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Blake Kelly scored three goals as the Stars slipped past the Wings 6-5 in a Patrick Division match at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Kyle Kelly also scored two goals, and Matt Gattis and Eric Freese each had an assist. Timothy Francis came up with 21 saves for the Stars. Matty Nolan scored three times for the Wings, and Bradley Grote scored twice. Aaron Fulmer picked up two assists, and Matthew Duran had 25 saves. In other Patrick Division matches: Timberwolves 8, Kings 4 Blake Easton and Eric Lyon tied for game-high scoring honors with three goals apiece as the Timberwolves doubled up on the Kings.

The Wings came up with a strong defensive effort and had more than enough offense to record a 3-0 victory over the Hurricanes in an Adams Division match at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Trent Morsk needed just nine saves to get the shutout. Leading the Wings' offense was Robert Becker, who scored twice. Brett Bennett scored once, and William Brines had an assist. Tatum Coats posted 13 saves for the Hurricanes. In other Adams Division action: Mighty Ducks 2, Sharks 0 With its defense putting up a fight, the Mighty Ducks were able to take away the bite of the Sharks.

The Roadrunners won their second Patrick Division postseason game in two days, defeating the Wings, 9-2, at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Gregory Martin scored three goals and Carsten Beith and Matthew Iacono each scored twice to lead the Roadrunners. Christopher Romero scored once and had an assist and Brett Martin recorded 10 saves. Sebastian Rodriguez scored once with an assist, Bryan Gonzalez had a goal and Matthew Duran had 11 saves for the Wings.

The Wings broke away from a close battle with the Thunder in a Lemieux Division match by scoring seven goals over the final two periods to score a 9-3 victory at Coast 2 Coast Hockey in Huntington Beach. Leading the scoring charge for the Wings was Jimmy Hocker, who posted three goals. Also netting multiple goals were Casey Childers and Joel Dapello, who each scored twice. Kyle Betz and Ryan Gallegos each scored once. Hocker also contributed four assists. Childers, Betz and Ben Piontkowski each had two assists and Joey Mahoney had one assist.

Alex Covert scored off a Steven Sallack feed late in the third period to lift the Panthers to a 4-3 victory over the Wings in a Campbell Division game at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Steven Rousseau scored once with an assist, Dylan Luther and Tori Beringer each scored once and Dylan Zeglovitch had an assist for the Panthers. Tanner Chang had 17 assists. Ryan Voorhies scored for the Wings and Kayden Muzila had an assist for the Wings and Conor Buckley had 15 saves.

Lukas Welinder and Hannah Pigors split scoring honors for the Wings, who posted a come-from-behind 6-3 Adams Division victory over the Rattlers at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. The Wings pulled out the victory by scoring five, third-period goals to overcome a 2-1 deficit. Pigors scored two of her three goals in the final period. Michael Pigors got the win on 10 saves. The Rattlers scoring consisted of two goals by Jennifer Leung and one by Stephen Goodman.

The star stood a head shorter than most of the people around her, but she was hard to miss in her blue military coat with silver pilot wings pinned over the left pocket. As a crowd gathered Tuesday afternoon outside the Edwards Cinema at Fashion Island, Huntington Beach resident Vi Cowden prepared to see “Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story” on the big screen for the first time. The weekend before, the film by Christine and Mark Bonn had won the Audience Award at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival.

Robert Becker scored two goals and the Wings went on the defensive in recording a 5-0 victory over the Blackhawks in an Adams Division match at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Becker scored consecutive goals to take the Wings from a 1-0 lead into a 3-0 advantage in the second period. Mark Ellis, Dylan Palmer and William Brines each scored once, and Palmer had an assist. Trent Morsk got the shutout on 12 saves. Jonathan Cooper had 27 saves for the Blackhawks.

The Red Rhinos scored all three of their goals in the second period and then rode a strong defensive effort to shut down the Wings 3-0 in Campbell Division play at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach Aron Wong, Trent Morsk and Niley Smith each scored and Jonathan Cooper had an assist. Tori Gianformaggio recorded the shutout on 15 saves. Jake Grothjan had 25 saves for the Wings. In other Campbell Division games: Mighty Ducks 6, Hot Shots 2 Alex Kao posted four goals to lead the Mighty Ducks in scoring.

Carsten Beith and Tyler Bales each netted two goals and the Kings picked up a victory in Norris Division play at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach by downing the Wings, 5-3. Beith opened and closed the Kings' scoring, sandwiching Bales' two goals and one by Chad Millar. Millar and Travis Clock each had an assist and Thompson had a pair of assists. Kelan Stuart got the win on 37 saves. Brandon Mohl scored two goals, Alex Litten had a goal and assist and Charlie Condron had an assist to lead the Wings.

