PREP HOCKEY: Eagles, Cardinals pick up wins Saturday

WINDOM — Zach Bartosh netted four goals and one assist as the Windom Area Eagles boy’s hockey team used four power-play goals to take down the Morris/Benson Area Storm 10-6 Saturday.

The undefeated Eagles took a 3-1 lead heading into the first intermission on back to back goals by Bartosh and one by Devin Neilsen.

Bartosh finished off his hat trick with a goal just 57 seconds into the second frame to put Windom Area up by three. Morris/Benson Area cut the lead to one on Brody Gimberlin’s goal at 17:40, but the Eagles scored the next four to make it 8-2.

However, the Storm picked up two late period goals to shrink the Eagles lead to four before the end of the second.

Bartosh again opened the scoring in the third period on another power-play goal to make it 9-4 with just under eight minutes left. The Storm made it 9-5 on a goal from Mac Beyer, but Nielsen picked up the second hat trick of game a minute later to push the Eagles lead back to five.

With just under two minutes to play, Beyer scored again for the Storm, completing his own hat trick. But it was too little too late and the Eagles took the win 10-6.

Stubbe got the win for Windom Area, making 29 of 35 saves.

The Eagles (4-0, 3-0) travel to Richfield Saturday to take on Achiever NE Academy.

M/BA 1 3 2 — 6

WA 3 5 2 — 10

Luverne 4, L/D-C 2

LITCHFIELD — Toby Sengvongxay scored two goals, including the game winner, for the Luverne Cardinals in a victory over Litchfield-Dassel-Cokato Saturday.

The Cardinals put 53 shots on L/D-C goalie Braeden Wahl in the game, while Kendall Meyer faced just 14.

Luverne struck first when Sengvongxay scored a power-play goal with under two minutes left in the first period to put the Cardinals up 1-0 heading into intermission.

Neither team scored in the second, but both sides took three penalties a piece in the period.

Gunnar Olson put the Cardinals up by two early in the third period, but L/D-C got on the board under a minute later on a goal by Aaron Haataja to cut the lead to one.

L/D-C tied the game at two apiece when Mike Spreiter put the puck past Meyer at 13:52. However, Sengvongxay broke the tie on his second power-play goal of the game with under five minutes left to give the Cardinals the lead again.

Skyler Wenninger put the game away on an empty net goal to give Luverne the 4-2 win.

The Cardinals (3-1, 2-1) head to Fairmont Tuesday.

Luverne 1 0 3 — 4

L/D-C 0 0 2 — 2

GIRLS HOCKEY

L/D-C 9, Luverne 3

LITCHFIELD — Monique Aanenson scored two goals for the Luverne Cardinals girl’s hockey team in a loss to Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato Saturday.

L/D-C took an early 1-0 lead, but Aanenson netted her first goal of the game at 13:56 to tie the game at one. Aanenson scored again four minutes later to give the Cardinals their first lead of the game. However, L/D-C would tie it up on a goal by Bobbie Jo Benda to make it 2-2 heading into intermission.

Luverne took the lead again on a goal from Makayla Sterrett early in the second, but L/D-C tied it at three late in the period.

With a tied game headed into the third, L/D-C scored six unanswered goals to put the game out of reach for Luverne.

Cardinals’ goalie Kennedy Gonnerman made 26 of 35 saves in the loss.

Luverne 2 1 0 — 3

L/D-C 2 1 6 — 9

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