Award winners were announced for 2016-17 NRHEG High School winter sports at the annual ceremony Sunday, April 9.

They were, by sport:

 

Boys’ Basketball

• Panther Award — Oakley Baker

• Best Defensive Player — Tyler Raimann

• Most Improved — Jason Jongbloedt

• Practice Player — Benji Lundberg

• All-conference — Chad Agrimson, Baker, Lundberg, Raimann

• Captains — Agrimson, Baker, Raimann

• Gopher Conference Academic Award (3.6-4.0 GPA) — Baker, Lundberg, Sam Prigge, Jack Schultz, Nathaniel Techau

• MSHSL Spotlight on Scholarship (3.0-3.59 GPA) — Agrimson, Baker, Gabe Dahle, Jongbloedt, Lundberg, Prigge, Raimann, Jacob Schuller, Schultz, Techau, Jerret Utpadel

 

Wrestling

• Most Valuable — Cole Staloch

• Most Wins — Staloch, 19

• Most Falls — Staloch, 13

• Most Team Points — Staloch, 96

• Most Takedowns — Brett Kubiatowicz, 33

• Most Improved — Tyler Jacobson

• All-conference — Jacobson; honorable mention — Staloch

• Gopher Conference Academic Award — Agro Gushwa, Jacobson, Nick Petsinger, Clay Stenzel

• MSHSL Spotlight on Scholarship — Alex Buckmeier, Gushwa, Jacobson, Petsinger, Ralph Roesler, Staloch, Stenzel, Chad Erickson, Brendon Strand

• Captain — Staloch

• Ironman Club — Nick Staloch, Petsinger, Quinten Arndt, Strand, Mason Okland, Cole Staloch (3X), Kubiatowicz (4X), Jacobson (5X), coach Nate Jensen (6X).

 

Girls’ Basketball

• Most Valuable — Marnie Wagner

• Rebound Award — Betsy Schoenrock

• Most Improved — Schoenrock

• Practice Player — Grace Johns

• Captains — Marnie Wagner, Maddie Wagner, Collins

 

Cheerleading

• Most Valuable Cheerleader — Bri Podratz-Waters

• Most Improved — Natalia Galindo

• Most Valuable Flyer — Laura Worrell

• Most Valuable Bases — Taytum Ihrke, Sydney Schlinger

• Most Valuable Back — Tali Wayne

• Most Spirited — Kyra Possin

• Senior Spirit Sticks — Podratz-Waters, Grace Lewison, CeCe Torp