Only six total Tri-City United (TCU) runners competed in the New Prague Cross Country Invitational Thursday, Sept. 25 at Cedar Lake Farm.
The top runner on the day was senior Grant Fitterer who placed 11th in 18:09 in the boys race.
Sophomore Gabriel Coryell placed 32nd in 19:32. Freshman Graysen Moon placed 37th in 20:32. Eighth grader Patrick Duchene placed 41st in 21:03.
The start of combining of soybeans by farmers in the area can mean only one thing — homecoming!
Tri-City United Schools will celebrate homecoming from Oct. 5-11 and the Montgomery Messenger will feature a special page in next week’s issue on it.
A button design contest was held for the second year in a row now, but this year it was expanded district-wide to all four schools. Last year’s contest was limited to the high school only.
TCU senior Ella Schmiesing highlighted her team’s dual meet Tuesday, Sept. 23, with a record-breaking performance.
Schmiesing, a multi-time All-State performer, broke her own pool and school record in the 100-yard butterfly, taking first in a best time of 59.26. She also won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.85.
The Titans placed second to New Prague, 95-66, in a Senior Night event.
Other first place performances were turned in by Lily Traxler in 1-meter diving with 191.55 points and Kaylee Rezac in the 500-yard freestyle in 6:04.88.
Tri-City United School District has created a website to better showcase the items they are asking for in their $39.9 million dollar bond to be voted on Nov. 4 this year. People can visit sites.google.com/tcu2905.us/ref25/home or go to the district’s regular website, tcu2905.us, and click on the link on the rolling front page banner.
The front of Tri-City United Le Center PreK-8 School has some new Titan Pride to show off thanks to the TCU Le Center Parent-Teacher Organization.
The PTO group donated funds to purchase the graphics, which includes the words “TCU TITANS” along with the lightning bolt fist in the middle of them.
TCU Marketing and Communications Director Anna Hoy said that there is still one piece coming but that they are waiting for a window to be fixed.