roundup

HOCKEY • GIRLS

Blake edges Hill-Murray in OT

• BLAKE 4, HILL-MURRAY 3 (OT): Freshman Sarah Chute's power-play goal at 3 minutes, 33 seconds of overtime lifted the Bears, ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, past the Pioneers, ranked No. 4 in Class 2A, in the semifinals of the Kaposia Classic at Wakota Arena on Friday. Jordan Chancellor and Carly Bullock each had a goal and assist for the Bears, who won their eighth consecutive game to improve to 13-1 on the season. Jess Bonfe scored twice for Hill-Murray.

• BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON 5, ROSEVILLE 4: Kendal Fasching scored three goals and Sabrina Smith scored twice to lift the Jaguars past the Raiders in the consolation semifinals of the Kaposia Classic. Smith's second goal — assisted by Fasching — tied the score 4-4 with 11:08 remaining. Fasching completed her hat trick with 5:37 remaining to break the tie.

• ST. FRANCIS/NORTH BRANCH 3, ST. PAUL BLADES 2: Katie Sigfrinius' shorthanded goal with 1:15 remaining lifted the Saints in the Schwan Cup Red Division second round. Sigfrinius also scored in the first period to stake the Saints to a 1-0 lead.

BASKETBALL • BOYS

• ORONO 78, BIG LAKE 61: Senior guard Cole Hennings scored 20 points to lead the Spartans, ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, to their sixth consecutive victory.

• MINNETONKA 84, BLAINE 51: Seth Coatta scored 20 points and Amar Miller 18 to carry the Skippers, ranked No. 7 in Class 4A, to a nonconference victory over the visiting Bengals. Ben Scherer scored 21 points for Blaine.

• SHAKOPEE 62, BURNSVILLE 55: The Sabers, ranked No. 8 in Class 4A, outscored the Blaze 33-24 in the second half to rally for a victory. Junior Steffon Mitchell scored 22 points to lead the Sabers.

• APPLE VALLEY 80, EASTVIEW 61: The Eagles, ranked No. 2 in Class 4A, rebounded from their first loss of the season by beating the visiting Lightning. Gary Trent Jr. scored 19 to lead the Eagles, who lost to Champlin Park last Saturday.

BASKETBALL • GIRLS

• EASTVIEW 68, APPLE VALLEY 50: Madison Guebert scored 22 points as the Lightning, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, rebounded from their first loss of the season. Eastview lost to No. 2 Hopkins 68-55 on Wednesday in the St. Olaf tournament. Apple Valley sophomore Lyndsey Robson scored 19 points to surpass 1,000 for her career.

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