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Waseca Bluejays // JWP Bulldogs // NRHEG Panthers // WEM Buccaneers

Dropping the Puck on Winter2015-16 Winter Sports Preview

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Story IndexWaseca boys basketball ................................. 3JWP boys basketball ...................................... 4NRHEG boys basketball ................................ 5WEM boys basketball .................................... 6Waseca girls basketball .................................. 7JWP girls basketball ...................................... 8NRHEG girls basketball ................................ 9WEM girls basketball .................................. 10Waseca boys hockey ..................................... 11Waseca girls hockey ..................................... 12Waseca gymnastics ...................................... 13Waseca wrestling ......................................... 14NRHEG Wrestling ....................................... 15WEM/JWP Wrestling .................................. 16Team rosters ................................................ 17Schedules ..................................................... 18

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Bluejays are matchup nightmare for teamsKEY PLAYERS

Nick Dufault, senior guard — A three-year starter and all-conference selection, Dufault reached the 1,000 point mark last season and is dangerous at any point on the court. Dufault is lethal from outside as well as driving to the basket.

Jake Guse, junior center — Guse is a nightmare for op-posing teams. At 6-foot-8, the junior’s size, as well as his abil-ity to run the court with anyone could lead to teams avoiding the paint at all costs.

Kaleb Nelson, junior for-ward — The third key com-ponent to Waseca’s offense is Nelson, who is an excellent compliment to Guse and Du-fault. Nelson’s size gives him an advantage over most at his position, allowing him to play on the perimeter or drive in the paint.

MOVED ONS h a n e S t r e i c h — A

1,000-point scorer, Streich was gifted at both ends of the court and started all four year in high

school.Isaac Highum — A two-

year letterwinner, Highum was a part of two Bluejays’ squads that won a combined 47 games.

NAMES TO WATCHElijah Carter, senior for-

ward — When both Guse and Carter (6-foot-6) are on the court, very few teams in Class AAA can match up in the paint. While his numbers aren’t al-ways eye-popping, Carter is a consistent team-leader in re-bounds night in and night out.

Malik Willingham, fresh-man guard — Coach Todd Dufault says that Willingham appears to be the next young Waseca player to contribute significantly. Just a freshman, Willingham provides a scoring threat off the bench that other teams don’t have.

SEASON OUTLOOKThe Bluejays are big.Whether it’s in the start-

ing lineup with Jake Guse and Elijah Carter or off the bench in Dakota Williamson, Waseca should hold a size advantage in nearly every game this season. Even forward Kaleb Nelson is listed at 6-foot-3, which is tall-er than what most opponents have at his position.

After gazing at its size be-fore games, opposing teams may overlook that the Blue-jays’ top returner is at guard. Nick Dufault returns for his fourth year as a starter and can take over games at any point.

Dufault can slash the lane if pressed on the perimeter or pull up for a jumper at any point. Dufault’s talent is rep-resented by his signing a let-ter of intent to play next year at Southwest Minnesota State University next year.

Coach Todd Dufault ex-pects to contend for both the Big South Conference champi-onship and section title. And while the conference title is certainly in the Bluejays’ view, a section championship be-came a little bit tough over the offseason when Waseca was moved up to Class AAA.

The Bluejays now sit in Sec-tion 2AAA, where Marshall, Mankato East and Mankato West contend. The change has led to Waseca playing a tougher schedule this season in order to prepare for the playoffs.

FROM THE COACH“We are young with not a

lot of experience but it’s a very unique group of kids that will be fun to watch develop. They really enjoy playing together and even though it may take some time to gain experience, this team has a chance to be pretty good after the first of the year.” — Todd Dufault

BY THE NUMBERS60 — Number of Waseca wins

Nick Dufault has been on3 — Returning seniors9 — New varsity players6-foot-4 — Average height of

Waseca’s �ve starters

Waseca Boys Basketball

Waseca junior Kaleb Nelson has proved through the �rst few games this season that he is one of the Bluejays’ top scoring threats. (County News �le photo)

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New-look Bulldogs replace nearly entire squadKEY PLAYERS

Brandon Sack, senior guard — Sack is one of the few players on the roster who saw extended playing time last season due to injuries. Through two games this season, Sack is proving to be the Bulldogs’ go-to scorer.

Jeremiah Sack, senior guard — Along with his cousin Brandon, Jer-emiah Sack also earned some limited varsity experience last season in four starts. Also like Brandon, Jeremiah should see a major rise in his numbers as a full-time starter.

MOVED ONEveryone — The Bulldogs lost nine

seniors from last year’s team, which is nearly an entire roster for some squad. Gone are Ricky Johnson and Kyle Fisel, who were both 1,000-point scorers. Gone is Jordan Richardson, who led the Bulldogs in assists, as well as Tristan Kroll and his 17 points per game.

NAMES TO WATCHAlex Kjolstad, junior forward —

Standing 6-foot-3, Kjolstad is the Bull-dogs’ biggest threat in the paint. And while JWP will most likely spread the floor, Kjolstad will be relied upon to crash the boards.

Tom Gannon, junior guard — While Gannon didn’t see varsity action last season, one would be hard-pressed to think he won’t stand out. The ultra-athletic junior had standout seasons in football and baseball, and basketball should be no exception.

SEASON OUTLOOKJWP is essentially starting over.The Bulldogs lost their entire

starting lineup, as well as bench players and role fillers. When Ted Hammond was asked at the end of

last season where he sees the team in 2015-16, he simply didn’t know be-cause there won’t be any varsity ex-perience to be found. The stats back that up.

Simply put, JWP averaged 60

points per game as a team last year. Players scoring 57 of those points graduated. The Bulldogs hauled down 730 total rebounds last season and 670 of those boards are gone.

And with no players taller than 6-foot-3, the Bulldogs will find them-selves in trouble when faced with stel-lar centers.

But what JWP does have is an in-credibly deep selection at the guard position. Coach Hammond wants to press teams into submission and the Bulldogs are fully equipped to run that game plan. JWP’s three returning letterwinners — Walker Miller, Jer-emiah Sack and Brandon Sack — all play the guard position. Tom Gan-non, Josh Janike, Corbyn Burley and Quincey Stencel can all rotate in as well, which means the Bulldogs might run a few teams right out of the gym this season with small a small lineup.

Hammond said the team’s early goal is for a winning season, which hasn’t happened at JWP since 2008. The Bulldogs came two wins away f rom that feat last year. Expect Mankato Loyola and United South Central to return strong teams in both the conference and section, as well as Bulldogs’ rival St. Clair.

FROM THE COACH“It’s your attitude, not your aptitude,

that determines your altitude in life.” — Ted Hammond

BY THE NUMBERS8 — New varsity players0 — Returning starters4 — Wins on the road last year

JWP Boys Basketball

JWP’s Ricky Johnson was a 1,000 point scorer for the Bulldogs and part of last year’s large senior class (County News � le photo)

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Panthers’ length could lead to late-season runKEY PLAYERS

Oakley Baker, junior guard— With the loss of Spencer Tollefson, this is Baker’s year to take over NRHEG’s scoring du-ties full time. Baker averaged 15 points per game last season and is just 110 points away from reaching the 1,000-point mark.

