NRHEG Star Eagle

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By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

The understatement of the day came from NRHEG head softball coach Wendy Schultz.

“The girls,” she said, “hit the ball very well tonight.”

Yes, Coach, they did.

The Panthers pounded 21 hits and scored 23 earned runs in a 24-3 Gopher Conference rout at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Tuesday, April 30.

The win improved the Panthers to 4-1 in the Gopher Conference and 5-1 overall.

By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

The NRHEG girls’ track and field team was having a great night.

Then lightning struck.

It ended the meet after the 400-meter run, and it left the Panthers in first place in the Blooming Prairie True Team Invitational last Tuesday, April 30.

The Panthers, paced by Carlie Wagner and Kayla Lindell, totaled 528.5 points to top the eight-team field. WEM was second with 447.5, Blooming Prairie third at 415.

The discus boys continued to battle it out.

T.J. Schiltz continued to cruise.

Schiltz, already enjoying an excellent spring, won the 1600 meters while Kevin Kalis and Keith Maxon went 2-3 in the discus. The NRHEG boys’ track and field team finished fifth in the lightning-shortened Blooming Prairie True Team Invitational Tuesday, April 30.

“T.J. ran a nice mile for the win,” said Panthers coach Duey Ferber.

Schiltz clocked 4:40.97.

Kalis, meanwhile, tossed the discus 115-11 for second, followed closely by Maxon at 112-3.