Girls hockey wins conference title with tie against Stillwater

Brieja Parent fires on the Stillwater goal in the third period.
Kayla Kasel clinches crown with late equalizer
To borrow a phrase from baseball, and slightly alter it for local hockey purposes, the tie goes to the Rangers. A 2-2 draw with Stillwater on Feb. 4 was all the Forest Lake girls hockey team needed to secure sole possession of the Suburban East Conference championship for the first time in school history.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The Rangers entered Saturday’s road tilt tied atop the SEC standings with Cretin-Derham Hall at 24 points each, meaning the Rangers had already earned at least a share of the conference title.
Stillwater, a clear underdog, peppered the Ranger goal in the early going, but the Rangers soon turned the tide and controlled the game for most of the opening period, outshooting the Ponies 15-6. The Rangers made their breakthrough with 4:35 to go in the period. Freshman Brieja Parent played senior

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NLA girls chase promotion to upper division

North Lakes center Maggie Thiele is averaging a double-double with 10.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.
The North Lakes Academy girls basketball team beat a short-handed co-op of St. Paul Prep and High School for the Recording Arts 51-36 on Feb. 3 to bring their regular season record to 9-11.
As she normally does, junior center Maggie Thiele achieved a double-double, leading the Huskies with 20 points and 15 rebounds. Sophomore guard Katelyn Ozment scored 15 points, and senior guard Isabel Thompson put in eight. Freshman forwards Annika Johnson and Alena Miller each collected seven rebounds; junior forward Emma Tiedeman pulled down six and Ozment five. Ozment and Thompson led the Huskies in assists with five each.broadstreet.zone(48036);
St. Paul Prep dressed only five players, forcing the starters to play the entire game. Predictably, a close early matchup tilted slowly but surely in favor of the Huskies, who had 17 players to choose

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