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Wednesday roundup: Lakeville South pulls away, top seed Grand Rapids falls

By Star Tribune, 03/24/21, 9:30PM CDT

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A recap of select section final games from around the metro area and state.

Lakeville South scored four unanswered goals in the third period to pull away from second-seeded Lakeville North 7-3 in the Class 2A, Section 1 final Wednesday.

Cam Boche scored three goals, including the game-winner, to lead the top-seeded Cougars. He put them ahead for good 4:04 into the third period. The senior also scored late in the first period and sealed the victory with an empty-net goal with 29 seconds left.

Jack Malinski and Ben Portner scored 1:07 apart in the third period to help the Cougars extend their lead to three goals with 5:29 left in the game.

Jed England scored first for the Cougars at 4:14 before Boche scored his first goal of the game. Cade Ahrenholz scored 3:36 into the second period to give the Cougars a 3-1 lead.

Wyatt Albrecht got the Panthers on the board first 2:26 into the game. Jameson Klein and Luke Jech scored in the second period for the Panthers to tie the score 3-3 at the second intermission.

Skylar Vetter made 35 saves for the Panthers and Ethan Dahlmeir had 19 for the Cougars.

Class 2A, Section 4: Top-seeded Hill-Murray cruised past second-seeded White Bear Lake 5-0. Triston Tabucol, Anthony Madigan, Matthew Fleischhaker, Hunter Laschinger and Axel Begley scored for the defending Class 2A champion Pioneers.

Class 2A, Section 7: Garrett Schifsky scored a hat trick to lead second-seeded Andover past top-seeded Grand Rapids 3-2. Schifsky scored his three goals in a 9:39 span that began late in the first period and carried over into the second.

Braeden Holcomb and Hayden DeMars scored 4:42 apart late in the second period for the Thunderhawks.

Will Larson made 15 saves in the third period and 33 for the game for the Huskies.

Class 1A, Section 1: Top-seeded Dodge County reached the state tournament for the first time with a 4-3 victory over third-seeded Mankato West.

Class 1A, Section 2: Second-seeded Delano scored five unanswered goals to defeat top-seeded Breck 5-1. Tyler Selstad, Gunnar Paulson, Trevor Oja, Braeden Collings and Adam Brown scored for the Tigers. Josh Hanson scored a goal and Dylan Halliwill made 28 saves for the Mustangs. 

Class 1A, Section 3: Logan Benson scored with 5:16 left for his third goal of the game to give second-seeded Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato a 4-3 victory over top-seeded Hutchinson. Gavyn Lund also scored a goal and Darby Halonen made 28 saves for the Dragons. KK Starrett, T.J. Tydlacka and Ty Glaser scored for the Tigers.

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