BOYS BASKETBALL

Madelia 80,

Springfield 67

SPRINGFIELD — Madelia downed Springfield 80-67 in a nonconference boys basketball game on Thursday.

Kaydon Firchau led the Blackhawks with 31 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals and three blocks, while Caden McMullen had 12 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks. Tate Becker had 13 points, five rebounds and four assists, Bryce Borkenhagen had 13 points, four rebounds and four assists, and Dalton Tatro had 11 points, six rebounds and three steals.

Aiden Moriarty led the Tigers with 18 points and seven rebounds, while Parker Kuehn had 15 points and four assists. Madden Lendt had 11 points and six rebounds, while Bryan Buerkle had 10 points and nine rebounds.

Madelia (18-3) plays at St. James Area on Tuesday, while Springfield (17-5) plays at Windom Area on Tuesday.

LCMA 64, MVL 58

LAKE CRYSTAL — Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial defeated Minnesota Valley Lutheran 64-58 in a South Central Conference boys basketball game.

Pierson Brau led the Chargers with 23 points and five rebounds, while Blake Sexton had 14 points, four assists and three rebounds. Connor Bode added 11 points and six rebounds with four assists.

MVL (14-8, 4-3) hosts St. Clair on Tuesday.

CMC 85, Wabasso 61

WABASSO — Central Minnesota Christian topped Wabasso 85-61 in a nonconference boys basketball game on Thursday.

Brayden Guetter led the Rabbits with 18 points and three rebounds with three assists, while Tavyn Larson had 12 points. Caden Frericks had 10 points and 21 rebounds with four steals and three blocks, while Drew Kemp had 10 points and three rebounds with three steals.

Wabasso (21-3) hosts Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop on Tuesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

MVL 71, TCU 54

NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran took down Tri-City United 71-54 in a nonconference girls basketball game on Thursday.

Ziva Zahrt led the Chargers with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Avery Freier had 15 points and eight assists. Violet Hammer had 13 points and five rebounds, and Olivia Hammer had 10 points and five rebounds with five steals.

MVL (14-9) plays at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop on Friday.

Springfield 63, GFW 56

WINTHROP — Springfield topped Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 63-56 in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game on Thursday.

Olivia Milbrath had 22 points and 15 rebounds for the Tigers, while Kendall Krueger had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Makay Winkelmann had 14 points, six rebounds and six assists.

Taylor Bauer led the Firebirds with 19 points, while Kinley Bruns and Brynn Caspers each had 10 points.

Springfield (10-13, 8-8) hosts Tracy-Milroy-Balaton on Monday, while GFW (3-20, 1-15) hosts Minnesota Valley Lutheran on Friday.

St. Mary’s 89,

GHEC/T/ML 49

NORTHROP — Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s rolled Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther 89-49 in a nonconference girls basketball game on Thursday.

Morgan Mathiowetz led the Knights with 39 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and seven steals, while Olivia Schieffert had 22 points, four rebounds and eight assists. Natalie Fischer added 10 points.

St. Mary’s (23-1) plays at Nicollet in the Tomahawk-Valley Conference Championship game on Tuesday.

Cedar Mountain 81,

Madelia 45

MORGAN — Cedar Mountain cruised by Madelia 81-45 in a nonconference girls basketball game on Thursday.

Kendra Erickson had 25 points, four rebounds and five assists for the Cougars, while Aubrey Steffl had 24 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and five steals. Kendra Lueck had 10 points, three rebounds and five steals, while Marlie Wildt had 10 points and nine rebounds.

No statistics were reported for Madelia.

Cedar Mountain (19-4) hosts Lester Prairie on Friday, while Madelia (0-24) plays at New Ulm Cathedral on Friday.