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half Tuesday in a 2-2 overtime tie in the Big Nine Conference.
Though WSHS (6-0-1, 1-0-1) remains unbeaten, the tie snapped a six-game winning streak to start the season.
The tie snapped a five-game losing streak for Rochester John Marshall. The Rockets (0-5-1, 0-1-1) also scored for the first time this season.
“We came out in the second half and the look in their eyes wasn’t there,” WSHS coach Pete Weess said. “They just weren’t hungry like they have been in previous games.
Jerkic now has nine goals and six assists in seven games.
“Fifteen points in seven games,” Weess said. “That’s exceptional.”
Junior forward Cameron Weess assisted on Jerkic’s first-half goal, which put WSHS up 1-0, and is second on the team with 13 points (four goals, five assists). Senior midfielder Jose Garcia assisted on Jerkic’s second-half goal, which put the Winhawks up 2-1.
Winona goalkeeper Nick Ryan had eight saves.
Girls tennis
Cannon Falls 6, Cotter 1
CANNON FALLS, Minn. — Cotter sophomore Jillian Wunderlich won 3-6 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) at No. 4 singles, but the Ramblers (3-6, 1-2) lost a pair of three-set matches and were swept in doubles matches by Cannon Falls, which swept the Ramblers last season in the Hiawatha Valley League.
Cotter’s Erica Hengel lost in three sets at No. 2 singles and the Ramblers doubles team of Emily Brom and Sami Giaquinto went to the third set at No. 2 doubles.
Boys soccer
Nonconference
La Crescent 6, Coulee Christian 0
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — Midfielder Erno Tiensuu, an exchange student from Finland, scored two goals to go with an assist.
Lancers freshman Brandon Guzman had a goal and an assist.
Volleyball
Dairyland
M-M 3, Independence 0
INDEPENDENCE, Wis. — Jordan Blaken had five kills and six assists and Janelle Frank four kills to lead Melrose-Mindoro.
Brittney Dascher had five assists and Bria Halama three kills for Independence.
C-FC 3, Whitehall 0
WHITEHALL, Wis. — Erica Willadsen led Cochrane-Fountain City with a match-high 19 kills to go with seven digs and three aces.
Katie Baures added 20 assists and six digs for C-FC. Kelly McCamley had three kills and six digs, Nikki Gilbertson 11 digs and Anna Suhr seven aces.
Alonda Howard had eight kills for Whitehall.
Coulee
West Salem 3, G-E-T 0
GALESVILLE, Wis. — Julie Lilla had 12 assists and four blocks for Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau. Teammate Sami Weaver had five kills, six blocks and four digs.
