RICHMOND - River Lakes led third-ranked St. Cloud Apollo by a goal after one period but the Eagles’ Gino Lucia scored a goal and assisted on three others in a four-goal second that lifted Apollo to a 4-1 win on Thursday.
Apollo, No. 3 in Class A, improved to 16-0 in the Central Lakes Conference and is 23-2 overall.
Rivers Lakes’ Payton Madison scored in the first period on assists from Jordan Pemble and Jake Jenson.
The Stars open the Section 6A playoffs playing host to Wadena-Deer Creek at 7 p.m. Saturday.
St. Cloud Apollo 4, River Lakes 1
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St. Cloud Apollo (16-0, 23-2).....0 4 0 - 4
River Lakes (4-10, 8-17)...............1 0 0 - 1
FIRST PERIOD – R: Payton Madison (Jordan Pemble, Jake Jenson) 12:15
SECOND PERIOD – S: Trevor Vossen ( Gino Lucia, Ethan Torgerson) 6:13 … S: Josh Kenney (Lucia, Michael Behl) 9:18 … S: Lucia (11:06) … S: Torgerson (Lucia, Brandon Bissett) 16:59
THIRD PERIOD – No scoring
GOALIE SAVES – SC Apollo: Name not available 26 … River Lakes: Name not available 44
