The New Prague wrestling team hosted an invitational Saturday, Dec. 4 and picked up three straight dual meet victories.
The Trojans defeated Austin (69-12), East Ridge (80-0), and St. Peter (40-27).
Senior Noah Block, sophomore Destiney Lofton, and eighth grader Peyton Elgren each won their first varsity matches.
In the win over Austin, New Prague received seven forfeits and a win by default. Koy Buesgens (132), Colton Bornholdt (152), and Evan Anderson (195) each won by fall.

The New Prague girls basketball team opened its 2021-22 season with three tough losses to Big Nine Conference schools.
The Trojans led 31-29 at half Nov. 30 against Owatonna but ended up on the short end of a 58-45 score. Avery Hennen scored 15 points and Payton Morris added 12 points and Taylor Hemann added seven points off the bench.
“We played with great energy in the first half,” head coach Eric Specht said. “Defensively we rotated very well and contested shots.”

On Saturday, Nov. 13, Don Dvorak, age 74, of New Prague was named to the Minnesota State High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held during a banquet at at the Omni Hotel in Eagan.

Five members of the New Prague Swimming and Diving Team will be competing in the Class A State Tournament after their performances at the Section 1A meet held Nov. 10 - 12.
Sophomores Nellie Dalsin, Ella Lund, and Payten Schieffer, eighth grader Taylor Bassett, and seventh grader Carolyn DeLuca will represent the Trojans Nov. 18, 19, and 20 in the State Tournament at the University of Minnesota.
Schieffer will be competing in three events, the 100 Butterfly, the 200 Individual Medley, and will team up with Lund, Bassett, and DeLuca in the 200 Medley Relay.

The New Prague High School bowling team has been having a stellar year as the five person team has a 16-0 record and is now ranked first in the state.

Chanhassen knocked off New Prague 25-20, 25-28, 25-17 Tuesday, Oct. 19 in both team's regular season finale. The win gave Chanhassen (16-7 overall) a tie with the Trojans (17-10) for second place in the Metro West Conference standings. Bloomington Jefferson, New Prague, and Chanhassen each finished with a 7-2 conference record. Chaska placed first with a 9-0 record.

The Section 2AA Girls Soccer Championship turned out to be a one girl highlight film.
Annelise Winch of Mankato West took nine shots and connected on four of them in leading the Scarlets to a 4-0 win in the game played Oct. 19 in New Prague.
Aubrey Bahl had two assists as did Alaina Spaude.
The Scarlets were the No. 2 seed in the tournament. New Prague was the...
To see more on this story pick up the October 28, 2021 print edition of The New Prague Times.

The top six runners for the New Prague girls cross country team placed in the top 25, helping the Trojans place second in the Jordan Invitational Tuesday, Oct. 12.
Senior Nora Rosemeier placed third in a season-best time of 20:00, leading New Prague to a score of 78. Belle Plaine won the nine team event with 52 points. Jordan placed third with a score of 101. Rosemeier finished just three seconds behind two-time State qualifier Addison Houf of Lester Prairie.
In addition to Rosemeier, Sophie Baker placed...

A pair of Metro West Conference wins moved the New Prague volleyball team into second place in the conference.
The Trojans defeated Orono Tuesday, Oct. 12 (25-21, 25-10, 25-21) and defeated Robbinsdale Cooper (25-12, 25-14, 25-16) Wednesday, Oct. 13.
In the win over Orono, Anna Molstad had 12 kills, Abby Molstad had 24 assists and five aces, and Emerson Dillon finished with 15 digs.
In the win over Cooper, Avery Klein had six kills, four digs, and three aces. Laci Kratochvil had six kills as did Kayla Thorsfeldt. Dillon had nine aces and Anna Molstad nine kills.

As the season starts to wind down for the New Prague boys cross country teams, so do their race times.
All six varsity runners set some kind of a record while competing in the Tuesday, Oct. 5 Victoria Lions Invitational held at Gale Woods Park.
The top finisher for the Trojans was senior Jacob Malecha, who ran a season- best time of 17:01 in placing 12th overall. Malecha passed approximately a dozen runners during the last mile of the 5,000-meter race.
Liam Roufs ran a personal-best time of 18:45, placing 73rd overall.

The final three games of the regular season for the New Prague boys soccer team ended in a pair of wins and a one goal loss.
The Trojans defeated Robbinsdale Cooper, 3-1, Tuesday, Oct. 5. Two days later they were edged, 1-0 by Chanhassen. In the regular season finale Saturday, Oct. 9, New Prague downed Faribault, 1-0, in a contest which was not completed.
In the win over Cooper, Jacob Lee scored his fourth goal of the season, Satchel Johnson scored his fifth goal of the season, and Sam Gardner scored his first goal of the season.

State rated Benilde St. Margaret’s and Chaska handed the New Prague girls tennis teams a pair of losses to end their regular season.
Benilde, rated 5 in Class AAA, shut out the Trojans, 7-0, on Thursday, Sept., 30. Chaska, one of the top teams in the Metro West Conference, also swept the Trojans, 7-0, Tuesday, Sept. 28.
In the loss to Benilde, New Prague was only able to win two games in a match twice. At No. 1 singles, Payton Peterson was defeated 6-1, 6-1. At No. 2 doubles Brook Mensing and Ellie Thomas were defeated by the...

In a battle of two of the top five teams in Class AAA and Class AAAA, Chaska prevailed with a four set win over New Prague in volleyball on Tuesday, Sept. 28.
The No. 5 ranked Class AAAAA Chaska Hawks pulled out a 25-9, 22-25, 25-20, 25-13 win over the No. 4 rankld Class AAA Trojans.
Anna Molstad led the New Prague offense with 12 kills and added 16 digs and three blocks.
Abby Molstad dished out 28 assists and had seven digs.
Emerson Dillon had...
To see more on this story pick up the October 7, 2021 print edition of The New Prague Times.

Senior Jacob Malecha placed fifth in 18:01 in leading the New Prague boys cross country team to a fifth place finish in the 10- team Hutchinson Invitational Thursday, Sept. 16.
Buffalo won the invite followed by Mankato East, Dassel-Cokato, Waconia, and New Prague. Buffalo had three of the top six finishers. Following Malecha across the finish line were...
To see more on this story pick up the September 23, 2021 print edition of The New Prague Times.

The New Prague girls soccer team recorded a pair of shutouts in splitting two of four games last week.
The Trojans blanked Bloomington Jefferson, 1-0 in overtime, Tuesday, Sept. 14. They also recorded a 3-0 shutout of Mayer Lutheran Thursday, Sept. 16. Rochester Century shut out the Trojans, 6-0, Saturday, Sept. 18. Monday, Sept. 20 St. Louis Park edged New Prague, 1-0.
In the win over Jefferson, Evie Wegner took a corner kick that found Madi Josephson making a near post run and she was able to slip the ball past the Jefferson keeper.

When the New Prague swimming and diving team competes on the road, the activities director of the school they are competing at should be ready to change his records boards.
In nearly every meet this year, a Trojan swimmer has set either a new New Prague record or a new pool record, which are displayed at most pools.
Payton Schieffer and the 200 Medley Relay Team continue to re-write the record books.
The Trojans started last week with a 97-89 win over St. Peter.