WILLMAR-Tanner Dahle scored a hat trick as Willmar's boys hockey team held off Prairie Center for a 6-5 win Thursday night at the Willmar Civic Center.
The Cardinals got the fireworks going first with a goal from Dahle just 5:37 into the game and Devin Turrubiates made it 2-0 minutes later. Prairie Center got on the board with 30 seconds to spare, though, thanks to a goal from Hunter Fletcher.
Dahle got rolling again in the second with a goal 41 seconds into the period before Prairie Center's Peter Erhart scored a pair to knot the game at three.
It was Willmar's night, though, as Eli Slagter took the lead 51 seconds into the third period and Dahle followed up with his third of the night eight minutes later.
Slagter added a shorthanded goal a minute and a half after Dahle's third goal to put the game at 6-3.
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Erhart earned his hat trick, though and Fletcher made things interesting with only two minutes remaining, scoring his second of the night. The Cardinals held strong, though, and wrapped the game with a 6-5 scoreline.
"We made things interesting there at the end but we'll take it however we can get it," said Willmar head coach Jamie Hagen.
Willmar will take on Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato for the Creamed Can at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Willmar Civic Center.
Willmar 6, Prairie Centre 5
Prairie Centre............. 1 2 2 - 5
Willmar............... 2 1 3 - 6
FIRST PERIOD - W: Tanner Dahle (Eli Slagter) 5:37 ... W: Devin Turrubiates (Andrew DeJong, Jonathan Broman) 9:23 ... PC: Hunter Fletcher (Noah Fletcher) 16:30
SECOND PERIOD - W: Dahle (Connor Swart) 0:41 ... PC: Peter Erhart 3:26 ... PC: Erhart (Isaac Cebulla) 14:10
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THIRD PERIOD - W: Eli Slagter (Swart, Grant Duininck) 0:51 ... W: Dahle (Duininck, Avery Smith) 9:25 ... W: Slagter 10:51 sh ... PC: Erhart 13:29 ... PC: Hunter Fletcher (Noah Fletcher) 15:03
GOALIE SAVES - Prairie Centre: Jesson Gould 32 ... Willmar: Caden Johnson 11
Litchfield/DC 4, River Lakes 1
Litchfield overcomes an early one-goal deficit with two goals in each of the second and third periods on Thursday.
LDC' Luke Benson scored the hat trick. Jake Jenson scored River Lakes' goal.
Litchfield.................... 0 2 2 - 4
River Lakes............... 1 0 0 - 1
FIRST PERIOD - RL: Jake Jenson (Gavin Stanger, Trey Johnson) 3:52
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SECOND PERIOD - Lit: Luke Benson 0:57, sh ... Lit: Casey Peterson (Benson, Brandt Pedersen) 11:51
THIRD PERIOD - Lit: Benson (Pedersen, Paul Raisanen) 2:02, pp ... Lit: Benson (Pedersen, Peterson) 12:14
GOALIE SAVES - Litchfield: Jerrod Niska 39 ... River Lakes: John Perkins 24
Girls Hockey
Fergus Falls 6, Willmar 2
Fergus Falls did most of its damage in the second period, scoring four goals and tacking on two more in the third to down Willmar 6-2 on Thursday at the Willmar Civic Center.
Willmar's Hannah Kobienia opened the scoring with a second-period goal on assists from Mya Monson and Serena Monson after a scoreless first period.
But Fergus Falls sandwiched two-goal spurts around the Cards' Bailey Olson's goal to take a 4-2 lead into the third. Fergus Fall's Sophie Rausch, who scored the hat trick, broke the tie with a short-handed goal at 15:29 of the second period.
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Kobienia got the assist on Olson's goal, and Willmar goalie Bryton Carlson made 28 saves.
