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In what is a very competitive conference, the marksmen of NRHEG finished third in team
competition last week, but still held onto a slim conference lead.
Gracie Luna still resides in the top female spot for conference average now joined by Keira Lenort. Ciara Stenzel’s in fourth, Abbie Viktora sixth, and Faith Phillips ninth. Nora Flatness is also in the top 25 female averages.
For the guys, Dylan Schroht is the lone top 10, shooter in fifth. Also in the top 25 are Reese Routh, Zander Flatness, and Brody Mudgett.
“Each week of competition is conducted ‘virtually’ with every team shooting at their home site and submitting their scores,” said coach Dan Sorum. “Those scores are then used to determine how many points a team earned using a ‘true team’ scoring system.”
According to Sorum, this creates a unique style of conference competition where every team is facing every other team each week and there is no starting lineup, nor is there a bench. Every athlete has the potential to contribute to the team score every week.
You can see all leaderboards at https://mn.usaclaytarget.com/spring-trap-shooting-leaderboard/
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By JIM LUTGENS
Sports Editor
Coming off a tough loss to Maple River the previous day, the NRHEG High School softball Panthers were looking for a more positive outcome against Tri-City United last Friday.
They got it.
The Panthers led from start to finish while winning 4-2 at New Richland's Legion Field.
"Coming off a close loss against Maple River yesterday, the girls came in strong and took advantage of mistakes by the defense early," said NRHEG coach Kaylie Camerer, who was particulary pleased with the Panthers' defense.
"Defensively, we bounced back and were able to get outs when we needed them," she said.
Camerer also praised the pitching of Faith Nielsen, who went the distance in the circle while allowing five hits and four walks.
"Faith pitched a great game with seven strikeouts and she produced routine groundouts," said Camerer.
Izley Boerner, who was 2-for-2, delivered a key two-run double late in the game to give the Panthers some insurance runs.
"That would prove to be the difference maker late in the game," said Camerer.
Faith Nielsen scored twice.
The Panthers kept it close at Maple River, where they committed five fielding errors while falling 3-2.
"We played a good game tonight," said Camerer. "We were able to string hits together and get movement on the basepaths."
The Panthers, who trailed 2-0 through four innings, tied it in the top of the fifth on a two-run double by Faith Nielsen.
The Eagles plated the winning run in the sixth.
The Panthers outhit Maple Rivr 9-5, led by Faith Nielsen who went 3-for-4. Preslie Nielsen had two hits. Izzy Stadheim, Erin Peterson, Payton Bunn and Addie Stadheim had one hit apiece.
Faith Nielsen allowed two earnmed runs, fanning two and walking one.
"Defensively, we had some uncharacteristic miscues early in the game that Maple River was able to take advantage of," said Camerer. "Then they got timely hits into the gaps to take the lead late."
On May 7, the Panthers hosted Kenyon-Wanamingo and totaled just two hits in a 5-1 setback, one each by Boerner and Izzy Stadheim.
Faith Nielsen yielded two earned runs on five hits, with four strikeouts and four walks.
"Coming off a long week of postponed games due to the weather, we started off solid defensively," said Camerer. "We were aware of the situations and made the right plays when we needed to. Our bats tonight struggled against a solid KW pitcher who hit her spots and kept our batters on our heels. We look to improve on going into each at-bat with a hitter's mentality and looking for base hits to spark our offense."
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Two weeks into the Clay Target Spring season, the Panthers of NRHEG find themselves atop the conference. Much of this is due to strong scores from many students against just a few powerhouses.
In week one, the team from Goodhue was leading the second-place Panthers, but that changed as Goodhue fell to fourth in what is a very close conference, with five of the seven schools all within striking distance of the top spot.
The Panther shooters were led in part by the top two current top female shooters in the conference, Gracie Luna and Ciara Stenzel. Both ladies have had a strong start to the season. Keira Lenort is currently third, with Abbie Viktora and Faith Phillps also in the top-10 averages.
On the male side, Reese Routh and Dylan Schroht are currently in 10th place for conference averages.
But, it is truly the top-to-bottom scores that have made a difference considering the unusual drought of 25 straight rounds. Nora Flatness, Zander Flatness, Brody Mudgett, Jayden Fleming, and JP Lynne are all in the top 25 averages for the conference.
The Panthers now move into Week 3 of competition in Class 5A Conference 3 and hope to widen their lead over the rest of the field. You can see all league standings at https://mn.usaclaytarget.com/spring-trap-shooting-leaderboard/