Baseball Recap: New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Finds Home Field Redemption Against Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial

There's no place like home for New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They skirted past the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights 6-5. For the Panthers, this counts as revenge for the 9-5 win the Knights walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2024.

Owen Wayne

Stolen Base (Career)

05/09/25 vs Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial	2
05/01/25 vs Kenyon-Wanamingo	1
04/15/25 vs Hayfield	1
05/13/24 @ Medford	1

New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva let Carter Martens and Owen Wayne run wild. Martens went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double, while Wayne went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Those two stolen bases gave Wayne a new career-high. Seth Staloch also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva's victory bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-10.

New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva and Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Minnesota Rankings. The Panthers will take on Madelia at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday with a big rank disadvantage (276 vs. 120). Meanwhile, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial (ranked 259th) will meet St. James (ranked 84th) at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.