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Baseball: St. Mary’s 7, MCW 6

on: May 26, 2021

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Baseball: St. Mary’s 11, BLHS 1

on: May 25, 2021

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Golf: New Ulm Cathedral Triangular

on: May 18, 2021

Liz Schwint and Sam Price pose after shooting personal bests

May 18th

at New Ulm Country Club

By Bryant Mages, Sleepy Eye Golf Coach

For the girls, there were no complete team scores. Kayla Goblirsch was medalist with a 43. Coming in 2nd and 3rd in the meet were Liz Schwint (45) and Sam Price (52) from Sleepy Eye United. These rounds were personal bests for both Liz and Sam. Emma Currans of SEU finished with a round of 73.

It was so nice to see these two on top of their game tonight. Not only that, but to see them both just having a great time golfing was so good to see.

On the boys side, Sleepy Eye United picked up another pair of wins over NUC and BLHS with a team score of 170.

Toby Weiss of SEU was medalist with a round of 39. Other scores for SEU included: Carson Erickson (40), Logan Netzke (42), and Jack Nelson (49).

NUC Boys: 199

BLHS Boys: 202

Golf: Dacotah Ridge Invitational

on: May 17, 2021

May 17th

by Bryant Mages, Sleepy Eye Golf Course

The SEU golf team traveled to Dacotah Ridge on Monday for an 18-hole invitational with Springfield, New Ulm Cathedral, and Wabasso. For those that are familiar with Dacotah Ridge, it was no surprise that the wind was howling and the course was playing quite tough. However it was nice to finally have a warm day for a golf meet.

The boys shot a 339 on their way placing in first place and defeating their three competitors. The 3-0 finish on the day improves their record to a perfect 37-0 on the year.

The highlight of the day for me no doubt was seeing Jack shoot a personal best 39 on the back nine. He was hitting some really impressive shots and recovered well after hitting a few bad ones. Jack is one of the most coachable kids you will find, so seeing him having the type of breakthrough he had today was really cool to see.

SEU: 339

Carson Erickson: 81

Logan Netzke: 85

Toby Weiss: 86

Jack Nelson: 87

Springfield: 356

Notable Golfers: Christopher Thram (81) and Mavrick Winkelmann (82)

NU Cathedral: 390

Notable Golfers: Logan Haala (79 – medalist)

Wabasso: 431

On the girls side, only 3 golfers competed. Liz Schwint, Sam Price, and Meriden Andres shot 114, 115, and 138.

Sleepy Eye Boys Golf Team earns Conference Championship, Mages honored as Coach of Year

on: May 12, 2021

Coach Mages, Logan Netzke, Toby Weiss, Jack Nelson, Allen Arneson, Carson Erickson, Jacob Schultz

by Bryant Mages, Sleepy Eye Golf Coach

The Sleepy Eye United boys and girls finished up the third leg of the Tomahawk Conference tournament yesterday in impressive fashion.

The Sleepy Eye United girls hosted the third Tomahawk Conference tournament and the boys traveled to Farmers Golf & Health Club in Sanborn.

At Sleepy Eye Golf Club, Kayla Goblirsch of New Ulm Cathedral finished her quest to become conference champion with a score of 86. Goblirsch won the first and third conference tournaments. Nadine Clobes of MVL finished in second with a 91, and finished second overall in the conference, after finishing second, first, and second in the conference meets.

For Sleepy Eye United, Liz Schwint had another solid performance, carding a 106 to finish tied for 3rd on the day with MVL’s Lili Mohror. Mohror finished in 3rd overall and Schwint 4th. Rounding out the top 7 and earning all conference honors included Morgan Engholm of Cedar Mountain in 5th, Abbie Riederer of MVL in 6th, and Olivia Merseth of MVL in 7th. Earning honorable mention were GFW’s Jenna Schweiss (8th) and Marti Jacobson (10th) along with Meriden Andres of Sleepy Eye United (9th).

MVL completed the conference sweep, as they won the third and final conference tournament with a team score of 435. Cedar Mountain and Sleepy Eye United finished in second and third.

Sleepy Eye United (510):

*Liz Schwint 106

*Meriden Andres 122

*Sam Price 127

*Emma Currans 155

On the boys side, Sleepy Eye United completed their sweep of the conference tournaments with an impressive score of 327. Sleepy Eye United was led by Toby Weiss (77), Logan Netzke (78), Carson Erickson (86), and Jacob Schultz (86). The boys struggled early in the day, but eventually settled in and came out on top, as Springfield finished in second place, 28 strokes behind (team score 355).