Tyler Raimann, junior cen-ter — NRHEG’s most improved player last year, Raimann is back for his junior year, and at 6-foot-7, the center is a force for the Panthers on the inside.

MOVED ONSpencer Tollefson — Tollef-

son le� a gaping hole for NRHEG to � ll this year. Now playing at Rochester Community and Tech-nical College, Tollefson averaged 18 points and � ve rebounds per game.

Kevin Kalis — In the paint, Kalis nearly averaged a double-double in his � nal two years as a true center with the Panthers.

NAMES TO WATCHJohn Cole, senior forward

— While Cole averaged 5 points per game last year, his numbers should improve with a larger role in the starting lineup this season.

Chad Agrimson, junior guard — The only returning guard besides Baker, Agrimson is an athletic guard that, like Cole, should boost his 3 points per game from last year with more minutes.

SEASON OUTLOOKThe NRHEG boys basket-

ball program has evolved to the point where it can sustain sig-nificant losses and still remain

afloat.Such is the case for the up-

coming season. The Panthers lose four three-year starters from last season to gradua-tion, but return perhaps the best guard in the entire Gopher Conference and four other key reserves from a team that won 23 games.

After patiently waiting his turn to take over the team since joining the regular varsity ro-tation two years ago, junior Oakley Baker emerges as the unquestioned centerpiece of the offense.

Listed by coach Pat Churchill at 6-foot-5, he’s a matchup nightmare for most defenders in the Gopher Conference. The off-guard — who averaged 15 points and five rebounds per game last season — has a sweet stroke from the outside and will be asked to handle the ball more than ever before in 2015-16.

The Panthers don’t have much size coming off the bench with only one of the seven pro-jected newcomers standing tall-er than 6-0, so Baker could shift to the frontcourt if Churchill de-cides to go with a smaller lineup.

NRHEG’s emergence as a recent Gopher Conference con-tender is based largely on the fact that most of the players in the program don’t hang up their sneakers in the offseason. Ac-cording to Churchill, nine indi-viduals participated in AAU in the summer.

FROM THE COACH“We expect to be competi-

tive in a very tough conference. We lost four three-year starters and realize that we have a lot of experience that has le� but we feel that we have a lot of potential and feel we will be in the thick of things at the end of the year.” — Pat Churchill

BY THE NUMBERS4 — Returning letterwinners44 — Points per game lost to

graduation0 — Wins in three games

against section foe Maple River

NRHEG Boys Basketball

LEFT: Panthers’ forward John Cole is part of a long front court that should lead to plenty of success this season. RIGHT: NRHEG’s Oakley Baker looks to lead the Panthers scoring attack after averaging 15 points per game last year. (County News � le photos)

NRHEG’s John Cole should have a larger role in the Panthers’ lineup as a starter this year. (People’s Press � le photo)

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Bucs look poised to make another section runKEY NAMES

Zac Olson, junior forward — Olson was named all-con-ference and to the first-team WCN All-Area team en route to leading the Bucs in scoring and rebounding. As a sopho-more, Olson finished with more points than anyone in the area while grabbing nearly 11 re-bounds per game.

Kallen Dorenkemper, se-nior guard — After finishing second on the team in scoring last year with 348 points, Do-renkemper should become a larger focal point in the offense this season.

Ty ler Tegmeier, s enior guard — Tegmeier is a true point guard, handling the ball on nearly every possession, the senior led the team in assists last season.

MOVED ONCole Pope — One of the bet-

ter pure shooters in the area, Pope � nished with just over 16 points per game in nearly 1,000 minutes of playing time.

NAMES TO WATCH Dallas McBroom, junior

guard — While McBroom wasn’t featured in the team’s of-fense last season, another year under his belt could provide the experience for a breakout season.

Logan Sendle, junior guard— Through two games, Sen-dle has established himself as a starter this season and is poised for a major role running the of-fense.

SEASON OUTLOOK

Make no mistake about it, Water vi l le-Elysian-Morris-town is loaded.

The Bucs return nearly every starter to a lineup that won 19 games last season and perhaps improved its depth as well.

Leading WEM is perhaps the best player in the area in Zac Olson. The 6-foot-5 for-ward is just a junior and only getting better after leading the team in scoring last season.

Behind Olson is a talented starting lineup that includes Tyler Tegmeier running the point and Kallen Dorenkem-per driving the lane. While the Bucs may run into trouble with bigger teams on the inside, Ol-son can play with anyone in the point.

WEM is one of the favorites to win the Gopher Conference and Section 2AA. With that said, both the conference and section are loaded with New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva and Maple River once again returning talented teams.

FROM THE COACH“So now we’ve got a ways,

we’ve got to get better somehow. Right now we’re just looking to make ourselves better.” — Jeff Wagner

BY THE NUMBERS19 — Points per game for Zac

Olson, one of the highest averages in the area.

2008 — � e last time WEM � nished with a losing record

WEM Boys Basketball

TOP: WEM’s Zac Olson (34) is a beast in the middle for the Bucs, leading the team in scoring last season. LEFT: Dallas McBroom provides a scoring punch o� the bench.(Daily News � le photo)

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Young Bluejays squad will need to replace 14 years of varsity experienceKEY NAMES

Taylor Hiller, sophomore guard — With the loss of Mikayla Rolling at guard, Waseca turns to Hiller to lead the team at the point. Coach Joan Conway says Hiller has the basketball IQ and leadership to take over at a crucial position.

Madison Gehlo� , freshman forward — Just a freshman, Gehlo� was relied on at both ends of the � oor and that role should grow this year. � e uber-athletic forward spent her o� season in the weight room and should come in at top-notch shape.

Aubrey Highum, senior forward — As the team’s lone returning post player, Highum will take over duties in the pain full time this year. One of just two seniors, Highum will be relied on as a leader both on and o� the court.

MOVED ONMikayla Rolling — � e school record

holder in steals, Rolling was a 1,000-point scorer, three-year starter and two-time captain.

Kirstin Simmons — A two-year starter for the Bluejays, Simmons was a force inside and sits No. 4 on the school’s career rebound list.

Katie Tlusty — � e team’s MVP last season, Tlusty was a three-year starter

and multi-sport MVP at the school.Sam Hiller — Consistently asked

to guard an opponent’s top player, the Bluejays will miss Hiller’s defensive ca-pabilities.

NAMES TO WATCHAllison Breck, senior guard — � e

Bluejays’ other senior improved her shooting and rebounding over the o� -season according to Conway and enters in top shape coming o� a stellar cross-country season.

Emily and Breanna Karsten — With

multiple guard spots to � ll in the rota-tion, Conway said both Karsten’s should show improved games with more consis-tent minutes.

SEASON OUTLOOKAs far as the Bluejays’ starting lineup is

concerned, Waseca should be able to hang with most teams in Class AAA. Its the team’s depth where the questions remain heading into a new season in a new section.

� at wasn’t neccessarily the case last season when the team was led by four ex-ceptional starting seniors in Mikayla Roll-

ing, Kirstin Simmons, Katie Tlusty and Sam Hiller, which allowed most of this year’s squad to � ll o� the bench.

Aubrey Highum is back for her senior season to lead a young Bluejays’ bench coming o� the school’s best season ever. Filling starter roles for Waseca should be freshman stud Madison Gehloff and sophomore Taylor Hiller, as well as the Karsten twins.

