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After win over St. Clair, offense struggles with WEM, BP
HARD TO THE HOOP — NRHEG’s Ryan Patraw (5) goes hard to the basket while St. Clair’s Brandon Freitag (11) defends during nonconference boys’ basketball at New Richland last week. The Panthers beat St. Clair 75-64, but went on lose to WEM and Blooming Prairie to drop out of the top spot in the conference for the first time all season. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
What a difference a week can make.
One week ago the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva boys’ basketball team was on top of the Gopher Conference as the league’s only undefeated team.
One week later the Panthers have dropped into third place after conference losses to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown and Blooming Prairie.
NRHEG started the week with a non-conference win over St. Clair.
The Panthers are 5-2 in conference play, trailing WEM and USC by one game. NRHEG is 11-4 overall.
St. Clair
NEW RICHLAND – NRHEG got the week started right with a 75-64 victory over St. Clair in New Richland Jan. 13.
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NRHEG girls to face Washburn Saturday at Owatonna
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva girls’ basketball team finally had a test … and passed it.
The Panthers, who had not played a game closer than 14 points all season, earned a seven-point victory over second-ranked Kenyon-Wanamingo last Thursday.
It was back to normal one night later as NRHEG crushed Randolph by 45 points on the road.
The Panthers improved to 5-0 in the Gopher Conference and 11-0 for the year. NRHEG, the top-ranked Class AA school in the state, has won 41 straight games over the past two seasons.
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Boys' basketball
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
NEW RICHLAND – The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva boys’ basketball team remained the only undefeated team in Gopher Conference play.
The Panthers bounced back from a loss to Hayfield to bounce the Randolph Rockets 75-45 in New Richland Friday.
The Rockets dropped their fifth straight conference game and fell to 4-8 for the year.
NRHEG, which defeated Randolph 69-53 and 77-59 last season, climbed to 5-0 in the Gopher and 10-2 overall.