Fergus Falls............. 0 4 2 - 6
Willmar............... 0 2 0 - 2
FIRST PERIOD - No scoring
SECOND PERIOD - W: Hannah Kobienia (Mya Mondon, Serena Monson) 2:30 ... FF: Ellie Andersen (Sophie Rausch, Hallie Sheridan) 5:16 ... FF: Rausch (Sheridan) 10:38 ... W: Bailey Olson (Kobienia) 11:47 ... FF: Rausch (Jade Zierdon) 15:29 sh ... FF: Sheridan (Lydia Mann) 16:45
THIRD PERIOD - FF: Sheridan (Rausch) 10:07 pp ... FF: Rausch 15:12
GOALIE SAVES - Fergus Falls: Jadyn McKeever 14 ... Willmar: Bryton Carlson 28
Swimming & Diving
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Sauk Rapids 99, Willmar 85
Garrett Shuldes won two events and and Nash VanKlompenburg both one but Willmar fell to Sauk Rapids on Thursday in Sauk Rapids.
The Cardinals won the 200 medley relay, Shuldes won the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle and VanKlompenburg placed first in the 100 backstroke.
Winner and Willmar scorers
200 MEDLEY RELAY - (1) Willmar (Nash VanKlopenburg, Ryan Kuchta, Mateo Marin-Mera, Garrett Shuldes) 1:48.58
200 FREESTYLE - (1) Ryan Kawlewski, SR, 2:02.80 (2) Jacob Meyer, W, 2:03.14 ... (4) Ayden Schueler, W, 2:11.37
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - (1) Josh Deering, SR, 2:16.61 ... (3) VanKlompenburg, W, 2:24.94 (5) Ryan Kuchta, W, 2:37.01
50 FREESTYLE - (1) Shuldes, W, 24.03 ... (4) Ethan Kubesh, W, 25.28
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DIVING - (1) Jack Grabinski, S, 213 (2) River Rowan, W, 169.05 (3) Carlos Maldonado-Garcia, W, 160 ... (5) Cody Lange, W, 92.40
100 BUTTERFLY - (1) Dylan Maanum, S, 1:01.09 (2) Mateo Marin-Mera, W, 1:01.58 (3) Ethan Kubesh, W, 1:02.76
100 FREESTYLE - (1) Shuldes, W, 53.04 ... (5) Ryan Hennes, W, 58.81
500 FREESTYLE - (1) Ryan Kawleski, S, 5:44.58 (2) Jacob Meyer, W, 5:47.17 (3) Ayden Schueler 5:48.22
200 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Sauk Rapids 1:39.68 (2) Willmar (Ethan Kubesh, Jacob Meyer, Ryan Kuchta, Garrett Shuldes) 1:40.81
100 BACKSTROKE - (1) Nash VanKlompenburg, W, 1:01.97 ... (3) Mateo Marin-Mera, W, 1:05.29
100 BREASTSTROKE - (1) Tommy Stiegel, S, 1:09.19 (2) Ryan Kuchta, W, 1:10.02 ... (5) Logan McGillivary, W, 1:23.80
400 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Willmar (Ethan Kubesh, Jacob Meyer, Nash VanKlompenburg, Mateo Marin-Mera) 3:47.68 (2) Willmar (Ryan Hennes, Jon Arends, Ayden Schueler, Seth Jagow) 4:09.63
Gymnastics
Willmar 137, Alexandria 134.2
Erica Schramm won the all-around and bars and Abby Coquyt set a personal-best winning the floor in Willmar's win over Alexandria on Thursday in Alexandria.
Schramm scored 34.8 as the Cardinals' only all-around competitor. She won the bars with an 8.6.
The Cardinals swept the floor exercise. Coquyt won with a 9.35, Schramm and Bronwyn Tollefson tie for second at 8.95, Kirah Kessler-Gross was fourth at 8.85 and Olivia Welsh was fifth in 8.75.
The Cardinals compete in the Marshall Invite at 11 a.m. Saturday.