� is season, Waseca moves over to Sec-tion 2AAA, which is both a blessing and a curse for the Bluejays. On one hand, Wase-ca escapes Section 1AAA, where Kasson-Mantorville has dominated for the previ-ous two seasons. On the other, the Bluejays move to Marshall’s section, a team that has a 59-5 record the last two years.

What should help Waseca come play-o� s is an improved schedule that features six section opponents and the inclusion of two tournaments.

FROM THE COACH“We will be challenged playing a dif-

� cult schedule. Our goal is to be play-ing our best in February and March. We experience true postseason basketball last year for the � rst time and would love the opportunity to play in those games again.” — Joan Conway

BY THE NUMBERS1 — Returning starter23 — Wins for the Bluejays last sea-

son, a school record.

Waseca girls basketball

ABOVE: Breanna Karsten will should show improved play with more consis-tent minutes with the Bluejays this season. RIGHT: Aubrey Highum’s post game and leadership will be key to Bluejays’ success this season. (County News � le photo)

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Loaded senior class leads lady BulldogsKEY PLAYERS

Han n a h O l s on , s en i or guard — Olson, who scored her 1,000th point last year and is back to lead the Bulldogs as a senior. The senior averaged 19 points per game last season and should approach that number again without Kennedy Strauss in the offense.

Kaley Anderson, senior guard — Despite her height, 5-foot-1, Anderson doesn’t back down on the court. The senior guard is the team’s top returning player besides Olson and should be a large part of the offense moving forward.

MOVED ONKennedy Strauss — Argu-

ably one of best players in the school’s history, Strauss fin-ished with nearly 20 points per game last season and grabbed 348 rebounds in her career.

NAMES TO WATCHG a b b i e Ha g e n , s e n i o r

guard — Coach Kirsten Prunty

said Hagen has put in the time this summer improving her game and she expects her to have a breakout season.

Brielle Cords, sophomore forward — Following a volley-ball season in which she gained varsity experience and confi-

dence, Cords is a post player to keep an eye on. Prunty says the sophomore has strengthened her fundamentals and become a pure shooter in the offseason.

SEASON OUTLOOKThe JWP girls basketball

team has the same advantage the Bulldogs’ boys team had last year — experience.

JWP returns eight seniors and nine players to its varsity roster, something a lot of sim-ilar-sized schools wont have as the season starts.

That also makes life easier for coach Kirsten Prunty, who is in her first year with the Bulldogs. Prunty said she’s fortunate to come to a team that has played together for so many years. The new coach comes with some experience as

well, having been an assistant at Nicollet, Austin, Mankato West and Minnesota State University, Mankato girls basketball pro-grams.

Without a l l -conference player Kennedy Strauss, this is Hannah Olson’s team to lead offensively. Olson averaged 19 points per game last season and those numbers could rise with-out Strauss in the lineup.

Both Gabbie Hagen and Kaley Anderson’s numbers should rise with increased roles, as should Jill Wolff and Kylie Morton’s in the paint.

Off the bench, look for Kai-tlin Stankey to provide a spark as an experienced leader.

“As a student of the game, she (Stankey) brings a calm and methodical approach to the floor,” Prunty said.

Mankato Loyola remains the cream of the crop in both the Valley Conference and Section 2A as Lindsey Theuninck re-turns for her junior season.

FROM THE COACH“I am excited to be a part

of the JWP family. There is an energy with the program that comes from the community, ex-citement of the youth and the hunger of the high school girls.” — Kirsten Prunty

BY THE NUMBERS9 — Returning letterwinners1,181 — Points Kennedy

Strauss scored in her career2 — New varsity players

JWP Girls Basketball

JWP’s Kaley Anderson (14) and Kennedy Strauss were two of the team’s top players last season. Strauss graduated while Ander-son is back for her senior season. (County News � le photo)

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Lack of size forces Panthers to pick up paceKEY NAMES

Maddie and Marnie Wag-ner, sophomore guards — NRHEG’s junior twins guards are back after combining for more than 30 points per game last season for the Panthers. Having played on varsity since eighth grade, Maddie and Mar-nie bring experience and allow NRHEG to run at an incredible pace.

Gretchen Ramaker, junior guard — Ramaker was one of the Panthers’ top scoring threats behind the Wagners, averaging 5 points per game and more than three rebounds per game. Her strong efforts on the court were awarded with an all-conference award.

MOVED ONAnna Stork — Stork was

the Panthers’ top inside pres-ence last season and provided the size for NRHEG to score in the paint.

Ryann Hagen and Kelli Harrington — Both Harrington and Hagen were vital role play-ers for NRHEG last year, pro-viding depth and production

off the bench.

NAMES TO WATCHKayley Camerer, junior for-

ward — Without Stork, watch for Camerer to make the jump as the Panthers’ top inside scorer. As just a sophomore, Camerer grabber nearly five rebounds per game and more than five points.

R achel C ol l ins , juni or guard — While last season the Wagner twins served as the top distributors, Collins averaged an assist per game and that number will like rise this year with most playing time. The ju-nior guard earned an honorable mention nod last season as well.

SEASON OUTLOOKYou have to run with what

you’ve got.In Onika Peterson’s case,

this can be taken literally.Coaching a team that lacks

universal height up and down the roster, the second-year NRHEG girls basketball coach is going to deploy a fast-paced philosophy. The Panthers, who won back-to-back state cham-pionships in 2013 and 2014, have always flourished in an up-tempo style, but this season Peterson is going to crank up the speed to another level.

Peterson’s desire to run the floor is no doubt in part to compensate for her team’s lack of size, but she also has the per-sonnel to make it happen.

“Defensively, we need to be tough inside since we don’t have

the height,” Peterson said.Leading the way in 2015-16

will once again be a pair of dy-namic twin sisters in Maddie and Marnie Wagner. The two not only look almost exactly

alike, but their skill-sets are also eerily similar. Both can shoot from deep, drive to the basket and are equal-oppor-tunity distributors, averaging 3.3 and 3.1 assists per game,

respectively.With a pair of undisputed

go-to players in place, it will be up to a handful of returning letterwinners and newcomers to help elevate the team past

last year’s up-and-down 14-12 campaign.

Guard Gretchen Ramaker is the team’s top complimentary player coming back after aver-aging 5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.1 assists last year. Also returning are a pair of regular contributors Rachel Collins and Kayley Camerer. Collins will join the front line guard rotation while Camerer will serve as a valuable front-court contributor. In 2014-15, she averaged 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.

S oph i a F i s che r, Hai l e y Schuller and Emily Eder saw limited action last season and will have expanded roles this year.

In both Section 2AA and the Gopher Conference, Pan-thers’ rival Waterville-Elysian-Morristown looks to be the fa-vorite heading into the season. Norwood-Young America also returns a strong team to the section coming off last year’s 26-4 championship team.

FROM THE COACH“With our height, we need

to play fast and run the � oor as much as possible.” — Onika Pe-terson

BY THE NUMBERS8 — Returning letterwinners53 — Percentage of NRHEG’s

points scored by Maddie and Marnie Wagner

9-3 — Panthers’ 2014-15 Go-pher Conference record

NRHEG Girls Basketball

NRHEG’s Kayley Camerer will provide a post presence for the Panthers this season. (County News � le photo)

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Bucs size advantage could propel late playo� pushKEY NAMES

Tierney Winter, senior guard — Winter led the team last season in points scored, averaging 14 per game while hitting on nearly 52 percent of her shots. The senior guard was also the team’s top free-throw shooting, nailing over 70 percent from the line.

