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NRHEG cross country
DOWNHILL RUN — The Panthers’ Katharine Lewer leads a pack of runners at the Maple River Invitational last week. Lewer finished 12th overall. NRHEG’s T.J. Schiltz won the boys’ division. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
MAPLETON – New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva sophomore T.J. Schiltz provided the highlight reel for the Panther cross country teams at the Maple River Invitational in Mapleton last Thursday.
The Panther boys had just three runners compete for an incomplete score. There were seven complete teams in the race.
The NRHEG girls finished with 175 points, placing eighth among eight complete teams.
A year ago, both Panther squads placed ninth among 11 teams.
The NRHEG boys are still searching for a full team, while the girls have an overall mark of 8-29 this fall.
Boys
Maple River captured its own invitational, edging United South Central by one point for the boys’ championship. Le Sueur-Henderson and Madelia/Truman tied for third place.
T.J. Schiltz took one minute off of last year’s time to win the 5,000-meter race in 16:42.
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NRHEG gridders reach end zone, but fall to 0-2 with 20-7 loss at GFW
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
WINTHROP – The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva football team continued to struggle to put points on the scoreboard in week two.
Coach Dan Stork’s Panthers suffered their second straight loss, falling 20-7 to Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in Winthrop Friday.
“The mistakes we made and the penalties we committed were too much for us to overcome,” said Stork. “The time of possession was extremely lopsided.”
The Thunderbirds, who were drubbed 73-8 by NRHEG a year ago, evened their record at 1-1.
The Panthers clung to a one-point lead after three quarters, but GFW rallied for 14 fourth-quarter points.
GFW scored the only points of the first half in the second quarter. Frank Fairchild broke lose on a 19-yard scoring run to give the T-Birds a 6-0 advantage at the halftime break, stretching the NRHEG scoreless streak to six straight quarters to start the year.
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Panthers drop nonconference match
YES! — Members of the NRHEG volleyball team celebrate a game-two victory over WEM last Tuesday. The Bucs won the nonconference match 3-1. From left: Katie Cole, Kalana Shurson, Noelle Bartness, Carlie Wagner, Jade Schultz and Hannah Lundberg. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
NEW RICHLAND – The first loss of the season was a frustrating one for coach Joe Kuechenmeister and his New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva volleyball team. The Panthers had game point in three of the four games, but only won one of them, in suffering a 3-1 loss to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown in New Richland Sept. 4.
The Panthers won two matches against WEM a year ago, but got outscored 100-88 in the four-game match last Tuesday.
This match was a non-conference contest and improved the Buccaneers to 4-0 this season.
NRHEG slipped to 2-1, with all three matches being played at home.
“We had a lot of shoulda, coulda, wouldas tonight that come to mind,” said Kuechenmeister. “The girls battled hard. There’s no doubt about that.”