ALL-AROUND - (1) Erica Schramm, W, 34.8
VAULT - (1) Sydney Gray, A, 9.3 (2) Kirah Kessler-Gross, W, 9.25 (3) Presleigh Schrupp, W, 9.1 ... (5) tie, Schramm, W, and Bronwyn Tollefson, W, 8.95 (10) Erin Johnson, W, 8.55
BARS - (1) Schramm, W, 8.6 (2) Alayna Gray, A, 8.15 (3) tie, Sydney Gray, W, and Lydia Morrell, W, 8.0 ... (6) Abby Coquyt, W, 7.85 (7) tie, Schrupp, W, and Johnson, W, 7.7
BEAM - (1) Joslyn Kent, A, 8.65 (2) Rachel Boyden, A, 8.6 (3) Olivia Welsh, W, 8.5 ... (4) Schramm, W, 8.3 (7) tie, Tayva Carruthers, W, and Coquyt, W, 7.85 (10) Morrell, W, 6.85
FLOOR - (1) Coquyt, W, 9.35 (2) tie, Schramm, W, and Tollefson, W, 8.95 (4) Kessler-Gross, W, 8.85 (5) Welsh, W, 8.75
Annandale Triangular
Courtney Henjum kept up her strong season with sweep of all events Thursday night at the Annandale Triangular.
Her success wasn't quite enough for the Wildcats, though, as they finished second behind New Prague. New Prague scored 136.8 points, just ahead of NLS' 135.575.
Henjum won the all-around with a commanding 36.425. She managed at least a 9.0 in all events except the vault where she scored an 8.95. Her best event was the floor where she scored a 9.4.
NLS' Sarah Thein took third with 32.1 in the all-around and teammate Emily Novak finished fifth with 31.85.
Team Scores - (1) New Prague 136.8 (2) New London-Spicer 135.575 (3) Annandale 125.325
ALL-AROUND - (1) Courtney Henjum, NLS, 36.425 (2) Kaylynn Solheid, NP, 34.575 (3) Sarah Thein, NLS, 32.1 (5) Emily Novak, NLS, 31.85
VAULT - (1) Henjum, NLS, 8.95 (2) Kenzie Norgren, A, 8.75 (6) Rachel Vraa, NLS, 8.35 (8) Emily Novak, NLS, 8.3
BARS - (1) Henjum, NLS, 9.075 (2) Solheid, NP, 8.775 (4) Novak, NLS, 8.4 (6) Becca Schmidt, NLS, 8.35
BEAM - (1) Henjum, NLS, 9.0 (2) Vraa, NLS, 8.9 (7) Thein, NLS, 8.05
FLOOR - (1) Henjum, NLS, 9.4 (2) Tina Shimota, NP, 9.05 (5) Thein, NLS, 8.65 (6) Vraa, NLS, 8.475 (7) Charli Robinson, NLS 8.45 (8) Novak, NLS 8.3
B/KMS/M 130.9, LP-GE 123.825
Mariah Arndt won the All-Around, vault, beam and floor exercise to lead the Benson/KMS/Montevideo gymnastics team over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Thursday.
ALL-AROUND - (1) Mariah Arndt, B, 34.2 (2) Tristen Marcyes, L, 32.175 (3) Reanne Warwick, L, 31.3 (4) Halle Hanson, B, 30.45
VAULT - (1) Arndt, B, 9.05 (2) Carlie Lenz, B, 8.8 (3) Marcyes, L, 8.75
BARS - (1) Jarrah Langner, L, 7.9 (2) Arndt, B, 7.7 (4) Allie Mitteness, B, 7.55 (4) Lenz 7.5
BEAM - (1) Arndt, B, 8.1 (2) Makenna Kelley, B, 8.075 (3) Sophie Ascheman, B, 7.8 (4) Halle Hanson, B, 7.5 (5) Allie Mitteness, B, 7.475
FLOOR - (1) Arndt, B, 9.35 (2) Reanne Warwick, L, 8.8 (3) Hanson 8.7
