The Sleepy Eye boys golf team brought home a third place finish at the Minnesota State High School Class A State Golf Tournament. From left: coach Crystal Ibberson, Thor Weiss, Josh Nelson, Logan Netzke, Ben Laffen, Caleb Christensen, Parker Landkammer and coach Tom Larson.
Caleb Christensen – 5th place
Ben Laffen – 4th place
The Sleepy Eye Boys Golf Team finished the 2017 State Golf Tournament as the third best team in the state with a two day total of 673. Individually, Ben Laffen placed fourth and Caleb Christensen 5th.
Tomahawk All Conference and Honorable Mention Softball 2017
All Conference Team (* Denotes Unanimous Picks)
Name School Grade
McKenna Berdan* NUC 12
Rose Hazuka* NUC 11
Josie Pautzke* NUC 10
Lauryn Franta* NUC 10
Jody Hansen* SESM 11
Mallory Helget SESM 11
Anna Lux* SESM 12
Ali Beltz* SESM 11
Alison Benz* Wab 12
Emily Benz* Wab 11
Lainy Rohlik* Wab 12
Madalyn Heiling* Wab 12
Kate Quesenberry* Spfd 12
M’Kayla Mike* SEHS 12
Hannah Biedenbender* MVL 12
Tori Sweely* GFW 12
Honorable Mention (* Automatic due to tie-breaker)
Name School Grade
McKensie Schwanke* Spfd 12
Mariah Miller* SEHS 11
Nicole Gangelhoff NUC 12
Mason Brand NUC 12
Megan Labat SESM 12
Megan Rothmeier Wab 10
Briana Schmidt Spfd 11
Courtney Dittbenner SEHS 11
Kylie Ulrich MVL 11
Player of the Year: Anna Lux, SESM, P, 12th
Coach of the Year: Wendy L. Owens, SESM
June 1st
at North Links
Teams advancing to Day Two: Sleepy Eye United (324) Cedar Mountain (353) Springfield (361) Madelia (363)
Section Girls Golf
May 30th
at North Links, Mankato
Teams advancing to round two:
Springfield (362) Alden-Conger (446) Sleepy Eye United (451) Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
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Sub-Section 2A North Championship
March 7th
at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter
Indians beat CMC 50-47 in Ot
McKenzie Cselovszki 14 points, 10 rebounds, hit two frees in overtime to give Indians a 48-47 lead
Sarah Ibarra 13 points, 6 steals, hit 3-pointer with seconds left to send game to overtime, hit two free throws in final seconds of overtime to help secure win.
Brianna Polesky 9 points
Indians improve to 27-2 and play at Minnesota State University vs GHEC/Truman Friday (3/11) at 6 p.m.
February 9th
at Springfield
Sleepy Eye earns its first out right tomahawk conference championship since 1988-89 and also to tie the single season win record with 20 wins in a season (2014-15).
Alicia Ibarra 18 points, 6 assists
Sarah Ibarra 13 points, 5 steals
Brianna Polesky 17 points
Josie Schieffert 14 points, 14 rebounds, 6 blocks
Brianna Polesky broke the single season team record for trhee-pointers made in a season with her third three in the first half surpassing 2012 graduate Sydney Remus at 44.
Coach’s Comments (Ryan Hulke):
The first ten minutes of the game was very slow and we had no flow as Springfield had long offensive possessions. When they run a 4-out offense with only a couple girls that are looking to score we had to stay discipline on the defensive end. We were able to do that and build a 18-7 led which then diminished with some missed shots on our end and offensive put-backs on their end.
Luckily late in the half Polesky and Sarah Ibarra hit back to back threes which gave us some flow and we went into half up 9. The second half we executed our sets very efficiently and that gained us a twenty point lead and we coasted from there.
We shot 52% from the field, 82% from the FT line (14/17) and 53% (8/15) from the three point line. Anytime we are able to shoot the ball like that we will be tough to beat.
I believe we had four girls in double figures again which is great to see and tough to stop.
Indians are now 20-2 overall and 13-0 in conference
Junior Lauren Laffen, competing in her fourth consecutive State Golf Meet, was in third place following Day One results with a scores of 40 and 41. She finished the tournament tied for 9th with second day rounds of 42 and 45 (total 168). The winning score was 153.
Freshman Ben Laffen competed in his first State Golf Meet finishing tied for 24th. He played consistent golf carding scores of 41 and 40 on day one and 40-42 (163 total) on day two. The winning score was 146.
