By JIM LUTGENS
Editor/Publisher
NRHEG 2011-12 winter sports award winners were announced during the annual awards ceremony last Tuesday in the NRHEG High School gymnasium in New Richland.
They were, by sport:
Boys’ Basketball
• Panther Award — Carter Tollefson
• Most Improved Player — Tyler Sorenson
• Practice Player Award — Spencer Hanna
• Defensive Player of the Year — Lucas Meyer
• All-conference — Matt Carlson; honorable mention — Sorenson, Sam Lundberg
Girls’ Basketball
• MVP — Carlie Wagner
• Most Improved Player — Hannah Lundberg
• Lunch Pail Award — Lundberg• Practice Player Award — Tori Raimann
• Rebound Award — Anna Schlaak
• Captains Award — Schlaak, Raimann
• All-conference — Schlaak, Wagner, Jade Schultz; honorable mention — Raimann, Katie Cole
• NRHEG all-time scoring record (1,700), single-season record (956), state tournament single-game record (48), state-tournament total record (112) — Wagner
• NRHEG all-time leading rebounder (1,024), single-season record for rebounds (325) — Schlaak
• All-state tournament team — Wagner, Schlaak
• All-state — Wagner
NRHEG coaches John Schultz and Grant Berg were named Section 2AA Girls’ Basketball Head and Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively.
Wrestling
• Most Valuable — Dustin Esplan
• Most Improved — Dylan Kubiatowicz
• Most Team Points — Esplan
• Most Takedowns — Esplan
• Most Falls — Esplan
• Most Wins — Esplan
• All-conference — Dustin Esplan, David Lassahn, Matt Dahle, Jacob Staloch, Seth Petranek; honorable mention — Nathan Krohn, Brandon LeBlanc
• All-state — Esplan, Petranek
• 100th Pin Award — Dahle
• Iron Man Award — David Lassahn, Esplan, Staloch, Petranek, Dustin Burshem, Dillon Parpart, Tyler Holz, Jade Waltz, Geoff Ramaker, Cole Lenort, Kubiatowicz, Sam Jewett
Cheerleading
• Most Valuable — Tiara Robran
• Most Spirited — Kiley Beenken, Maddy Schwierjohann
• Most Valuable Back — Michaela Hansen
• Most Valuable Base — Dana Jensen, Robran
• Most Valuable Flyer — Lexi Wayne
• Most Improved — Stormi Hagen
• Senior Spirit Sticks — Hansen, Wayne, Hailey Johnson, Harlee Vokoun, Robran