The Bulls remained in the winner's bracket side of the Ocean View Little League Minor A Division postseason tournament Sunday by defeating the Red Wings, 7-5. The Red Wings, who had rolled to two previous postseason wins before meeting the Bulls, took the early lead when Aiden Daniels hit a three-run home run in the first inning. The Bulls came back with a five-run second inning to go in front. Christopher Soto led the way for the Bulls, throwing the last 3 2/3 innings in relief.

Alec Muirhead singled in Matt Hernandez with the winning run in the top of the sixth and the Red Wings won for the second time in as many days when they knocked off the Bats, 5-4, in an Ocean View Little League Minor A Divison game Saturday. The Red Wings built a 3-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run double from Aiden Daniels being the key blow. The Bats drew even with three runs of their own in the second as Jake D'Amico doubled in a pair of runs. Daniel Kotkosky earned the victory with three innings of no-hit relief.

The Hot Rods, Iron Pigs and Red Wings went into spring break on a winning note as each picked up victories Saturday in Ocean View Little League Minor A Division play. Hot Rods 11, Bats 9: The Hot Rods outlasted the Bats in a game where the teams combined for 21 hits. Antonio Ventimiglia went three for three with a double, Nick Madole doubled twice, Micah Kennedy singled and doubled and Gavin Kells singled for the Hot Rods. AJ Hurtado pitched two innings, giving up only one run. Kells, Ventimiglia, Quentin Custodio and Madole all saw relief action.

It was something Butterfly Park had not seen in years - butterflies. Parts of the 7-acre city-owned land, formerly known as Gibbs Park, served as an overwinter resting shelter for butterflies that were flying south to warmer temperatures. But after years of neglect, the park began to break down and butterflies stopped coming. That's when the park received a new nickname from the residents - Scary Park. Dead trees, homeless people and 3-foot-tall grass were all that was left of the insect rest stop, according to Park Restoration Coordinator Leslie Gilson.

At 14, Olivia Jaber has mastered one of the key tools to being a lawyer, teacher, researcher, journalist - even politician. Proof? The Pegasus School eighth-grader is the top debater in the country for her age group. Olivia, a Newport Beach resident, received the Golden Gavel award for placing first during the 2012 Middle School Public Debate Program's 10th annual nationals competition, said Jim Conti, the Pegasus teacher who coaches the debate team. "It still hasn't really hit me yet," Olivia said.

Was it an earthquake? An explosion? What was that strange eruption that took place on Beach Boulevard between Ellis and Talbert avenues at about 1:15 p.m. Sunday? Wait. It was more than 100 intense Buffalo Bills fans reacting to their team's wild win over the New England Patriots. The place is Buffalo Wings 'n Things, 18302 Beach Blvd., where each Sunday since 1989 the Bills faithful have gathered to cheer on their team. It all started just after owner Don Hayes (a dyed-in-the-wool Brooklynite who has never been to Buffalo)

Editor's note: Last in a three-part series about the effects of the Obama administration's health-care reform on Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley health-care providers and their patients. It was a small gathering on a quiet day in one of Orange County's quieter cities, but the group surrounding the stage looked like a who's-who of the area's right-wingers. Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Assemblyman Van Tran and local Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh took turns at the microphone.

O ne person will go home this weekend with $1,000 after the 18th annual Duck-A-Thon. One very lucky, random person. The charity event, which raises funds for AltaMed's Huntington Beach Community Clinic, takes the form of a race, as thousands of rubber ducks are dropped off the Huntington Beach Pier. The first duck to make it back to shore nets $1,000 for the person who bought it, and the next 59 garner a prize of some kind. But there is no handicapping the Duck-A-Thon, event coordinator Carol Speaker said.

The star stood a head shorter than most of the people around her, but she was hard to miss in her blue military coat with silver pilot wings pinned over the left pocket. As a crowd gathered Tuesday afternoon outside the Edwards Cinema at Fashion Island, Huntington Beach resident Vi Cowden prepared to see “Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story” on the big screen for the first time. The weekend before, the film by Christine and Mark Bonn had won the Audience Award at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival.

I love living in a city where pelicans get so much press. This paper did a wonderful job last week covering some recent news (“A long-awaited flight,” Feb. 18), and I had just been to the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center the week before that after learning about the dozens of sick birds. Perhaps it’s because I’m partial to pelicans, but still, any opportunity to watch the volunteers at the center work their magic is always a rewarding experience. The morning I went to hang around and observe, there were but three people there, yet they seemed to be doing the work of at least twice as many, methodically weighing, treating, feeding and tending to literally dozens of brown pelicans in their Pacific Coast Highway facility.