Fireworks popped across the night sky during halftime at Tri-City United’s homecoming football game Friday evening, but the excitement of the evening didn’t stop there.
The Titans pulled off a 14-12 win over Waseca, bolstered by key defensive plays—one forcing a touchdown and one preventing a score. See sports for game details.
The victory capped a week of activities for homecoming, beginning the evening of Monday, Sept. 28, with coronation.
In one of their biggest wins in school history, the Tri-City United football team defeated Class AAA 3rd rated Waseca, 14-12, in their annual Homecoming game Friday, Oct. 2 in Montgomery.
Waseca came into the game undefeated and was the defending Section 3AA Champion. They defeated the Titans twice last season (49-6, 21-0) and finished as the Class AAA State Runners-up, losing to Annandale, 17-7, in the championship.
Titan girls CC team runs at Cedar Lake Farm
The Tri-City United (TCU) girls cross country runners competed in their home invitational Thursday, Oct. 1 at Cedar Lake Farm Regional Park.
Three runners competed, led by sophomore Mara Livingston who placed 18th overall in 21:22. Freshman Kiernan Fierst placed 43rd in 22:56 and junior Taylor Engel placed 46th in 23:34.
Eastview senior Kienna Loberg won the race in 19:33.
Bloomington Jefferson edged Eagan, 56-59, for the team title. New Prague finished third with 77 points.
With a four match winning streak in tact, the Tri-City United (TCU) volleyball team continues to sit atop the Big South Conference Black Division standings.
The Titans defeated St. Peter (26-28, 25-20, 25-22, 25-19) Tuesday, Sept. 29 and Holy Family (25-15, 25-20, 25-19) Thursday, Oct. 1 to improve to 4-0 in the conference and 14-3 overall.
Minnesota House District 22B and Senate District 22 candidates answered a couple values-orientated questions at the Sept. 22 Meet Your Candidates event held at the Revival on Main in Montgomery. Each candidate was given up to two minutes to answer, whether or not they chose to use the entire time.
Monday, Sept. 28
- Assisted (Asst.) with a juvenile problem.
- Traffic stop (TS) and issued a warning for a stop sign and equipment violation.
- TS and issued a warning for failure to dim lights and maintain lane.
- TS and issued a warning for failure to signal turn.
- Security check/open door on Ash Avenue.
- TS and issued a citation for illegal window tint.
- Asst. with a juvenile problem on Northridge.
Tuesday, Sept. 29
Most Holy Redeemer Catholic School celebrated its fundraising goal’s exceedance in ways that would make a pig fly or maybe at least snort a little while being pet.
Fr. Timothy Sandquist said, “This year, our students, with the generous support of alumni and local businesses, raised $43,763. Of that amount, $25,000 will be matched by MHR alumnus Bob Washa.”
Residents of the Montgomery area gathered at the Revival on Main in Montgomery on Tuesday, Sept. 22 to hear from their local representatives at a Meet Your Candidates event put together by community member Jean Keogh.
The community is invited to watch an early-access viewing of “The Chosen” season six on Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 10-11:30 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Montgomery. Only churches and parishes are eligible to participate in this early viewing.
Streaming of this first episode of season six begins Nov. 15 on Prime Video, but St. John Lutheran Church is inviting the community to watch this early viewing at the church.
Before he could even remember and being only about nine months old, Silas Vlasak of Le Center started having drop seizures. Drop seizures, unlike atonic seizures, are when a person looses muscle tone and becomes limp, causing them to fall in place.
The seizures Vlasak was having were a result of having epilepsy.
Montgomery City Council approved its preliminary levy for 2027 at Monday’s regular meeting, with the absence of council member Daniel Siebsen and the late Mick McGuire’s open seat. The proposed levy, which had to be presented by Sept. 30 by state law, amounts to $3,710,409, which is a 5.22% increase over the adopted 2026 levy of $3,526,356. These preliminary numbers are set as in they cannot increase but could decrease before a final levy is adopted in December.
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce hosted a free event for local small businesses at Inspire Services on Wednesday, Sept. 16 to help them better understand how artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the ways in which their business is being discovered or not discovered in the online world by customers.
Hannah Bretz, acting director at the South Central Minnesota Small Business Development Center (MSBC), led the session. Previously to being the director, Bretz was a consultant at the center for 11 years.
Titans boys soccer finish half of season 7-0-1
With two more wins, the Tri-City United (TCU) boys soccer team finishes the first half of their 2026 season with seven wins, no losses, and one tie.
The Titans moved up to 8th in the Class A State Soccer Poll after wins against Waseca, 4-1, on Tuesday, Sept. 15 and Fairmont, 4-0, Thursday, Sept. 17.
The Tri-City United (TCU) girls swimming and diving team nearly upset Mankato West in a dual meet Tuesday, Sep. 15 at West.
The Titans won five events (three individual and two relays) against the Scarlets in an 86-83 win by West.
“TCU’s relays and backstroke showed strong team chemistry heading into the rest of the season,” head coach Cassie Fisher said.
Winning individual events were Madelyn Ryan in the 500-yard freestyle (7:31), Isla Stock in the 100-yard backstroke (1:16.31), and Grace Harmeyer in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:35.24).