Minnesota High School Basketball - Sleepy Eye sneaks past Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop
January 6, 2025: Winthrop, MN 55396 The Sleepy Eye Indians (Sleepy Eye, MN) basketball edged the host Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds (Winthrop, MN), 57-51 in Monday's league bout.
The Indians now possess a 6-5 record. They play next when they host Springfield for a A Section 2 bout on Thursday, January 9. Sleepy Eye will play a Tigers team coming off a 96-29 league win over Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart (Hector, MN). The Tigers record now stands at 8-1.
With the loss, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop falls to 3-6 on the campaign. The Thunderbirds host Sibley East (Arlington, MN) to play the Wolverines in a non-league bout on Tuesday, January 7. The Wolverines go into the bout with a record of 4-5. Sibley East lost 54-45 in their recent non-league bout against Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (Howard Lake, MN)
