Host and third-seeded St. Thomas Academy jumped out to an 8-02 lead after the first period and cruised to a 21-5 win over the visiting Park Wolfpack in a Section 3 quarterfinal Thursday, June 2.

Third-seeded STA led 13-4 at the half over sixth-seeded Park.

St. Thomas Academy (8=5) meets Cretin-Derham Hall (9-5) Tuesday in the Section 3 semifinals. Top-seeded Woodbury and fifth-seeded Eagan play in the other semifinal.

The Wolfpack ended the season with a 6-9 record.

Park 16, Two Rivers 10 After a late-season slump which saw the Park Wolfpack lose six of seven games, the host Wolfpack got it together for a Section 3 opening win against visiting Two Rivers Tuesday.

Park (6-8) won 16-10 to advance to the section quarterfinals and a match at St. Thomas Academy (8-5). Two Rivers ends with a 2-10 record. The Wolfpack played well offensively, creating numerous scoring opportunities. The defense was a little suspect, coaches noted.

“Defense we were chasing stick, giving up body position to chase stick, our slides weren’t there when they needed to be. They were in a little funk today,” said Park coach Matt Foote. “Hopefully we’ll clean that up for Thursday’s game.”

Sophomore Angelo Cullen and senior Jake Westland each scored four goals to power the Wolfpack offense.

“They were not sliding the best, said Cullen. “They kept sliding from the crease and crease attack was wide open every time.”

Junior Chris Wilson scored the first two goals of the game for Park. Isaac Thompson also had two scores, while Dom Atkins, Jacob Genelin, Brenden Bloedel and Carlos Labrosse had one goal each.

“We just moved the ball really well, communicated and they couldn’t keep up on the d-end,” said Wilson. “We were just moving it fast and putting it in the net, which was really nice. We had our bad moments, but we stepped it up in the fourth quarter which really was the difference.”

Park’s Brenden Bloedel fries away at the Two Rivers defense in the second half. Photo by John Molene