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Wagner named 2014 Minnesota Miss Basketball

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NRHEG High School senior Carlie Wagner (3) is greeted by family members and friends after she was announced Minnesota's Miss Basketball 2014 Saturday afternoon at Carleton College in Northfield. (Star Eagle photo by Jim Lutgens)

Senior takes four firsts as NRHEG boys’ track team hosts invitational


By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

T.J. Schiltz made the most of the final appearance on his home track.

The NRHEG High School senior won two events and ran in two first-place relays last Thursday as the boys’ track and field team took second in its own invitational.

Schiltz, looking to cap a stellar career as as the most prolific distance runner ever at NRHEG, won one of his specialties, the 1600 meters, in 4:43, and cleared 5-4 for first in the high jump. He anchored the first-place 4x800 relay team that included Tyler Schlaak, John Cole and Spencer Tollefson, and joined Adam Anderson, Raece Johnson and Schlaak to win the 4x400.

Cordell Peterson captured the Panthers’ other first, clearing 9-6 in the pole vault.

Senior breaks record, wins three events in invitational


By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

Apparently, nobody talked to Carlie Wagner about peaking too early in the track and field season. Perhaps nobody needed to.

The senior was in midseason — if not postseason — form at the NRHEG Invitational last Thursday, setting a school record and winning three events as the Panthers took second in their only home meet of the season.

“The girls did a fantastic job tonight,” said NRHEG coach Duey Ferber. “It was a total team effort.”

But Wagner was the standout.