As the year inches closer to the postseason, basketball squads have packed schedules preparing for the final run.

Both Gael teams have another three-game week, beginning on the road at Algona on Tuesday and at West Bend-Mallard on Thursday. St. Edmond then returns home to square off with Hampton-Dumont on Friday.

All varsity doubleheaders begin at 6 p.m.

St. Edmond senior Hunter Horn will look to continue to climb the all-time scoring charts, as the Gael boys (12-2 overall) begin the week at Algona (8-4).

Horn enters the game with 1,502 points in 65 games, averaging 23.1 for his career. He is now just 37 points behind leader Andrew Gibb (2015-18), who had 1,539 points in 76 games (20.3).

Horn is averaging 26.7 this season and 9.4 rebounds per contest as well.

Classmate Carson Bargfrede is scoring 13.5 per night. Jakob Koopman (9.4) and Grant Galles (7.3) are next in line.

In the first meeting of the year, St. Edmond beat the Bulldogs 79-58. Horn had 27 points, with Koopman adding 17. Galles and Bargfrede had 11 each.

Nathan Manske (16), Landon Campe (14) and Jacob Burns (13) paced Algona. Manske (19.3), Burns (13.1) and Campe (10.3) are the leading scorers for the Bulldogs to date.

West Bend-Mallard (3-11) has lost their last two games, after beating Newell-Fonda (70-66). The Wolverines are led by Abner Zaugg (15.9) and Kacyn Flynn (13.8).

The SEHS boys will then return home and look to complete the season sweep over Hampton-Dumont (5-8). The Gaels rolled 59-38 in the last meeting.

Horn had 31, while Galles had 13.

The Bulldogs are paced by Brady Harr, who is averaging a double-double with 20.3 points and 14.2 rebounds per night. Caden Woods is averaging 11.4.

The Gaels girls (10-3) have been hot lately, winning their last five games and eight of the last nine. St. Edmond will look for redemption on Tuesday against Algona (11-4), who knocked off the Gaels 45-28 in mid-December.

Maya Lentz (12) and Kate Limbaugh (10) led the Bulldogs in that tilt. Chloe Palmer paced the Gaels with 13 points.

Freshman Eden Horn (13.6) and Palmer (12.8) are the top offensive contributors to date. Horn is averaging a double-double, also pulling down 14.6 rebounds per night.

Hayden McLaughlin is the leading scorer for the Bulldogs, scoring at a 16.1-point clip. Kate Limbaugh is next at 14.3 points and 9.1 rebounds.

For the WB-M girls (5-9), Addie Montag averages 8.6 and Scarlett Olson is scoring 8.5 per night.

The Wolverines have lost six straight.

In the last meeting against Hampton-Dumont/CAL (4-11), the Gael girls won 44-16. Abby Huss (14) and Horn (12) led the Gaels. MacKenzy Valley had 11 for the Bulldogs.

Hampton-Dumont is 24-11 against the St. Edmond girls since 2006.