By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

NRHEG 2011-12 winter sports award winners were announced during the annual awards ceremony last Tuesday in the NRHEG High School gymnasium in New Richland.

They were, by sport:

Boys’ Basketball

• Panther Award — Carter Tollefson

• Most Improved Player — Tyler Sorenson

• Practice Player Award — Spencer Hanna

• Defensive Player of the Year — Lucas Meyer

• All-conference — Matt Carlson; honorable mention — Sorenson, Sam Lundberg

Girls’ Basketball

• MVP — Carlie Wagner

• Most Improved Player — Hannah Lundberg

• Lunch Pail Award — Lundberg

• Practice Player Award — Tori Raimann

• Rebound Award — Anna Schlaak

• Captains Award — Schlaak, Raimann

• All-conference — Schlaak, Wagner, Jade Schultz; honorable mention — Raimann, Katie Cole

• NRHEG all-time scoring record (1,700), single-season record (956), state tournament single-game record (48), state-tournament total record (112) — Wagner

• NRHEG all-time leading rebounder (1,024), single-season record for rebounds (325) —  Schlaak

• All-state tournament team — Wagner, Schlaak

• All-state — Wagner

NRHEG coaches John Schultz and Grant Berg were named Section 2AA Girls’ Basketball Head and Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively.

Wrestling

• Most Valuable — Dustin Esplan

• Most Improved — Dylan Kubiatowicz

• Most Team Points — Esplan

• Most Takedowns — Esplan

• Most Falls — Esplan

• Most Wins — Esplan

• All-conference — Dustin Esplan, David Lassahn, Matt Dahle, Jacob Staloch, Seth Petranek; honorable mention — Nathan Krohn, Brandon LeBlanc

• All-state — Esplan, Petranek

• 100th Pin Award — Dahle

• Iron Man Award — David Lassahn, Esplan, Staloch, Petranek, Dustin Burshem, Dillon Parpart, Tyler Holz, Jade Waltz, Geoff Ramaker, Cole Lenort, Kubiatowicz, Sam Jewett

Cheerleading

• Most Valuable — Tiara Robran

• Most Spirited — Kiley Beenken, Maddy Schwierjohann

• Most Valuable Back — Michaela Hansen

• Most Valuable Base — Dana Jensen, Robran

• Most Valuable Flyer — Lexi Wayne

• Most Improved — Stormi Hagen

• Senior Spirit Sticks — Hansen, Wayne, Hailey Johnson, Harlee Vokoun, Robran