New Prague’s Sophia Andersen notched 20 of her team’s 37 kills Friday, Oct. 26, as the Trojans defeated Chanhassen in three sets in the quarterfinals of the Section 2AAA volleyball tournament. The match was played on the Trojans’ home court. 

Andersen and teammate Amanda Giesen each had three blocks and McKenna Vacek had 16 digs and 23 serve receptions in the win. 

Chanhassen took an early lead in each of the three sets, with the lead changing hands several times. The Trojans closed strong in each set and won, 26-24, 25-22, 25-19. 

New Prague High School senior Sydney Siegle had the race of her career Thursday, Oct. 25, placing 10th at the Section 2AA meet at Gale Woods Farm Park, leading the Trojans to a fifth place overall finish and qualifying as an individual for the State Class AA meet, to be held Saturday, Nov. 3, at St. Olaf College in Northfield. Siegle led the Trojans with what coach Shawn Brandt called the race of her career. Her time of 19 minutes, 21 seconds, placed her 11th overall.

After having won the program’s first conference championship since 2001, the New Prague Trojan volleyball team begins its quest for the program’s first state tournament since 2001 on Friday, Oct. 26, in the quarterfinals of the Section 2AAA tournament.
New Prague received the No. 3 seed for the tournament behind two stateranked teams, Minnetonka and Shakopee. The Trojans split a pair of matches with Shakopee during the regular season. New Prague will host either No. 11 seed Mankato East or No. 6 seed Chanhassen in the match, which begins at 7 p.m.

Three members of the New Prague High School girls cross country team earned all-conference honors and the team placed second of six teams at the Wright County Conference East Championships Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Gale Woods Farm Park in Minnetrista.
Waconia had five runners finishing in the top 10 and finished with 32 points. New Prague had three in the top nine and finished with 62 points. Orono was third with 79, followed by Delano (104), Hutchinson (107) and Holy Family Catholic (156).

The New Prague Trojan boys cross country team finished third of six teams at the Wright County Conference East championships Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Gale Woods Farm Park in Minnetrista.
"The WCC Championships is one of the meets for which we prepare all year," Coach Nick Meyer said. "At the beginning of the season our team set goals for this meet, and both the varsity and JV achieved those goals. We are very proud of how our kids competed."

The New Prague Trojans were able to keep Mankato West’s powerful offense in check early in their Section 2AAAAA football quarterfinal matchup Tuesday Oct. 23, but the Scarlets wore down the Trojans and ran away with a 57-7 win in Mankato. 
New Prague was able to move the ball early, but didn’t score. West scored the only touchdown of the first quarter and led 6-0. 
The Scarlets scored four times in the second and led 35-0 before the Trojans got on the board late in the half with a 59-yard pass from Parker Johnson to Ryan Schoenbauer. 

The New Prague Trojan swim and dive team competed in their final two dual meets of the season last week, losing at St. Peter and at home to Delano.
The Trojans are now preparing for the Wright County Conference meet, which they will host for the first time at the New Prague Aquatic Center on Saturday, Oct. 27. Diving begins at 10 a.m. and swimming at 1 p.m. The conference JV meet will be held Monday, Oct. 22, at Dassel-Cokato.
Saints 97 , Trojans 84 The Trojans travelled to St. Peter and lost a dual meet to the host Saints, 97-84 on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

The New Prague Trojan boys soccer team played a strong first half in its Section 1AA playoff opener against Rochester Mayo Tuesday, Oct. 9, but playing without their No. 1 goaltender and then losing a player to injury during the game took its toll, as the Spartans scored five goals in the second half to claim a 5-0 win.

The New Prague Trojan football team lost its regular season finale to Owatonna Wednesday, Oct. 17, 55-13. The Trojans (1-7)  will open the Section 2AAAAA playoffs Tuesday, Oct. 23, as the No. 6 seed and travel to No. 3 seed Mankato West (7-1). 

The defending state champion Huskies, ranked No. 1 in Class AAAAA, took a quick lead, scoring on a 70-yard run on its first possession, then after an interception, scoring again to lead 13-0 before the game was two minutes old. They led 41-0 after one quarter and 55-0 at halftime. 

The New Prague Trojan volleyball team received the No. 3 seed for the Section 2AAA volleyball tournament, which begins Wednesday, Oct. 24. 
There are 11 teams in the section, and the top five seeds get first-round byes. After three play-in games on Wednesday, the top four teams will host quarterfinal games on Friday, Oct. 26. Semifinals are Tuesday, Oct. 30 and the championship game is Saturday, Nov. 3. All games will be played at the high seed except the championship game, which will be played at a neutral site. 

The New Prague Trojan boys and girls cross country teams had good showings at the Wright County Conference East championships Tuesday, Oct. 16. The girls placed second and the boys third at the meet. Three girls earned all-conference honors - (kneeling, left to right) Iris McCarthy, Nora Rosemeier and Sydney Siegle. Two boys earned all-conference and two earned honorable mention. They are (standing, left to right) Carson Davis (HM), Noah Weichert (AC), Jacob Malecha (AC), and Adam Brandt (HM).

The first few minutes of each half spelled doom for the New Prague Trojans as they lost to Rochester Mayo 67-27 Friday evening, Oct. 12.  at Trojan Stadium. 

The Spartans scored three plays into the game on a 70-yard run, then after a New Prague fake punt was intercepted, the Spartans scored on a 5-yard run and then on a 75-yard run to take a 20-0 lead before the game was six minutes old. 

The Trojans battled back and scored twice, but Mayo continued to put up points and led 40-13 at the half. 

The New Prague Trojan girls tennis team made the long trip to Marshall for their first round match in the Section 2AA team tournament Tuesday, Oct. 4. The host Tigers, seeded No. 4, handed No. 5 seed New Prague a 6-1 defeat. New Prague’s only point came at No. 1 singles, where Jenna Larson won her match 6-4, 6-3.
The other three singles matches went to Marshall, with Libby Hummel forcing a third-set tiebreaker. Kianna Howard at No. 2 singles and Tess Girard at No. 4 singles both lost in straight sets.

The New Prague Trojan girls swim and dive team dropped a pair of Wright County Conference meets recently, and also competed in the St. Peter Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 29. The Trojans will host Delano Thursday, Oct. 11, for their final dual meet of the season.
Chargers 99, Trojans 86 New Prague’s Payten Scheffer and Ella Lund went 1-2 in the 500-yard freestyle in their meet at Dassel-Cokato Thursday, Sept. 27. Bailey Newman claimed first place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:09.1 and Sarah Helvick placed first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:19.46.

With a five-set win over Waconia Tuesday, Oct. 9, the New Prague Trojan volleyball team has clinched at least a share of the Wright County Conference East championship.
The Trojans (15-7, 4-0 WCC East) will win the title outright with a win over Holy Family Catholic on Tuesday, Oct. 16. That is the final regular season home match for the Trojans, and will be played at New Prague Middle School due to floor maintenance scheduled to be done at the high school next week. Before that match, the Trojans compete in the Eastview Tournament Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12 and 13.

Boys Soccer - Rochester Mayo 5, New Prague 0
Girls Soccer - Owatonna 2, New Prague 1
Volleyball - New Prague 3, Waconia 2
Girls Swim/Dive - St. Peter 97, New Prague 84
Cross Country - Jordan Invitational
New Prague boys - 2nd of 12 teams
New Prague girls - 1st of 11 teams