I was really impressed with how all the guys battled today, especially Logan Netzke. Netzke started the day +7 through six holes, but was able to turn things around and play the final 12 holes at one under to finish the tournament at +6 (78) for a third place finish on the day.

It’s exactly the type of thing I emphasize over and over to the guys. Just take things one shot at a time and move onto the next shot and the next hole if things aren’t going well. They’re all talented enough golfers that they can turn things around in the end.

Netzke’s impressive turnaround ended up giving him a 3rd place finish on the day. Toby Weiss played solid throughout the day on his way to a 77 (+5 – 2nd place) and Mavrick Winkelmann’s impressive even par 72 earned him first place overall and Tomahawk Conference Player of the Year.

The Sleepy Eye United boys all played impressively well in this year’s conference tournaments, as four earned all-conference honors and one earned honorable mention. (See below)

1st – Mavrick Winkelmann (Springfield)

2nd – Logan Haala (NU Cathedral)

3rd – Toby Weiss (SE United)

4th – Carson Erickson (SE United)

5th – Logan Netzke (SE United)

6th – Logan Martin (GFW)

7th – Christopher Thram (Springfield)

8th – Aidan Nelsen (Cedar Mountain)

9th – Jacob Schultz (SE United)

10th – Will Carlson (Wabasso)

Finishing Honorable Mention (10th-15th)

11th – Allen Arneson (SE United)

12th – Ben Pearson (MVL)

13th – Jackson Jemmings (Cedar Mt)

14th – Jayden Goblish (Wabasso)

15th – Cale Peterson (BLHS)

I seriously can’t find the words to describe how proud I am of each and every one of these kids. The best part of my day is when I get to go to the golf course each afternoon and work with them to get better each and every day.

Tomahawk Conference Coach of the Year (Boys): Bryant Mages

Tomahawk Comference Coach of the Year (Girls): Craig Morgan

NU Journal: Mathiowetz commits SDSU

on: May 06, 2021

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St. Mary’s Basketball Award Winners

on: April 23, 2021

Girls Basketball Awards for the 2020-2021 season

2021 team awards:

Leadership-Sydney Windschitl

Most Improved-Emma Currans

MVP-Madison Mathiowetz

Payton Admas hustle award-Sydney Windschitl

All Conference: Madison Mathiowetz, Sydney Windschitl, Reagan Severson

Conference Player of the year: Madison Mathiowetz

All Conference Academic: Sydney Windschitl, Sophie Portner, Megan Ahlness, Maryanne Larsen, Madison Mathiowetz, Katelyn Rutscher, Reagan Severson, Liz Schwint

All State Academic: Sydney Windschitl, Sophie Portner, Megan Ahlness, Maryanne Larsen

All State Honorable Mention: Sydney Windschitl

All State: Madison Mathiowetz

All Journal 2^nd team: Reagan Severson

All Journal 1^st team: Madison Mathiowetz, Sydney Windschitl

All Journal player of the year: Madison Mathiowetz

KNUJ players of the week: Madison Mathiowetz, Sydney Windschitl, Reagan Severson

KNUJ Player of the Year: Madison Mathiowetz

Prep Hoops Class A Player of the Year: Madison Mathiowetz

Madison Mathiowetz 2,000 point

Sydney Windschitl 1,835 career points 3^rd all time overall for both programs

Boys Basketball Awards for the 2020-2021 season

All Conference: Carson Domeier, Trent Steffensmeier, Kaleb Wait

Conference Player of the year: Carson Domeier

All Conference Academic: Carson Domeier, Trent Steffensmeier, Owen Weiss

KNUJ players of the week: Carson Domeier, Trent Steffensmeier, Kaleb Wait

All Journal 2^nd team: Kaleb Wait

All Journal 1^st team: Carson Domeier, Trent Steffensmeier

All Journal player of the year: Carson Domeier

2021 Team Awards:

Leadership-Jacob Lux

MVP-Carson Domeier

Most Improved-Kaleb Wait

Payton Admas Hustle award-Trent Steffensmeier

Carson Domeier and Trent Steffensmeier 1,000 point

Sleepy Eye well represented on All-Journal Team

on: April 22, 2021

Domeier, Glover, Knowles lead All-Journal boys in 2021

First Team

Carson Domeier,

St. Mary’s, Jr., F

Domeier helped lead the Knights to 20-4 record and a state tournament appearance. He led the team in scoring, rebounds and assists with 22.2 ppg, 7.3 rpg and 4.8 apg.

