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By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
ST. PETER – The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva girls’ basketball team breezed to the championship at the St. Peter Holiday Tournament Friday and Saturday.
The Panthers destroyed Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in the opening round and romped past host St. Peter in the championship tilt.
A year ago, NRHEG defeated Hutchinson and Bemidji to win the same championship.
The top-ranked Panthers are 7-0 this season, including four road wins.
GFW
The Panthers hit their top point total of the season as they raced past GFW 97-39 in Friday afternoon’s opening round. The Thunderbirds slipped to 2-4 with the loss
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NRHEG rebounds after season’s first loss, improving to 8-1 overall
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
MANKATO – The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva boys’ basketball team saw its unbeaten string snapped in the opening round of the Mankato Bethany Holiday Tournament.
However, Coach Pat Churchill’s Panthers rebounded with a pair of convincing victories to capture fifth place in the three-day tournament.
NRHEG improved on last year’s seventh-place finish when it lost two of three games.
The Panthers wrapped up their pre-holiday schedule with an 8-1 record.
St. Croix Lutheran
An explosive St., Croix Lutheran squad ended the undefeated season of the Panthers with a convincing 88-65 setback in last Thursday’s opening round of the tournament.
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Wagner marks milestone at St. Peter
NRHEG High School senior Carlie Wagner and coach John Schultz pose for a photo as Wagner received a standing ovation for surpassing the 3,000-point milestone for her basketball career early in the first half of a 97-39 victory over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in the first round of the St. Peter Invitational Friday. Wagner finished with 37 points and 11 assists. The unbeaten Panthers, led by the University of Minnesota-bound Wagner, are ranked No. 1 in the state in Class AA. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)