Erika Olson, senior forward — A force to be reakoned with on the in-side, Olson shot 42 percent from the field and pulled down a team-high 247 rebounds, which is nearly nine per contest.

Kate Masberg, junior guard — With Brooke Galler no longer at guard, Masberg will likely see her minutes rise. Even in limited action though, Masberg was third on the team in points as a sophomore.

MOVED ONBrooke Galler — Galler was the

team’s top 3-point shooter behind Mas-berg and � nished with 102 points and 57 assists last season.

NAMES TO WATCH Haley Domonoske, senior forward

— Domonoske’s size is such an advan-tage to the Bucs that’s it’s hard to think she won’t improve on a year in which she shot 51 percent from the field and grabbed 131 rebounds.

RaeAhna Harmon, senior guard — At a listed 5-foot-8, Harmon is tall-

er than most opposing guards. That gives her an advantage that allowed her to earn 44 steals and score just under 4 points per game.

SEASON OUTLOOKIt was a given that the Buccaneers’

state volleyball championship run would disrupt the girls’ basketball team’s early schedule.

Simply changing gears so quickly from one start to the next hasn’t nec-essarily been the biggest challenge for the volleyball players, either.

“It’s mainly we just want a break,” senior Erika Olson said. “But that doesn’t fly with [coach Gabe] Hauer. We’re looking forward to a good sea-son, ready to work hard.”

Olson, along with Haley Domono-ske, RaeAhna Harmon, Kamryn Ken-dall are returning rotation players for the Bucs, but will take some time to get in basketball shape following the late finish to volleyball season.

The team’s also hoping some of that volleyball momentum can carry over into the hoops season. WEM returns lots of experience to the basketball team, and is coming off a season that ended in the sub-section title game.

“I’m hoping they can bring some skills and bring some luck over to our team, for sure,” senior Tierney Winter said. “Definitely helps that last year, we’re bringing back almost all five starters. Hopefully that can keep the experience and calm everyone down, do the best we can do.”

And even if things aren’t quite in sync early on, that’s OK for WEM. The Bucs’ ultimate goals can’t be achieved until later in the season anyway.

“I kind of told them, we need to be ready by March. That’s the main goal,” Hauer said. “If we’re not ready here early December, that’s all right.”

FROM THE COACH“We want to play our best basketball

in March. So hopefully that’s the mindset we’ll get.” — Gabe Hauer

BY THE NUMBERS1532 — Total points scored last sea-

son, over 200 more than opponents19 — Wins for WEM each of the past

two seasons

WEM Girls Basketball

WEM’s Tierney Winter is the team’s top returning player this season, averaging 14 points per game with the Bucs in 2014-15. (County News � le photo)

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Richard Volkmer, senior for-ward — A cerebral player, according to coach Chris Storey, Volkmer is the only returning first liner as well as on the power play. Volkmer, a senior captain, totaled 11 goals and 12 assists last season.

Collin Volkman, senior forward — Now in his third year on varsity, Volkman steps into a leadership role this year as one of just five seniors.

Thomas Stroda, senior forward — The third Stroda brother to move through the Bluejays’ program, Thom-as Stroda, along with Volkman, is an experienced penalty killer and will be relied upon in a leadership role.

MOVED ONCody Ulfers — With 39 goals,

Ulfers ended his varsity career third on the school’s all-time scorers list.

JP Eykyn — Eykyn was a speedy forward for the Bluejays, racking up 41 total points and moving on to play with the La Crosse Freeze in the NA3HL.

KEEP YOUR EYE ONAndrew Weber, junior goaltender

— Storey believes Weber should chal-lenge as one of the top goaltenders in the conference and section. With large size for a goalie, Weber has proven to be an athletic goaltender in net.

SEASON OUTLOOKThe Bluejays’ have big shoes to fill

both in quantity and quality.Last year’s senior class was not only

large (10) but also talented, produc-ing the school’s first winning season since 2010-11. That means it’s likely coach Chris Storey will be looking for younger players to step up while going through some growing pains early on.

“This will be a year for a lot of new players to gain some valuable expe-rience on our varsity roster,” Storey said.

Will just four seniors in the line-up — including one on the defensive corps — the Bluejays will lean on a large junior class for much of its ros-ter. Richard Volkmer and Collin Volk-man each tallied goals in Waseca’s first game of the season and will likely lead the offense moving forward.

Junior Spencer Heitkamp spent the fall playing junior hockey with the Steele County Blades and could surprise on the offense as well with added experience.

Andrew Weber takes over in net and has the size to be successful. He could become the first goaltender in years to lead Waseca through multiple seasons.

Meanwhile, the questions on Wase-ca’s roster stem on the defensive side, where four juniors and a sophomore should get much larger roles than last year, particularly when it comes to playing time. Chet Miller is the team’s top returning defenseman while Nate

Nodquist is the lone senior on the blue line.

Much to the delight of section teams, perennial power New Prague has moved over to Section 2A, mean-ing postseason competition is bit more open. Look for Northfield to re-turn a strong team as well as Mankato

West, which is ranked just out of the top 10 to start the season.

FROM THE COACH“This team should prove to be very

hard working, and with time to grasp some system play, will be ready to gain some steam in the second half of the

season.” — Chris Storey

BY THE NUMBERS10 — Seniors lost to graduation13 — Last year’s win total, the

school’s most since 2008-093-5-1 — Waseca’s record versus

section opponents last year

Waseca Boys Hockey

Waseca’s Richard Volkmer played on both the � rst line and power play in his junior season with the Bluejays. (County News � le photo)

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Danni Dahms, sophomore goalten-der — � e heart and soul of the Bluejays lies in the net. Despite taking onslaughts of shot, Dahms posted a save percentage of 90 percent while allowing 3.96 goals per game. As Dahms goes, so do the Bluejays.

Anna Hoehn, senior forward — Hoehn is one of two seniors for the Bluejays this season and will provide leadership and six-years’ worth of varsity experience to Waseca’s front line. Hoehn’s o� ensive skills shouldn’t be overshadowed either, the senior � nished with a goal and assist in the Bluejays’ � rst game.

Maddy Knoll, senior defenseman — Similar to Hoehn, Knoll in entering her sixth season on varsity and will captain the Bluejays from the blue line. Because of her o� ensive history, watch for Knoll to step up and make plays with the wing-ers as well.

MOVED ONMackenzie Jorgenson — Jorgenson

was the lone senior and starter the Blue-jays lost from last season. Jorgenson was a role player on the blue line that played � ve years on varsity.

KEEP YOUR EYE ONRiley Brown and Hailie Tegmeier,

sophomore forwards — The Bluejays’ leading scorers from Waterville-Elysian-Morristown are back this season to pace the o� ense. Brown � nished with nine goals and four assists while Tegmeier had eight goals

and four assists.Jayde Pederson, eighth-grade forward

— In her � rst year on the varsity team, Ped-erson has the speed and skill to lead the Bluejays’ o� ense for years to come.

