- Details
- Hits: 284
By ELI LUTGENS
Publisher/Editor
First-year NRHEG head cross country coach Larry Nydegger announced awards and shared several memorable moments from the 2023 season during the school's Fall Sports Athletic Banquet in the high school gymnasium Tuesday, Nov. 14.
Coach Nydegger and his runners learned on the fly this season.
“This was a new experience for me as a coach,’ Nydegger said. “This was a good group of kids. We had a lot of fun little awards throughout the season, including the bright shirts competition, and tonight, we’re handing out a lot more. Included in those is a conference champion. That was special.”
- Details
- Hits: 506
By ELI LUTGENS
Publisher/Editor
NRHEG head football coach Marc Kruger presented awards and gave a brief recap of the 2023 season during the Fall Athletic Banquet in the high school gymnasium Tuesday, Nov. 14.
The year did not begin well for the Panthers, but the regular season surely ended on a high note.
“Starting the year 0-4, a lot of teams could have packed it in, and thought it would be another down year,” Kruger said. “This group was special though. They did not give in, they did not give up, they truly stepped up.”
The Panthers went on to win four straight games, including a thriller with St. Clair in the season finale to clinch the team's first home playoff game since 2018.
- Details
- Hits: 1063
By ELI LUTGENS
Publisher/Editor
In front of family, friends, coaches and fellow classmates, NRHEG High School senior Annabelle Petsinger signed her national Letter of Intent to wrestle collegiately and continue her educational career at Iowa Central Community College on Monday, Nov. 9. Petsinger intends to become a veterinarian technician. Iowa Central is located in Fort Dodge Iowa, about a two-hour drive from New Richland.
“She was smiling the whole way home,” Isabelle Petsinger said after Annabelle’s recruiting trip to Northern Iowa.
Annabelle was, per usual, one of few words when asked to speak moments after signing her letter. “Ahh, go Panthers!”
Petsinger, who won a girls’ state wrestling championship last season, has been a regular member of the NRHEG varsity for several years.
“It’s less about being a trailblazer and more about wrestling at college,” she said. “When I was a kid, we didn’t have wrestling at college for girls.”