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Upcoming area prep schedule
THURSDAY
Boys basketball: St. Ansgar at Lake Mills, 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball: St. Ansgar at Lake Mills, 6:15 p.m.
Boys hockey: Faribault at Albert Lea, 7:15 p.m.
Girls hockey: Albert Lea at Winona, 7:30 p.m.
Boys swim and dive: Albert Lea at Winona, 6 p.m.
Wrestling: Albert Lea at Rumble on the Red in Fargo, 9:30 a.m. (tournament)
Girls wrestling: Lake Mills at Osage, 10 a.m. (tournament)

FRIDAY
Boys basketball: Loyola Catholic at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons, 7 p.m.
United South Central at Randolph, 7:15 p.m.
NRHEG at Kenyon-Wanamingo, 7:15 p.m.
Lake Mills at North Union, 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball: Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons at Blooming Prairie, 7:15 p.m.
Randolph at United South Central, 7:15 p.m.
Kenyon-Wanamingo at NRHEG, 7:15 p.m.
Lake Mills at North Union, 6:15 p.m.
Wrestling: Albert Lea at Rumble on the Red in Fargo, 9 a.m. (tournament)

SATURDAY
Girls basketball: United South Central at Madelia, 3:15 p.m.
NRHEG at Goodhue, 5:30 p.m.
Boys hockey: Albert Lea at Bloomington Kennedy, 3 p.m.
Wrestling: United South Central/Maple River at Wabasso, 9 a.m.
Dance: Albert Lea at Northfield, 8 a.m.

Saturday’s results
Boys hockey

Albert Lea 8, Becker/Big Lake 4

AL 2 4 2 – 8
BL 0 3 1 – 4

First period: 1, Albert Lea, Drake Sternhagen (Connor Pirsig, Brock Scott) 1:19. 2, Albert Lea, Tyler Balfe (Evan Anfinson, Samuel Stay) 16:34 (pp).
Second period: 3, Albert Lea, Samuel McGill (Zaden Brua, Connor Pirsig) 2:21 (pp). 4, Becker/Big Lake, Wyatt Bodle (Gunnar Hanson) 2:45. 5, Becker/Big Lake, Brant Rusin (Ethan Grafnitz, Owen Zahler) 6:03. 6, Albert Lea, Zaden Brua, 7:25. 7, Albert Lea, Brock Scott (Zaden Brua) 7:55. 8, Becker/Big Lake, Hayden Kipka, 13:54. 9, Albert Lea, Keaton Bremer (Jacob Kolker, Samuel Stay) 15:11.
Third period: 10, Albert Lea, Connor Pirsig (Samuel Stay) :54 (pp). 11, Becker/Big Lake, Nolan O’Neal (Wyatt Bodle, Carter Tatge) 10:35. 12, Albert Lea, Connor Pirsig (Samuel McGill, Drake Sternhagen) 11:40 (pp).

Shots on goal: Albert Lea 12-19-19 – 50. Becker/Big Lake 3-8-9 – 20
Power play opportunities: Albert Lea 4/5. Becker/Big Lake 0/4
Goalies: Albert Lea, Ledger Stadheim 16/20. Becker/Big Lake, Elliott Grafnitz 42/50

Girls hockey

Crookston 3, Albert Lea 1

CR 0 1 2 – 3
AL 0 0 1 – 1

First period: No score
Second period: 1, Crookston, Hadley Verwest (Jocelyn Field, Addison Fee) 13:30.
Third period: 2, Albert Lea, Morgan Goskeson (Hanna Austinson) 6:32. 3, Crookston, Emma LaPlante, 7:24. 4, Crookston, Adley Vigness, 16:33.

Shots on goal: Crookston 10-7-21 – 38. Albert Lea 7-10-6 – 23.
Power play opportunities: Crookston 0/6. Albert Lea 0/5
Goalies: Crookston, Kambelle Freije 22/23. Albert Lea, Jayda Moyer 35/37

Boys basketball

GHEC/T/ML 63, United South Central 45

GTM 27 36 – 63
USC 31 14 – 45

United South Central stats: Zayden Schott 13 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals; Aiden Crabtree 3 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal; Dylan Stephens 5 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; Dylan Bonsack 9 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists, 3 steals; CJ Schumann 5 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals; Mitchell Meyer 1 steal; Brody Steinhauer 1 point, 3 rebounds, 1 steal; Jayden Barnick 1 rebound; Wyat Sparks 9 points, 9 rebounds, 1 steal

Friday’s results
Boys hockey

Albert Lea 3, Breckenridge/Wahpeton 0

AL 0 1 2 – 3
BW 0 0 0 – 0

First period: No score
Second period: 1, Albert Lea, Samuel Stay (Jacob Kolker), 6:30.
Third period: 2, Albert Lea, Jacob Kolker (Samuel McGill, Drake Sternhagen), 12:34 (pp). 3, Albert Lea, Connor Pirsig (Archie Nelson) 15:45.

