The Worthington Trojans girls hockey team, playing in their regular season finale, blanked Prairie Center 6-0 to win their fifth game of the year — including their third shutout victory on home ice.
Freshman Breeta Johnson wound up with a hat trick on the night. She scored 1:44 into the game on an assist from Leah Nelson and added her second goal just 33 seconds later on a feed from Addison Joens. The third WHS goal of the opening period came just 37 seconds after Johnson's second goal, as Tayler Nickel scored on assists from Chloe Joens and Peyton Nickel, and Peyton Nickel later scored at 12:14 of the first period on a pass from Tayler Nickel.
Nelson made it a 5-0 game in the second period on a goal at 9:37, with Madelyn Cummings getting credit for an assist. Johnson netted her third goal of the night when she scored unassisted at 15:20.
Freshman Trojans goaltender Macie Mahlberg stopped all 12 shots she faced on the night. Worthington, which picked up its second victory over Prairie Center this season, had 41 shots on goal.
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In girls basketball Friday night, Worthington was beaten at St. Peter 62-28. In women's basketball Saturday, the top-ranked Minnesota West Lay Jays ended up winning via forfeit against Minnesota State-Fergus Falls.
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The Worthington Trojans boys basketball team dominated the second half Friday night against St. Peter, outscoring the Saints 57-34, to earn an 87-74 home victory and break a seven-game losing streak.
The Trojans trailed early, 17-11, but a 7-0 run featuring five points from Permeye Okony and two from Caleb Meyer put WHS in front roughly halfway through the first half. St. Peter would regroup, and it went on a 9-0 surge in the final minutes and took a 40-30 advantage into the locker room.
Worthington came out on fire to start the second half, as six points from Tetlouch Gach, four from Okony and two from Swinea completed a 12-0 burst that put the Trojans ahead 42-40. St. Peter would soon move back out in front, 54-47, and WHS head coach Clint Meyer called a timeout with exactly 11 minutes to go.
From there, Worthington got hot and stayed hot, outscoring St. Peter 40-20 the remainder of the way en route to its third win of the season. Okony and Swinea each hit for 21 points for the Trojans while Morke added 20. Meyer chipped in with 13 and Gach had 10.
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Minnesota West's men's basketball team dropped its second straight Saturday, losing at Minnesota State-Fergus Falls 82-75.
Fergus Falls outrebounded the Bluejays 45-29 in beating them for the second time this season. Minnesota West's Zackery Rygg led all players with 28 points and 10 rebounds. Deondre Wallace added 15 points and Calvin Flood had 10 as the 13th-ranked Bluejays slipped to 17-6 overall and 3-4 in MCAC South play.
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In area boys hockey Saturday, it was:
Northern Lakes 3, Luverne 0
Windom Area 3, Fairmont 2
Marshall 8, Minnesota River 1
In area girls hockey Saturday:
Minnesota River 0, Marshall 0 (OT)
Windom 6, Prairie Centre 0
In area boys basketball Saturday, it was:
Unity Christian 58, Stanley County 45
Western Christian 64, Aberdeen Christian 40
In area girls basketball Saturday:
Orono 59, Marshall 56
In area boys hockey Friday night, it was:
Little Falls 4, Luverne 2
Redwood Valley 7, Fairmont 4
Becker-Big Lake 4, Windom 2
In area boys basketball Friday night:
Westbrook-Walnut Grove 79, Adrian-Ellsworth 50
Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 70, Murray County Central 65
Southwest Minnesota Christian 84, Edgerton 66
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 74, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 32
Hills-Beaver Creek 87, Red Rock Central 53
Jackson County Central 84, Belle Plaine 69
St. James Area 87, Windom 83
Fairmont 71, Blue Earth 50
Redwood Valley 72, Pipestone Area 54
Waseca 88, Marshall 73
Rock Valley 62, Sheldon 55
Boyden-Hull 76, Okoboji 60
Unity Chrisitan 67, MOC-Floyd Valley 5
West Lyon 70, Sioux Center 47
Central Lyon 55, Sibley-Ocheyedan 41
South O’Brien 59, George-Little Rock 27
MMC-RU 73, Harris-Lake Park 40
In area girls basketball Friday night:
Luverne 64, Adrian-Ellsworth 49
Lakeview 66, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 44
Hills-Beaver Creek 38, Garretson, S.D. 23
Redwood Valley 67, Pipestone Area 59
St. James Area 75, Windom 71
Fairmont 89, Blue Earth 32
Marshall 71, Waseca 19
Jackson County Central 86, Belle Plaine 82
Rock Valley 66, Sheldon 14
Okoboji 57, Boyden-Hull 37
Unity Christian 60, MOC-Floyd Valley 56
Sioux Center 66, West Lyon 49
George-Little Rock 55, South O’Brien 30
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 39, Trinity Christian 38
Harris-Lake Park 60, MMC-RU 24
Spirit Lake 66, Spencer 38
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