The St. Mary’s Knights kept their undefeated season (22-0) going by outlasting WEM 64-59 in a defensive gem at Sibley East to win the Section 2A championship. The Knights will now play in the quarterfinal round of state at a site and against an opponent yet to be determined.
“Wow, what a great performance by our team tonight,” said coach Bruce Woitas. “We stayed together and worked hard on the defensive end and got rewarded with a state tourney birth. I am very happy for our team and what they done all year long.”
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.
