New Prague won three games last week to move up in the Dakota-Rice-Scott League standings last week, while Webster won back-toback games for the first time in three years and moved out of the D-R-S cellar. Faribault also won a pair of games to move to .500 on the young season. New Market and Elko hosted a tournament and did not play any league games. New Market remains in first place with a 7-1 record, while St. Patrick dropped a halfgame back after losing to Prior Lake.
Last week’s results

The lawsuit against the Le Sueur County Historical Society took a small step Monday when a judge approved binding arbitration to determine an official membership list.
 
Mark Vandelist, District Court Judge of Minnesota's First Judicial District, gave both sides of the lawsuit 90 days to enlist in the help of an arbitrator who will simply resolve the question of who are members of the historical society, a nonprofit organization.
 

Chad Johnson, physical education teacher and head wrestling and head girls' and boys' track Coach for Sibley East Public Schools, has been named the new high school activities director for Tri-City United High School.
 
The announcement came via an email from Superintendent Teri Preisler to school board members and news media outlets on Saturday. 
 

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The Tri-City United Titans suffered a shutout loss to Belle Plaine on Thursday, May 31 in the Section 2AA Tournament. 
 
According to Coach Bruce Davis, his team started out trailing and couldn’t catch up.
 
“We watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in a 10-0 loss,” he said. 
 
Belle Plaine started out the scoring on a double by Andrew Hunsader and a single by Garrett Boblitt in the first inning.
 

Ashley Kes, a new TCU alumna, was one of 122 seniors to receive a diploma at the TCU Commencement Exercises on Friday, June 1. After speeches, songs and stories, the Tri-City United students crossed the stage as high school students and became alumni after receiving their diplomas. Student speakers were Thomas Witte and Anya Menk. New alumna, Sofia Kaunonen gave the student farewell. To see more photos, pick up the print edition. (Wade Young Photo)

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Over the course of two days due to rain, the Tri-City United Titan Baseball Team defeated Maple River to advance in the Section 2AA Tournament on Wednesday, May 30.
 
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Maple River got off to a start in the 2nd inning on a sacrifice fly. 
 
According to Coach Bruce Davis, the Titans were on the heels of the Eagles, answering each run with one of their own.
 

After a busy Memorial Day weekend, the New Market Muskies and St. Patrick Irish are tied at the top of the DRS standings, both with 7-1 records.
The Muskies upped their win total with wins over Webster and arch-rival Elko, while St. Patrick defeated Lonsdale and St. Benedict before taking their first loss at the hands of Veseli.
Two games were rained out Monday afternoon, Shakopee at New Prague and Montgomery at St. Benedict. Makeup dates have not been announced.
Last week’s result:

When your child invites the neighborhood over for brunch, you have two options.
You could refuse. Crush her plans and have her renege the already delivered invitations.
Or... Just go with it.
Last Saturday morning, my house was filled with friends and neighbors.
Having the brunch inside was not the plan, but the morning proved too cool to hold the event in the garage and / or on the driveway. So, we cleaned and set up tables and rearranged a few things to make room indoors.

The New Prague Trojan Adapted softball team went on the road for their state play-in game and came home with an exciting 10-5 win over host Anoka-Hennepin. The game was played at the Andover YMCA gym.
The win puts New Prague in the State CI Adapted softball tournament, which will be held Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, at Coon Rapids High School. This is New Prague's fifth trip to state, but the first trip since 2011.

After failing to resolve issues and determine who is a member, the lawsuit against Le Sueur County Historical Society (LCHS) heads to court on June 4.
 
Kevin Wetherille, one of the attorneys for the 16 plaintiffs who claim to be members and asked a judge on February 21 to require LCHS to grant them access to financial and governance documents, and for a fair election, said they are still running into barriers.
 
One of the barriers is the membership list.
 

Yvonne Trcka, 77, of Montgomery, died at Mala Strana Health Care in New Prague on Friday, May 25, 2018, from a stroke.
 
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery from 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. with visitation from 9:30 a.m. to time of service. Chaplin, Deb Mechley will be officiating. Interment will be at St. John Catholic Cemetery in Montgomery.
 

Montgomery, like cities across the nation, honored and remembered its fallen veterans on Memorial Day. Montgomery's program ended with the somber playing of "Taps". For more, see the print edition.

Titan Coach Bruce Davis said the Titans’ 9-1 win over the Sibley East Wolverines on Thursday in Montgomery was a great way to start the Section 2AA playoffs.
 
“It was an excellent all around baseball game for TCU. The kids came focused and ready to play,” he said.
 
The Titans move on to play Maple River at Memorial Park in Montgomery on Tuesday, May 29 at 5 p.m.
 

The New Prague Adapted Softball team defeated Anoka-Hennepin 10-5 Thursday, May 24, to qualify for the State CI Adapted Softball Tournament, which will be held June 1 and 2 at Coon Rapids High School. 

The TCU softball team is advancing in the  Section 2AA playoffs, thanks to a double elimination round. In the first bracket, the Titans (#10 seed) beat Maple River (#7 seed) 1-0 on May 22. They faced Jordan (#2 seed) on May 24 and lost 1-5, but thanks to a double elimination, the Titans will play again on Saturday, May 26 at Caswell Park in North Mankato. 
 
They will play the loser of the game between Le Sueur-Henderson and Belle Plaine. That game was started on Thursday, but stopped due to rain. It will be finished on Friday, May 25 at 4:30 p.m.
 

Seventeen patriotic works of art will be featured in store windows along Montgomery's First Street, starting Memorial Day. 
 
The artwork is part of the city's first-ever Windows for Veterans contest, which aims to salute veterans, spotlight artists, decorate downtown, and encourage patronage of local businesses. 
 
Maps featuring the locations of the artwork will be available during the 9:30 a.m. Memorial Day program at the Montgomery American Legion on Monday, May 28.