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Lundberg no-hits Glenville-Emmons

 

It was a nasty way to end an otherwise great week for the NRHEG softball team.

After mowing down two more opponents to improve to 8-2 overall, the Panthers hosted WEM Thursday, May 5 in a nonconference game and lost a 7-6 decision at Legion Field.

“This was definitely our worst played game,” said coach Wendy Schultz.

The Panthers struggled defensively with six errors and had trouble connecting with runners in scoring position.

 

 

Tyler Schlaak, John Cole, Nate Krause and Nate Fleming are no strangers to school records, having set the NRHEG school mark in the 4x800-meter relay a year ago.

Last Thursday, they broke it again.

The foursome clocked 8:32.69 for second place at Byron’s Chuck Ramthun Invitational as the Panther boys were sixth out of seven squads.

“We saw unbelievable competition,” said coach Duey Ferber. “This was a good meet to test our kids.”

 

Christiansen hits 49 of 50 targets

 

Week two of competition still saw less-than-desirable weather as the shooters from the NRHEG team faced strong winds.

But, the team would not be deterred as they turned in better scores than week one and as a result turned a 698-point deficit to the team from Faribault into an 892 lead. It's still a small lead in a conference where the top teams score in excess of 11,000 points.

Leading the team was Collin Christiansen of NRHEG by scoring a near perfect 49/50. He was followed closely by Kyle Bartz of Waseca with a 47/50. Both find themselves in the top 100 shooters in the state, which means they are both on track to qualify as individuals for the MSHSL State Clay Target Tournament. They were also the only two NRHEG shooters in the top 10 for the conference as fifth-place Wayzata placed five shooters in the top 10 including two shooters with perfect rounds of 50. However, Wayzata lacks the depth thus far to be a leader in the conference.