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Track teams 2nd, 6th in conference
By JIM LUTGENS
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It was a record-setting day for the NRHEG track and field teams in the 2012 Gopher Conference Meet at Blooming Prairie Tuesday, May 15.
Carlie Wagner and T.J. Schiltz — both sophomores — broke their own school records while winning two events apiece.
Wagner cleared 5 feet, 6 inches in the high jump, good for not only a school but a conference record as well. She also won the 200 meters in 26.59 seconds.
Schiltz continued to excel in the distance events, winning the 1600 in 4:37.08 to break his school record set a week earlier. He won the 3200 with a time of 10:13.65.
The NRHEG girls finished second with 120.5 points. USC/AC won with 196. Others: WEM 97, Loyola/Cleveland 89, Medford 76, JWP 52, Bethlehem Academy 28.5, Blooming Prairie 28.5.
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By JIM LUTGENS
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After starting the week on a rough note, the NRHEG softball team finished the regular season on a positive note.
The Panthers, who absorbed a 17-1 trouncing at Blooming Prairie Tuesday, bounced back to win their final three games in a row.
NRHEG, 15-3 overall and 7-3 in the conference, drew the No. 2 seed in the south half of Section 2AA. They defeated seventh-seeded Faribault Academies 9-6 Tuesday in the opening round of tournament play. They’ll next play Saturday, May 26 at 1 p.m. at Caswell Park in Mankato.
According to coach Wendy Schultz, the Panthers’ 6-2 nonconference victory over St. Clair last Friday was a good way to end a long week.
Jade Schultz pitched well, striking out 15 while allowing two earned runs on six hits. She walked five.
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NRHEG clinches share, then gets help from WEM for outright title
The NRHEG High School baseball team has captured the 2012 Gopher Conference championship. Front from left: coach Jon Meyer, Nic Mangskau, David Lassahn, Lucas Meyer, Sam Jewett, Brad Claycomb and Sam Lundberg. Row two: statistician Marissa Claycomb, statistician Natalie Donovan, Eric Sorenson, Carter Tollefson, Tyler Sorenson, coach Al Shultz, Casey Rosacker, Mitch Akemann, Jake Staloch, Matt Dahle and head coach Jeff Reese. (Submitted photo)
By JIM LUTGENS
Editor/Publisher
The NRHEG baseball players did what they needed.
Then they got a little unexpected help.
The Panthers defeated Blooming Prairie 7-3 last week to secure a share of the Gopher Conference title. Two days later, WEM knocked off then conference co-leader Mankato Loyola to give NRHEG the outright crown. It’s the Panthers’ 12th conference championship in coach Jeff Reese’s 34 seasons at the helm and their first since 2006. It’s also a big turnaround from last spring, when NRHEG was seventh in the conference at 3-8 and 7-13 overall.