March 18th
at Sleepy Eye
Kadence Hesse 19 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assist
Kaydince Thoms 14 points, 5 steals, 5 rebounds
Brooklyn Moldan 13 points 7 rebounds
Wyatt Pollard (left) and Winston Niehnhaus
Eight New Ulm Eagles wrestlers (co-op Sleepy Eye and St. Mary’s) qualified for the state qualifier round of the state tournament. Two local grapplers, Winston Niehnaus (Sleepy Eye High School) and Wyatt Pollard (St. Mary’s High School) were among those advancing.
Nienhaus and Pollard competed on an Eagle team that finished the team season with a 23-9 record. The wins ties the school record which was set in 2006.
Those advancing will next compete Saturday in Redwood to try to advance into the quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School tournament.
The eight Eagle state qualifiers are:
106 Parker Kamm
113 Logan Lee
120 Winsten Nienhaus (Sleepy Eye)
132 Marqavian Haefner
138 Wyatt Pollard (S.E. St. Mary’s)
182 Cole Ranweiler (3rd trip)
220 Julian Hernandez
HWT Jaden Drill
As voted on by the head coaches of the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association, the 2021 All State and Honorable Mention teams
| Class A All State |   |
| Player | School |
| Abby Hennen | Minneota |
| Ellie Dague | Henning |
| Madison Mathiowetz | Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s |
| Alisa Knight | Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa |
| Natalie Rolbiecki | Minneota |
| Faith Alberts | Parkers Prairie |
| Taylor Schuck | Heritage Christian |
| Maren Nerem | Southwest MN Christian |
| Megan Oswald | Blooming Prairie |
| Taryn Frazer | Cass Lake-Bena |
| Class A Honorable Mention | |
| Emma Geiwitz | Houston |
| Bobbie Bruns | Blooming Prairie |
| Abbie Theusch | Alden-Conger |
| Megan Erickson | Randolph |
| Ellie Buchholtz | Kingsland |
| Sydney Windschitl | Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s |
| Toryn Richards | Waterville-Elysian-Morristown |
| Brielle Bartelt | Waterville-Elysian-Morristown |
| Taryn Rauk | Hills-Beaver Creek |
| Marissa Radtke | Lester Prairie |
| Morgan Chmielewski | Mayer Lutheran |
| Emma Lade | Mayer Lutheran |
| Rylie Hirschey | Pine River-Backus |
| Destiny Piekarski | Littlefork – Big Falls |
| Riley Mooney | Stephen Argyle Central |
| Sienna Olson | Red Lake Falls |
| Clara Girdler | Red Lake Falls
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St. Mary’s junior girls basketball player Madison Mathiowetz surpassed the 2,000 career point mark January 21 in a home game against GFW. Mathiowetz is the school’s all-time scoring leader.
Photos Courtesy: Jacki Kyllonen
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- Madison goes up for number 2,000
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- Congratulated by teammates
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- Madison and coach Bruce Woitas
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- Madison with family including Mom Brynn and Dad Matt.
