NRHEG Star Eagle

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Despite having the full team shoot for the first time this year, the NRHEG clay target team had its toughest week yet for the fall league. The shooters only managed to score 7.5 of a total 24 possible points. This did not cause them to slip in the standings, but it does all but erase any chances to move up before the season ends this week.

Frank Altrichter and Collin Christianson tied with 40/50 targets to be the high shooters for the week.  These two are also currently tied for the honor of being the team’s top gun for the season. Haylie Mosher maintained her second-place position for conference female shooters and remains in the top 25 in the state for female shooters. 

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SECOND STRAIGHT TITLE — NRHEG senior T.J. Schiltz, top left, left competitors in his rear view mirror for the second year in a row at the Gopher/Valley Conference Cross Country Meet at Mankato last week. Below, Schiltz’s little brother, sophomore C.J., gives it his all near the finish line. (Star Eagle photos by Chris Schlaak)

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By DALE KUGATH

Sportswriter

New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva senior T. J. Schiltz captured his second straight Gopher/Valley Conference championship to highlight the Panthers’ performance at the conference meet at Mankato Oct. 15. 

Coach Mike Weber’s Panther boys placed sixth among nine teams, leaving them with an overall mark of 30-59.

The NRHEG girls were ninth among nine teams. The Panthers are 7-44 for the year. 

Boys

Martin County West was an easy winner in the boys’ race. The Mavericks won with 37 points, while host Mankato Loyola was a distant second with 76 points. 

NRHEG rolls in regular-season finale

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NON-PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE — The Panthers’ Keith Maxon strips the football from a GFW ball carrier and recovers it during NRHEG’s regular-season finale at Winthrop last Wednesday. The ball carrier was ruled down by the officials, but the Panthers played plenty of tough defense in a 40-0 triumph. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)

By DALE KUGATH

Sportswriter

WINTHROP – Coach Dan Stork’s New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva football team closed its regular season schedule on a high note, crushing Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in Winthrop last Wednesday, 40-0. 

The victory gave the Panthers second place in the Gopher/Valley AA Conference with a 4-1 record, right behind conference champ Maple River. 

The Panthers, who have won three of their last four games, improved to 5-3 overall. NRHEG has won three of four road games this fall. 

GFW ended up in the conference cellar with a 0-5 mark. The Thunderbirds are winless in eight games this season. 

“I was happy with our effort tonight,” said Stork. “We took care of business against a team we should have beaten.”