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Jordan Sherwood of Pine River, Nels Danielson of Brainerd and Simon Stricker of Pine River collected victories at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs WSA Hillcross Sunday on Ski Gull.

Sherwood won the Semi-Pro 900 and Semi-Pro Open atop his Ski Doo, Danielson, also on a Ski Doo, won Beginner 800 Non-Traction and Stricker captured the Sport 600 on an Arctic Cat.

Sherwood also finished second in Semi-Pro 600 and Semi-Pro 800, fourth in Semi-Pro 700 and fifth in Winter X. Danielson finished third in 35-Plus and Stricker finished second in Sport 500 and third in Sport 700.

Two other local racers nabbed third places: Justin Sweet of Brainerd, on his Polaris, in Beginner 800 Traction and Craig Johnson of Fort Ripley on his Ski Doo in Beginner 800 Non-Traction.

There were no King of the Hills named because of an accident in the Winter X final. These races will be made up next weekend at Park X on Quadna Mountain in Hill City.

Other results:

Vintage: 4- Steve Sherwood, Pine River (Pol).

Beg 800 Non-Traction: 4- Colton Sturm, Nisswa (Doo).

Womens Sport: 5-Katrina Welch, Nisswa.

Sport 900: 5-Jason Westre, Little Falls (Pol).

Semi-Pro 700: Jordan Sherwood

Womens Pro/Am: 4-Welch.

Gophers sweep Mavs in WCHA tournament

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Danny Irmen scored his third goal of the weekend and added an assist as Minnesota beat Minnesota State, Mankato, 5-3 on Saturday to win a best-of-three WCHA playoff series.

Irmen, who had two goals in Friday's 7-2 Gophers' win, scored a power-play goal and assisted on the eventual game-winner.

The victory gave Minnesota (26-12-1) its seventh consecutive trip to the WCHA Final Five. The Gophers will play Colorado College Friday night in the semifinals at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

"It's just huge for us to survive this weekend and advance," Minnesota coach Don Lucia said after his team improved to 22-0 in WCHA playoff games held at Mariucci Arena. "I thought for the most part we played well this weekend."

Senior forward Brad Thompson ended his college hockey career on a high note, scoring a goal and adding two assists for the Mavericks (13-19-6).