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Fox Cities Stars girls hockey suffers road loss at first-place Bay Area

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ASHWAUBENON – The Bay Area Ice Bears stayed undefeated in the Eastern Shores Conference with a 6-2 win over the Fox Cities Stars on Friday night at the Cornerstone Community Center.

Bay Area scored the game’s first three goals and pulled ahead 5-1 early in the third period, cruising to the victory and improving to 9-4 overall and a perfect 5-0 in the Eastern Shores Conference.

Peyton Smith and Ellery Marsh scored goals for the Stars, who drop to 6-9 and 1-3 in conference play after suffering their third-straight loss.

Fox Cities will host Brookfield for another conference matchup Saturday at 6 p.m. at Tri-County Ice Arena in Neenah.

Ice Bears 6, Stars 2
Fox Cities   0   1   1   –   2
Bay Area   1   2   3   –   6
First period:
1. BA, Emily Bill (Kristina Kruse, Addison Dahl), pp., 13:05.
Second period: 2. BA, Faye Brunke (Abby Mommaerts, Julianne Bradford), 1:47; 3. BA, Kruse (Addison Gady, Bill), 9:28; 4. FC, Peyton Smith (Lillian McCracken), 15:54.
Third period: 5. BA, Brunke (Briana Anundsen, Bradford), 1:00; 6. BA, Bill (Kruse, Gady), 2:59; 7. FC, Ellery Marsh (Margaret Thomas), pp., 3:49; 8. BA, Elysia Pitts (Brunke), 14:35.
Saves: FC, Makenna Otto 24; BA, Parker Bartholmaus 12.
Records: Fox cities 6-9, 1-3 Eastern Shores Conference; Bay Area 9-4, 5-0 Eastern Shores Conference.