Owatonna Wrestling, Girls Basketball Earn Big Wins; Girls Hockey Streak Ends

OHS wrestling went 3-0 at the Kennedy Duals on Saturday. Huskies girls basketball beat a section rival. However, OHS girls hockey saw its unbeaten streak end.

Owatonna wrestling only added the Bloomington Kennedy duals to their schedule a couple of days before going through and sweeping through the competition. The No. 6AAA Huskies swept Champlin Park 83-0 in the first round. They beat the host team 45-13 in round two and topped No. 8AAA Hastings 36-23 for the title. OHS goes to No. 1AA Kasson-Mantorville on Friday, February 3.

The OHS girls basketball team got off to a slow start against Section 1AAAA rival Farmington, but quickly rallied and won the game 65-59 at the OHS gym. It was Owatonna's sixth straight win. The Huskies a big week of conference games. Tuesday the Big Nine-leading Huskies play at third-place Northfield. On Friday, Owatonna hosts the current co-conference leaders from Winona.

The Huskies girls hockey team had their 10-game unbeaten streak snapped by Northfield 4-0 at Four Seasons Centre. The Raiders scored late in the first and went up 2-0 late in the second period on a 5-on-3 power play. They added a shorthanded, 3-on-5 goal in the third. The Huskies wrap up their season this week with a game at Rochester JM on Thursday and home vs. Mayo on Saturday. Playoffs begin February 8.

The Westfield Razorbacks wrestling team won the Lake City Tournament on Saturday.

Scoreboard, Saturday, January 28
Boys basketball
Lakeville North 98, La Crosse Central 83
Northfield 65, Faribault 58
Rochester JM 95, Mayo 58
Waseca 90, Byron 70
Winona 74, Kasson-Mantorville 50

Girls basketball
Hayfield 69, Rochester Lourdes 65
Mankato East 68, Mankato West 62
Northfield 60, Faribault 24
Red Wing 60, Rochester Century 42
Rochester Mayo 54, Rochester JM 40

Boys hockey
Albert Lea 9, Austin 2
Farmington 4, Apple Valley 2
Mankato West 3, Red Wing 2
Northern Lakes 3, Dodge County 1
Rochester Century 8, South St. Paul 3

Girls hockey
Austin 5, Albert Lea 1
Faribault 5, Rochester JM 3
Hill-Murray 4, Dodge County 1
Mankato East 11, Winona 0
Red Wing 12, Mankato West 0
Rochester Mayo 4, Rochester Century 0

Junior Hockey
Chicago 4, Steele County 1 (Saturday)
Chicago 6, Steele County 4 (Sunday)