NRHEG Star Eagle

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Ellendale City Council

By SCOTT GROTH

Contributing Writer

The Ellendale City Council met Thursday March 27, with Mayor Swearingen, Councilmen Reiter, Lassahn and Groth present; absent was Councilman Goebel. Also attending the meeting: Clerk Hojberg, Assistant Clerk Zimprcih, Municipal Liquor Store Manager Pete Paulson and Maintenance Supervisor Josh Otto.

After approving the agenda as presented, the council heard from Clerk Hojberg. During her report, Hojberg told the council the numbers have been steady and improving at the Municipal Liquor Store. Discussion was held and council members felt this would be a good chance to move some monies that were borrowed during the remodeling process. A motion was made to repay $5,000 from the Liquor Store Fund to the General Fund. The motion was passed.

Congratulations to NRHEG's John Schultz and Grant Berg for being named the Section 2AA Head Coach and Assistant Coach of the Year! They are also in the running for the State Coach of the Year, which Coach Schultz received last year. John also will be honored as the Assistant Coach of the Year for football this weekend at the Annual Minnesota Football Coaches Assoc. Clinic.

Said NRHEG Athletic Director Dan Stork, "We are very fortunate to have such dedicated, hard working coaches representing NRHEG!"

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SO LONG, FANS - NRHEG girls' basketball seniors, from left: Paige Overgaard, Hannah Lundberg, Jade Schultz, Carlie Wagner (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)


By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

For upwards of an hour Saturday evening, Panther fans waited patiently in the high school gymnasium for their beloved girls.

Finally, the loud and colorful caravan - featuring fire trucks from New Richland, Hartland, Ellendale and Geneva - rolled into town, carrying the not once but twice state champions.

The heroes were home.

Mark Domeier let people know it.

"Welcome to New Richland for our third annual welcome home celebration and your two-time state champion New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers!" exclaimed Domeier, NRHEG's basketball public address announcer.

NRHEG girls repeat as state champs

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NO. 1 AGAIN — The Panthers’ Carlie Wagner (3) signifies her team is No. 1 for the second year in a row after NRHEG defeated Kenyon-Wanamingo 71-61 for the Class AA girls’ state basketball championship at Williams Arena in Minneapolis Saturday, March 22. Also pictured for the Panthers is Anna Stork (11). (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)



Carlie again shatters state records, but it’s a team effort



By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

Happy or sad?

The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers couldn't seem to decide. So they were both - with the ledger visibly tilted to the happy side.

The Panthers completed an amazing, improbable, history making two-year run at Williams Arena in Minneapolis Saturday, winning their second consecutive Minnesota Class AA state girls' basketball championship. The Panthers, rated No. 1 in the state all season and seeded No. 1 in the state tournament, defeated No. 2 seed Kenyon-Wanamingo 71-61 for the title, finishing the season with a 61-game winning streak. The Panthers finished 31-0. Kenyon-Wanamingo wound up 31-2, its only losses to NRHEG.

"In 20, 30 years, these girls will be coming back to Williams Arena as legends,” said Panthers coach John Schultz. “To win a state championship, that's one thing. But to do it back-to-back, it's unheard of."


New Richland City Council

By JESSICA LUTGENS

Contributing Writer

The New Richland City Council held its second meeting of March Monday evening. The meeting began early, and those interested were given a short tour of the new fire department building at 6:15. The meeting was then called to order, and all members were present.

The agenda was approved, then the consent agenda, with slight adjustments.

Before the reports were presented, the Council reviewed Resolution No. 14-07, which will set a date for a hearing on Jones, Haugh and Smith’s proposed assessment prepared after receipt of the acceptable bid for the upcoming improvements of 3rd Street/County Road 12. They agreed to decide the date of the hearing at the next council meeting.

The Care Center report was up first. The hiring of an interim MDS Coordinator was approved, and it was explained that said person will be employed at the Care Center for one to two months at $90/hour.

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