The Tri-City United swimmers won events for the Titans in a dual swim meet Tuesday, Sept. 2 at Albert Lea.
Senior Mallorie Plut won the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:41.57 and the 100-yard butterfly in 1:12.79.
Sophomore Lily Traxler captured the one-meter diving title with a score of 160.60.
Sophomore Ella Schmiesing won the 100- yard freestyle in 54.97, which was 18 seconds faster than the runner-up. She also won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:10.66, which was 15 seconds in front of the runnerup.
Albert Lea defeated TCU, 104-77 in the varsity meet.

Tri-City United sophomore Grant Fitterer was the leading runner for the Titan boys cross country team during two early season events.
Fitterer placed third last week at the St. Peter Meet, running the 5,000-meter course in 18:50.
He improved on that time during the 26 team Gerry Smith Invitational Thursday, Sept. 7 at the Montgomery National Golf Club. He improved his time to 17:56 in placing 41st among 202 total runners.

The Tri-City United volleyball team won three of their five matches to win the consolation championship at the WEM Invitational Saturday, Sept. 9.
In pool play, the Titans had a 25-14, 25-23 loss to WEM, a 27-25, 25-16 win over Minnesota Valley Lutheran, and a 23-25, 25-19, 15-6 loss to Cleveland.
Cleveland went on to defeat Nova Classical Academy to capture the overall championship.
TCU played in the four-team consolation bracket where they defeated St. Clair 25-11, 25-20 and Minnesota Valley Lutheran 28-26, 26-24.

Fairmont used a number of big plays to defeat Tri-City United, 48- 0, in football Thursday, August 31 in Montgomery.
Big plays were the story of the game for Fairmont as they had three touchdowns over 50 yards. Fairmont accumulated 260 yards through the air with 88 of them being on one pass in the fourth quarter.

All that stood between St. Patrick’s bid for a berth in the state tournament’s semifinal round Saturday, Sept. 2, was an offensive juggernaut the Irish hoped would have an off day with the bats. It didn’t work out that way.

Be it improbable or expected, St. Patrick is one of the final eight teams remaining in the Minnesota Baseball Association’s Class B state tournament after a 5-3 win Saturday, Aug. 26, in the round of 16.
The Irish topped Baseball 365, 5-3, in Delano. They’ll face the Minnetonka Millers Saturday, Sept. 2, 11 a.m., in Litchfield. Minnetonka. The Millers won Saturday, 8-0, over the Metro Knights. They took advantage of a dozen walks, four hits and three Knights' errors in the win.

The Tri-City United boys soccer team defeated Fairmont, 5-1, Saturday, August 26 and lost a 3-1 contest to Southwest Minnesota Christian Monday August 28.
Here is a recap of the two games:
TCU 2 3 - 5
Fairmont 0 1 - 1

The Minnesota Baseball Association recognized the services of Eric Brever and Pat Goggins last month in St. Patrick with a pregame ceremony before the Irish faced Union Hill.

When the state amateur baseball tournament convenes this weekend in Dassel, Delano, Litchfield and Waconia, the Dakota, Rice Scott League, a group including two favorites and a long shot to make the Class C state field will be well represented.
Class C teams Faribault, Union Hill and Veseli earned state berths at the region tournament which concluded last weekend.

Montgomery and Shakopee both fall in Thursdays games fighting for the third spot in the state amateur baseball tournament. Veseli will play Lonsdale at Lonsdale on Sunday at 2 p.m.
More in the upcoming newspapers on August 17.

With four big runs in the third inning, Montgomery topped Union Hill, 5-1, Sunday, July 23, avenging an early-season loss in Montgomery.

With a win over crosstown rival New Market Friday night, they set the stage for Sunday’s milestone victory, the 1,100th victory in the coaching career for Elko’s Terry Fredrickson.

The Minnesota Twins Youth Baseball Clinic on Thursday, July 13 at TCU’s Montgomery Middle and Elementary School’s outdoor fields was an inspiring event for all.
“We love doing this. This is my passion, what keeps me going,” said Coach Joe Shallenberger from the Twins organization. Coaching is what he said what made him clean.

When he was 4 years old, Jay Williams introduced his son, Zack, to motocross racing. By the time he was 18, he won an amateur national championship. A year later, he turned professional and began racing for prize money.
He was initially attracted by the speed, the grit and determination of motocross racing. Later, Williams grew to appreciate the individual nature of the sport.
“You put the helmet on and it’s just you and the bike,” he said.

St. Patrick’s Trevor Divinski and Ryan Friedges combined for a shutout win over the Orioles Wednesday, June 28, in New Prague.
The Irish jumped to a 2-0 lead in the opening frame and held New Prague scoreless. St. Patrick added another three runs in the seventh inning. Ben Taxdahl led the Irish offense with a two-run home run while Joe Weiers drove in two RBIs.

Runners from New Prague and the area were well represented at Grandma’s Marathon and the Gary Bjorklund Half-Marathon earlier this month.
New Prague’s Garren Hamby, 43, finished the Grandma’s Marathon between Two Harbors and Duluth in 3 Hours, 20 minutes, 43 seconds. He finished 1,308 of 6,689 marathon runners.