The Tri-City United boys and girls golf teams opened their 2025 season with a triangular at Springfield Friday, April 4.
The Titan boys tied for first with Springfield with a scored a 178.
The Titan girls placed second with a score of 261.
Boys varsity individual results (overall): Eian O'Keefe - 1st, Eli Krautkramer - 4th, Caleb Schultze - tied for 5th, Trenton Pelowski tied for 7th, Eddie Alonso - 9th, and Carter Beulke - tied for 12th.

The Tri-City United girls track and field team won five individual events on their way to a team championship at the Belle Plaine Tiger Invitational Friday, April 4.
The Titans scored 117 points in placing first among the five teams entered. Belle Plaine placed second (90), Jordan third (84), Delano fourth (55), and Mayer Lutheran fifth (22).
Winning individual events included sophomore Kaitlyn Hartwig, senior Khloe Flicek, freshman Carly Hartwig, and freshman Jillian Houn.

The 2024-2025 season for the Tri-City United (TCU) girls basketball team featured a number of career best performances.
The Titans tied for the Big South Conference Championship in their first season in the conference and they tied a school record with their 19 wins. They finished 19-8 overall and advanced to the Section 2AA Semifinals.
Junior Ella Schmiesing and seniors Emma Skluzacek and Lexi Marcussen each set new school records.

Tri-City United (TCU) senior Eli Viskocil won the pole vault competition Saturday, March 23 at the Belle Plaine Indoor Invitational held at MSU-Mankato.
Viskocil cleared 8-feet to claim the title.
TCU scored 32.5 team points to place fourth in the meet. Belle Plaine (114), Sibley East (62.5), and Glencoe-Silver Lake (38) were the top three teams.

Youth soccer is a growing sport in the nation and locally. A report from the Montgomery Messenger Sports & Fitness Industry Association says that there are about 4.6 million players, roughly of one-third of all players in the United States, in the 6-12 age group alone. There have been steady increases in the number of players with the exception of the COVID-19 pandemic year of 2020.
The Minnesota Youth Soccer Association has approximately 25,000 players, which range from ages 6 to 19, and 8,000 coaches and administrators.

MANKATO - The No. 2 seed NRHEG girls basketball team used a strong second half to defeat No. 3 seed Tri-City United, 81-55, in the Section 2AA Semifinal game played at MSU-Mankato Monday, March 4.
The Panthers outscored the Titans 44-24 in the second half after leading 37-31 at halftime.
NRHEG twin sisters Quinn VanMaldeghem and Camryn VanMaldeghem combined for 53 points. They scored 34 of their team’s 44 second half points.

Tri-City United High School's girls' basketball team won its quarterfinals game against the Belle Plaine Tigers in Montgomery on Thursday, Feb. 27, winning 76-55.
Head Coach Don Marcussen said, "The girls really came out fast against the Tigers. Even though we were not hitting many shots from outside, we were aggressive enough on defense to get layups and also get to the free throw line often. Lexi Marcussen and Audrey Vosejpka really ran the floor well and attacked the basket for us tonight."

With one final home game remaining, the New Prague floor hockey team has earned a berth in the state tournament again this year and played for a top seed in the regularseason finale against Dakota United.
At 7-0, the Trojans hosted DU yesterday, Wednesday, Feb. 19. The Trojans’ unblemished record includes a win over their nemesis the past two seasons, LakevilleFarmington-Burnsville. The Blazin’ Cats defeated New Prague in the championship game last year.
The state tournament is March 7-8 at Coon Rapids High School.

Scott West, rated 12th in Class AA, ended the team portion of the wrestling season for the Tri-City United (YCU) grapplers.
The Titans split two matches in the Section 2AA Tournament Thursday, defeating Orono, 39-30, and losing in the quarterfinals to Scott West.
TCU won eight matches in their win over Orono. Two of their five losses were forfeits.
Winning by fall were Gage Factor (127) pinning Bennett Williams in 4:32, Nathan Blaschko (152) pinning Daniel Bremer in 60 seconds, and Blake Herman (160) pinning Jacob Rodgers in 1:42.

After a very successful regular season, the Tri-City United (TCU) girls basketball team has received the No. 3 seed in the Section 2AA Tournament, which starts Monday, Feb. 24.
The Titans will face No. 14 seed, Blue Earth Area. A win, and the Titans would host either Belle Plaine and Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Thursday, Feb. 27. The Section Semifinals will be played at MSU-Mankato Monday, Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
TCU had a busy week against some very good teams and finished with one win and a pair of losses.

Recognizing it will face more challenging opponents in the weeks to come, the New Prague floor hockey team has enjoyed victory in its first two games this season.

Two wins in three games last week has evened the Minnesota River boys hockey team’s record at 8-8.
The Bulldogs dropped a 4-3 contest at Mankato East Tuesday, Jan. 14. They rebounded to win two Big South Conference games, both by 9-1 scores. The Bulldogs put up 60 shots in a 9-1 win over Windom Thursday, Jan. 16. They matched that score Saturday with a win over Worthington.
Scoring goals in the loss to East were Kaden Throldahl, Eian O’Keefe, and Riley Kamm. Assists were recorded by Tyler Gogerty, Jack Miller, and Ryker Rehm.

The Tri-City United (TCU) wrestling team split two duals during their home triangular Thursday, Jan. 16 in Montgomery.
The Titans defeated a depleted Le Sueur-Henderson squad, 57-17 and lost a 43-23 match to Redwood Valley.
In the win over the Giants, the Titans received six forfeits and one default. Winning matches were Owen Delander (107 pounds) with a fall in 1:45 over Kain Romano, Nathan Blaschko (152) with a fall in 4:10 over Isaac Holloway, and Maxxis Ross (160) with a 14-9 decision over Luke Miller.

Tri-City United weightlifters returned home from Lakeville with three 1st place spots on varsity — all girls.
Head Coach Andrew Meier said, “I thought it was a great meet for us! We had a lot of PR's from all athletes which is always fun to see and the goal for every meet we go too. The meet was one of the largest in Minnesota history with over 240 lifters and a lot of good competition for everyone. I'm very proud of all of the TCU lifters and how they have worked and competed this year! Hoping to continue the momentum for the next meet in Burnsville on Jan. 31st.”

Last week was one of the toughest for the Tri-City United (TCU) girls basketball team.
They faced two teams who were near the top of their respective divisions in the Big South Conference.
The Titans were up to the battle, winning both games. TCU defeated Fairmont, 59-41, Tuesday, jan. 9. They also defeated defending Section Champion St. Peter, 76-61, Friday, Jan. 10.
TCU is now 6-1 in the East Division of the Big South Conference and are 10-1 overall, winning their last 10 games.

Tri-City United (TCU) sophomore Trista Gessler won the girls 118 pound weight class at the Big South Conference Championships held Saturday, Jan. 11 at Jackson County Central.
Gessler, rated 6th in Class AA at 118 pounds, pinned two opponents before decisioning Bernie Rock of Luverne, 13-8. Rock is a two-time State runner-up and the loss to Gessler was her first this season.
Also earning All-Big South Conference honors were junior Griffin Lemieux and sophomore Tucker Skluzacek.
Skluzacek placed 2nd at 133 pounds and Lemieux placed 3rd at 121 pounds.