Friday, October 18th, 2024 Church Directory
BECKER SENIOR COURTNEY FOBBE had four shots on goal in Tuesday’s 9-8 win over Mound-Westonka. Above, Fobbe weaves her way through defenders during an earlier match at home against Buffalo.

Girls Improve To 3 1 With Two Big Wins This Week

Mckenzie Opgenorth had three goals and Courtney Fobbe and Brandy Watercott two in a game that ended in Becker’s favor 9-8 over Mound Westonka Tuesday evening.

MWT took an early two goal lead in the first, but the Bulldog offense went on the attack and brought the score to  6-3 lead going into the half. 
 
After halftime, with six minutes left, Mound eventually tied the game at 8-8. The Bulldogs responded with one to push it to 9-8 in the waning moments, then won the draw to kill the clock.  
 
Brittany Beutz and Katie Pursley each had one goal and Keli Halvorson had seven saves on 15 shots including several tough shots in close.
 
Watercott finished with a team-high five shots on goal while Fobbe had four.
 
Bulldogs 25, Magic 11
 
Becker traveled to monticello last Friday night and came away with a huge win over the Magic by 14.
 
The game started fast, with Becker jumping to an impressive 10-0 lead in the first half. After the Magic started controlling most of the faceoffs, they responded with a run of their own.
 
Led by Emma Winsor, taking draws and scoring goals, the Magic stormed back into the game, cutting the deficit all the way down to three at one point.
 
Becker would eventually pulled away in the second half, overmatching the Magic on both ends of the field.
 
Next up for the girls is a home match against Coon Rapids Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. They travel to Orono Thursday before returning home to take on the Magic Friday, then head to Delano Saturday to finish off the week.