New Prague Post 45 American Legion baseball team overcame a 2-0 deficit to tie Burnsville 2-2 in the sixth inning, but Burnsville scored a walk-off win with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to claim a 3-2 win in the opening round of the Sub-State Tournament Wednesday July 24, in Burnsville.
Joe Becker pitched 6-1/3 innings and took the loss for New Prague. he also had a two-run double in the sixth inning.

Neptune Aquatics, the USA Swimming club based in New Prague, will send five swimmers to the Minnesota Long Course State Meet, Thursday through Sunday, July 25-28, at the Rochester Recreation Center. This year’s state team consists of 9-year-old Kellan Krance, 10-year-olds Alexis Day and Carolyn DeLuca, 12- year-old Jacob Bisek and 16- year-old Katie Pattee.
Swimmers earned their way to the state competition with a state-qualifying time or winning their respective event at the Minnesota Long Course Regional Championships (MRCs), held July 19-21 in Mankato.

DRS playoff results
Prior Lake, Montgomery, Union Hill and Lonsdale won in the first round of the DRS playoffs Tuesday, each taking a 1-0 lead in their best of three series. Action continues Thursday and, if needed, on Friday.
Results Tuesday, July 23
Prior Lake 2, Webster 1
Cole Bjorge and Jake Lehrer with solo home runs for the Mudcats, Topher Rose with the complete game win. Jarod Opsahl gives up just three hits in eight innings in taking the loss.
Montgomery 5, Shakopee 0

New Market, St. Patrick, New Prague and Faribault earned the top four seeds for the Region 3C playoffs and byes into the tournament, as the Dakota-Rice-Scott League finished play Sunday, July 21.
New Market and St. Patrick and already clinched the top two spots. The Irish defeated the Muskies at St. Patrick on Sunday. New Prague defeated both Prior Lake and Shakopee on the season’s final day, giving the Orioles a 14-9 season record to clinch the third spot.

With one weekend of play remaining, New Market clinched first place in the Dakota-Rice-Scott standings and St. Patrick has clinched a first-round bye for the playoffs in games played through Sunday, July 14.

Carding a round of even par 71 at Woodhill Country Club Monday, New Prague’s Taylor Ledwein earned a share of medalist honors as well as a spot in the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship next month.
A field of 50 golfers competed for five qualifying spots to this year’s national championship, which will be played August 5-11 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss.

DRS season enters final two weekends With just two weekends remaining in the Dakota-Rice- Scott League regular season, the surging New Prague Orioles have won seven games in a row and have moved into the top four of the league standings. New Market continues to lead the league with an 18-1 record, while St. Patrick has solidified its hold on a playoff bye.

New Prague defeated New Market 2-1 Sunday, June 30, handing the Muskies their first league loss of the season. New Market is ranked No. 1 among Class C teams in the state. The win was the fifth straight for the Orioles, and evened their league record at 8-8. Both New Prague and St. Patrick picked up three wins in the past week and Montgomery had two wins.

The New Market Muskies didn’t play any league games last week, but they clinched a bye into the double-elimination portion of the Region 3C playoffs. The Muskies have a 16-0 record and a 5-1/2 game lead over second-place St. Patrick with the season entering its final four weeks. The top four teams get first-round byes, with the remaining teams competing in best-of-three series to qualify for the region playoffs. Besides New Market, St. Patrick, Montgomery and Prior Lake currently hold on to the top four spots.
New Prague, Montgomery and Faribault each won two games last week.

The New Prague Trojan Clay Target team won its second state championship in four years Friday, hitting 484 of 500 targets in the 40-team competition held at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. The Trojans’ first round saw them hit 248 of 250 targets, with three of the five shooters getting perfect 50s.

The New Prague Trojan baseball team ended its season with a 7-2 loss to East Ridge Thursday, June 20, in the State Class AAAA title game at Target Field in Minneapolis.
New Prague took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Collin Dorzinski stole second, went to third when the throw went into center field, and scored when the throw to third went into the dugout.

New Market continues their dominance, sitting undefeated at 16-0 in DRS League play, holding a commanding 6 game lead on St. Patrick, the 2nd place team. St. Patrick holds a 0.5 game lead on the surging Montgomery Mallards, who are winners of 4-straight, and have settled into 3rd place in the Standings. Prior Lake holds down the 4th spot to round out the top 4, which would all be in line for a bye from League Playoffs.

The Minnesota State High School League’s four state championship baseball games are scheduled for Thursday, June 20, at Target Field in Minneapolis
The schedule (subject to change due to weather or lenth of games)
10 a.m. Class A - BOLD vs. New York Mills
1 p.m. Class AA - Minnehaha Academy vs. Duluth Marshall
4 p.m. - Class AAA - St. Thomas Academy vs. Benilde-St. Margeret’s
7 p.m. - Class AAAA - New Prague vs. East Ridge
Tickets can be purchased at Target Field. Price is $12 for adults, $8 for students, and are good for all four games.

Trojan Baseball Send-off will take place at 3:00 pm on Thursday, June 20. The team will exit the school at the bus loop doors and board the bus for their 7 pm State Championship game at Target Field in Minneapolis. Parents/Fans are encouraged to park in the student/staff lots and walk behind the high school for the ceremony.
 
Trojan Baseball Fan Bus sign-up is in the NPHS Main Office, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Cost is $8/person and must have a minimum of 40 people in order to take a bus. NPHS Office Hours are 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.
 

Joe Weiers went 4-for-4 and Collin Dorzinski 3-for-5 as New Prague banged out 13 hits in a 12-7 win over Rogers in the State Class AAAA baseball tournament Saturday, June 15. Dorzinski, Cade Pavek and Spencer Kajer each had three RBIs
The win puts them in the State Championship game against East Ridge, which defeated defending state champion Stillwater 6-5 in extra innings in the other semifinal game. The championship game will be played at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at Target Field.

The New Prague Trojans took a big lead, saw Rogers pull to within a run, then scored four runs in the seventh to claim a 12-7 win in the State Class AAAA tournament Saturday at CHS Field in St.Paul.
New Prague will face East Ridge in the State championship game, scheduled for 7 pm Thursday, June 20, at Target Field in Minneapolis.
See more on the game , including photos, later tonight and in the print edition of The New Prague Times.