The Tri-City United Girls’ Basketball Team added another win to its record after it defeated Belle Plaine on January 15 with a score of 55-47.
According to coach Eric Specht, after the girls dropped points early in the game, they reduced the deficit by two points at the half with a score of 26-28.
The second half is where the girls got the win with a lot of confidence and a plan to wear down the Tigers.
“Our girls got down ten early and slowly chipped away,” Specht stated. “Defensively, I thought our press wore down Belle Plaine during the second half.”

The New Prague Adapted Floor Hockey team won its season opener Tuesday, Jan. 15, claiming an 8-0 win over the South Suburban Jets in Bloomington.
New Prague took a 4-0 lead in the first period, with Seth Dorner getting three goals and Garret Gagner one.
Gagner, Evan Minar and Chase Smith each scored in the second and Blake Perry tallied a goal in the third to make it an 8-0 final.
Breanna Stark was solid in the net, stopping all 21 shots she faced.
Dorner added two assists and Gagner one.

The Tri-City United Wrestling Team scored two easy wins when they met two Minnesota River Conference teams last week in Norwood Young America (NYA).
Class after class, the TCU team dominated on the mat. The first was against home team NYA who put up a fight, but were eventually defeated by the Titans, who won the match 58-15.
NYA won only three of the rounds: Joash Lord (138 pounds) won a decision over Hunter Rutt, Sam Meeker (195) won by a forfeit and Sean Franck (285) pinned Robert Bastyr.

Terrance Francis David, Sr., 78, of Montgomery, passed away on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at his home. 
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery with funeral services following at noon also at the funeral home. Interment will be held in the Bohemian National Cemetery in Montgomery in spring.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials donated to a children’s charity of their preference.

The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office reported that three vehicles had fallen through the ice on Madison Lake on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Captain Paul Barta said the vehicles had fallen through the ice in the area of the narrows on Madison Lake, southwest of the Point Pleasant Resort and Campground. He added the area had open water within the past week.
The first vehicle, a Ford Escape, broke through the ice and became fully submerged at 11:51 a.m. All three occupants were able to escape with no apparent injuries.

The Tri-City United Girls’ Basketball Team beat the Le Sueur-Henderson Giants 62-34 on Thursday, Jan. 10 but lost to the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars 54-76 the following day.
In the game against the Giants in Montgomery, Coach Eric Specht commented that the girls did an excellent job sharing the basketball, ending with six girls who scored at least seven points.
The Titans went into halftime with a ten-point lead that they only grew in the second half. Their coach also pointed out the girls rebounded the basketball very well on both ends of the floor.

The Tri-City United Boys’ Basketball Team added two more losses to its record last week when it fell to Sibley East on Tuesday with a score of 45-56 and Jordan on Friday with a score of 30-76.
The losses increase the Titan’s record to 1-11, with the team’s only win coming at the holiday tournament on December 28 against Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton.

The Minnesota River Bulldog Hockey Team, which includes Tri-City United School in its cooperative, scored another win on January 10 when they took on Waseca at the Waseca Community Center.
The Minnesota River Bulldog team’s 4-1 win came thanks to its depth and speed. According to their coach Shea Roehrkasse, the scoring came from several players.

Two weightlifters qualified for state after their performance in Northfield over the weekend.
Lexi Factor in junior varsity and Annabelle Davies in varsity made the state competition and will join Mike Fischer, who qualified for state at a meet in Armstrong in December. Factor took first place in 40 KG, and Davies took second in 55KG.

The Tri-City United Wrestling Team saw success on Thursday and Friday at Watertown-Mayer and Hayfield high schools.
On Thursday, the grapplers went to Hayfield for a dual meet against the Westfield Razorbacks and the Maple River Eagles. The Titans were victorious against both teams, beating the Razorbacks 54-13 and the Eagles 39-17.
To see more on this story pick up the January 17, 2019 print edition of the Montgomery Messenger.

The Dakota-Rice-Scott League held its winter meeting Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the Doublewide Bar in Elko New Market.
All 13 teams were represented at the meeting. Shakopee’s Jesse Nystrom and New Prague’s Nick Schoenecker were introduced as new managers for 2019.
All league officers were elected for another year. President is Mike Sticha, vice president Greg Faue, secretary Sean O’Neill and treasurer Chris Hertaus. Sticha was appointed to manage the league’s website and social media and handle player contracts. O’Neill is the Region 3C Commissioner.

LE CENTER - Le Sueur County received outstanding bids on their $12.635 million general obligation capital improvement bond sale.
A total of eight bidders attempted to purchase the funds which will be used to fund the remaining non-jail portions of the County's Justice Center and the second phase of remodeling to the current courthouse in Le Center.
The Justice Center will use $9,720,000 of the money and the Phase II Courthouse Remodel will use the remaining $2,915,000.

After multiple rounds of spelling, sixth grader Hayden Winter won the second annual Tri-City United Spelling Bee with the word “circulation.”
The bee started out with winners from grades five, six, seven and eight competing against each other to secure a spot in the bee’s final round.
Some of the words that took students out of the competition included guise, dismissal, pennant, and recognition.
Some of the words had homophones or could be confused with other words. Students were read a definition for these words prior to spelling it.

New Year’s Day has come and gone. How many of you made a New Year’s resolution?
Did you make the perennial favorite to lose weight? (I should have.)
How about make better food choices? (I should have.)
Quit snacking on the fattening and unhealthy food, sugars and refined white flour-products? (I should.)
Did you resolve to eat more vegetables, fruits, whole grains and good foods? (I should.)

Brothers Arthur and Edward Devine, sons of Sharon and Robert Devine of Kilkenny, battled it out in Most Holy Redeemer Catholic School's Geography Bee Thursday morning, Jan. 17. Out of a field of 10 contestants, the Devine boys both answered their way to the championship round. In the end, seventh grader Edward was victorious over his big brother, eighth-grader Arthur. "I thought he was going to win," Edward stated. "He reads lots of books and knows things. I was just lucky... I like to look at the globe."

Montgomery and area merchants are offering prizes to the first Montgomery baby born in 2019. To qualify as the New Year’s Baby, the baby must be born after 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2019, to parents who have a Montgomery mailing address in the 56069 zip code.
Due to privacy laws, hospitals are unable to share personal information about a baby’s birth. If you feel your baby is the New Year’s Baby, contact the Montgomery Messenger within 24 hours of the baby’s birth.