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LEADER-TELEGRAMMONDAY, FEB. 7, 1983RL trims Abe skaters in overtimeMike Lillyblad’s rebound goal with 55 seconds left in overtime lifted Rice Lake to a 4-3 non-conference hockey win over Eau Claire Memorial Saturday night.In other non-conferneceaction, Menomonie scored its second win of the year 4-3 over Altoona, while New Richmond blasted La Crosse 11-1, and Two Harbors clipped Hayward, 3-2.Memorial, 11-5 on theMcDonell winsMARSHFIELD - Chippewa Falls McDonell remains in the CWCC boys’ basketball chase after posting a 50-37 win over Marshfield Columbus Saturday night.McDonell’s Macks are 6-4 in the CWCC, one game behind leaders La Crosse Aquinas and Stevens PointPacelli. The Macks play both leaders down the stretch.Macks put the game away with a 37-23 lead.McDonell, which hit 14 of 17 free throws in the game, connected on 11 of 12 in the fourth quarter.Conference scoring leader Dean Fait led Columbus with 12 points, almost 10 under his aver-Jeff Nicolai, Rick Lutz and Tim Huffcutt each scored 14 points while Jim Prince added eight to ac-age.McDonell, 9-6 on the season, hosts Aquinas Wednesday and travels to Pacelli Saturday before ending the regular season with three non-conference games.season, jumped to a 2-0 lead after one period on goals by Eric Johnson and Steve Frisch.Rice Lake, 10-3, tied the game after two periods on goals by John Bonneville and Scott Tiefs. Johnson’s power-play goal put the Old Abes back on top, but Steve Rhodus tied it for Rice Lake, also with the man advantage.“The game was very close,” said Memorial Coach Mark Froehle, who takes his team against Eau Claire North in a Big Rivers Conference game Thursday. “It could have gone either way. We had opportunities to win it andso did they.’’With 1:15 left in regulation, Bonneville had a goal taken away, but the Warriors scored the game-win-ner on almost the identical play. Jeff Goffin was on a breakaway, had the shot stopped by goalie RichSmigaj, but Lillyblad wasfithere for the rebound goal which barely crossed the goal line.Menomonie, 2-12, jumped to a 3-0 lead after one period and Altoona wasunable to rally.“We came out flat the first period and that was the difference,’’ said Altoona Coach Francis LaChappelle, whose team dips to 5-9.Marc Hilgendorf collected 31 saves for the win. Jay Johnson scored twicefor Altoona.Menomonie, which got goals from Steve Neu* bauer, Mark Radke, Chris Zylka and Ken Sigurdson, plays host to Rice Lake Tuesday.New Richmond has now gone 12 straight games without a loss, scoring six times in the second period to demolish La Crosse.Mark Reinstra and Jamie Olson each had twogoals and two assists for the Tigers, now 11-3-1, while Jim Drill, Larry Peterson and Mike Peterson all had two goals and an assist.The Tigers travel to River Falls for a Northwest Conference battle Thursday.Badgers gainsplit in hockeyDULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A short-handed goal by Chris Chelios broke a 1-1 tie 38 seconds into the third period and helped Wisconsin to a 3-1 victory over Minnesota-Duluth, giving the Badgers a split of a weekend Western Collegiate Hockey Association series.Paul Houck scored the Badgers’ other two goals Saturday night. Dan Fish-bach got the Bulldogs’ lone tally.CF McDONELL (50)
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Eau Claire Leader Telegram
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