Domeier, the Tomahawk Conference Player of the Year, also shot 55% from the floor, 45% from beyond the arc and scored his 1,000th career points earlier in the season.

Ja’Sean Glover,

Madelia, Jr., G

Glover finished his junior campaign averaging 30.6 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 3.1 apg and 2.5 spg. He also shot 59% from the floor and set a single-game school record of 51 points in a game this season, breaking a record he previously set.

The three-time Valley All-Conference player has 2,193 career points and was a member of last year’s All-Journal Boys’ Basketball First Team.

Sam Knowles,

Cathedral, Jr., F

Sam Knowles led New Ulm Cathedral this season with 21.5 ppg, 15.5 rpg, 3.1 apg, 2.3 bpg and 2.7 spg. The 6-4 unanimous Tomahawk All-Conference forward was an All-Journal honorable mention last year and also an honorable mention in the conference last year. He has 674 career points and 585 career rebounds.

Trent Steffensmeier, St. Mary’s, Jr., G

Steffensmeier helped lead the Knights back to the state tournament in 2021, averaging 17.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg and 2.8 apg. The Tomahawk All-Conference selection also had 1.5 spg and shot 49 % from the floor. He also scored his 1,000th career point this season.

Kegan Heiderscheidt, Sleepy Eye, Sr., G

Heiderscheidt led the Tomahawk Conference in points, assists and blocks in his senior year. He averaged 23.5 ppg, 8 rebounds, 5 assists a game this year and he finished second on Sleepy Eye’s all-time scoring list for boys’ basketball with 1,487 career points.

The all-conference selection also holds the career assists record at Sleepy Eye with 434, breaking his sister Madi’s (407) mark. He will play at Southwest Minnesota State University next year.

Second Team

Kyreis Harrison,

MVL, Sr., G

Harrison was described by Minnesota Valley Lutheran head coach Craig Morgan as a consummate team player that didn’t take a play off. Harrison averaged 14.2 ppg, 9.8 rpg and 3.3 apg this season. The senior also shot 53% from the floor and had 2.3 spg.

A unanimous selection for the Tomahawk All-Conference Team this year, Harrison ends his career sixth all-time at MVL in offensive rebounds (206) and 10th in career rebounds (485). He ends his career at MVL with 713 points.

Johnnie Ambrose, GFW, Sr., G

A three-year starter for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, Ambrose averaged 16.7 ppg and shot 52 percent from the floor.

He averaged 9 rebounds and 2.5 assists along with 1.8 steals per game for the Thunderbirds and was a main reason why the team went 9-3 over their last 12 games.

Will Carlson,

Wabasso, Sr., G

A two-time Tomahawk All-Conference player, Carlson averaged 19.1 ppg for the Rabbits during his senior campaign. He also had 4.4 apg, 3.6 rpg and 1.8 spg.

Carlson finishes his career with 923 points and 150 assists. After this spring season, Carlson will attend Bethany Lutheran College and play baseball.

Charlie Osborne,

New Ulm, Jr., G

Osborne led the Eagles with 17.3 ppg this season and was a Big South All-Conference selection also. He also had 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game and was a key figure on defense, deflecting 5.8 passes per game.

Kaleb Wait,

St. Mary’s, So., G

The sophomore guard was one of the Knights’ top scorers during their run to the state tournament, averaging 14.2 ppg. He shot 46% from the floor, 34% from the 3-point line and also averaged 5.1 rpg, 3 apg and 1.7 spg.

He was also a member of the Tomahawk All-Conference Team this year.

Domeier named Journal Player of Year

on: April 22, 2021

Domeier’s improved play helps lead Knights back to state

SLEEPY EYE – The Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s boys’ basketball team returned to the state tournament this season for the first time since 2006.

One big reason for that was junior Carson Domeier’s improved play, specifically his shot.

Domeier sank his share of 3s during his sophomore season and hit them at a 40% clip, but this season saw him improve his mid-range and 3-point shooting, finishing the season shooting 45% from beyond the arc. He also shot 55% from the floor this year and averaged 22.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.

This high level of play not only helped get the Knights to the Class A state tournament, but it also saw Domeier named the Tomahawk Conference Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year. Adding one more accomplishment to his list, Domeier was also named the 2021 All-Journal Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year as voted on by The Journal’s sports staff.

Domeier said he was thankful for being named Player of the Year by both the conference and The Journal and credited his teammates.

