Tigers win second game in a row

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — Zach Schmidt scored twice, and Evan Weister added another goal to lift the Marshfield boys hockey team to a 3-1 victory over Sparta in a nonconference game Thursday at the Marshfield Youth Ice Arena.

After Sparta scored six minutes into the game, Schmidt tied it 2:08 later.

Schmidt added another goal late in the second period, and Weister scored with five minutes remaining in the game on a power play for the Tigers.

Isaac Wellens had a pair of assists for Marshfield, which is now 4-7-1 after winning its second game in a row.

Haydon Roy-Peterson had 14 saves in goal for the Tigers.

Marshfield hosts Wausau West in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Saturday at 7 p.m. The game is a make-up from a game postponed on Tuesday.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Tigers 3, Spartans 1

Sparta 1 0 0 – 1

Marshfield 1 1 1 – 3

First period: 1. S, Derrick Page (Jack Steinhoff), 6:00; 2. M, Zach Schmidt (Evan Weister, Isaac Wellens), 8:08.

Second period: 3. M, Schmidt (Ben Baur), 13:22.

Third period: 4. M, Weister (Justin Stanek, Wellens), pp., 12:00.

Saves: S, Nathan Thompson 22; M, Haydon Roy-Peterson 14.

Records: Sparta 2-8; Marshfield 4-7-1.