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By DALE KUGATH
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Coach Pat Churchill is going to have to get used to mistakes with four sophomores in his starting lineup for the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva boys basketball team.
Churchill saw plenty of mistakes, but also saw some signs of encouragement, as NRHEG opened its season with losses to Cleveland and Kenyon-Wanamingo.
Cleveland opened the year with a 69-55 triumph, and Kenyon-Wanamingo followed with a 68-50 victory.
Both games were on the road, and the Panthers were in both games at the intermission.
“We know mistakes are going to happen with this much inexperience on the floor,” said Churchill. “We already felt like we made a lot of improvement at Kenyon and certainly hope that continues all season.”
NRHEG, which lost its first five games on the way to a 9-18 season a year ago, are 0-2 this year.
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HOPKINS – Things started out so well for the NRHEG girls’ basketball team in its clash against AAA Chaska at the Hopkins Lindberg Center Saturday afternoon.
However, a cold shooting second half and some uncharacteristic mistakes sent the Panther girls to their first loss of the year.
Chaska, the third-ranked team in Class 3A, used a strong second half to nip NRHEG 57-56.
The Hawks improved to 3-0, while NRHEG suffered its first loss in three games.
“Our kids battled the entire game,” said NRHEG coach John Schultz. “I was proud of our first-half performance and the way we came back at the end. We came out flat to start the second half and that was the difference.”
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NEW RICHLAND – The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva girls’ basketball team continued to score points at will as it raced to its second consecutive win of the season Thursday.
The Panthers overpowered Belle Plaine 80-37 in its home opener. NRHEG won 71-41 last season.
“We were much more physical than they were,” said NRHEG coach John Schultz. “It was not the best shooting night for us, but we made up for it with things we can control like hustle on defense and on the boards.”
NRHEG led the entire game. Carlie Wagner scored 21 first-half points and Jade Schultz added 10 as the Panthers raced to a 41-22 lead at the break.