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Saturday area roundup: Sleepy Eye boys keep rolling

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Sleepy Eye 71, Cleveland 41

MANKATO -- Sleepy Eye rolled to a 71-41 win over Cleveland on Saturday afternoon in a nonconference boys basketball game at Bethany Lutheran College.

Landon Wendinger led the Indians in the win with 17 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks, while Brayden Heiderscheidt had 14 points, six assists, four rebounds, four blocks and three steals. Isaac Lendt also had 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals for Sleepy Eye, while Eric Lozano had 11 points and Marcus Martinez added 10 points.

Sleepy Eye (10-1) hosts Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart in Tomahawk Conference action on Tuesday night.

St. Mary's 79, Madelia 50

MANKATO -- Sleepy Eye St. Mary's rolled to a 79-50 win over Madelia on Saturday night in a nonconference boys basketball game at Bethany Lutheran College.

Will Walter led the Knights in the win with 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists, while Mark Anderson had 12 points and seven rebounds and Jon Petermann had 10 points and four rebounds. Also for the Knights, George Schwint had 9 points and four rebounds, while Brandon Schmitz had 8 points and five rebounds, Adam Steffensmeier had 7 points, three rebounds, three assists and two blocks and Kameron Kosak had 7 points and three rebounds.

No stats were provided for Madelia, which fell to 7-5 on the year in defeat.

The Knights (9-4) are at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop for a Tomahawk Conference game on Tuesday night.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Byron 70, New Ulm 67

KASSON -- Byron held off New Ulm 70-67 on Saturday in a nonconference girls basketball game at Kasson-Mantorville High School.

New Ulm was led by Daviney Dreckman's 21 points and seven rebounds, while Maddie Backer had 18 points and two steals. Riley Wilson also had 10 points and two rebounds for the Eagles.

New Ulm (11-3) is back in action for a 7:30 p.m. nonconference home game with Mankato East on Tuesday.

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