Only a handful of games in the DRS Amateur Baseball League were played over the past week. Veseli played three games, including a pair against Lonsdale.
The Aces defeated the Warriors, 8-6 Sunday, July 3 and 13-0 in eight innings Monday, July 4. Veseli also was defeated Wednesday, June 29, 8-5 by Montgomery.

Two upsets by the New Prague Adapted CI Division Softball Team led to a runner-up finish for the Trojans in the MSHSL State Tournament the first weekend in June.
New Prague, the No. 4 South Seed in the 2022 Adapted CI Division State Tournament recorded an upset with a 22-14 victory over No. 1 North seed North Suburban in the quarterfinals Friday, June 3.

Montgomery Mallard Ryan Iverson blasted four home runs and knocked in 10 runs in the Mallard’s 22- 18 DRS Baseball League win over Veseli Sunday, June 26.
The game featured nine total home runs. Matt Friedges had three hits, including two home runs, scored four runs, and knocked in seven for Veseli. Also hitting a home run for the Warriors was Matt Perkinson. Luke Shepard and Riley Schaeffer each added three hits.
Tom Flicek and Tyler Bednar hit long balls for the Mallards. Derek Christenson pitched the final five innings in relief for the win.

Fourteen players scored, thirteen players had hits, and thirteen players knocked in runs for the Union Hill amateur baseball team Thursday, June 16 in a 33-3, seven inning win over Veseli.
The Bulldogs accumulated 27 hits with Sam Novak and Nathan Osborne each collecting four and Nate Lee and Jacob Becker collecting three each. Lee, Osborne, Becker, and Nathan Berg each hit home runs.
Conrad Masberg picked up the win on the mound, allowing one earned run on three hits in five innings. Novak pitched the final two innings and did not allow an earned run.

For the second time in a week, the New Prague baseball team held a lead against the once-beaten, No. 1 rated Mankato West Scarlets in the Section 2AAA Playoffs.
Earlier in a winner’s bracket semifinal game, the Trojans held a seven run lead but were defeated, 9-8. This loss put the Trojans into the consolation bracket of the Section Tourney.
New Prague defeated Albert Lea, 6-2, Tuesday, June 7 and shutout No. 2 seed, Mankato East, 1-0, to move into the Section Championship against West on Thursday, June 9.
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Midway through the DRS Amateur Baseball League season, there is a new leader.
St. Patrick, winner of five straight games, has risen to the top of the standings with a 6-2 record. Webster, 4-1 in their last five games, moves into second place with a 6-4 record. Montgomery, the leader for much of the early season, has dropped to third place with a 7-5 record.

The New Prague boys track and field team tied for sixth place in the Section 2AA Meet Wednesday, June 1 and Friday, June 3. They also had one relay and one individual advance to the Class AA State Meet.
The Trojans scored 68 points in a very competitive Section Meet, tying Belle Plaine for sixth place. Worthington was the boys team champion with 99 points. They were followed by Mankato East (86), Jordan (77), Mankato West (77), and St. Peter (74).

A number of New Prague boys tennis players earned post-season honors following the 2022 season.
The Trojans earned the Team Academic Silver award. Academic All-State honors went to Henry Cox, Max Deluca, Jeffrey Price, and Jonathan Sayler.
Jonathan Sayler and Morgan Masberg received First Team All-Metro West Conference honors. Sayler finished the season with an 8-12 record playing No. 1 singles. Masberg had an 8-11 record playing No. 2 singles.

St. Patrick and Webster are climbing the DRS amateur baseball standings after a week with no losses.
St. Patrick has won three straight games and Webster is on a five game winning streak after losing their first three in league play.
Montgomery leads the league with a 7-3 record, St. Patrick (4-2), Webster (5- 3), St. Benedict (4-4), New Prague (4-4), and Union Hill, (3-3) are close behind.

Through the third weekend of play in the DRS Amateur Baseball League, every team has recorded at least one victory.
The Montgomery Mallards continue to hold the league lead with a 5-1 record. They were defeated by Elko, 11-3, Friday, May 20. Sunday, May 22 the Mallards downed St. Benedict, 7-1.

A complete team effort by the New Prague girls lacrosse team lifted them to a 21-6 win over Waconia Tuesday, May 3.
Senior Eme Halbmaier scored 10 goals, sophomore Payton Pumper scored three goals, and sophomore Ellie Schmidt scored two goals to lead the Trojans. Junior Joslyn Brotemarkle had eight assists and junior Calista Brotemarkle had seven ground ball controls.
“Waconia started out strong early as we were trying out a new defense,” head coach Julie Wegner Bowers said. “The girls did a great job of adjusting and we came out on top.”
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Elko Express Terry Fredrickson/ Elko Express Manager ( 7th season), Last year’s record: 22-15 overall. Lost the last Section 1 play in game to not qualify for the Class B Tournament. Players who left to team: We lost several key players from last year. Key players back: Dylan Thomas, pitcher/outfielder/hitter. Travis Evanson infield/hitter, Chase Hentges outfield/hitter, Ash Larsen Hitter/outfield Kyle Kraska infield/hitter, and Easton Richter ss/pitcher/hitter. New players: Hayden Mileski, Ryan Baumgartner, Justin Roitman, Nick Dolsky pitcher, Alex Schneider pitcher.

Ten teams from the Dakota, Rice, Scott (DRS) Baseball League will be opening up their 2022 seasons Sunday, April 24.
Here is a list of games:
St. Patrick at Shakopee.
Lonsdale at Webster.
Montgomery at New Prague.
Union Hill at Veseli.
Prior Lake at Elko.
All games are scheduled for 2 p.m.
The New Prague Times will be previewing the 12 DRS teams in the April 28 edition of the paper.

Belle Plaine High School, in conjunction with the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association, recently presented Dick Milinkovich a plaque for his 50 years in coaching. Milinkovich, a resident of New Prague and 1964 graduate of New Prague High School, was presented with the honor during Belle Plaine Award Nights after serving as the girls assistant basketball coach this year.

The New Prague boys and girls track and field teams opened their 2022 season March 30 with an indoor meet at Orono.
Both teams won their portions of the four-team event. The boys scored 127 points to easily win the championship. Benilde-St. Margaret’s placed second (59), Orono third (53), and Waconia fourth (50).
The girls had a much closer score but they prevailed by scoring 90 points, 4.5 more than runner-up Waconia (85). Placing third was Benilde-St. Margaret’s (55) and fourth was Orono (52.5). Winning individual events for the boys were as follows:

It was a near perfect performance for the New Prague/TCU/ LSJ/Belle Plaine/Jordan CI Division Adapted Floor Hockey team at the 2022 State Tournament held at Bloomington Jefferson High School March 18 and March 19.
The Trojans won their second State title. The first was in 2014. They defeated three teams at State by a total score of 35-4. They finished the year with a perfect 10-0 record.