With one weekend of play remaining, New Market clinched first place in the Dakota-Rice-Scott standings and St. Patrick has clinched a first-round bye for the playoffs in games played through Sunday, July 14.

Carding a round of even par 71 at Woodhill Country Club Monday, New Prague’s Taylor Ledwein earned a share of medalist honors as well as a spot in the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship next month.
A field of 50 golfers competed for five qualifying spots to this year’s national championship, which will be played August 5-11 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss.

DRS season enters final two weekends With just two weekends remaining in the Dakota-Rice- Scott League regular season, the surging New Prague Orioles have won seven games in a row and have moved into the top four of the league standings. New Market continues to lead the league with an 18-1 record, while St. Patrick has solidified its hold on a playoff bye.

New Prague defeated New Market 2-1 Sunday, June 30, handing the Muskies their first league loss of the season. New Market is ranked No. 1 among Class C teams in the state. The win was the fifth straight for the Orioles, and evened their league record at 8-8. Both New Prague and St. Patrick picked up three wins in the past week and Montgomery had two wins.

The New Market Muskies didn’t play any league games last week, but they clinched a bye into the double-elimination portion of the Region 3C playoffs. The Muskies have a 16-0 record and a 5-1/2 game lead over second-place St. Patrick with the season entering its final four weeks. The top four teams get first-round byes, with the remaining teams competing in best-of-three series to qualify for the region playoffs. Besides New Market, St. Patrick, Montgomery and Prior Lake currently hold on to the top four spots.
New Prague, Montgomery and Faribault each won two games last week.

The New Prague Trojan Clay Target team won its second state championship in four years Friday, hitting 484 of 500 targets in the 40-team competition held at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. The Trojans’ first round saw them hit 248 of 250 targets, with three of the five shooters getting perfect 50s.

The New Prague Trojan baseball team ended its season with a 7-2 loss to East Ridge Thursday, June 20, in the State Class AAAA title game at Target Field in Minneapolis.
New Prague took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Collin Dorzinski stole second, went to third when the throw went into center field, and scored when the throw to third went into the dugout.

New Market continues their dominance, sitting undefeated at 16-0 in DRS League play, holding a commanding 6 game lead on St. Patrick, the 2nd place team. St. Patrick holds a 0.5 game lead on the surging Montgomery Mallards, who are winners of 4-straight, and have settled into 3rd place in the Standings. Prior Lake holds down the 4th spot to round out the top 4, which would all be in line for a bye from League Playoffs.

The Minnesota State High School League’s four state championship baseball games are scheduled for Thursday, June 20, at Target Field in Minneapolis
The schedule (subject to change due to weather or lenth of games)
10 a.m. Class A - BOLD vs. New York Mills
1 p.m. Class AA - Minnehaha Academy vs. Duluth Marshall
4 p.m. - Class AAA - St. Thomas Academy vs. Benilde-St. Margeret’s
7 p.m. - Class AAAA - New Prague vs. East Ridge
Tickets can be purchased at Target Field. Price is $12 for adults, $8 for students, and are good for all four games.

Trojan Baseball Send-off will take place at 3:00 pm on Thursday, June 20. The team will exit the school at the bus loop doors and board the bus for their 7 pm State Championship game at Target Field in Minneapolis. Parents/Fans are encouraged to park in the student/staff lots and walk behind the high school for the ceremony.
 
Trojan Baseball Fan Bus sign-up is in the NPHS Main Office, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Cost is $8/person and must have a minimum of 40 people in order to take a bus. NPHS Office Hours are 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.
 

Joe Weiers went 4-for-4 and Collin Dorzinski 3-for-5 as New Prague banged out 13 hits in a 12-7 win over Rogers in the State Class AAAA baseball tournament Saturday, June 15. Dorzinski, Cade Pavek and Spencer Kajer each had three RBIs
The win puts them in the State Championship game against East Ridge, which defeated defending state champion Stillwater 6-5 in extra innings in the other semifinal game. The championship game will be played at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at Target Field.

The New Prague Trojans took a big lead, saw Rogers pull to within a run, then scored four runs in the seventh to claim a 12-7 win in the State Class AAAA tournament Saturday at CHS Field in St.Paul.
New Prague will face East Ridge in the State championship game, scheduled for 7 pm Thursday, June 20, at Target Field in Minneapolis.
See more on the game , including photos, later tonight and in the print edition of The New Prague Times.

Jake Deutsch made a big defensive play in the bottom of the sixth to stop a Blaine threat, then singled and scored the winning run in the seventh as the New Prague Trojans upset the No. 2 seed Blaine Bengals 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the State Class AAAA baseball tournament Friday, June 14, at CHS Field in St. Paul.
The Trojans scored a run in the second when Cade Pavek scored on a base hit by Sam Novak.

Members of the New Prague High School baseball team got a big sendoff Thursday afternoon, June 13, as they left for the State Class AAAA baseball tournament in St. Paul. A big crowd of fans, including family members and players with the New Prague Youth Baseball Association, cheered them on as they boarded a bus. New Prague is scheduled to face Blaine at 3 p.m. Friday, June 14, at CHS Field in St. Paul in a first-round game.

New Market is now the lone undefeated Class C team in the Dakota-Rice- Scott League, as they won three games during the week, upping their record to 13-0. The Muskies have a 3-1/2 game lead over second-place St. Patrick, which lost their first game of the season to Faribault.
Faribault, Elko and Prior Lake all won two games as well during the past week.

A send-off for the New Prague High School baseball team will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the New Prague High School bus parking lot, on the north side of the building. Those attending are asked to park in the North Student parking lot, directly across from the Skateboard park, to avoid congestion behind the high school, and then gather in the parking lot where the bus will pick up the varsity players. This event is for students, parents, fans and New Prague Youth Baseball players, who are encouraged to wear their Trojan baseball uniform or Trojan gear.