FERGUS FALLS — The state-ranked Fergus Falls girls hockey team skated past Willmar 4-3 on Thursday night at the Fergus Falls Ice Arena.
Fergus Falls, ranked seventh in Class A, leads the Central Lakes Conference with an 8-2 record and is 17-4 overall. Willmar fell to 3-9 in the CLC and 13-12 overall.
Willmar heads to the Section 6A playoffs next week.
Girls
Alexandria 6, River Lakes 2
Riley Nyberg scored a pair of goals to help Alexandria beat River Lakes at the Runestone Community Center in Alexandria.
The Cardinals are now 8-4 in the Central Lakes Conference and River Lakes is 3-8.
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The Stars got goals from Jordyn Bebus and Sophia Hess.
River Lakes closes out the regular season playing St. Cloud at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in Richmond.
River Lakes (14-11) 0 2 0 — 2
Alexandria (12-10) 3 2 1 — 6
FIRST PERIOD – (1) A: Riley Nyberg (Julia Doherty) 9:28 … (2) A: Peyton Boesl (Kennedy Ellingson) 10:31 … (3) A: Cadence Ellingson (Kylie Lattimer, Doherty) 12:55.
SECOND PERIOD – (4) RL: Jordyn Bebus (Sophia Hess, Kianna Roeske) :21 … (5) A: Riley Nyberg (K. Ellingson) 3:08 … (6) A: Kaci Trosvig (Hanley Block, Lauren Maras) 13:18 … (7) RL: Hess (Roeske) 15:42.
THIRD PERIOD – (8) A: Lattimer (unassisted) 8:07.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – River Lakes: Kaydence Roeska 40/46 … Alexandria: Jordan O’Kane 20/22
Northern Lakes 11, MBA 0
Northern Lakes improved to 13-10-1 with the victory over the Morris/Benson Area Storm at the Breezy Point Ice Arena.
MBA fell to 1-20-1.
MBA plays at 5:45 p.m. Friday at Detroit Lakes.
Boys
Fergus Falls 6, Willmar 0
Fergus Falls boosted its record to 14-6 with the victory over Willmar at the Willmar Civic Center.
Willmar, 4-14, plays Redwood Valley at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Redwood Falls.
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Little Falls 6, River Lakes 2
State-ranked Little Falls overcame a 1-0 first-period deficit to beat River Lakes at Exchange Arena in Little Falls.
Blake Schultz opened the scoring at 11:40, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead.
The Flyers broke loose with four goals in the second period. Carter Oothoudt scored two of his third goals in the second period. George Moore also had two goals for Little Falls, ranked eighth in Class A.
Cole Pientka had River Lakes’ other goal.
The Stars play at 7:15 p.m. Friday against Mora/Milaca in Richmond.
River Lakes (9-11) 1 1 0 — 2
Little Falls (19-3) 0 4 2 — 6
FIRST PERIOD – (1) RL: Blake Schultz (Brady Blaschko) 11:40
SECOND PERIOD – (2) LF: Carter Oothoudt (Hayden Johnson, Matt Fliippi) 2:15, PP … (3) LF: Oothoudt (M. Filippi, Johnson) 6:07 … (4) RL: Cole Pientka (Bennett Schultz, Jacob Philippi) 11:27 … (5): LF George Moore (Johnson) 13:20, PP … (6) LF: Moore (Johnson, M. Flippi) 15:41, PP.
THIRD PERIOD – (7) LF: Oothoudt (Johnson, M. Flippi) 10:28 … (8) LF: Alec Lindberg (Hudson Flippi, Aaron Marod) 16:43.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – River Lakes: Ashton Fischer 34/40. Little Falls: DJ Kicker 15/17
Litchfield/D-C 3, New Ulm 1
Daniel Estrada, Ryan Schutz and Jack Hillmann scored goals for Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato in its victory over New Ulm at Litchfield.
New Ulm out-shot the Dragons, 37-25.
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Litchfield/D-C plays at 8 p.m. Friday at Southwest Christian/Richfield in Chaska.
New Ulm (10-10-1) 0 0 1 — 1
Litchfield/D-C (12-7) 0 2 1 — 3
FIRST PERIOD – No scoring.
SECOND PERIOD – (1) LDC: Daniel Estrada (Grant Haataja) 4:09 … (2) LDC: Ryan Schutz (Connor Taber, Gavin Hanson) 14:35, SH.
THIRD PERIOD – (3) NU: Austin Uecker (unassisted) 2:27 … (4) LDC: Jack Hillmann (unassisted) 2:51.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – New Ulm: Dawson Sellner 22/25 … Litchfield/D-C: Chase Zwilling 36/37
MBA 6, Prairie Centre 1
The Morris/Benson Area Storm skated past Prairie Centre at Morris.
Brady DeHaan had a hat trick for the Storm, who also got goals from Sam Thompson, Tim Blume and Cole Blume.
MBA is now 11-10-1. Prairie Centre fell to 6-15.
MBA plays at 3 p.m. Saturday at Luverne.
Prairie Centre (6-15) 0 1 0 — 1
MBA (11-10-1) 2 2 2 — 6
FIRST PERIOD – (1) MBA: Brady DeHaan (Kaleb Breuer) 10:20 … (2) MBA: Tim Blume (Tyler Hadfield) 16:19.
SECOND PERIOD – (3) MBA: DeHaan (unassisted) 1:56 … (4) MBA: DeHaan (Ryan Tolifson) 6:00 … (5) PC: Derrick Sorenson (unassisted) 12:44.
THIRD PERIOD – (6) MBA: Cole Blume (Tyler Hadfield) 3:21, PP … (7) MBA: Sam Thompson (unassisted) 9:28.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – Prairie Centre: Joe Nedoroscik 28/34 (46:15), Ben Millard 5/5 (4:45) … MBA: Christopher Danielson 22/23
