The Tri-City United Titan Football Team advanced in the Section 3AAA tournament after their 54-20 victory over the Worthington Trojans in Montgomery on Tuesday.
 
With their win, the Titans, a No. 3 seed with a 5-4 record, take to the road for Jackson County to face Jackson County Central in the semi-final round on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Huskies, which are No. 2 seed, enter the contest with an 8-1 record after beating Sibley East 42-8 on Tuesday.
 

For week eight and the final regular game of the football season, the Titans were victorious on their home turf when they beat the St. Peter Saints 19-6 on Wednesday.
 

The Tri-City United Titans were on the road to Marshall on Friday for week seven of the football season. The Marshall Tigers, entering the contest with a 6-0 record, soundly defeated the Titans 54-7.
 
The Titans next action will be against St. Peter on Wednesday, Oct. 17 in Montgomery. It will be senior night for the Titans who are co-sponsoring Tackle Cancer Night with the Saints. The Saints will enter the contest after losing 13-42 to the Waseca Bluejays on Friday.
 
The Tigers’ record improves to 7-0. They take on Jordan next Wednesday.

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With less than a minute to go and a tied game of 14-14, Tri-City United won their homecoming game against the Albert Lea Tigers 14-17 with a 22-yard field goal. Matthew Bartholomew provided the winning kick. The victory elicited cheers from the stands packed with fans and a special homecoming fireworks finale. For more, see the print edition.

The Tri-City United Titan Tennis Team finished its regular season play last week with matches against United South Central and Maple River. According to Coach Phil Murry, the team scored some points in each match but couldn’t string together enough points for a win.
In their match against Maple River, the Titans lost 3-4. Murry said the match wasn’t decided until the come-from-behind victory at No. 3 doubles, but he stated the singles players won their matches in No. 2, 3 and 4 spots.

The Tri-City United Volleyball Team added four more losses to its 2018 record.
According to the Minnesota State High School League, on September 25, the Titans lost to Medford in three sets 4-25, 10-25, and 21-25.
On September 27, the Titans fell to Norwood-Young America in three sets 9-25, 12-25, and 13-25.
On Saturday, the Titans held an invitational and lost to Cleveland in two sets, and Holy Family Catholic. Against Cleveland, the scores were 25-17 and 14-25. Against Holy Family, the scores were 13-25 and 25-20.
No other information was provided.

The Tri-City United Titans fell to the Fairmont Cardinals 41-25 in week four of the football season. The Titans are now 2-2 and take on the Jordan Hubmen on Friday, Sept. 28.

Three Dakota-Rice-Scott League teams qualified for the final weekend of the Class C Minnesota Amateur Baseball Tournament, with New Prague and Faribault losing in the third round on Saturday, and New Market advancing to the quarterfinals before losing in 14 innings on Sunday.
Two DRS players, Matt Lane of Faribault and Nate Rost of New Market, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The New Market Muskies were the last Dakota-Rice-Scott baseball team to bow out of the State Amateur Baseball Tournamet, but they didn't go down easily. The Muskies tied Young America late in regulation before falling to the Cardinals in 14 innings, 4-3. the quarterfinal game was played Sunday afternoon in Shakopee
In the semifinals in Shakopee Sunday evening, Sobieski defeated Young America 2-1 and Plato downed defending state champion Kimball 12-5. 
Sobieski and Plato are scheduled to play at 3 p.m. Monday at New Prague for the State Class C Championship. 

New Prague could not come up with the timely hit and lost its State Class C Tournament third round game to the Kimball Express 2-0 Saturday, Sept. 1, in New Prague. 
Nathan Sprouls pitched six innings and allowed just six hits while striking out 11, but one of those hits was a solo home run in the fifth inning that put the defending state champions on top 1-0. The Express also scored a run in the seventh off reliever Johnny Houston. Justin Novak had two hits for the Orioles. 

The Minnesota Amateur Baseball Tournament will conclude this weekend with games at three sites, New Prague, Shakopee and Jordan. 

Champions in Class B and Class C will be crowned on Monday, Sept. 3, with the Class B championship game or games scheduled for noon in Shakopee. The Class C Championship game is scheduled for 3 p.m. in New Prague. 

The Tri-City United Titan Football Team opened its season by shutting out the Belle Plaine Tigers 15-0 in Montgomery.
 
The  Titan defense had a spectacular performance and held the Tigers to one interception at the end, three turnovers on downs, and six punts in the game.
 
The Titan offense put themselves on the board in the first quarter on their second possession when Matthew Bartholomew handed off to Kyle Sladek for a touchdown. Sladek added a successful two-point conversion that put the score at 8-0. 
 

Three of four Dakota-Rice- Scott baseball teams won their second round games at the State Class C Amateur Baseball Tournament Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25 and 26, in New Prague and Shakopee.
St. Patrick played on Saturday in Shakopee and lost 4- 3 to Red Wing. The other three teams, playing consecutive games on Sunday in New Prague, all claimed wins to advance to the tournament’s final weekend. New Market defeated Fort Ripley 4-3, New Prague beat Hanska 3-0 and Faribault defeated Mora 8-0.

Any athlete wanting to increase total body strength, power, multi-directional speed, agility, hand-eye quickness and flexibility can do so with the new Titans United Soccer Fall Performance Camp and Combine. 
 

Three of four DRS baseball teams advanced to the round of 16 at the Minnesota Class C Amateur Baseball Tournament over the weekend.
 

State Baseball Tournament Results
Friday, Aug. 24
Class B
Chanhassen 4, Sauk Rapids 0
Dundas 8, Cold Spring 5
Northfield 4, Moorhead 2
Miesville 8, Forest Lake 3
Saturday, Aug. 25
Winners Bracket
Chanhassen 12, Northfield 5
Miesville 2, Dundas 1
Class C
Saturday, Aug. 25
Sartell 4, Ada 0
New London Spicer 12, Chokio 3
Sleepy Eye 3, Fergus Falls 0
Red Wing 5, St. Patrick 4
Buckman 7, Hadley 5
Raymond 6, Richmond 2
Maple Lake 8, Midway 2
Young America 5, Jordan 1