The Panther Wrestling Golf Classic will be held Saturday, June 13. Pre-register by Wednesday, June 10th. The fee is $52 per golfer and includes golf and half a cart. Lunch will be available. Schedule of events includes a registration from 8 until 9 a.m. and a shotgun start at 9 a.m. It will be a three-man, best shot format, with prizes for contests and flight champions. Registration forms are available at Riverview Golf Course or by calling (507) 465-3516.

Kubiatowicz is perfect; Altrichter qualifies for state

The NRHEG Clay Target team put together the strongest performance of any team in its conference this year, but it wasn't quite enough to catch the leading team from McGregor-Aitkin-Cromwell. That performance, however, did earn a number of individuals on the squad some accolades.

The team was led by freshman Brett Kubiatowicz, who recorded a perfect round (50/50). He was joined by no less than nine others who shot rounds that ranked in the top 10 for the week. According to head coach, Dan Sorum, of the 51 shooters that competed from the NRHEG squad last week, 42 scored above their personal average and of that half of them scored above a 40/50.

"This was a phenomenal effort on the team's part," said Sorum. "But, we needed MAC to stumble bit as well and they proved to be the tough team they have been all year."

Funeral services for Alberta M. (Leonhardi) Van Hal will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Community Lutheran Church, in Geneva. The Rev. Dr. Kristen Venne will officiate. Visitation will be held from 12:30 until the time of the service at the church. Interment will take place at Hollandale Cemetery.

Alberta Margaret (Leonhardi) Van Hal, age 89 died peacefully on May 31, 2015.

She was born in Albert Lea on September 7, 1925 to Albert and Cora (Steele) Leonhardi of Alden. She was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church of Alden.Alberta Graduated from Alden High School and Minneapolis Business College.  She worked at Wilsons in Albert Lea and Federated Mutual Insurance Co. of Owatonna.

Alberta married Walter Van Hal on September 20, 1953. They farmed together near Hollandale until 1979, when they moved to Geneva. During their 40 years together, they enjoyed woodworking, crafts, playing cards, snowmobiling, and traveling to all states in the union. They belonged to an RV camping club, where they spent most of their weekends.

The Ellendale Area Heritage Society will meet Saturday, June 6 at 9 a.m. at Whispering Oak, second floor. We have completed our Ellendale display at the History Center in Owatonna, and are looking forward to a round table discussion about Ellendale on July 23 at 7 p.m. at the History Center. At that time we be presenting the story of the beginnings, businesses and activities of our community. The Ellendale display will be available to the public for the rest of this year and includes history, pictures and artifacts. This display will be open for viewing the evening of the roundtable discussion. The History Center’s hours are:  T., W., Fri. 10-4; Thur. 10-8; Sat. 10-3; Sun. & Mon. closed.  Cost: Members, free; adults, $5; youth 7-16, $3. Come and celebrate Ellendale’s history and continued existence.

The NRHEG boys’ track and field team finished fifth in the Sub-Section 5A meet May 21. Waseca won with 274.5 points. USC/AC had 150, Maple River 132, St. Clair 97, NRHEG 85.5, JWP 50, WEM 30.

“We have an extremely tough sub-section,” said coach Duey Ferber. “The boys went hard.”

The Panthers are sending six to the Section 2A meet at Mankato West Saturday, May 30.

Junior Tyler Schlaak made it in three events, taking fourth in the 800 in 2:06.44 and fourth in the triple jump at 36-7 while running a leg on the second-place 4x800 relay that included John Cole, Nate Krause and Josh Flemming. Cole was second in the 3200 in 10:36.41.

The NRHEG girls’ track and field team appears to have peaked at the right time, turning in what coach Duey Ferber called a season-best performance in the Sub-Section 5A meet Thursday, May 21.

First place belonged to Waseca with 193 points, followed by WEM with 174, Maple River 121, NRHEG 118, USC/AC 116, St. Clair 57 and JWP 33.

The Panthers are sending five girls to the Section 2A meet at Mankato West High School Saturday, May 30.

“Our girls performed the best they have all season,” said NRHEG coach Duey Ferber. “We have a very tough sub-section.”

Maddie Wagner took gold in the high jump, winning the event at an even 5 feet. She combined with her twin sister Marnie, Hailey Schuller and Gretchen Ramaker for first in the 4x200 relay in 1:53.42.

Fresh off a Gopher Conference co-championship and winners of 11 of 12, the NRHEG High School softball team had high hopes for the 2015 postseason.

They lasted about three innings.

The Panthers, seeded No. 2 in the South Sub-Section of Section 2AA, were one and done in the playoffs, upset 13-0 by Tri-City United Tuesday, May 19 at New Richland’s Legion Field.

The Panthers finished in a three-way tie for the conference crown under Coy Hupfeld in what turned out to be his first and only season as head coach; he’s accepted a job in his Iowa hometown. NRHEG finished 12-4 overall.

With two weeks left in competition ,the boys on the NRHEG High School clay target team are feeling the pressure to up their game in an effort to catch the conference leaders from McGregor-Aitkin-Cromwell.

Thanks to scores that placed the team in six of the top 10 individual scores for the week they accomplished that goal, but only by a small margin. Outscoring the MAC team by 400 points does close the gap, but with just one week left the NRHEG squad will have to do significantly better to close the 2000-point gap that still exists.