SEASON OUTLOOKWaseca coach Kyle Collins will once

again have his hands full with a team that features just � ve upperclassmen. � e good news is that nearly the entire roster

returns from last season with another year of experience under its belt.

Goaltender Danni Dahms is back in net to lead the team a� er earning her sec-ond-straight Big South All-Conference honor last year during the Bluejays’ 6-19 campaign. Between Dahms and senior captain Maddy Knoll on the blue line, Waseca’s defense should be solid. If the Bluejays can get enough scoring to stay with teams, Waseca should be in the con-

ference mix come season’s end.The Big South Conference is fairly

open this year as it was last year. Look for Luverne and New Ulm to return strong teams yet again. Waseca faces a tall task is Section 1A though, as the Bluejays’ sec-tion features a handful of Big 9 Confer-ence schools such as Albert Lea, Faribault and North� eld.

FROM THE COACH

“We have a good mixture of veterans and young players. We had a good sum-mer and hope to continue that same suc-cess this winter.” — Kyle Collins

BY THE NUMBERS11 — Returning letterwinners5 — New varsity players985 — Shots goaltender Danni

Dahms faced last season

Waseca girls hockey

Waseca goaltender Danni Dahms dives to try and smother a puck during a game last season. Dahms will once again lead Waseca’s defense. (County News File Photo)

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Bluejays’ gymnasts to remain competitive despite heavy graduationKEY PLAYERS

Samantha Petry, junior — One of Waseca’s top perfermers last season, Petry within a point of advancing to state in both the vault and bars.

Hannah Petry, freshman — Coach Scott Young says Petry is key in ev-ery event. The freshman represents a bright future at Waseca and excels on beam and floor routines.

Michaela Groll, senior — Groll earned an 8.6 on both her floor and vault routines and is the only return-ing senior, as well as one of two cap-tains.

MOVED ONMaddy Swain, Marina Chen, Caleigh

Dennis, Darian Zimmerman — � ese four represented the majority of Waseca’s points last season. Swain was all-confer-ence in the all-around, as well as on the beam and � oor. Meanwhile, Chen was all-conference on the beam and Dennis was a consistent scorer in the all-around.

NAMES TO WATCHShelby Wolff, sophomore — Just

a sophomore, Wolff was voted team captain and earned 9.0 and 8.4 on her vault and beam routines, respectively last season.

Cecilia McNair, sophomore — Another key piece to the future of the program, McNair has improved on her

beam this season and will compete in the all-around as well.

SEASON OUTLOOKTo say the Waseca 2015-16 gym-

nastics team is young is an understate-ment.

With just two upperclassmen and two sophomores, the Bluejays’ lack ex-perience the further down the roster one looks. With that said, the Blue-jays return top gymnasts in Sam Petry and Hannah Petry, as well as Michaela

Groll, Shelby Wolff and Cecilia Mc-Nair.

Coach Scott Young said all five of those gymnasts have the potential for breakout seasons. But what he doesn’t know is who will step up in the ab-sence of last year’s four key seniors.

Young included a few gymnasts that could play larger roles this sea-son, including eighth-grader Madi-son Reyes and seventh-graders Cam-bria Nissen and Anna Jacobson from NRHEG.

Young expects that the Bluejays have the ability to score more than 35 points on the vault, beam and floor exercises. But on bars, which was an improved event over the years, Waseca is suddenly in need of stand-out performances.

Perennial power New Prague has moved out of Section 2A, as has Wa-tertown-Mayer. That leaves Mankato West and Waconia as the teams to beat according to coach Young.

“The section will stil l be very

strong,” Young said of the section shifts, “but a little more balanced.”

FROM THE COACH“Considering the loss of so many key

senior from last year, we will still be very competitive by the end of the season.” — Scott Young

BY THE NUMBERS.05 — The margin by which Sam

Petry missed out on state4 — Returning starters

Waseca Gymnastics

TOP: Waseca’s Hannah Petry is one of the top returning gymnasts for the Bluejays this sea-son. RIGHT: Bluejays’ junior Sam Petry has her eye on state after narrowly missing out last year. BOTTOM LEFT: Waseca gymnastics will miss Maddy Swain, who was an all-conference gymnast in the all-around, beam and � oor competitions. (County News � le photos)

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Noah Schmidt, junior — An all-conference wrestler last season as a sophomore, Schmidt went 25-16 at 126 pounds and is one of three captains this year.

Jack Milbrett, junior — As a sophomore, Milbrett had a 21-8 re-cord at perhaps the toughest weight heading into sections before falling in the semi�nals. As a junior, Mil-brett returns to wrestle 160 pounds.

MOVED ONLucas Hagel — Hagel, who

took a brief hiatus from the sport in high school, returned for his senior season and went 33-14 at

132 pounds.Brady Bomsta — Bomsta

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NAMES TO WATCHJustin Sampson, sophomore

— Sampson �nished his freshman season as an all-conference wres-tler, and Hall expects him to have a very good year.

Beau Milbrett, freshman — Just an eighth-grader last year, Milbrett was an all-conference wrestler at 138 pounds and had a 24-14 record.

SEASON OUTLOOKWith 10 returning starters, the

young Bluejays of a few years ago is looking like an experienced lineup that should show improvement from last season.

While the loss of Lucas Hagel and Brady Bomsta hurts, the Blue-jays have a solid core of sophomores

and juniors — complimented by a handful of seniors — leading the team. Senior state participant Dylan Winegar leads the way and looks to avenge a disappointing end to last season in which he �nished third in Section 1AA, the deepest run of any returning wrestler.

After a 25-16 season last year, Noah Schmidt seems primed for a

breakout season and could gain new life in a new section at 126 pounds.

�e biggest change for Waseca this season comes in the postseason where the Bluejays will wrestle in Section 2AA. The new section is one of the toughest in the state and features state contenders Scott West, New Prague and Watertown-Mayer/Mayer Lutheran.

Because of the move, Waseca’s regular-season schedule looks a bit di�erent in order to include more section teams.

FROM THE COACH“I’m very excited about our

team this season and I think it will be a great season. �e team has worked bery hard in the o�season

and continues to work hard as we prepare for our �rst competition.” — Zach Hall

BY THE NUMBERS6 — New varsity wrestlers20 — Ranked wrestlers in

Waseca’s new section5 — Returning all-conference

wrestlers

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LEFT: Waseca junior Dylan Winegar eyes another trip to state wrestling at 220 pounds this season. RIGHT: Noah Schmidt (126) is one of the Bluejays’ top returning wrestlers this season. (County News �le photos)

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Cordell Peterson, senior — A three-time state participant, Peterson enters the season as the ninth-ranked wrestler at 126 pounds in Class A.

Wyatt Fitterer, senior — Fitterer advanced to state his sophomore year at heavyweight, but missed out last season in sections. The senior enters the season ranked No. 10 in Class A.

MOVED ONDillon Kubiatowicz — A three-

time state participant, Kubiatowicz was a lock for the Panthers’ lighter weights, wrestling at 113, 120 and 126 pounds.

Todd Erickson — Erickson quali-fied for state both his junior and se-nior year at 220 pounds and placed third in the 2015 state meet.

NAMES TO WATCHZeke Erickson, senior — With his

brother Todd gone to graduation, Zeke moves down from heavyweight to a more natural weight at 220 pounds.