Shots on goal: Albert Lea 13-14-6 – 33. Breckenridge/Wahpeton 4-9-5 – 18
Power play opportunities: Albert Lea 1/1. Breckenridge/Wahpeton 0/4
Goalies: Albert Lea, Ledger Stadheim 18/18. Breckenridge/Wahpeton, Cale Gilbertson 30/32

Girls hockey
Warroad 2, Albert Lea 1

WR 1 0 1 – 2
AL 1 0 0 – 1

First period: 1, Albert Lea, Calleigh Noble (Haley Austinson) 10:07. 2, Warrorad, Vivienne Marcowka (Karlee Kalbrener, Emmie Hardwick) 15:28 (pp).
Second period: No score
Third period: 3, Warroad, Taylor Reese (Olivia Anthony, Katy Comstock) 3:23 (pp).

Shots on goal: Warroad 11-12-10 – 33. Albert Lea 5-5-4-14
Power play opportunities: Warroad 2/5. Albert Lea 0/2
Goalies: Warroad, Payton Rolli 13/14. Albert Lea, Jayda Moyer 31/33

Boys basketball

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 63, Albert Lea 51

DGF 31 32 – 63
AL 37 14 – 51

Albert Lea stats: Noah Teeter 16 points

Blue Earth Area 75, United South Central 31

BEA 40 35 – 75
USC 23 8 – 31

United South Central stats: Zayden Schott 2 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals; Aiden Crabtree 1 rebound, 2 assists; Dylan Stephens 5 points, 2 rebounds; Dylan Bonsack 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals; CJ Schumann 4 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal; Brennan Olson 2 rebounds; Seth Kayser 1 assist; Mitchell Mayer 1 rebound; Brody Steinhauer 3 points, 1 rebound; Jayden Barnick 1 point, 2 rebounds; Wyatt Sparks 10 points, 4 rebounds

Girls basketball

Albert Lea 50, La Crescent 45

Albert Lea stats: Nevaeh Wacholz 28 points, 19 rebounds; Hailee Godeke 7 points, 10 rebounds; Jaelyn Boss 6 points; Aliyah Heideman 6 points
Girls wrestling

Albert Lea at Champlin Park Girls Classic

106: Emilie Troster, 1-2, seventh place
118: Maggie Olson, 2-1, third place
124: Micaiah Lenway, 2-2, seventh place
124: Maris Riemann, 1-3, 12th place
JV 142: Aurora Helms-Hueper, 2-1, third place

Thursday’s results

Boys hockey

Fergus Falls 5, Albert Lea 1

FF 1 4 0 – 5
AL 0 1 0 – 1

First period: 1, Fergus Falls, Michael Schmidt (Brock Schuerman), 10:12
Second period: 2, Fergus Falls, Jack Welde (Michael Schmidt, Aiden Schake), 10:27 (pp). 3, Fergus Falls, Quinn Wynn-Sheldon (Luke Johnson, Brant Scheuerman), 11:34. 4, Fergus Falls, Michael Schmidt (Aiden Schake, Adam Kennedy), 13:28. 5, Michael Schmidt (Aiden Schake, Jack Welde), 15:15 (pp). 6, Albert Lea, Jacob Kolker (Zaden Brua), 16:00 (pp).
Third period: No score

Shots on goal: Fergus Falls 8-15-8 – 31. Albert Lea 9-8-10 – 27
Power play opportunities: Fergus Falls 2/4. Albert Lea 1/4
Goalies: Fergus Falls, Holden Stenstrom 26/27. Albert Lea, Ledger Stadheim 26/31

Girls hockey

Albert Lea 3, Mound Westonka 2 (OT)

AL 0 2 0 (1) – 3
MW 0 1 1 (0) – 2

First period: No score
Second period: 1, Albert Lea, Morgan Goskeson (Haley Austinson) 3:58. 2, Mound Westonka, Lizzy Callahan, 10:37. 3, Albert Lea, Hanna Austison (Haley Austinson) 12:48.
Third period: 4, Mound Westonka, Marian Omann (Ali Butler, Lizzy Callahan) 11:43.
Overtime: 5, Mika Cichosz (Shelby Evans, Aryah Hansen) 1:52

Shots on goal: Albert Lea 5-10-7-1 – 23. Mounds Westonka 4-15-9-0 – 28
Power play opportunities: Albert Lea 0/1. Mounds Westonka 0/5
Goalies: Albert Lea, Jayda Moyer 26/28. Mounds Westonka, Emma Covell 20/23