Prep Sports Roundup for Thursday, January 21

Owatonna High School wrestling earned a big section win Thursday. Huskies hockey swept Mankato West. Owatonna basketball split games with Mankato East.

Owatonna's wrestlers beat Lakeville South 42-27 in a big match for seeding purposes in Section 1AAA. Back and forth through the first half of the meet, the Huskies went ahead to stay thanks to an enormous win by pin by senior Mike Thom. Other pins came from Jerez Autridge, Dillon Sheehy, Griffin Thorn, Brandon Moen and Austin Abbas. The Huskies host a quad Friday with St. Michael-Albertville, Mankato East and Rochester Century. Action begins at 5PM.

OHS boys hockey won its fifth straight Big Nine game although their shutout streak ended in a 3-2 victory over Mankato East at Four Seasons in Owatonna. Noah Scheid scored with one second left in the first period and added another early in the third after Mankato West had taken a 2-1 lead into the second intermission locker room. Sam Hylle notched the game-winner on the power play fair late in the third period. Ryan Johnson earned the win between the pipes. The Huskies host Rochester JM on Saturday at 3PM.

The Huskies' girls hockey team edged Mankato West 1-0 on Margo Achterkirch's goal midway through the third period. Jenna Bogen and Shannon VanReeth assisted. Laura Ebeling got the win in goal. The Huskies host Winona on Thursday, January 28, and close the regular season at Faribault on Saturday, January 30.

Owatonna's boys basketball team dropped a 57-41 game to Mankato East, who scored a season sweep. Mason Thein led OHS with 10 points. Eli Havelka had nine points and eight rebounds. The Huskies host Mankato West on Tuesday.

The Owatonna girls basketball team topped Mankato East 59-45 for their fifth win in six games. OHS plays at Mankato West on Tuesday on Kat Kountry 105FM.

Scoreboard, Thursday, January 21
Boys basketball
Mankato East 57, Owatonna 41
WEM 68, Triton 45
Maple River 49, Medford 25
Hayfield 53, Goodhue 40
Waseca 76, St. James Area 37
Le Sueur-Henderson 74, Kenyon-Wanamingo 62
Farmington 70, Burnsville 58

Girls basketball
Owatonna 59, Mankato East 45
Dover-Eyota 59, Medford 25
WEM 53, Triton 28
Rochester Mayo 69, Albert Lea 14
Waseca 57, St. James Area 40

Boys hockey
Owatonna 3, Mankato West 2
Rochester Mayo 6, Austin 3
Mankato East 2, Faribault 1, overtime
Rochester JM 5, Albert Lea 0
Northfield 5, Red Wing 3
Farmington 1, Lakeville North 0
Prior Lake 4, Lakeville South 2
Waseca 6, Fairmont 4

Girls hockey
Owatonna 1, Mankato West 0
Northfield 5, Rochester Century 1
Faribault 6, Mankato East 1
Rochester JM 4, Albert Lea 0
Rochester Mayo 6, Austin 2
Red Wing 4, Totino-Grace 2
New Ulm 3, Waseca 1

Wrestling
Owatonna 42, Lakeville South 27
Faribault 57, Mankato West 24
Apple Valley 38, Farmington 30
Kasson-Mantorville 30, Kenyon-Wanamingo 21