Spartans take down Totems – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

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Spartans take down Totems Jan 31, 2016 12:00 AM A A Southern Oregon kept the pressure on Seattle and used a pair of second-period goals to pull away en route to a 4-1 Western States Hockey League victory at The RRRink on Saturday. The Spartans (22-14) outshot the Totems 40-16 but it was Seattle (8-30) that tallied first in the contest with an early first-period goal. Southern Oregon netted an equalizer a few minutes later on a goal by Colin Elder, then broke the contest open with second-period goals by Paiute Morrison and Christopher Seto for a 3-1 advantage. Brody Surette capped the scoring with 44.6 seconds remaining in the third period. Tage Rustgi stopped 15 shots in goal for the Spartans. The teams square off again at 1:30 p.m. today at The RRRink.