NRHEG sports

The NRHEG trap shooting team moved into first place in their conference two weeks into the season. The Panthers also have one of the top 20 shooters in the state.

The baseball field in New Richland will take on a new identity Saturday when it is becomes Jeff Reese Field in honor of the longtime coach.

The Owatonna girls lacrosse team continued their season-opening winning streak with a 13-3 victory in the rain at Rochester JM on Saturday afternoon.

NRHEG baseball and softball won their games Thursday by the same score of 9-4. The baseball Panthers beat Blooming Prairie, while their softball counterparts topped St. Clair.

Cobra football coach Don Henderson, former NRHEG wrestling coach Paul Cyr and Blooming Prairie graduate Paul Vaith will be honored for their work with prep athletes.

It's not how you start but how you finish. Each of the favorites got off to a slow start in Thursday's South Subsection 2AA semifinals. WEM and NRHEG rallied for victories.

The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva basketball teams are coming off a good week of action after they each lost consecutive games the week before.

Regulation wasn't enough for a couple of teams in holiday tournaments Monday. Owatonna High School boys hockey lost 2-1 to Hudson, Wis., while the NRHEG girls rallied past Mayer Lutheran 62-55.

The Huskies lost to Big Nine champ Rochester Mayo 3-1 in the 1AAA section semifinals. NRHEG fell to HVL champ Kenyon-Wanamingo 3-0 in the 2AA South Subsection final.

Huskies volleyball goes to Rochester Mayo on Thursday night at 7PM for a 1AAA semifinal. The Panthers face Kenyon-Wanamingo at MSU-Mankato at 6PM in a subsection final.