Goals Aplenty as Owatonna Sweeps Century
Owatonna hockey players shared the wealth on Tuesday in a sweep of Rochester Century. The OHS boys prevailed 9-2 at Graham Arena with ten players getting at least one point. Ashton Hoffman scored his first varsity goal. Eleven players had at least a point in the girls 8-0 victory over Century/JM at Four Seasons Centre.
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It s safe to say the Panthers reign atop the Big Nine Conference boys hockey standings is over. Century has won the last three league titles, but Tuesday was their fourth straight loss. Owatonna has finished second in the conference standings the last two seasons and was third three seasons ago.
Owatonna senior wrestler Abe Stockwell, in addition to the team bench, was pumped after pinning his opponent to pull the Huskies into a 32-32 tie with Watertown-Mayer Friday night. After several minutes however, the mode among the Huskies dipped as the Royals earned the win on criteria. It took a discussion at the scorer s table to determine the winner.
Each team won seven matches. Each team had three pins. Watertown-Mayer had a tech fall win and OHS did not, giving the Royals the win and leaving the Huskies with a split on the night. Owatonna beat Mankato West 70-12 to open the night s tri.