NRHEG Star Eagle

137 Years Serving the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Area
Newspaper of Record for NRHEG School District
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PO Box 248 • New Richland, MN 56072

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By DALE KUGATH

Sportswriter

NEW RICHLAND – Returning to action after a two week break, the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva wrestling squad won two of three matches Friday in only its second home appearance of the season. 

Blue Earth soundly defeated the Panthers, but NRHEG bounced back to defeat St. Clair and Triton. 

Coach Shaun Larson’s Panthers are now 8-5 for the year. 


Gopher Conference Boys’ Basketball

Conf Ovr

NRHEG 3-0 8-1

Blooming Prairie 2-1 6-2

USC 2-1 6-2

WEM 2-1 7-4

Faribault BA 2-1 4-3

Maple River 1-2 4-6

Randolph 0-3 3-6

Medford 0-3 2-5


By DALE KUGATH

Sportswriter

ST. PETER – The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva girls’ basketball team breezed to the championship at the St. Peter Holiday Tournament Friday and Saturday. 

The Panthers destroyed Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in the opening round and romped past host St. Peter in the championship tilt. 

A year ago, NRHEG defeated Hutchinson and Bemidji to win the same championship. 

The top-ranked Panthers are 7-0 this season, including four road wins. 

GFW

The Panthers hit their top point total of the season as they raced past GFW 97-39 in Friday afternoon’s opening round. The Thunderbirds slipped to 2-4 with the loss