Thunderbolts romp to first win

The South Washington County Thunderbolts scored their first win of the season Wednesday, easily dispatching visiting Mankato 10-3 in adapted hockey at the Woodbury High School Fieldhouse.

“We picked up the pace pretty well and we actually kept up well with the puck,” said Elliott Miller.

“We kept up the pace and got a ton of shots,” said Allen Gillman. “The one thing that I think we need is work on is passing and shooting.”

The Thunderbolts (now 1-2) dropped a 12-1 decision Monday at New Prague, a team coach Jeff Figlmiller feels might be the favorite to win a state title this season.

But the Thunderbolts turned on the offense against Mankato.

“Tonight was good because we could score some goals,” said Figlmiller. “Prior to this we had two goals total. We got the puck at the other end, that’s been our big problem. Our defenses are pretty solid, but we haven’t been getting the puck down there. But tonight we changed some things up/ Allen Gillman usually plays our goalie and we’ve got Logan (Yannarelly) back there who did great. Then I brought Allen out here to give us some more speed.

“We’ve just got to keep it going,” Figlmiller added.

The Thunderbolts host Dakota United Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Woodbury High School Fieldhouse, then are home again Wednesday, Feb. 16 against South Suburban, both games starting at 4:30 p.m. Park girls hockey team ends regular season with win Park wrapped up the regular season on a winning note, knocking off Mahtomedi 6-4 Friday in the St. Croix Rec Center.

Natalie Post and Maggie Jenson each scored two goals to power the Wolfpack. Taylar Nadler then scored what turned out to be the difference maker on an empty net goal with 1:16 left to play.

Post sparked Park to a 2-0 lead with two goals in the first period. Nadler scored to make it a 3-0 game before Mahtomedi rallied to close to 3-2, 4-3 and then 5-4 in the third period.

Sam Miller had three assists, Nadler added two and Molly Villas one for the Wolfpack.

Goalie Tori Stepka stopped 22 of 27 Mahtomedi shots to earn the win.

Park dropped a 3-0 decision at White Bear Lake Tuesday.

The Wolfpack finished 8-17 overall and 3-11 in the Suburban East Conference, a marked improvement over last season’s winless campaign.

Wrestlers swept at Forrest Lake Park dropped three decisions in the Forest Lake quad Friday.

The Wolfpack lost 62-15 to host Forest Lake, 70-15 to No. 7 Bemidji and 50-24 to Kimball Area.

Park currently has two wrestlers ranked in the Guillotine’s Class AAA high school rankings: second-ranked senior Zach Silvis at 120 pounds and 10th ranked ninth-grader Gunnar Mullen at 132 pounds. Wolfpack girls rally to win at Cretin-Derham Hall Outscored 24-17 in the first half, Park stormed back in the second to take a 55-46 win at Cretin-Derham Hall in girls basketball Thursday.

The Wolfpack outscored the hosts 38-22 after the break to gain the victory.

Senior and leading scorer Justine Jameson dropped in 19 points to lead the Wolfpack offensively. Junior forward Bryleigh Dana added 12 points, sophomore guard Tori Henderson 10 and junior point guard Sydnee Nelson eight.

Park improved its record to 7-4 in the Suburban East Conference and 11-7 on the season. The Wolfpack are currently fifth in the 10-team SEC.

It was Park’s fifth win in six games and 10th triumph in its last 12 outings. The Wolfpack started the season with just one win in the first six games but have turned the season around since Christmas.

Cretin saw its fortunes dip to 3-8 in the SEC and 3-13 overall.

Park hosts Mounds View (8-10, 5-8) Friday, starting at 7 p.m.

Gymnasts score well at Stillwater Park gained a season’s second best overall score but dropped a dual-meet decision to top-ranked Stillwater in girls gymnastics Thursday.

The host Stillwater Ponies outscored Park 147.900 to 135.700 to win the meet. It was a good score for the Wolfpack as the team came into the meet averaging 131.4950. Only a 136.450 in the Lakeville Invitational was better for Park this season.

Park’s best event was the vault where the Wolfpack scored a 36.000.

Park’s Emily Dahlstrom scored an 8.875 on the balance beam.

The Wolfpack will compete in the 3AA Section meet at Two Rivers High School in Mendota Heights Friday, Feb. 11 Glenna sets new standard in the 100 freestyle Senior Matt Glenna’s assault on the school record book continued as Parke hosted Mounds View Thursday in boys swimming and diving.

Glenna set a new standard in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 48.17, breaking his old record of 48.25. The Park senior also won the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.90) and swam the anchor legs on Park’s winning 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays.

The 200-freestyle relay team of Ethan Anderson, Evan Darling, Mason Darling and Glenna won in a time of 1:33.38. In the 400-yard freestyle relay Park’s Mitchell LeMay, Anderson, Evan Darling and Glenna won in 3:23.50.

LeMay won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.81 and the 100– yard butterfly in 53.49. Park seventh grader Ethyn Schilling won the diving with a score of 153.40. Nathan Johnson finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:04.43.

Mounds View edged Park in the team race 92-91.

Park’s 200-yard medley relay team of Parker Jeseritz, Nathan Johnson, LeMay and Mason Darling were second in 1:45.12. Mason Darling was second in the 200-yard IM (2:08.41), Park swims at Forest Lake Thursday, Feb. 10, in the final conference meet of the regular season. The Wolfpack swimmers then