LUVERNE – The Marshall girls hockey team fell to Luverne 2-1 on Thursday.

The Tigers were able to get out to a good start in the first period, as Sydney Mauch found the back of the net to give Marshall a 1-0 lead, but the Cardinals would answer back with a goal of their own to tie things up at 1-1 after one period of play.

After neither team would find scoring in the second period, the two teams would begin to head down the stretch still deadlocked at 1-1. Unfortunately for the Tigers, Luverne would take a 2-1 lead with 5:25 to go and held on in the end for the one-goal victory.

Luverne outshot Marshall 33-26 on the game. Emma Klenken recorded 31 saves for Marshall.

Marshall (15-5-3) will face Waseca today at 5:30 p.m.

Luverne 2, Marshall 1

Marshall 1 0 0 – 1

Luverne 1 0 1 – 2

First Period

SCORING

Marshall: Mauch, 11:43 (Unassisted).

Luverne: Van Batavia, 8:29 (Nelson).

PENALTIES

Marshall: Sherman, 10:45 (Body Check, 2 min).

Marshall: Barker, 5:54 (Tripping, 2 min).

Luverne: Bork, 3:35 (Slashing, 2 min).

Second Period

SCORING

No scoring.

PENALTIES

Luverne: Nelson, 12:49 (Too many players, 2 min).

Marshall: Mauch, 8:39 (Tripping, 2 min).

Third Period

SCORING

Luverne: Gee, 5:25 (Kracht, Oye).

PENALTIES

Marshall: Barker, 14:36 (Checking, 2 min).

Luverne: Kracht, 10:52 (Checking, 2 min).

Marshall: Mauch, 4:08 (Tripping, 2 min).

SHOTS ON GOAL: Marshall 26; Luverne 33.

SAVES: Marshall 31; Luverne 25.

Gymnastics

Marshall 125.875, Pipestone Area 118.750

PIPESTONE – The Marshall gymnastics team defeated Pipestone Area 125.875-118.750 on Thursday.

Saphi McFarquhar led the way for the Tigers with a first-place finish on vault (8.675), uneven bars (8.575), balance beam (8.450) and floor exercise (8.450) to place first in the all-around with a score of 34.150. Cameen McFarquhar added a first-place finish on vault (8.675) as well as second-place finishes on bars (7.825) and floor (8.200) for a third-place finish (31.425) in the all-around.

Leah Matzner added a fifth-place finish on vault (8.425), while Clara Bader placed third on the beam (7.700) and Jordyn Kack placed fifth on the beam (7.225). Kaitlyn Matzner placed fourth on the beam (7.275) and third on floor (7.800) for a fourth-place all-around score of 29.900 to add to the Marshall effort.

Marshall coach Larvita McFarquhar said she was proud of their effort and felt they had a lot of confidence out on the competition floor.

“I was really proud of the team. They had clean routines and were confident out there,” coach McFarquhar said. “They were nailing the new skills they have been working on.”

Marshall will compete again on Monday against New Ulm at 6 p.m. before hosting Luverne next Thursday at 6 p.m. It will also be the team’s “Meet the Tigers” night against the Cardinals.

Boys Basketball

Benson 75,

YME 61

GRANITE FALLS – The Yellow Medicine East boys basketball team fell to Benson 75-61 on Thursday.

Bennett Knapper led the way for the Sting with 25 points while Kyle Chase added 15 and Jahrell Ishmon had 10. Hunter Johnson led in rebounds with nine while Ishmon and Dalton Anderson led in assists with four each.

YME will face Lac qui Parle Valley next Thursday at 7:15 p.m.

Benson 75, YME 61

Benson 41 34 – 75

YME 28 33 – 61

SCORING: YME (Knapper 8-18, 7-10 25; Chase 5-14, 1-2 15; Ishmon 1-11, 7-10 10; Johnson 3-6, 0-1 6; Anderson 2-4, 1-2 5).

REBOUNDS: YME 28 (Johnson 9; Knapper, Anderson 6).

ASSISTS: YME 9 (Ishmon, Anderson 4; Korstad 1).

STEALS: YME 7 (Anderson 3; Chase 2; Ishmon, Korstad 1).

BLOCKS: YME 2 (Johnson, Anderson 1).

