After winning two games in a row, the Monroe Cheesemakers set their sights on facing Madison Edgewood on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The Crusaders came into the game undefeated in the Badger Conference at 9-0 and 16-1 overall. They were ranked No. 4 in the latest Wisconsin Prep Hockey poll of Division 1 teams. It didn’t go well for the Cheesemakers as the Crusaders pounded Monroe 10-0. After one period, the Cheesemakers were down only 1-0. But, the second period was especially unkind to the Cheesemakers as Edgewood scored seven goals, including three shorthanded goals and one powerplay

goal. The Crusaders did all the second period scoring over a span of eight minutes. Edgewood added another power-play goal in the third period. Senior goalie Brock Brandli played all 51 minutes in front of the net for the Cheesemakers, getting 37 saves. Monroe managed just four shots on goal. Monroe (6-12, 4-6) was scheduled to host Janesville on Thursday, Jan. 29 in a nonconference game.

Girls Hockey

Bluebirds 7,

Viroqua 2

VIROQUA — Freshman Micki Andrews of Monroe got an assist, helping the Janesville Bluebirds to a 7-2 win over the Viroqua Blackhawks in a Badger Conference girls hockey game on Tuesday, Jan. 27.

The Bluebirds put up three goals in the first period and scored three more goals in the second period, the last of which was a goal by Macy Murphy at 12:09, assisted by Andrews to give the Bluebirds a 6-0 lead. Andrews now has four assists for the season, along with four goals, giving her a total of eight points in 18 games played this season. Janesville added another goal in the third period to take a 7-0 lead before Viroqua got two goals over the final eight minutes. Hailey Rasmussen of Monroe and Juliana Strommen of Brodhead played but did not register a point. The Bluebirds (6-10-2, 4-4 Badger Conference) had a conference game scheduled on Thursday, Jan. 29 at home against the Metro Lynx.