As it heads towards the regular season finale and an anticipated berth in the state tournament, the New Prague High School floor hockey team is looking to the potential of defending its state championship.
New Prague was slated to play Stillwater Wednesday, Feb. 25. Details of the game were not available when The New Prague Times went to press.

Overcoming their chief rival in the Section 2AA finals, the New Prague High School wrestling team won the Section 2AA team championship Saturday (Feb. 18) evening at NPHS. New Prague defeated Watertown-Mayer, 37-32. The Trojans entered the section tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Royals entered the section team competition as the No. 2 seed. The Trojans topped Watertown-Mayer, 41-25, back in December. The Trojans reached the section finals Saturday afternoon with a win over St. Peter. The Royals made it to the finals with a win over Scott West.

Winning every event in the section championship meet tonight, Friday, Feb. 17, in New Prague, the NPHS gymnastics team won a return trip to the state gymnastics meet Friday, Feb. 24, in St. Paul.
The Trojans topped second-place Minnetonka by a comfortable margin, 147.775 to 141.175 in the eight-team section competition. New Prague also advanced several individuals to the team competition Saturday, Feb. 25. A year ago, the Trojans finished second in the state team championship.
See details in an upcoming print edition of The New Prague Times.

New Prague High School’s dance team won its own invitational Saturday, Jan. 21, as both the varsity jazz and varsity high kick groups placed first in their events.
New Prague will next be at the Mounds View High School competition Saturday, Jan. 28.
“It was exciting, well deserved. The girls worked hard for it. It was a great feeling,” said New Prague head coach Tiffany Sandhurst about the Jan. 21 invite. “So many people came out to support them that it was just a special feeling for the teams.”

When two similarly matched teams put their best swimmers against one another, the results can often be quite close. Thus was the case when New Prague and St. Louis Park met in a dual meet Thursday, Jan. 19, with the Orioles winning 97-86.
“They have a couple of big dogs and we have a couple of big dogs,” said NPHS coach Kristen Munden. “NP would have won with a first place relay finish.”

If being a defending state champion isn’t enough, the New Prague floor hockey team is showing early it has the skills to handle competition aiming to knock off the champ.
In their first two games, the Trojans have won two games by a cumulative score of 23-2.
In both games, New Prague has had seven players contribute to the scoring sheet in a total team effort.
The Trojans’ defense has only allowed two goals on 27 shots.

Despite their best efforts, the New Prague High School girls’ ice hockey team has found offense in short supply. With tough competition on the horizon, scoring more goals will keep the team in a better position.
The Trojans have scored 10 goals in their last seven games. In the past week, the three goals in three games haven’t been enough against solid competition.

It was a busy few weeks for the New Prague High School girls’ ice hockey team as they had a home game and participated in the Schmitz Holiday Classic at the Farmington Schmitz-Maki Arena.
The Trojans won at home, 5-1, Tuesday, Dec. 13, against Minnesota River. New Prague’s next two games, Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Waconia and at home Thursday, Dec. 22, against Holy Angels were postponed.

Trojans heading north for games
After tough competition against area teams, the New Prague boys’ ice hockey team is looking for a little consistency as the cure for what ails them. What better place to work on it than northern Minnesota?
Having dropped three of their last four games, the Trojans are heading to Proctor for the weekend for a holiday tournament getaway. New Prague will face the host Rails and will also face Osseo and Superior during the tournament. The exact times of games is to be determined.

New Prague High School’s boys basketball team split two games last week as the Trojans defeated St. Peter, 69-53, Tuesday, Dec. 13, and lost a close, 59- 52, game to Worthington, Saturday, Dec. 17.
New Prague will host New Ulm tonight (Dec. 22) with a 7 p.m. game. The Trojans will then be at the Lakeville North Holiday Classic, facing Lakeville North at 7:45 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 29, then Austin at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30. New Prague starts the new year at home against Kasson-Mantorville at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3.

A weary New Prague High School gymnasts had to get through its Tuesday, Dec. 13, meet against Waconia. The Trojans tamed the Wildcats, 140.925 to 125.175 for a win.
“These girls pushed through the meet being very tired and worn down with this being their third meet in seven days,” said New Prague head coach Darrell Christenson. “We are looking forward to one full week of down time before we go again next Thursday (Dec. 22) hosting Minnetonka.”
Tonight’s (Dec. 22) home meet for the Trojans will be at 6 p.m. at the New Prague Gymnastics Center.

Nearly three dozen New Prague falls sports athletes and a couple of Trojan teams have received post-season honors in their respective sports.
Two athletes were named one of the best in their sports athletically and academically.

New Prague's Payten Schieffer placed 5th in the Class A State 100-yard butterfly competition. She also finished 8th in the 200-yard freestyle consolation finals.
New Prague's Nellie Dalsin placed 3rd in the4 Class A State Diving Competition Friday, Nov. 18 at the University of Minnesota. Ava Bruegger placed 14th overall in the same event.

The New Prague High School girls' swimming and diving team advanced a dozen swimmers and divers in six events to the state meet next week at the University of Minnesota while claiming its first-ever section team championship tonight in Rochester.

The New Prague High School girls' cross country finished 12th at the state cross country meet this afternoon, Saturday, Nov. 5, at St. Olaf College.
 
In their first-ever girls' state cross-country meet berth, the Trojans entered the meet seeded 14th.
 
See details in the Nov. 10 print edition of the New Prague Times.

Earlier this season Worthington edged New Prague High School (NPHS), 2-0, in boys soccer. The two teams faced off one more time, this time in the Section 2AA Championship match Tuesday, Oct. 18 in New Prague. Worthington once again defeated the Trojans, 2-0, to advance to the Class AA State Tournament.