into second place with a 6-4 record. Montgomery, the leader for much of the early season, has dropped to third place with a 7-5 record.

The New Prague boys track and field team tied for sixth place in the Section 2AA Meet Wednesday, June 1 and Friday, June 3. They also had one relay and one individual advance to the Class AA State Meet.
The Trojans scored 68 points in a very competitive Section Meet, tying Belle Plaine for sixth place. Worthington was the boys team champion with 99 points. They were followed by Mankato East (86), Jordan (77), Mankato West (77), and St. Peter (74).

A number of New Prague boys tennis players earned post-season honors following the 2022 season.
The Trojans earned the Team Academic Silver award. Academic All-State honors went to Henry Cox, Max Deluca, Jeffrey Price, and Jonathan Sayler.
Jonathan Sayler and Morgan Masberg received First Team All-Metro West Conference honors. Sayler finished the season with an 8-12 record playing No. 1 singles. Masberg had an 8-11 record playing No. 2 singles.

St. Patrick and Webster are climbing the DRS amateur baseball standings after a week with no losses.
St. Patrick has won three straight games and Webster is on a five game winning streak after losing their first three in league play.
Montgomery leads the league with a 7-3 record, St. Patrick (4-2), Webster (5- 3), St. Benedict (4-4), New Prague (4-4), and Union Hill, (3-3) are close behind.

Through the third weekend of play in the DRS Amateur Baseball League, every team has recorded at least one victory.
The Montgomery Mallards continue to hold the league lead with a 5-1 record. They were defeated by Elko, 11-3, Friday, May 20. Sunday, May 22 the Mallards downed St. Benedict, 7-1.

A complete team effort by the New Prague girls lacrosse team lifted them to a 21-6 win over Waconia Tuesday, May 3.
Senior Eme Halbmaier scored 10 goals, sophomore Payton Pumper scored three goals, and sophomore Ellie Schmidt scored two goals to lead the Trojans. Junior Joslyn Brotemarkle had eight assists and junior Calista Brotemarkle had seven ground ball controls.
“Waconia started out strong early as we were trying out a new defense,” head coach Julie Wegner Bowers said. “The girls did a great job of adjusting and we came out on top.”
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Elko Express Terry Fredrickson/ Elko Express Manager ( 7th season), Last year’s record: 22-15 overall. Lost the last Section 1 play in game to not qualify for the Class B Tournament. Players who left to team: We lost several key players from last year. Key players back: Dylan Thomas, pitcher/outfielder/hitter. Travis Evanson infield/hitter, Chase Hentges outfield/hitter, Ash Larsen Hitter/outfield Kyle Kraska infield/hitter, and Easton Richter ss/pitcher/hitter. New players: Hayden Mileski, Ryan Baumgartner, Justin Roitman, Nick Dolsky pitcher, Alex Schneider pitcher.

Ten teams from the Dakota, Rice, Scott (DRS) Baseball League will be opening up their 2022 seasons Sunday, April 24.
Here is a list of games:
St. Patrick at Shakopee.
Lonsdale at Webster.
Montgomery at New Prague.
Union Hill at Veseli.
Prior Lake at Elko.
All games are scheduled for 2 p.m.
The New Prague Times will be previewing the 12 DRS teams in the April 28 edition of the paper.

Belle Plaine High School, in conjunction with the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association, recently presented Dick Milinkovich a plaque for his 50 years in coaching. Milinkovich, a resident of New Prague and 1964 graduate of New Prague High School, was presented with the honor during Belle Plaine Award Nights after serving as the girls assistant basketball coach this year.

The New Prague boys and girls track and field teams opened their 2022 season March 30 with an indoor meet at Orono.
Both teams won their portions of the four-team event. The boys scored 127 points to easily win the championship. Benilde-St. Margaret’s placed second (59), Orono third (53), and Waconia fourth (50).
The girls had a much closer score but they prevailed by scoring 90 points, 4.5 more than runner-up Waconia (85). Placing third was Benilde-St. Margaret’s (55) and fourth was Orono (52.5). Winning individual events for the boys were as follows:

It was a near perfect performance for the New Prague/TCU/ LSJ/Belle Plaine/Jordan CI Division Adapted Floor Hockey team at the 2022 State Tournament held at Bloomington Jefferson High School March 18 and March 19.
The Trojans won their second State title. The first was in 2014. They defeated three teams at State by a total score of 35-4. They finished the year with a perfect 10-0 record.

The New Prague boys hockey team knew they would have to face some of the top teams in the state in their Class A State Tournament appearance last week.
Even knowing the strength of their competition, the Trojans battled and represented New Prague with the utmost integrity.
The Trojans were unseeded and faced No. 1 ranked Hermantown in their State Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 9. Hermantown defeated New Prague, 5-1, and went on to claim the 2022 Class A State Championship with a 3-2 win over No. 2 seeded Warroad.

They may be young, but New Prague’s first all girls wrestling team shows a lot of promise. With around 23 members from kindergarten to sixth grade these young grapplers had a fantastic first season.
“We have ten girls who will compete in the girls state tournament this year,” said Simon Kallal, head coach of the team. He and his wife Sarah helped organize the team.

The Trojans will be heading to the Adapted Floor Hockey State Tournament this weekend which will be held at Bloomington Jefferson High School on Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19. The local team is made up of students from New Prague, Tri-City United, Belle Plaine and Jordan high schools.
The floor hockey team finished the regular season with a record of 7 wins and 0 losses. The Trojans scored 79 goals in those 7 games and only gave up 10 goals all season. The Trojans won the southern conference and were given an automatic bid to the state tournament.

In their first Class A State Swimming Meet appearance, freshmen Brendan Panka and Jacob Bisek both showed they belonged with the state’s best.
Both swimmers advanced from Friday’s preliminary round into Saturday, March 5 consolation/championship round.
Panka advanced to the consolation final in the 200- yard freestyle, placing 10th overall in a lifetime best time of 1:46.88. His time was less than a second behind the fifth place finisher.
Bisek also competed in the 200-yard freestyle and he finished in 17th place in a time of 1:50.61.