March 19th
at St. Mary’s
Sleepy Eye: Kadence Hesse 21 points, 6 rebounds, Brooklyn Moldan 12 points, Brea Mertz 7 points and 12 rebounds
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.
The Player of the Year Radio Show was held Tuesday night on KNUJ AM and FM and worldwide at knuj.net. 47 area athletes were recognized and Players of the Year were announced for Girl’s Basketball, Boy’s Basketball and Wrestling.
The Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year is Madison Mathiowetz from SE/St Mary’s. Mathiowetz scored a school record 817 points helping the Knight’s to a runner up finish in the Section.
The Boy’s Basketball Player of the Year is Wyatt Olson from St Peter. Olson helped the Saints win 19 games by scoring 522 points, Wyatt is also the school’s all time leading scorer and rebounder.
Co Wrestler of the Year is Trevor Eisfeld from TMB/WWG. Eisfeld finished the year 51 and 0 and won the 182 pound Class A Individual Championship.
Co Wrestler of the Year is Kaleb Haase from Redwood Valley/Cedar Mountain. Haase finished the year 41 and 0 and won the 285 pound Class AA Individual Championship.
