Junior high CC teams wrap up season
The NRHEG junior high cross country team had a very good season for 2012.
All of the junior high runners this year were in the seventh grade. The members were Ben Lewer, Kollin Reese, and Braeden Thompson for the boys. For the girls, the runners were Mikayla Olson and Rayna Crossen.
Junior high events consisted of 7th and 8th-graders for the most part; sometimes 9th-graders also ran. The course is between one and two miles, depending upon the choice of the host school.
The boys had a successful season. Ben Lewer placed as high as 11th place a couple times, perhaps his best run in his last meet of the season. Braeden Thompson placed in the top 10 for almost all of the meets, placing as high as second place in Fairmont.
Kollin Reese was consistently placing around 10th place with a best place of seventh at Janesville.The Panthers’ two girls also did very well. Mikayla Olson placed as high as eighth in Janesville and at USC. Rayna Crossen was consistently around that 10th-place finish, taking eighth in Maple River.
As all the runners in junior high were in seventh grade this year, next year they can expect to be even more competitive, as they will no longer be the youngest on the course. The Panther team could also possibly see some of these athletes join junior varsity or varsity in 2013.
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Elementary Basketball Kickoff Saturday
NRHEG Elementary Basketball kickoff is set for Saturday, Nov. 3 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the south gym at NRHEG High School. The program is for boys and girls in grades 3-6.
What to bring: $10 made out to: NRHEG, basketball attire, enthusiastic attitude and be ready to have fun!
While the kids are playing we will have a short parent meeting in the cafeteria.
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Ramaker, RCTC to play for state championship
The Rochester Yellowjackets (9-1), seeded second, will be taking on Brainard Central Lakes (9-1), seeded one, for the D3 College State Title. The RCTC team defeated Fon Du Lac this past weekend by the score of 31 to 24 to advance to the title game. Geoff Ramaker, a 2012 NRHEG graduate, is one of the core linebackers used and also plays on all special teams. The title game takes place at St. Cloud State on Sunday starting at 1 p.m..