Raiders On The Record

Jeff Taffe- Rapid Fire Questions 

Kyra Erickson Rapid Fire Questions 

Kyra Erickson is a junior at HHS and will be a 2024 Raider graduate. During high school, she has been a three sport athlete participating in soccer, hockey, and lacrosse. In soccer and hockey, she has been a two year letter winner, earning All-Conference Honorable Mention in hockey during her sophomore year. In lacrosse, Kyra is a three year varsity letter winner. Kyra gives a great interview wher...

Jolie Pettit Rapid Fire Questions 

Jolie Pettit is a junior at HHS and will be a 2024 Raider graduate. During her time at HHS, she has participated in volleyball, alpine ski, wrestling, and track and field. In volleyball, she is a one year varsity letter winner. In alpine ski, Jolie has been a two time varsity letter winner and a state qualifier during her sophomore year. In track and field, she throws shot put and is a two time le...

Blake Vandehoef Rapid Fire Questions 

Blake Vandehoef is a junior at HHS and will be a 2024 Raider graduate. During his time at HHS, he has participated in football, hockey, baseball, and golf. In football, he earned a varsity letter this past season starting on the defense as a safety. In hockey, he is a two year letter winner. Finally, after playing baseball most of his career, he switched to golf last season but will go back to bas...

Owen Bernatz Rapid Fire Questions 

Owen Bernatz is a junior at Hastings High School and will be a 2024 Raider graduate. During high school, he participated in basketball and track and field. In basketball, he is a two year letter winner and was All-Conference honorable mention during his sophomore year while averaging 15 points per game. He also made the MN Fury AAU team after his sophomore year. Owen talks about the work he has pu...

Taylor Reiners- Rapid Fire Questions 

Taylor Reiners is a 2009  Raider graduate. During high school she was a three sport athlete, competing in tennis, hockey, and softball. In tennis, she was a 5 time varsity letter winner, playing #1 single during all her years of high school. Taylor was a 2 time captain and state qualifier her senior year, taking 6th at the state tournament. In hockey, Taylor was a 5 time varsity letter winner...

Amber 'Wirth' Holmstadt- Rapid Fire Questions 

Amber ‘Wirth’ Holmstadt is a 2022 Raider graduate. During high school, she was a four sport athlete, competing in soccer, cross country, basketball, and track and field. In soccer, Amber played during her 9th-11th grade year earning two varsity letters before switching to cross country her senior year, earning a varsity letter there as well. In basketball, Amber was a 4 year varsity letter winner,...

John Teigland Rapid Fire Questions 

John Teigland is a junior at Hastings High School. During his time at Hastings, he has competed in football, hockey, and baseball. In football, he has been a two year letter winner play center. In hockey and baseball, he is a one year letter winner, which will increase as he continues on through high school. John has great takes on the role that sports and team work can play in one's life with gre...

Elliot Wilcox Rapid Fire Questions

Elliot Wilcox is a 2010 Raider graduate. During high school, he was a member of the swim and dive team where he was a 6 time varsity letter winner and 6 time all-conference recipient. Elliot was also a 6 time state qualifier, in a variety of relays or individual swimming events, and during his senior year, racked up accomplishments such as All-State, All-American, and set the school record in the...

Danny Welch Rapid Fire Questions

Danny Welch is a 1999 Raider graduate. During high school, he was a three sport athlete competing in football, hockey, and baseball. In football, he was a 3 year varsity letter winner, while earning All-Conference and All-State accolades while leading the team to the state tournament during his junior year. In hockey, Danny was a 3 year varsity letter winner, again earning All-Conference and All-S...

EC Atkins- Rapid Fire Questions 

EC Atkins is a junior at Hastings HS and will be a 2024 Raider graduate. During her time at HHS, she has competed in cross country, nordic skiing, and track and field. In cross country, she is currently a four time letter winner. In nordic skiing, she is currently a three time letter winner. EC is a multiple time All-Conference recipient and will be a three time captain by her graduation. Finally,...

Coach Joe Rabaey- Rapid Fire Questions 

Coach Joe Rabaey is a 2013 Raider graduate. During HS, he competed in Cross Country, Nordic Skiing, and Track and Field. After graduation, he attended St. Johns University where he competed in cross country and track and field. Joe caught the coaching bug early and started coaching at Hastings as a volunteer coach and is now the head cross country coach, head nordic ski coach, and assistant track...

Eric Ellingworth- Rapid Fire Questions

Eric Ellingworth is originally from Redwood Falls, MN and comes from a family of educators with his mom being a long time English  teacher and father, who was the superintendent of the Redwood school distinct for 27 years. During high school, he participated in football, basketball, and track and field, where he was All- state his senior year.. After graduation, he attended Augustana Universi...