Activity: Dance Team - Var. NEW!!
Reschehduled to DATE: 01/20/2020 - ( previously 01/18/2020 )
Event type: Conference Tournament
Home/Host: New London-Spicer
Opponent: Glencoe-Silver Lake, Delano , Waconia, Litchfield, Mound Westonka, Orono, Rockford Area, Hutchinson, Holy Family Catholic High School, New Prague
START TIME: 5:00PM CST - ( previously 2:00PM CST )
END TIME: 11:00PM CST - ( previously 8:00PM CST )
Location: New London-Spicer High School, 101 Fourth Ave SW, New London, MN
Location Detail: Main Gym North
POSTPONED: YES

New Prague senior Emmalyn Dickerson had the top overall finish for the New Prague gymnastics team Saturday, Jan. 4 during the Matt Shetka Invitational.
Dickerson finished in the top 10 in each individual event and placed fifth overall in the all-around, helping the Trojans place third in the 10-team invite.
Dickerson had an all-around score of 35.4000. She was fourth in the vault (9.200), fifth on the balance beam (9.1000), sixth on the floor exercise (9.1000), and 10th on the bars (8.000).

For the second time this season, the 5th ranked New Prague wrestling team has returned from a tournament with hardware.
The Trojans had 17 top six finishers, including three champions, winning the Tri City United Invitational Saturday, Jan. 4 in Montgomery.
Koy Buesgens (106), Colton Bornholdt (113), and Jake Trachte (182) each claimed individual titles.

Amanda Giesen scored a game-high 25 points to lead the New Prague girls basketball team to a 64-59 win over Prior Lake Friday, Jan. 3.
Emily Russo added 17 points, Katie Vasecka 10 points, and Bethany Vasecka and Kate Seymour chipped in five each.
“We got off to a pretty slow start, especially on the defensive end of the floor,” Trojan head coach Luke Swedberg said. “After the first eight minutes, our effort and intensity was so much better.
We have to give Prior Lake a lot of credit. They were really....

The New Prague boys basketball team received 36 points from senior guard Parker Johnson in a 65-54 loss to Farmington Thursday, Dec. 19 in New Prague.
Johnson’s efforts were not quite enough as the Tigers pulled out a 65-54 win.
Farmington improved to 4-2 overall while the Trojans dropped to 2-4.

New Prague girls basketball head coach Luke Swedberg feels playing a tough schedule will only make his team better later in the season.
The Trojans battled a pair of very good teams last week, one of which is rated No. 1 in Class AAAA according to Minnesota-Scores.net.
Farmington won its eighth game in nine contests Thursday, Dec. 19 when they defeated the Trojans, 76-58 in New Prague.
The Tigers featured three of the top 50 players in Class 4A, led by senior Molly Mogenson and juniors Sophie Hart and Paige Klindseth.

The New Prague boys hockey team improved to 2-4-1 after a win and a tie last week.
The Trojans defeated Hopkins (5-2) on Thursday, Dec. 12 in New Prague. They traveled to Duluth Saturday, Dec. 14 and earned a tie against Denfeld, a team which was 5-1 coming into the contest.
No other information was made available.
New Prague will host Bloomington Jefferson Friday, Dec. 20 at 7:15 p.m.

A quick start energizes any sports team.
In the case of the New Prague wrestling squad, they have received nothing but perfection from their first four wrestlers in the line-up.
“The start of our line-up continues to get us off to a great start in each dual,” New Prague wrestling coach Dan Wagner said.
“From 106-126 we have not lost an individual match. The first four weights are a combined 28-0.”
Koy Buesgens (106), Colron Bornholdt (112), Colby Dunkel (119), and Joey Novak (126) are all 7-0 and have helped the Trojans to a 7-0 start this season.

Despite losing their match with Lakeville North Thursday, Dec. 12, New Prague gymnastics coach Mark Morphew took away a lot of positives.
North scored 143.500 while the Trojans scored 140.700 in the dual.
“Cracking 140 points any time is a great accomplishment but it is especially nice to do this early in the year,” Morphew said.
“We had a good meet with lots of good routines. We had some new skills thrown for the first time in competition.”

The New Prague Trojan girls hockey team is still looking for its first win after dropping a pair of contests last week. The Trojans were defeated Tuesday, Nov. 19, by Chaska/Chanhassen, 5-1 and Thursday, Nov. 21, by Eden Prairie, 8-0. New Prague will play at the Dakotah Ice Arena Friday, Nov. 29, against Chaska/Chanhassen, Prior Lake, and St. Francis/North Branch. Tuesday, Dec. 3, the Trojans will host Mounds-Westonka. Pictured is New Prague Trojan Katie Ruzicka, No. 25, playing against Chaska/Chanhassen on November 19.

Dodge County Dodge County scored three goals in the third period to defeat New Prague in the season opener for the Trojan girls hockey team.
Both teams scored once in the first two periods before Dodge County knocked in the three goals in the final period.
“I thought the nerves were out during our first period but we eventually settled in and then played a very good second period,” New Prague Coach Taylor Ries said. “We were in the game the whole way but fell off a bit in the third period.”

The DRS Baseball League held its Fall meeting Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the Doublewide in Elko New Market, with all 13 teams represented.
New managers were introduced for three teams. Tanner Graff is the new manager for Shakopee, Brent Goracke for St. Patrick and Mike Prochaska for Webster. Todd Klehn will be an assistant manager for Webster.

A number of area teams have advanced to the 2019 Adapted Soccer State Tournament, which will start Friday, Nov. 22, and conclude the following day. Matches will be played at Stillwater Area High School.
In the CI Division, White Bear Lake (10-0) will play Chaska/Chanhassen/Prior Lake/Shakopee (6-3-1) at 5 p.m. Friday.
Following that game will be Burnsville/Farmington/ Lakeville (7-1-2) versus St. Cloud Area (7-2-1) at 6:30p.m.

The Winter New Prague Times Sports Season at New Prague High School gets underway Tuesday, Nov. 12, when the Trojan girls hockey team hosts Dodge County in its season opener. Game time is 7:15 p.m. The team began practice on Monday, Oct. 28.
The Trojans are coming off a 14-9-3 season under thirdyear Head Coach Taylor Ries. They lost their top two scorers in Lindsay Bjerke and Kaitlyn Blair and their assist leader in Emily Sabol, all three of whom are playing college hockey this season.

After 52 years, the Minnesota Waterfowl Association (MWA) decided to disband earlier this year. However, the 170 local members of the Scott-Le Sueur Chapter of the organization have elected to continue with their mission of working to maintain habitat for waterfowl hunting in the area.

The New Prague Swim and Dive team competed at the Wright County Varsity Conference Championship meet Saturday, Oct. 26, and Coach Cassie Jung said her team’s performance was outstanding.
"I could not have asked for a better showing at this meet," she said. "The girls absolutely blew me away by their performance. We trained hard the week leading up to this meet and they took that training and performed amazingly well. It was so fun to see them succeed in the water and on the diving board."