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PAYNESVILLE -- The Bemidji High School girls hockey team got back to its prolific scoring ways on Saturday in Paynesville.
Facing River Lakes on the road, the Lumberjacks racked up five goals – including three from Bailey Rupp in her first career varsity hat trick – to win 5-2.
Rupp got the scoring started for Bemidji (11-5-2) in the second period off an assist from MaKenna Dreher, then joined Dreher in assisting Megan Berg’s goal for a 2-0 lead.
The Lumberjacks padded the advantage in the third period, as Elizabeth Oster scored off assists from Mali McLean and Bella Webb. River Lakes (5-12-1) answered with a goal to make it 3-1, but Rupp put the Jacks up by four with back-to-back scores, clinching her hat trick. A late Stars shorthanded goal finalized the 5-2 score.
Rupp collected four points in the game, as did Dreher, who had four assists. Payton Weidemann stopped 11 shots in net for BHS, while River Lakes’ Kaydence Roeske stopped 25.
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Bemidji returns to action against Crookston at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Bemidji Community Arena.
Bemidji 5, River Lakes 2
BHS 0 2 3 -- 5
RL 0 0 0 -- 2
First period -- No scoring.
Second period -- 1, BHS GOAL, Rupp (Dreher); 2, BHS GOAL, Berg (Dreher, Rupp).
Third period -- 3, BHS GOAL, Oster (McLean, Webb); 4, RL GOAL; 5, BHS GOAL, Rupp (Dreher, Johnson); 6, BHS GOAL, Rupp (Dreher, Berg); 7, RL GOAL, SH.
Saves -- Weidemann (BHS) 11; Roeske (RL) 25.
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