Wrestling

TMB triangular

TRACY – The No. 2-ranked Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove Panthers wrestling team put together a trio of dominating performances on Thursday night, picking up a 66-6 win over Luverne, a 78-0 win over Murray County Central/Fulda and a 69-6 win over Madelia/Truman/Martin Luther.

A total of 12 pins were recorded by TMB/WWG over the three duals, including six against MCC/Fulda, four against Luverne and two against M/T/ML. Another 21 weight classes were decided by forfeits (nine vs. M/T/ML, seven vs. MCC/Fulda and five vs. Luverne).

Just four bouts on the night didn’t end in a pin. In the M/T/ML dual, TMB/WWG’s Dereck Ellingson earned a 6-0 decision over Gach Mar at 132. He added a 15-0 technical fall against Luverne’s Braydon Ripka.

Against Luverne, Ayden Horner earned an 8-2 decision over Riley Cowell for the Panthers. Austin Axford recorded a 12-4 major decision over Jed Dooyema.

TMB/WWG hosts Jackson County Central on Jan. 31.

106: Noah Mehlhaff (LUVE) over Alexander Schuh (TMBW) (Fall 2:21) 113: Ayden Horner (TMBW) over Riley Cowell (LUVE) (Dec 8-2) 120: Levi Ellingson (TMBW) over Justyce Ripka (LUVE) (Fall 2:28) 126: Luis Perez (TMBW) over Camden Janiszeski (LUVE) (Fall 0:24) 132: Dereck Ellingson (TMBW) over Braydon Ripka (LUVE) (TF 15-0 0:00) 138: Tyler Vandendriessche (TMBW) over (LUVE) (For.) 145: Anthony Axford (TMBW) over (LUVE) (For.) 152: Sawyer Schwartz (TMBW) over Chris Rosin (LUVE) (Fall 0:28) 160: Austin Axford (TMBW) over Jed Dooyema (LUVE) (MD 12-4) 170: Gabe Krick (TMBW) over (LUVE) (For.) 182: Jace Paplow (TMBW) over Thomas Brown (LUVE) (Fall 1:31) 195: Trevor Eisfeld (TMBW) over (LUVE) (For.) 220: Double Forfeit 285: Sam Bauer (TMBW) over (LUVE) (For.)

106: Alexander Schuh (TMBW) over Landen Like-Bonstetter (MCC) (Fall 1:15) 113: Ayden Horner (TMBW) over (MCC) (For.) 120: Levi Ellingson (TMBW) over (MCC) (For.) 126: Luis Perez (TMBW) over (MCC) (For.) 132: Dereck Ellingson (TMBW) over (MCC) (For.) 138: Tyler Vandendriessche (TMBW) over (MCC) (For.) 145: Anthony Axford (TMBW) over Rylan Behnke (MCC) (Fall 1:31) 152: Sawyer Schwartz (TMBW) over Christian Kuball (MCC) (Fall 1:25) 160: Austin Axford (TMBW) over Ryder Henning (MCC) (Fall 1:11) 170: Eathan Martinez (TMBW) over (MCC) (For.) 182: Jace Paplow (TMBW) over Keigan Behnke (MCC) (Fall 0:20) 195: Trevor Eisfeld (TMBW) over Koyer Wendorff (MCC) (Fall 0:13) 220: 285: Sam Bauer (TMBW) over (MCC) (For.)

106: Alexander Schuh (TMBW) over (MTML) (For.) 113: Ayden Horner (TMBW) over (MTML) (For.) 120: Levi Ellingson (TMBW) over (MTML) (For.) 126: Luis Perez (TMBW) over (MTML) (For.) 132: Dereck Ellingson (TMBW) over Gach Mar (MTML) (Dec 6-0) 138: Tyler Vandendriessche (TMBW) over Aiden Rathman (MTML) (Fall 0:45) 145: Anthony Axford (TMBW) over Amauri Perez-Garcia (MTML) (Fall 2:54) 152: Sawyer Schwartz (TMBW) over (MTML) (For.) 160: Austin Axford (TMBW) over (MTML) (For.) 170: Jed Altenburg (MTML) over Gabe Krick (TMBW) (Fall 5:00) 182: Jace Paplow (TMBW) over (MTML) (For.) 195: Trevor Eisfeld (TMBW) over (MTML) (For.) 220: 285: Sam Bauer (TMBW) over (MTML) (For.)