Bluebirds win; Fury falls

By GAZETTE STAFF Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009

The wins continue to pile up for the Janesville Bluebirds.

Janesville’s high school co-op team shut out Madison West, 8-0 on Saturday night, in a Big Eight Conference game at the Ice Skating Center. The win is the third straight for the Bluebirds (11-3, 6-1) and the fourth win in the last five games.

“We played five games in eight days and won four of them,” Janesville coach John Mauermann said. “We’re trying to do things the right way, and that means moving the puck and finding the open man.

“Tonight, we stayed out of the box and played very unselfishly.”

Janesville scored four goals in both the first and second period and dominated the young Regents. Joe Allen and Ross Mauermann scored two goals each, while Sly Flynn had three assists.

The Bluebirds will host Verona on Monday night at 8 p.m. in a battle for first place in the Big Eight. Verona defeated Janesville in the season’s conference opener.

JANESVILLE 8, WEST 0

Madison West 0 0 0—0

Janesville 4 4 0—8

First period

J—Ryan Shelton (Sly Flynn, Michael Valentine), 1:34. J—Joe Allen (Flynn), 9:47. J—Ross Mauermann (Logan Lemirande), 12:32. J—Valentine (Derek Mussey, Mauermann), 15:33.

Second period

J—Allen (Valentine, Flynn), 1:16. J—Mussey (Valentine, Mauermann), 3:53. J—Mauermann (Zach Bayreuther, Mussey), 11:24. J—Bayreuther (Mauermann, Lemirande), 16:44.

Saves—Vizek Ramakrishman (West) 39, David Jacobson (Janesville) 5.

Girls

n University School 2, Rock County 0—The Fury’s best chance for a score to ended with a referee’s whistle with 58 seconds remaining.

Rock County was closing in on a scoring opportunity when a referee stopped play because he lost sight of the puck.

Megan Bailey scored at 1 minute, 3 seconds of the first period and scored an empty net goal at 16:52 of the third period for University School.

The loss drops Rock County to 7-10.

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL 2, ROCK COUNTY 0

Milw. University 0 1 1—2

Rock County 0 0 0—0

Second period

MUS—Megan Bailey (Ellie Wigdale, Sally James), 1:03.

Third period

MUS—Bailey (empty net), 16:52.

Saves—Sarah Ethington (MUS) 17, Caitlin Gusk (RC) 20. Penalties—MUS 4 (8 minutes), RC 6 (23 minutes).

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