Despite a hard-luck loss against the tournament’s top-seeded team, New Prague’s indoor softball team rebounded with a big win and captured third-place honors at the state tournament last weekend at Chanhassen High School.
The Trojans opened the tournament with a win over Osseo. They dropped an extra-inning clash against Dakota United before winning the third-place game over St. Cloud. New Prague finished the season at 8-3.
Scoring two runs in the fourth, seventh and eighth inning, the New Prague Orioles thumped Faribault, 7-0, Sunday, June 4, in New Prague.
New Prague pitcher, Henry Novak, left, and the Trojans’ defense held St. Peter’s hits down as New Prague defeated St. Peter, 9-1, Saturday, June 3, at Johnson Park in New Ulm. New Prague High School now moves on in the Section 2AAA baseball tournament. The No. 1 seeded Trojans will play Tuesday, June 6, 5 p.m. at Johnson Park. New Prague will take on the winner of the Mankato East, No. 3 seed, and Marshall, No. 2 seed, game. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
New Prague pitcher, Henry Novak, left, and the Trojans’ defense held St. Peter’s hits down as New Prague defeated St. Peter, 9-1, Saturday, June 3, at Johnson Park in New Ulm. New Prague High School now moves on in the Section 2AAA baseball tournament. The No. 1 seeded Trojans will play Tuesday, June 6, 5 p.m. at Johnson Park. New Prague will take on the winner of the Mankato East, No. 3 seed, and Marshall, No. 2 seed, game. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
A year after they surprised the field with a strong performance win at the state tournament, the New Prague indoor softball team is heading back to state hoping to put both facets of the game together to enjoy another strong showing.
New Prague High School’s baseball team ended the regular season with two wins, as the Trojans defeated Benilde-St. Margaret’s (BSM), 4-3, and Mankato West, 8-0.
New Prague begins play in the Section 2AAA tournament today (Wednesday) with a 5 p.m. home game at Memorial Park Baseball Stadium. No. 1 seeded New Prague takes on eighth seeded Worthington.
Trojans 4, BSM 3
With a really good pitching game from Henry Novak and Nolan Eischens hitting a great triple in the fourth inning, New Prague topped Benilde-St. Margaret’s Tuesday May 23.
Trojans 8, Mankato West
It took awhile for the Orioles’ bats to get going Saturday, May 27, but they were able to score a bunch in the middle part of the game as New Prague defeated the Shakopee Coyotes, 7-1, and extended its record to 5-0, the team’s best start since 2015.
New Prague’s Anthony Mader scored in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and also added a RBI double. Jacob Mader had three hits including a RBI double of his own. Collin Dorzinski had two hits as he continues to be one of the Orioles’ hottest hitters.
New Prague High School’s Jake Lundquist, 15, crosses home plate after getting a grand slam in the Trojans’ home game Wednesday, May 31. New Prague started the Section 2AAA tournament with a shut out of Worthington, 12-0. The Trojans, No. 1 seed in the tournament, advances to the Saturday, June 3, 11 a.m. game at Johnson Park in New Ulm. New Prague will take on the fifth seeded St. Peter, which upset fourth seeded Mankato West, 2-0, on May 31. For more on the section tournament see the upcoming Thursday, June 8, edition of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
New Prague High School’s Jake Lundquist, 15, crosses home plate after getting a grand slam in the Trojans’ home game Wednesday, May 31. New Prague started the Section 2AAA tournament with a shut out of Worthington, 12-0. The Trojans, No. 1 seed in the tournament, advances to the Saturday, June 3, 11 a.m. game at Johnson Park in New Ulm. New Prague will take on the fifth seeded St. Peter, which upset fourth seeded Mankato West, 2-0, on May 31. For more on the section tournament see the upcoming Thursday, June 8, edition of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
The New Prague High School softball team is still alive in the Section 2AAA softball playoffs after a tough loss to Mankato West Thursday.
Saturday, May 27, the Trojans advanced to play Tuesday, 5 p.m., at Caswell Park in North Mankato. NPHS advanced with a win over St. Peter and later a walk-off win over Marshall.
Details of the tournament will be in an upcoming print edition of The New Prague Times.
He recorded his best jump of the season last spring at the section meet, a personal-best when he needed it most. Then, Jonny Grams watched two jumpers from other schools beat his mark and qualify for state. Disappointed but not devastated, the NPHS senior has his sites set on making sure he’s one of the athletes qualifying for state this spring.
Grams entered the section meet with a personal-best long jump of 20-feet-10, a distance he reached in the conference meet. It was good enough to win the conference championship.
After winning all its regular season games and cruising through a tough state field to the championship game, the New Prague High School floor hockey team finished second in the state, falling in the championship game to Burnsville, 15-6, Saturday afternoon, March 18, at Bloomington Jefferson High School.
The high school archery team turned in its best performance of the season at the Falcon Classic Saturday, March 11, taking home the first-place team award and scoring 3,301 points from the scores of the top 12 co-ed archers.
Ellie Bawdon scored a 289, including two perfect rounds. Bawdon was the event’s top shooting girl. Cory Schroeder scored a 286 with a perfect round and was the event’s top shooting boy.
New Prague High School’s boys’ basketball ended its season in a tight, 58-55, game against New Ulm, Tuesday, March 7, in the Section 2AA quarterfinals.
“This was a very tough loss,” said New Prague head coach Dan Peterka. “We played extremely well through the first half and most of the second half.”
Wrapping up its season in fine fashion, the New Prague High School boys swimmers at the state meet represented their young program well last week.
The Trojans advanced swimmers in four of five events to the state finals, with Brendan Panka and Jacob Bisek swimming their way to the medal stand. Swimmers broke several school records.
In the 200-yard freestyle, Brendan Panka finished third with a school record time of 1:43.59. His time in the preliminary race was 1:44.08. Last year’s school record time in the event was 1:46.88.
Repeating an oft-used phrase, New Prague High School boys’ ice hockey coach Brad Drazan summed up the Section 1A championship game in Rochester in which Northfield topped the Trojans, 6-0.
“It just wasn’t our night,” he said.