Trey Hoppe, senior — Coming off a successful football season, Hoppe enters the wrestling campaign in top shape and should be dangerous come

section time at 170 pounds.

SEASON OUTLOOKFlush with experience and accom-

plished wrestlers, NRHEG is no doubt going to be a huge factor in the race for the conference and section title.

A privilege at a school its size,

NRHEG enters the new season con-fident it can fill most of the 14 weight classes with experienced athletes. In all, coach Shawn Larson brings back 15 letterwinners from a team that swept through the Gopher Confer-ence and finished 16-9 overall in 2014-15.

The Panthers enter the 2015 sea-son in a new section in Section 2A where teams such as Kenyon-Wa-namingo, Blue Earth Area and Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial await. The Knights start the season as the second-ranked team in Class A while BEA is just outside of the top 10.

Seniors Cordel l Peterson and Wyatt Fitterer anchor each end for the Panthers at 126 and 285 pounds, respectively. But it’s at the middle weights where NRHEG’s questions as a team remains.

The rest of the large senior class includes one-time section finalist Trey Hoppe (third in section at 160 in 2014-15), Lucas Herrmann (152, 160), captain Palmer Peterson (152, 160), Karter Sletten (160, 170), Jon Weller (182) and Trai Wicks (138, 145).

With no juniors on the roster, the rest of the varsity rotation will be filled with a combination of under-classmen including Chad Erickson (145), Brett Kubiatowicz (113, 120), Bryce Okland (152, 160), Cole Staloch (145), Tyler Jacobson (138) and Ross Lenort (126).

The stability in Larson’s program comes from dedication displayed by several of his wrestlers in the offsea-son. Several of his athletes attend miscellaneous camps, but according to Larson, the most progress was made by Peterson and Fitterer. Both competed with Team Minnesota at the USA Greco-Roman Duals in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed in the Ju-nior National Greco-Roman Champi-onship in Fargo, North Dakota in July.

FROM THE COACH“It is my goal however to try to get

our wrestlers to believe in team efforts and focus much less on individual suc-cesses from the past.” — Shawn Larson

BY THE NUMBERS3 — Ranked teams in Section 2A4 — Combined state appearances for

Cordell Peterson and Wyatt Fitterer

NRHEG Wrestling

NRHEG’s Trey Hoppe is one of the Panthers’ top returning wrestlers and should compete all season 170 or 182 pounds. (County News � le photo)

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Reid Ayers, senior — Ayers � nished with a 25-14 record last season a� er breaking through at 132 pounds before losing in sections. � e seniors should be one of the Grizzlies’ most consistent wrestlers this year.

Adam Rients, sophomore — As a freshman, Rients managed a 21-20 record season and was one of � ve Grizzlies’ wrestlers to place at the section meet.

MOVED ONBen Boran — Boran was a two-time state partic-

ipant for WEM/JWP and placed fourth last season in state, totaling 41 wins on the year.

Chris Pettis — Pettis reached his � rst state tour-nament senior year of high school and made the best of it by placing � � h at 138 pounds.

Taylor Grams — Grams was a two-time sec-tion place winner for the Grizzlies and a consistent competitor his entire career.

NAMES TO WATCHWill Storch, sophomore — Storch was 15-

17 heading into his freshman season but broke out and went 21-16 last year. Storch looks to be one of the team’s top returning wrestlers at 160 pounds.

Wyatt Storch, freshman — The younger Storch already has 66 career matches under his belt as a freshman and should continue to im-prove with so much experience.

SEASON OUTLOOKFor the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janes-

ville-Waldorf-Pemberton wrestling team, this season might more about what’s missing from than last year’s squad than what’s there.

Gone are the team’s top four wrestlers in Ben

Boran, Chris Pettis, Taylor Grams and Easton Schuch.

But that’s to be expected with graduation.In addition to those four, the Grizzlies are

without junior Brody Boran this season due to a shoulder injury, as well as senior Travis Miska, who is sidelined with a knee injury.

Brody Boran went 22-14 last season at 145 pounds and was expected to be the team’s rock at a middle weight this year.

But returning to the team section place winner Adam Rients, as well as seasoned veterans Reid

Ayers and Will Storch. It’s also likely to expect a breakout season from freshman Wyatt Storch, who has already wrestled more matches than some might in there career.

Coach Adam Roesler expects to see a lot of growth from the Grizzlies this season.

“It will be an exciting year because we will see exponential growth happen in the season,” said the coach.

New for WEM/JWP is its section. The Griz-zlies have moved from Section 1AA to Section 2AA, where wrestling powers Scott West and

New Prague await, as well as ranked Watertown-Mayer/Mayer Lutheran.

FROM THE COACH “We will have a young energetic team that will

show large amounts of growth throughout the sea-son” — Adam Roesler

BY THE NUMBERS139 — Combined wins last season by graduated

seniors Boran, Pettis Grams and Schuch7 — Returning starters

WEM/JWP Wrestling

WEM/JWP’s Reid Ayers went 25-14 last season as junior and � gures to be one of the Grizzlies top returning starters. (Daily News � le photo)

