Section meet at Lakeville this week
Members of the New Prague High School swimming & diving team say the difference between setting a new school or pool record is razor thin, a difference equating to tenths or hundredths of a second. Or, between making it to the state meet and coming up just short.
New Prague High School’s volleyball team advanced to Class AAAA state semifinals as the Trojans defeated Minnetonka, 3-1, Wednesday, Nov. 8.
New Prague will face Stillwater Area match Thursday, Nov. 9, 11 a.m. at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Stillwater defeated Rogers, 3-2, to reach the semifinal round.
New Prague High School’s volleyball team had a chance to advance to the Section 1AAA championship match Saturday, Nov. 4. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, the No. 1-seeded Trojans (23-5) hosted No. 4-seeded Rochester Mayo (20-8) at 7 p.m. Results of the Nov. 1 match were not available as of press time for The Times.
The New Prague High School girls' volleyball team will face Lakeville North Saturday Nov. 4, 4 p.m., at Rochester's Mayo Civic Center, for a berth to the state tournament representing Section 1AAAA.
New Prague's football season came to a tough ending in Northfield tonight (Saturday, Oct. 28) when the Raiders kicked a last-second field goal to beat the Trojans, 24-21, knocking NPHS out of the section playoffs.
New Prague's football season came to a tough ending in Northfield tonight (Saturday, Oct. 28) when the Raiders kicked a last-second field goal to beat the Trojans, 24-21, knocking NPHS out of the section playoffs and ending the Trojans' season.
The hard work has paid off and New Prague High School’s volleyball team has earned a No. 1 seed for the Section 1AAAA volleyball playoffs.
Having won the Metro West Conference, the Trojans, 22-5 overall, entered section play last night, Wednesday, Oct. 25, against No. 8 seed Owatonna after The New Prague Times went to press. Details of the match will be on the newspaper’s website – newpraguetimes.com – or its Facebook page.
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New Prague gets rematch with Raiders
With the regular season and a big win over St.Cloud Tech in the rearview mirror, New Prague’s football team has turned its focus to the section playoffs.
New Prague High School’s boys’ soccer team saw its season come to a tough end last night, Tuesday, Oct. 24, with a 6-0 loss to Woodbury in the quarterfinal match of the Minnesota State High School League’s Class AAA state tournament.
Playing amidst a steady rainfall at Farmington High School, the No. 4-seeded Royals, 14-2-3 overall, scored three times in the first half and three more times in the second half. New Prague was the No. 5 seed in the tournament. The Trojans’ season ends with a 13-5-2 overall record.
Scoring early and often, the New Prague High School football team steamrolled St. Cloud Tech, 35-7, in the Trojans' regular-season finale Wednesday evening, Oct. 18.
At 6-2, the win sends New Prague into the section playoffs on a roll with a two-game winning streak after the Oct. 6 loss to Northfield. The Trojans will learn their playoff seeding and opponent Thursday morning, Oct. 19.
UPDATED: Trojans will face Woodbury in state quarterfinal match Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m., at Farmington High School.
After scoring two goals in the first half, the New Prague High School boys' soccer team withstood serious pressure from Lakeville North to win the Section 1AAA soccer championship match Tuesday night, Oct. 17, at Trojan Stadium.
Satchel Johnson scored the Trojans' two goals. His first goal gave NPHS a 1-0 lead. Lakeville North scored shortly thereafter before Johnson's second goal.
Swimmers are by design aiming to be logging their best times at the end of the season. New Prague’s swimmers pulled off a pair of big wins in the past week, topping Waconia in a dual meet and winning an invitational at Simley.
After yesterday’s dual meet at Chanhassen, Oct. 11, the Trojans will be at the True Team section meet Saturday at Rochester Century High School. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m., New Prague will be at home for its final meet of the season against Benilde-St. Margaret’s.
From the outside looking in, a rematch against Northfield down the road might be just what the New Prague High School football team would order up if it could.
Sadly, for the Trojans, such a possibility is not on the menu for now. They’ll have to live with the 22-19 loss and learn from mistakes that allowed the Raiders to escape Trojans Stadium with a win Friday, Oct. 6.
New Prague High School’s cross-country runners are continuing to hone their skills in preparation for the big meets late in the season.
After hosting its lone home meet of the season Tuesday, Sept. 26, at Cedar Lake Farm Regional Park, the Trojans will be at Owatonna Thursday, Oct. 5, 4 p.m., and Jordan High School Tuesday, Oct. 10, 4 p.m.
Girls take fifth The NPHS girls finished fifth in the 11-team race Saturday, Sept. 23, at Chippewa Middle School in Mounds in Mounds View.
New Prague High School’s volleyball team had a mixed week as the Trojans lost to Holy Angels, defeated Bloomington Jefferson and won the Farmington Tournament.
The Trojan spikers faced Jordan Tuesday evening, Sept. 19. New Prague is also hosting Chaska Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., and Kasson-Mantorville Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m.
Having waited three weeks to break in the renovated tennis courts at New Prague High School, the Trojans proved the wait was worthwhile as New Prague christened the new playing surface with a win.
New Prague will host Chaska today, Sept. 14, 4:15 p.m., and then head over to Southwest Christian High School to face the Stars Monday, Sept. 18, 4 p.m. New Prague will face St. Louis Park Tuesday, Sept. 19, 4:15 p.m., at SLPHS.