By JIM LUTGENS
Sports Editor
A lightning delay led to Saturday's NRHEG home football opener to be called early.
It was probably just as well.
The Panthers moved the ball better than last week, but could not find the end zone and couldn't contain Norwood-Young America in a 34-0 setback in New Richland.
"It was a tough loss," said NRHEG coach Marc Kruger.
But the coach did cite some highlights for the Panthers, mainly the passing of junior quarterback Alden Dobberstein.
"The Central Raiders are a very
strong team that gave us a lot of trouble," said Krueger. "We had some highlights in the passing game, specifically Alden being able to find tight end George Roesler a few times. Norwood-Young America's front line was very big and played very well."
Kruger said the team had issues with statistics and he had none to report.
The Panthers, 0-2, have another Saturday game this week as they host Mayer Lutheran at 1 p.m. Sept. 16 in New Richland.