JAMESTOWN – Time is decreasing for Jamestown Blue Jays Girls Hockey, and unfortunately for them, losses are increasing.

A rally for Jamestown fell just short Saturday in a 4-3 loss to Dickinson at Wilson Arena.  The Blue Jays have now lost nine straight games.

The Mavericks (3-16-2-0, 2-16-2-0 WDA) scored the game’s first two goals just over a minute apart in the first period.  Eastynn Baseflug scored at 3:08 followed by Hannah Menge at 4:06.

An unassisted shorthanded goal by Grace Allmaras with four seconds to play in the first gave the Blue Jays (4-13-1-2, 4-13-0-2) their first goal in three games and cut Dickinson’s lead to 2-1 after one period.

Mya Hilton came back for Dickinson with a power play goal 57 seconds into the second period, then KeAna Hendrickson made the Maverick lead 4-1 at 2:49.

Stella Belzer popped in a power play goal for Jamestown from Izzy Maddock and Allmaras at 11:29 of the second period.

Layni Bakalar put JHS within a goal with 1:17 left in the game, set up by Addy Gerhardt.

Natalie Szarkowski played in goal for Jamestown and made 13 saves.  Jamestown had 25 shots to Dickinson’s 17.

With three games to go in the regular season, Jamestown, with 14 points, is two points out of eight place in North Dakota girls’ hockey.  The Blue Jays will play Tuesday at Fargo North-South.