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By JIM LUTGENS
Sports Editor
It wasn't a victory.
But it was definite improvement for the NRHEG High School boys' basketball team.
The Panthers, who dropped a lopsided decision in their season opener at Blue Earth Area, gave visiting Triton a tussle before falling 78-68 in New Richland Friday, Dec. 8.
"We had much better effort tonight on both ends of the floor, from start to finish," said NRHEG coach Dan Schmidt. "Our communication was better on defense, as well as offensively. We moved the ball much better this evening, as well. There were a lot of great things to see in a battle with a team that could win the Gopher Conference East."
The Panthers trailed by 10 at half-time and by as many as 14 in the second half.
"But we never quit," said Schmidt. "We'd go on a little run to cut it to 5-6 points, and couldn't quite get over the hump. We feel like we had a little breakthrough as a team tonight, and I hope the players can see it."
Senior Daxter Lee led NRHEG in scoring with 26 points, adding 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Sam Olson chipped in 13 points, with three 3-pointers. Will Tuttle played a strong game, getting a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Stepping in and playing some crucial minutes down the stretch, Hudson Chrz kicked in 10 points with a couple threes, Greyson Schaefer scored 5 points and grabbed 5 rebounds, and Jared Lee stepped in and played solid defense and ran the point down the stretch, while hitting a 3- pointer of his own. Jackson Chrz chipped in 1 point, but secured 6 rebounds on the night.
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Lady Panthers 1-1 in tourney
By JIM LUTGENS
Sports Editor
The NRHEG High School girls' basketball team won one of two games in the Winter Showcase hosted by Maple River, falling 58-43 to Winona Cotter Friday, Dec. 8 and defeating Norwood-Young America 53-41 the next day.
According to Panthers coach Onika Peterson, Winona Cotter's defense and overall physicality proved to be too much to handle.
"Their full-court pressure defense caused us a lot of problems," said Peterson. "It is hard to imitate and pre- pare for their physicality."
The Panthers trailed 41-16 at halftime, but never gave up.
"The girls came out in the second half fighting," said Peterson. "We cut the lead to 12, but never could get over the hump. We need to take better care of the ball and cut down our turnovers."
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Medford High School is in a rebuilding year for girls’ basketball. NRHEG is not.
It led to an easy Gopher Conference opener for the Panthers Friday, Dec. 1 in New Richland, where the home team prevailed 67-18.
“Medford is in a rebuilding year, and we were able to take advantage of this by getting all of our kids in tonight,” said NRHEG coach Onika Peterson. “Hopefully, this will help us throughout the season when we get put in other game situations.”