March 6th
at Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter
The Indians played a smothering defense, wearing down St. Mary’s for a 54-39 win in the Subsection championship contest played . Monday night at GAC in St. Peter. Sleepy Eye avenged their lost last season to the Knights in the same title game.
Sleepy Eye was lead by Kadence Hesse with 26 points, 13 rebounds. Brea Mertz had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assist and 3 steals, Cadence Okerman had 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assist, Jazzibelle Martinez had 6 points.
St. Mary’s season ends with a 22-7 record
Kadence Hesse surpassed the 2000 career point mark February 20th. She is the first player in Sleepy Eye High School basketball history to reach the milestone. Kadence is only a junior.
Kadence Hesse poured in 34 points Monday night to help Sleepy Eye beat St. Mary’s 64-55 and in the process became the All-Time Scoring leading for the Sleepy Eye Girls Basketball program, surpassing Madison Heiderscheidt. Hesse now has 1700 points and counting as she is only a junior.
Heese overtakes Heiderscheidt with this layup.
12/1
at BLHS
Mustangs defeat Indians 54-49.
Indians were lead by Kadence Hesse with 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assists
Brea Mertz got her 1000 point and finished with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 4 steals
Paige Haala had 7 points 8 rebounds and Lydia Huiras had 7 points.
November 26th
at St. Mary’s Tip Off Tournament
Kadence Hesse 24 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steal
Brea Mertz 19 points, 11 rebounds
Paige Haala 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals
Girls Basketball All-Conference Tomahawk
2021-2022 season
All- Conference
Name School Grade Position
Madison Mathiowetz SESM 12 G
Reagan Severson SESM 12 G
Abbie Riederer MVL 12 G
Kaylee Hunter MVL 12 G
Madalynn Wulkan BLHS 12 G
Rachel Kottke BLHS 10 G
Kadence Hesse SEPS 10 G
Brea Mertz SEPS 10 F
Brooklyn Sturm Springfield 10 F
Brynn Busse GFW 11 G
Megan Sandgren Cedar Mt. 12 F
Honorable Mention All-Conference
Name School Grade Position
Liz Schwint SESM 11 F
Allie Labat SESM 11 G
Mia Johnson MVL 12 G
Kristi Kottke BLHS 10 G
Kaydince Thoms SEPS 12 G
Maddy Digmann Springfield 11 G
Emily Schommer NUC 12 G
COACH OF THE YEAR: Rollin Timm-MVL
2021-2022 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Madison Mathiowetz-SESM
The Sleepy Eye Girls Basketball team finished the season as sub-section runner up.
St. Mary’s advances to the Section Championship game with a win over Sleepy Eye.
March 7th
at St. Peter High School
Sub-Section Championship Game
Knights defeated the Indians 65 to 46.
Indians were lead by Kadence Hesse with 24 points, 6 rebounds
Kaydince Thoms had 8 points, 3 assists and 4 rebounds
Brooklyn Moldan had 8 points and played amazing defense
Sleepy Eye Coach Sarah Hesse: “We had a great year and finished 23-6. We have three wonderful seniors that will be leaving us and we wish them all the best.”
March 3rd
at Lake Crystal
The Indians defeated the Raiders 78 to 52.
The Indians were lead by Kadence Hesse with 23 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals, Cadence Okerman had 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists. Brea Mertz had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assist. Kaydince Thoms had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 assists. Erika Lozano had 6 points and 5 rebounds.