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4 Andrew Kaiser

5 Cole Streich

10 Adam Schumacher

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20 Cyrus Frye

22 Kaleb Nelson

24 Jack Vetsch

40 Cody Hoehn

42 Dakota Williamson

44 Eric Maas

50 Elijah Carter

52 Jake Guse

Waseca Girls BasketballCoach: Joan ConwayNo. Name0 Gus Boyer

2 Emily Karsten

3 Breanna Karsten

4 Madison Gehlo�

5 Taylor Hiller

12 Hannah Potter

15 Cheyenne Rosenthal

21 Allison Breck

22 Melise Baumgarn

23 Aubrey Highum

24 Brianna Highum

50 Halle Mercier

Waseca Gymnastics

Coach: Scott Young

Name Grade

Michaela Groll 12

Samantha Petry 11

Cecilia McNair 10

Shelby Wol� 10

Hannah Petry 9

Grace Kofstad 8

Madison Reyes 8

Grace Spies 8

Anna Jacobson 7

Cambria Nissen 7

Madison Kormann 8

Rayna Baumgarn 7

Hailey Schauer 8

Autumn Strand 8

Waseca Boys Hockey

Coach: Chris Storey

No. Name

1 Andrew Weber

4 Brett Attenberger

6 Andrew Weller

7 Richard Volkmer

8 Nick Huebl

10 Jackson Priebe

11 Collin Volkman

12 Cole Morris

13 Thomas Stroda

16 Spencer Heitkamp

17 Dawson Harty

20 Nate Nordquist

22 Nick Rolling

23 TJ Sommers

24 Chet Miller

28 Justin Dahnert

32 John McNair III

Waseca Girls Hockey

Coach: Kyle Collins

No. Name

1 Danni Dahms

2 Anna Hoehn

5 Riley Brown

8 Katie Johnson

9 Aly Storjohann

11 Jayde Pederson

12 Averi Dahlberg

13 Sierrah Bakken

15 Mika Courtney

16 Hailie Tegmeier

19 Regan Krampitz

20 Cali Pederson

21 Clare Miller

22 Gabriela Armstrong

23 Tessa Volkmer

24 Maddy Knoll

30 Miranda Watzek

Waseca Wrestling

Coach: Zach Hall

Name Grade

Dayton Deutsch 10

Justin Sampson 10

Nolan Frye 10

Noah Schmidt 11

Dylan Spencer 11

Beau Milbrett 9

Jackson Kilian 12

Avery Emmans 11

Lucas Maxon 11

Jack Milbrett 11

Cy Kuschel 12

Levi Kuschel 10

Dylan Winegar 12

Ben Clayton 12

JWP Boys Basketball

Coach: Ted Hammond

No. Name

1 Josh Janike

2 Jeremiah Sack

3 Tom Gannon

5 Alex Kjolstad

10 Brandon Sack

11 Corbyn Burley

12 Andrew King

14 Walker Miller

24 Quincey Stencel

33 Carter Quast

43 Levi Claybaugh

54 Isaac Schrom

JWP Girls Basketball

Coach: Kirsten Prunty

No. Name

0 Kaitlin Stankey

2 Kaylie Schuch

4 Brielle Cords

10 Gabbie Hagen

12 Emily Budach

14 Kaley Anderson

20 Hannah Olson

22 Kayla Ford

24 Emma Eustice

32 Jill Wol�

42 Kylie Morton

NRHEG Boys Basketball

Coach: Pat Churchill

No. Name

1 Carter Fischer

2 John Cole

3 Luke Overgaard

4 Benji Lundberg

5 Chad Agrimson

10 Sam Prigge

11 Cole Ignaszewski

15 Nic Schultz

20 Jarret Utpadel

21 Oakley Baker

23 Jason Jongbloedt

25 Nate Techau

30 Tyler Schlaak

32 Jack Schultz

33 Dempsey Tucker

43 Tyler Raimann

NRHEG Girls Basketball

Coach: Onika Peterson

No. Name

1 Maddie Wagner

2 Marnie Wagner

5 Gretchen Ramaker

10 Hailey Schuller

12 Sophia Fischer

15 Rachel Collins

25 Kayley Camerer

43 Emily Eder

NRHEG Wrestling

Coach: Shawn Larson

Name Grade

Andrew Bailey 8

Karter Sletten 12

Brett Kubiatowicz 10

Ross Lenort 9

Cordell Peterson 12

Tyler Jacobson 9

Trai Wicks 12

Chad Erickson 10

Bryce Okland 10

Palmer Peterson 12

Cole Staloch 10

Lucas Herrmann 12

Alex Buckmeier 9

Trey Hoppe 12

Zeke Erickson 12

Jon Weller 12

Wyatt Fitterer 12

WEM Boys Basketball

Coach: Je� Wagner

No. Name

1 Tyler Tegmeier

3 Thomas Rients

4 Tanner Ranslow

5 Thomas Hiller

10 Logan Sendle

12 Blake Seesz

14 Dallas McBroom

20 Tyson Vogele

30 Jayson Schneider

32 Dalton Grose

33 Kallen Dorenkemper

34 Zac Olson

40 Bradley Edel

42 Luke Chambers

44 Luke Polzin

52 Max Brewer

WEM Girls Basketball

Coach: Gabe Hauer

No. Name

2 Shelby Hermel

4 RaeAhna Harmon

5 Kamryn Kendall

10 Kate Masberg

11 McKenzie Kuball

12 Haley Domonoske

14 Valerie Adank

15 Erika Olson

23 Tierney Winter

WEM/JWP Wrestling

Coach: Adam Roesler

Name Grade

Adam Rients 10

Tucker Rients 8

Zach Voegele 8

Jaxon James 8

Jacob Karsten 8

Wyatt Storch 9

Taylor Jaden 8

Luke Borneke 11

Justin Hill 12

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Waseca Boys BasketballFriday, Dec. 4 vs. Fairmont, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 5 vs. Belle Plaine, 3 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 8 at WEM, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 10 vs. St. James Area, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 12 vs. Browerville in Minnetonka, 9:30 a.m.Friday, Dec. 18 vs. Blue Earth Area, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 22 at St. Croix Lutheran, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 29-30 at Owatonna TournamentSaturday, Jan. 2 vs. Waconia, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 5 at New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 8 at St. Peter, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 15 at Fairmont, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 21 at St. James Area, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 23 at Byron, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 28 at Blue Earth Area, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 2 vs. Mankato East, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Feb. 5 vs. New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 9 at NRHEG, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 16 vs. Stewartville, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 18 vs. Jackson County Central, 7:30 p.m.JWP Boys BasketballFriday, Dec. 4 at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 12 at Mankato Loyola, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Dec. 14 at United South Central, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 15 vs. Madelia, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Dec. 18 vs. Truman/Martin Luther/GHEC, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Dec. 21 vs. Medford, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Jan. 4 at Nicollet, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 7 vs. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 12 vs. WEM, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 14 at St. Clair, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Jan. 18 at NRHEG, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 22 vs. Martin County West, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Faribault B.A., 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 29 at Belle Plaine, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 9 vs. Triton, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Feb. 12 vs. Blooming Prairie, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 16 vs. Maple River, 7:30 p.m.NRHEG Boys BasketballFriday, Dec. 4 vs. Bethlehem Academy, 7:15 p.m.Monday, Dec. 7 at Kenyon-Wanamingo, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 8 vs. St. Clair, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Dec. 11 at Maple River, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 15 vs. Tri-City United, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Dec. 18 at Medford, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 22 vs. Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.Dec. 26-29 Tournament at Bethany Lutheran CollegeSaturday, Jan 2 vs. Hay� eld, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 7 at WEM, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 12 at Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Jan. 15 vs. United South Central, 7:15 p.m.Monday, Jan. 18 vs. JWP, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 19 vs. Blue Earth Area, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Jan. 22 at Bethlehem Academy, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 26 vs. Maple River, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 28 at Triton, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Jan. 29 vs. Medford, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 4 vs. WEM, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 9 vs. Waseca, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Feb. 12 at United South Central, 7:15 p.m.WEM Boys BasketballFriday, Dec. 4 vs. Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 8 vs. Waseca, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 11 at United South Central, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 15 at Norwood-Young America, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Dec. 18 vs. Bethlehem Academy, 7:15 p.m.Monday, Dec. 21 vs. Tri-City United, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 29-30 Faribault Tournament, TBDTuesday, Jan. 5 at Maple River, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 7 vs. NRHEG, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 12 at JWP, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 15 at Medford, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 21 at Triton, 7 p.m.Friday, Jan. 22 at Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 26 vs. United South Central, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Jan. 29 at Bethlehem Academy, 7:15 p.m.Monday, Feb. 1 vs. Maple River, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 4 at NRHEG, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 9 vs. Kenyon-Wanamingo, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 11 vs. Blue Earth Area, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Feb. 12 vs. Medford, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 16 at St. Peter, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 18 vs. Mankato Loyola, 7:30 p.m.Waseca Girls BasketballFriday, Dec. 4 at Fairmont, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 8 vs. NRHEG, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 10 at St. James, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 17 vs. Stewartville, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Dec. 18 at Blue Earth Area, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 22 vs. Albert Lea, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 29-30 Winona Invite, TBDTuesday, Jan. 5 vs. New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 7 vs. St. Peter, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Byron at Hay� eld, 6 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 12 at Waconia, 7 p.m.Friday, Jan. 15 vs. Fairmont, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 19 vs. WEM, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 21 vs. St. James, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 28 vs. Blue Earth Area, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 30 at Mankato West, 1:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 2 at Mankato East, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Feb. 5 at New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 11 at St. Peter, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 16 vs. JWP, 6 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 20 vs. Roseau at Hopkins High School, 2 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 25 vs. Jordan, 7:30 p.m.JWP Girls BasketballFriday, Dec. 4 at Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 10 vs. Alden-Conger, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Dec. 14 vs. United South Central, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 15 at Nicollet, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Dec. 21 at Medford, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 5 vs. Martin Luther, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 8 at Martin County West, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Triton, 4 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 14 vs. WEM, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 15 at Madelia, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 19 vs. Mankato Loyola, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 21 at Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Jan. 25 vs. NRHEG, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 26 vs. Bethlehem Academy, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 28 vs. GHEC-Truman, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 29 at Belle Plaine, 6 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 4 at Maple River, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Feb. 5 at St. Clair, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 16 at Waseca, 6 p.m.NRHEG Girls BasketballSaturday, Dec. 5 vs. Fairmont, 5 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 8 at Waseca, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Dec. 11 vs. Maple River, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Dec. 18 vs. Medford, 7:15 p.m.Monday, Dec. 21 at St. Peter, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 22 at Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.Dec. 28-30 Tournament at St. Olaf College, TBDSaturday, Jan. 2 vs. Hay� eld, 6 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 5 vs. Kenyon-Wanamingo, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Jan. 8 vs. WEM, 7:15 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Stewartville at Hay� eld, 4 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 12 vs. Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.

