Fox Cities Stars girls hockey surges past Wisconsin Valley

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WAUPACA – The Fox Cities Stars scored six unanswered goals to pull past the Wisconsin Valley Union 7-2 in an Eastern Shores Conference game Tuesday at the Waupaca Expo Center.

Wisconsin Valley (5-7, 1-3 Eastern Shores) led 2-1 after Lily Cichy scored twice before the stormed ahead, scoring twice in a two-minute span on goals from Kendall Lindemann and Scarlet Pellegrini to take the lead for good.

The Stars Stars (7-5, 1-2 Eastern Shores) poured on four more goals in the first 9½ minutes of the third period to ice the win.

Teagan Wilkins had 17 saves in goal for Fox Cities.

Fox Cities hosts Black River Falls on Friday at the Tri-County Ice Arena in Neenah at 7 p.m.

Stars 7, Union 2
Fox Cities   1   2   4   –   7
Wisconsin Valley   1   1   0   –   2
First period: 1. FC, Olivia Merritt (Ally Rhoda, Kailey Heindel), 8:53; 2. WV, Lily Cichy (Amelia Castleberg, Greta Olson), 14:54.
Second period: 3. WV, Cichy (Jenna Jones, Issie Wojcik), 3:02; 4. FC, Kendall Lindemann (Evie Mursau, Ella Merritt), 4:38; 5. FC, Scarlet Pellegrini (Lyla Cooke), 6:38.
Third period: 6. FC, E. Merritt (Lindemann, Heindel), 0:40; 7. FC, Lyla Cooke (E. Merritt, O. Merritt), pp., 2:53; 8. FC, Margaret Thomas (Cooke, Maya Lemery), 6:52; 9. FC, Thomas (Cooke, Talia Bellotti), 9:32.
Saves: FC, Teagan Wilkins 17; WV, Issie Wojcik 39.
Records: Fox Cities 7-4, 1-2 Eastern Shores Conference; Wisconsin Valley 5-7, 1-3 Eastern Shores Conference.