“It’s just a credit to my teammates, it helped the way we played together,” Domeier said. “That just makes me a better player overall, too. I think all the work I put in in the offseason just kind of showed what I was capable of and what I’m capable of doing in the future.”

Going back to the improvements he made, Domeier said that his biggest jumps from last season came on the offensive end.

“I worked on my shooting a lot this year,” Domeier said. “I had a pretty good year of shooting. And probably just running the floor better, pushing in transition, ballhandling I got a lot better at, too. Defense – got to put some work in on that this summer, too. Got to keep improving all-around yet.”

Domeier and the Knights went 20-4 overall this season and won the conference with a 14-2 mark. After falling to Minnesota Valley Lutheran on Feb. 26, the Knights rolled to nine consecutive victories – four in the Section 2A playoffs – to make it to the state tournament. They then won their 10th game in a row in a state-tourney game with Central Minnesota Christian, beating the Bluejays 86-73 at Mankato East High School.

The Knights’ season came to end at the Target Center in the state semifinals after a 65-53 loss to Hancock. Despite ending up a win shy of making the state finals, Domeier was proud of he and his team’s efforts to make it as far as they did and has his sights set on making another run next season.

“That was a pretty cool experience, if you ask me,” Domeier said of making it to state. “I think my teammates would say the same thing. When you start the season, we set goals. Our first goal was to win the conference, and we did that, and then contend for a section title. Once we got there, we got to state. We wanted to go a little farther, but when you look back, it was a pretty cool experience. … Overall, it was just a great season. Our seniors, they really helped us and had good leadership, every one of them. Braden , Lux and Goblirsch, we’re going to miss them next year, but next year should be a fun year, too.”

Domeier said that the team will have to get bigger and stronger in the offseason to make another push next year.

“We’re just going to have to get bigger and stronger,” Domeier said. “We lost probably our two biggest guys in Jacob Lux and Kyle Goblirsch this year, and we lost our sixth man, too. So we’re going to have to have some guys step up. And I’m sure Judd will get us in the weight room, get us going pretty soon to get improved. Because some of those younger classmen, they’re going to have to step up next year if we want to make a run.”

Currently, Domeier is playing with the Knights’ baseball team and also had his first AAU basketball tournament this past weekend with the Minnesota Rise.

Golf: Tomahawk Conference Meet #1 Girls Results

on: April 21, 2021

Team 2		Team 3		Team 4
Cedar Mountain	CM	GFW	GFW	MVL	MVL
Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score
Morgan Engholm	102	Jenna Schweiss	127	Nadine Clobes	92
Teresa Larsen	123	Marti Jacobson	124	Abbie Riederer	109
Paige Rose	140			Lili Mohror	94
Abbie Hacker	139			Gracen Lukasek	140
				Olivia Merseth	117
				Gabbie Bleick	139
Cedar Mountain Tot.	504	GFW Tot.	INC.	MVL Tot.	412

NU Cathedral	NUC	Sleepy Eye United	SEU
Name	Score	Name	Score
Kayla Goblirsch	84	Liz Schwint	120
Kaitlin Furth	133	Sam Price	121
		Meriden Andres	132
		Emma Currans	172


NU Cathedral Tot.	INC.	Sleepy Eye United Tot.	545

1	MVL	412
2	Cedar Mountain	504
3	Sleepy Eye United	545
4	NU Cathedral	Inc.
5	GFW	Inc.
6	Springfield	Inc.
7	Wabasso	Inc.
8	BLHS	Inc.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (top 36 – Ties are not sorted)
Rank	Player Name	Team	Score	Rank	Player Name	Team	Score
1	Kayla Goblirsch	NUC	84	19	Emma Currans	SEU	172
2	Nadine Clobes	MVL	92
3	Lili Mohror	MVL	94
4	Morgan Engholm	CM	102
5	Abbie Riederer	MVL	109
6	Olivia Merseth	MVL	117
7	Liz Schwint	SEU	120
8	Sam Price	SEU	121
9	Teresa Larsen	CM	123
10	Marti Jacobson	GFW	124
11	Jocelyn Jenniges	WAB	126
12	Jenna Schweiss	GFW	127
13	Meriden Andres	SEU	132
14	Kaitlin Furth	NUC	133
15	Abbie Hacker	CM	139
16	Gabbie Bleick	MVL	139
17	Paige Rose	CM	140
18	Gracen Lukasek	MVL	140

Girls Basketball Awards for the 2020-2021 season

Boys Basketball Awards for the 2020-2021 season

Domeier, Glover, Knowles lead All-Journal boys in 2021

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