Award winners were announced for 2016-17 NRHEG High School winter sports at the annual ceremony Sunday, April 9.
They were, by sport:
Boys’ Basketball
• Panther Award — Oakley Baker
• Best Defensive Player — Tyler Raimann
• Most Improved — Jason Jongbloedt
• Practice Player — Benji Lundberg
• All-conference — Chad Agrimson, Baker, Lundberg, Raimann
• Captains — Agrimson, Baker, Raimann
• Gopher Conference Academic Award (3.6-4.0 GPA) — Baker, Lundberg, Sam Prigge, Jack Schultz, Nathaniel Techau
• MSHSL Spotlight on Scholarship (3.0-3.59 GPA) — Agrimson, Baker, Gabe Dahle, Jongbloedt, Lundberg, Prigge, Raimann, Jacob Schuller, Schultz, Techau, Jerret Utpadel
Wrestling
• Most Valuable — Cole Staloch
• Most Wins — Staloch, 19
• Most Falls — Staloch, 13
• Most Team Points — Staloch, 96
• Most Takedowns — Brett Kubiatowicz, 33
• Most Improved — Tyler Jacobson
• All-conference — Jacobson; honorable mention — Staloch
• Gopher Conference Academic Award — Agro Gushwa, Jacobson, Nick Petsinger, Clay Stenzel
• MSHSL Spotlight on Scholarship — Alex Buckmeier, Gushwa, Jacobson, Petsinger, Ralph Roesler, Staloch, Stenzel, Chad Erickson, Brendon Strand
• Captain — Staloch
• Ironman Club — Nick Staloch, Petsinger, Quinten Arndt, Strand, Mason Okland, Cole Staloch (3X), Kubiatowicz (4X), Jacobson (5X), coach Nate Jensen (6X).
Girls’ Basketball
• Most Valuable — Marnie Wagner
• Rebound Award — Betsy Schoenrock
• Most Improved — Schoenrock
• Practice Player — Grace Johns
• Captains — Marnie Wagner, Maddie Wagner, Collins
Cheerleading
• Most Valuable Cheerleader — Bri Podratz-Waters
• Most Improved — Natalia Galindo
• Most Valuable Flyer — Laura Worrell
• Most Valuable Bases — Taytum Ihrke, Sydney Schlinger
• Most Valuable Back — Tali Wayne
• Most Spirited — Kyra Possin
• Senior Spirit Sticks — Podratz-Waters, Grace Lewison, CeCe Torp