Junior forward Cate McCoy scored the only goal the top-seeded Hornets (25-3-1) would need in the first minute of the third period to send them to a championship game rematch with No. 3 Hill-Murray for the big-school crown.

After two full overtimes and 80 more seconds into a third OT, Warroad squeaked past Orono on Friday at Xcel Energy Center to keep its dream of a state championship four-peat alive. It was a 2-1, three-hour behemoth of a Class 1A girls hockey state tournament semifinal.