Staff photo by Steve Muscatello Jack Nelson (23) of Sleepy Eye tries to draw a charging foul as Jon Zinniel of New Ulm Cathedral goes up for a shot during the first half Friday at CHS.

NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral held Sleepy Eye Public to 15 points in the first half and 18 second-half points as the Greyhounds moved to 5-0 in the Tomahawk Conference and 10-0 overall with a 81-33 win over the Indians Friday night.

Jon Zinniel led Cathedral with a game-high 17 points, while Kyle Goblirsch and Chris Knowles each added 10 points.

“Everybody really contributed and we did a nice job of getting different people involved,” Cathedral head coach Alan Woitas said. “We moved the ball offensively and we played good defense.”

Erizen Traconis paced the Indians (1-7, 0-3) with 10 points. Kegan Heiderscheidt added 7 points.

“We just played a good team,” Sleepy Eye head coach Shane Heiderscheidt said. “We cannot shoot the ball like we did tonight (Sleepy Eye made just seven field goals in the game and were 4 for 25 from beyond the arc). We have been shooting like this every game. You have to put in the time to get better.”

The Greyhounds, who play at Minnesota Valley Lutheran Monday night, used a 13-0 run to turn a close 16-10 contest into a comfortable 29-10 lead that was highlighted when Jon Zinniel put back his missed shot with a dunk.

Zinniel’s basket later made it a 13-point spurt before Kegan Heiderscheidt stopped the run with a 3.

Cathedral also forced nine turnovers in the first half.

“We wanted to come out and establish a higher-paced game and turn them over and get some easy baskets and we were able to do that.” Woitas said as the Greyhounds held a comfortable 38-15 lead at halftime.

The Greyhounds outscored the Indians 16-2 to start the second half to build their lead to 54-17 with five minutes gone in the second half.

That allowed the Greyhounds’ reserves to play the rest of the second half.

Matt Gillis’ 3, two 3s from Jon Adema and a Dave Wilfahrt bucket moved Cathedral to a 78-29 lead.

“It is nice to see a lot different people step up,” Woitas said, “Those guys work really hard in practice and they deserve these opportunities.”