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Friday, Jan. 15 at United South Central, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 19 at Blue Earth Area, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 22 vs. Bethlehem Academy, 7:15 p.m.Monday, Jan. 25 at JWP, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Maple River, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Jan. 29 at Medford, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 4 at WEM, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Feb. 5 at Mankato Loyola, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Feb. 8 vs. Triton, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Feb. 12 vs. United South Central, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Feb. 19 at Bethlehem Academy, 7:15 p.m.WEM Girls BasketballTuesday, Dec. 8 at Jordan, 6 p.m.Friday, Dec. 11 vs. United South Central, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 15 at Mankato Loyola, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Dec. 18 at Bethlehem Academy, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 22 vs. Le Sueur-Henderson, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 29-30 Faribault Tournament, TBDTuesday, Jan. 5 vs. Maple River, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Jan. 8 at NRHEG, 7:15 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 9 at Hay� eld, 7 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 12 vs. Blue Earth Area, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 14 at JWP, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 15 vs. Medford, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 19 at Waseca, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 21 vs. Triton, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 22 vs. Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 26 at United South Central, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Jan. 29 vs. Bethlehem Academy, 7:15 p.m.Monday, Feb. 1 at Maple River, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 4 vs. NRHEG, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Kenyon-Wanamingo, 7:15 p.m.Friday, Feb. 12 at Medford, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 15 vs. St. Peter, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Feb. 19 at Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 25 at Tri-City United, 7:30 p.m.Waseca Boys HockeySaturday, Dec. 5 at Luverne, 5 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 8 at Worthington, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 10 vs. Windom, 7 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 17 at New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 19 vs. Marshall, 4 p.m.Dec. 29-31 Waseca Holiday Invite, TBDThursday, Jan. 7 vs. St. Peter/LS-H/TCU/C, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Jan. 11 vs. Worthington, 7 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 12 vs. Faribault, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 15 at Mankato East, 5:30 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 16 vs. Luverne, 2 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 21 at Fairmont, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 23 at Marshall, 3 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 30 at La Crescent, 1 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 2 at Rich� eld, 7 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 4 at St. Peter/LS-H/TCU/C, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 6 at Windom, 7 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 9 vs. Winona, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 11 vs. New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.Waseca Girls HockeyTuesday, Dec. 8 at Worthington, 5:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 10 vs. St. Peter/LS-H/TCU/C, 5 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 12 at Luverne, 12 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 15 vs. New Ulm, 7 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 17 at Windom, 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 19 vs. Marshall, 12 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 22 vs. Hutchinson, 6 p.m.Dec. 29-31 Waseca Holiday Tournament, TBDTuesday, Jan. 5 at St. Peter/LS-H/TCU/C, 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 11 vs. Worthington, 5 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 12 at Fairmont, 5:30 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 16 vs. Luverne, 4 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 19 at Albert Lea, 5:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 21 at New Ulm, 7 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 21 at Marshall, 11 a.m.Tuesday, Jan. 26 vs. Fairmont, 7 p.m.Waseca GymnasticsSaturday, Dec. 5 at Mankato Invite, 1 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 8 at St. Peter, 6 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 17 at Fairmont, 6 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 5 vs. Redwood Valley, 6 p.m.Friday, Jan. 8 at St. James, 6 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 9 at New Prague Invite, 11 a.m.Thursday, Jan. 14 vs. Blue Earth Area, 6 p.m.Friday, Jan. 22 vs. New Ulm, 6 p.m.Friday, Jan. 29 vs. St. Peter, 6 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 6 BSC Championship at Jackson County, 12 p.m.Waseca WrestlingSaturday, Dec. 12 at Kasson-Mantorville Invite, 10 a.m.Dec. 18-19 Rochester Tournament, TBDTuesday, Dec. 22 at Mankato West Triangular, 5 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 2 at Maple River Invite, 8 a.m.Friday, Jan. 8 vs. St. James, 7:15 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 9 at PEM Invite, 10 a.m.Tuesday, Jan. 12 at St. Clair Triangular, 5 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 14 at Blue Earth Area Triangular, 6 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 16 at Hay� eld Invite, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 26 Waseca Triangular, 5 p.m.Friday, Jan. 29 at Bu� alo Lake-Hector Quad, 5 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 30 at Pine Island Invite, 10 a.m.NRHEG WrestlingSaturday, Dec. 5 at St. James, 9 a.m.Saturday, Dec. 12 at Caledonia, 9:30 a.m.Dec. 18-19 at Redwood Valley Invite, TBDThursday, Jan. 7 vs. WEM/JWP, 7 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 9 at St. Clair, 10 a.m.Thursday, Jan. 14 at Blue Earth Area Triangular, 6 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 16 at Lake Mills (IA) Invite, 10 a.m.Thursday, Jan. 21 at Hay� eld Triangular, 5 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 23 at Kasson-Mantorville Invite, 9 a.m.Friday, Jan. 29 at Maple River, 7 p.m.Friday, Feb. 5 vs. Medford, 7 p.m.WEM/JWP WrestlingSaturday, Dec. 5 at Blue Earth Area, 10 a.m.Thursday, Dec. 10 at Medford, 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 12 at Byron Triangular, 10 a.m.Thursday, Dec. 17 Home Triangular, 5 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 19 at North� eld Invite at St. Olaf College, 10 a.m.Tuesday, Dec. 22 at Mankato West Triangular, 5 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 7 at NRHEG, 7 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 9 at St. Clair, 10 a.m.Thursday, Jan. 14 at Faribault Triangular, 5 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 19 at St. Peter, 7 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 21 at United South Central, 7 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 28 Home Triangular, 5 p.m.

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