The Eagles fell to a formidable Holy Family team, 80-52, on Tuesday, March 21, in the Class AA quarterfinal round, at Target Center. That resulted in a Wednesday consolation semifinal matchup versus Maple River, where their namesake emerged victorious, 59-32, at Gangelhoff Center, thus ending EV-W’s most memorable and spectacular season.
Holy Family game
Halftime: Holy Family 43, EV-W 36.
Eagles’ scoring: Wyatt Moehrle, 7 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals; Carson Schmaltz, 1 rebound; Landon Neiman, 8 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals; Nolan Geislinger, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists; Myles Dziengel, 3 points, 4 rebounds; Caden Neiman, 2 rebounds; Parker Schultz, 12 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist; Noah Stommes, 11 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals; Eric Bauer, 7 points, 4 rebounds.
Maple River game
Halftime: Maple River 25, EV-W 15.
Eagles’ scoring: Wyatt Moehrle, 5 rebounds, 2 assists; Landon Neiman, 5 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals; Nolan Geislinger, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals; Myles Dziengel, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist; Caden Neiman, 4 rebounds, 1 assist; Lee Dziengel, 1 rebound; Parker Schultz, 8 points, 2 steals; Noah Stommes, 11 points, 5
The 2022-23 Eden Valley-Watkins boys’ basketball team is the first in school history to make it to the MSHSL State Tournament. They faced No. 1-ranked Holy Family Catholic, playing at Target Center on Tuesday, March 21; Holy Family won, 80-52, and EV-W moved on to the consolation bracket. EV-W played No. 4-ranked Maple River on Thursday, March 23, at Concordia University; Maple River won, 59-32, and the EV-W season ended. See both game stories on page 1.
Albany won the Class AA State Tournament, and Minnehaha Academy took second place.
The EV-W boys played hard, and did us all proud. Congratulations!
Special thanks to photographer extraordinaire Laurie Kohnen for the fabulous photos!
2022-23 Eden Valley-Watkins
Varsity Boys’ Basketball Team
0 Wyatt Moehrle, sophomore
1 Carson Schmaltz, junior
2 Landon Neiman, junior
3 Nolan Geislinger, junior
4 Nolan Haag, junior
5 Myles Dziengel, senior
10 Caden Neiman, senior
11 Aiden Kuechle, senior
13 William Ballard, sophomore
15 Lee Dziengel, sophomore
21 Parker Schultz, junior
23 Noah Stommes, junior
24 Eric Bauer, senior
33 Riley Geislinger, sophomore
44 Dylan Walz, sophomore
55 Phillip Reichert, senior