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By JIM LUTGENS
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NRHEG High School athletes will not just be playing football or volleyball or running cross country races this fall.
Some of them will be shooting.
This fall marks the fourth season for the clay target team, which will be signing up players through Friday, Sept. 11.
“We expect between 30 and 40 students to participate this season from NRHEG, Albert Lea and Waseca,” said coach Dan Sorum.
The team lost several talented individuals to graduation, according to Sorum, including top shooter Frank Altrichter, who was one of the conference’s top shooters in both the spring and fall seasons.
But that doesn’t mean Sorum isn’t optimistic.
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NOWHERE TO THROW — NRHEG’s Karter Sletten sacks WEM quarterback Kallen Dorenkemper Friday, Sept. 4 at Waterville. (Star Eagle photo by Jim Lutgens)
By JIM LUTGENS
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The NRHEG Panthers were decided underdogs heading into last Friday’s game at Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, ranked No. 5 in in the state.
When the dust finally settled on a sweltering early September night, the Bucs managed a win. Barely.
Outgained and outplayed most of the night, WEM scored a late fourth-quarter touchdown and held off the Panthers, 13-7.
“We made far too many mistakes against a good WEM team,” said Panthers coach Dan Stork, whose squad fell to 2-1.
Included in the mistakes were two lost fumbles, an interception and eight penalties for 90 yards. They seemed to come at inopportune times for the Panthers.
“At times we looked in control,” said Stork. “But the penalties and turnovers were the difference.”
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STRONG START — Abby Wacholz smacks a spike during the season opener for the NRHEG volleyball team. The Panthers were on the road twice last week, winning two of three to start the year. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)
For a while, it looked as if the NRHEG volleyball team might be off to a 3-0 start.
But things changed quickly and they didn’t get any better.
The Panthers, who started last week with a 3-1 at Nicollet, won game one 25-20 at Kenyon Thursday night but dropped the next three 25-10, 25-12, 25-15.
“We started out aggressive in game one,” said Panthers coach Onika Peterson. “We took advantage of their errors and were able to make some runs. Kenyon battled back. They really made our defense work in games 2-4. They did a nice job switching up their hits, and adjusting to what are defense was giving them.