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Boys fall twice at home

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys’ hockey team opened the home portion of its 2005-06 schedule by dropping a pair of home games at the Blue Mound Ice Arena.Morris-Benson skated to an 11-goal win over the Cardinals Friday. Waseca bested the Cards by six goals Saturday.Luverne, 1-3 overall, hosts Redwood Valley Friday (7:30 p.m.) before skating in Windom Monday.Waseca 9, Luverne 3The visiting Blue Jays received two goals each from Andy Meyer, Kelvin Nelson and Brandon Johnson to down the Cards by six goals Saturday in Luverne.Luverne received goals from three different players, but it wasn’t enough to stay with Waseca.The Cards tied the game at one when Casey Krueger netted a short-handed goal after being set up by Chris Fitzer at the 13:14 mark of the first period, but the Blue Jays scored twice in the final 8:27 of the period to gain a 3-1 lead.Jordan Siebenahler netted a power-play goal with an assist going to Dylan Anderson 2:26 into the second period as Luverne trimmed the difference to one (3-2).Waseca, however, went on a 5-0 run in the second and third periods to open an 8-2 lead before Siebenahler set up a goal by Aaron Altman with 7:38 remaining in the game to snap Waseca’s run.The Blue Jays, who outshot the Cards 39-22 in the game, capped the scoring with 6:37 left to play.Tanner Skattum made 30 saves as Luverne’s goalie.M-B 11, Luverne 0The visiting Storm dominated play during Luverne’s home opener Friday.M-B outshot the Cards 44-4 on the way to an 11-0 win.The Storm scored 10 goals in the first two periods of the game.Tony Schultz found the net four times for M-B. Jake Erickson and Josh Griffith added two goals each.Adam Ossefoort stopped 33 shots in net for LHS.

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