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By JIM LUTGENS
Sports Editor
The NRHEG High School volleyball team dropped a 3-2 marathon match to Medford Tuesday, Sept. 19 in the Panthers' gym. The final tally in favor of the Tigers was 25-18, 14-25, 25-9, 25-18 and, in game five, 15-13.
"Unfortunately, we did not come out with the victory, but I was happy with what I was seeing on the court," said NRHEG coach Ashley Tolzman. "In four out of the five games, we were covering the court and the girls were pulling together and working as a team. I am proud of my team."
Individually for the Panthers: Gabby Schlaak 4 kills, 1 block, 17 digs; Camryn VanMaldeghem 6 kills, 5 blocks, 4 digs; Elsie Schultz 5 digs; Tayler Schmidt 7 kills, 1 block, 14 digs; Hallie Schultz 20 set assists, 1 kills, 5 blocks, 14 digs; Erin Peterson 2 digs; Keira Lenort 2 kills, 3 blocks, 2 digs; Madi Murray 2 kills, 2 blocks; Faith Neisen 34 digs.
The Panthers traveled to Wells Saturday, Sept. 23 for the USC Invitational, where they played some pretty good volleyball.
The locals dominated Blue Earth Area 2-0 in the opener, winning 25-12, 25-12. Then came a tough 2-0 loss to Minnesota Valley Lutheran, which defeated the Panthers 25-19, 25-22. The Panthers bounced back to beat USC 2-1, with game scores of 23-25, 27-25, 15-13. NRHEG dropped its final match 2-0 to Blooming Prairie. Game scores were 25-22, 25-21.
The Panthers, 2-2 in the Gopher Conference, ran their overall record to 5-5.
The Panthers played Tuesday, Sept. 26 against Tri-City United at New Richland. They host Blooming Prairie Sept. 28 and play Tuesday, Oct. 3 at Hayfield.
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By JIM LUTGENS
Sports Editor
There's a saying on a popular Twin Cities sports radio station whenever a pair of undefeated - or winless - teams square off: "Somebody's 'O' has got to go."
That was the situation as the 0-2 NRHEG High School football team hosted 0-2 St. Clair/Mankato Loyola Friday, Sept. 22.
Unfortunately, the Panthers' 'O' is still intact.
The visitors scored 10 first-quarter points and handed the Panthers a 17-0 setback on a rain-soaked field in New Richland.
"We had a tough time in the rain moving the ball and the Spartans were able to use some good breaks to their advantage," said NRHEG coach Marc Kruger.
Among them were a big pass on a broken play that led to a touchdown, a safety on a bad punt snap, and a blocked punt to set up another touchdown.
"They did a great job at the end of the game keeping the ball away from us with some ground and pound," said Kruger. "We will look to get some things figured out for Medford next week."
The Spartans' first score came on a 4-yard pass, after which they were successful on a two-point conversion. The safety, on which the Panther punter was tackled in the end zone, made it 10-0 at the end of the first period.
It remained that way until the Spartans scored on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter. The PAT kick was good.
The Panthers were limited to 36 offensive plays to the Spartans' 59. NRHEG was outgained 231-104 in total yards, including 156-24 rushing, and managed only four first downs. The Panthers also fumbled twice, with the visitors recovering each time.
Quarterback Alden Dobberstein passed for 80 yards while going 9-for-17 with two interceptions. He led NRHEG with 33 yards rushing. Jaylin Raab caught three passes for 52 yards, Sam Olson three for 23.
Jace Ihrke led the NRHEG defense with eight tackles, four of them for losses, and one sack. Dillon Parpart had seven tackles, Raab five.
The Panthers had a rough night punting the ball, averaging 26 yards in four tries.
The Panthers will try again for a win Friday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. at Medford. The Tigers are also 0-4 after being blanked 29-0 by USC last week.
The next week, NRHEG hosts WEM (1-3) for homecoming.
St. Clair/Loyola 17, NRHEG 0
SC/ML 10 0 0 7 — 17
NRHEG 0 0 0 0 — 0
First Quarter
SCML — Ward 4 pass from Blount (two-point conversion successful
SC/ML — Safety
Second Quarter
No scoring
Third Quarter
No scoring
Fourth Quarter
SC/ML — Kruse 1 run (Schimek kick)
SC/ML NRHEG
Total plays 59 36
First downs 11 4
Rushing 156 24
Passing 5-11-0 9-17-2
Passing Yds. 75 80
Total offense 231 104
Third down 6-12 1-7
Fourth down 0-2 1-3
Fumbles lost 0 2
Penalties 9-66 7-16
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing – NRHEG: Dobberstein 4-33; Cromwell 3-9; Olson 1-2; Raab 6 —4; Roesler 1 —16; SC/ML: Bade 10-74; Kruse 16-40; Lentz 3 —4; Blount 1 —8; Rest of team 10-54
Passing – NRHEG: Dobberstein 0-17-2, 80; SC/ML: Blount 5-11-0, 75
Receiving – NRHEG: Raab 3-52; Olson 3-23; Knudson 1-3; Roesler 1-2; SC/ML: Ward 5-75
NRHEG Defense – Ihrke 8 solo tackles, 1 sack; Parpart 7 solo tackles; Raab 5 solo tackles, 1 assist; Cromwell 4 tackles; Flatland 3 tackles, 2 assists; Olson 3 tackles, 1 assist; Bartlett 2 tackles; Roesler 1 tackle; Schlaak 1 tackle; Degen 1 tackle, Baumann 1 tackle; Chrz 1 tackle; Jones 1 tackle; Staloch 1 assist; Miranda 1 assist; Flatness 1 assist; Rest of team 4 tackles, 1 assist
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The NRHEG High School cross country teams participated in the Blooming Prairie invitational on Tuesday, September 12.
On the girls' side, the team's top finisher was 7th-grader Julieann Wobbrock with a time of 24:00.5. That put her in fifth place overall and she won a T-shirt. She was followed by Annabelle Petsinger with a time of 26:36 (14th), Madison Corkill 28:42 (19th), Ella Jeno 29:59 (23rd) and Amelia Duryee with a time of 36:32 (34th).
For the boys, Devon Nelton took second overall with a time of 19:49, garnering him a shirt as well. Jackson McGannon had a time of 23:10 (17th), Owen Flatland 26:26 (32nd)
"This was a big day for our younger runners as they all were running at the varsity level for the first time," said NRHEG coach Larry Nydegger. "It was nice to have the girls' team able to compete and be scored. And they did a great job, taking fourth place out of six teams scored."
After hosting a home meet Tuesday, Sept. 19, the Panthers are off until Thursday, Sept. 28 when they run at Janesville's Prairie Ridge Golf Course.