B-B-E schools closed for Tuesday, February 9

A repeat of Monday.

Girls basketball and wrestling events for Tuesday night have been scrubbed.

Jaguars Danceline performs at Section 3A meet on Saturday

Photo courtesy of Adam Hoogenakker, Renville County Register, http://rcregister.blogspot.com/

For the third year in a row, the Jaguars Danceline team competed in the playoffs, after only their fourth year as a varsity program.

Final team standings in the Jazz Funk division:
1-BOLD
2-Yellow Medicine East
3-Renville County West
4-Tracy Milroy Balaton
5-Gibbon/Fairfax/Winthrop
6-Lakeview
7-New Ulm Cathedral
8-B/B/E
9-Central Minnesota Christian School/Prinsburg

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B-B-E schools closed for Monday, February 8

The area is being blanketed by a slow-moving snowstorm that could dump between 5 and 10 inches or more of snow by mid-day Tuesday.

Jaguars Boys Basketball bounces back from 3rd loss of the season with a convincing win vs. Maple Lake

The Jaguars (15-3, 8-1 CMC) are now in the driver's seat in the hunt for the Central Minnesota Conference after their 63-38 win over the visiting Irish. Their 8-1 record right now in the league won't mean much, though, if they don't beat Rockford later next week in Rockford.

Maple Lake's boys basketball team falls to 11-8 overall and 6-2 in the CMC.

Central Minnesota Conference boys basketball results:
Pierz 75, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 67
Eden Valley-Watkins 61, Kimball Area 39

The Jaguars girls basketball team lost at Ashby 70-65 in a fast-paced game filled with numerous lead changes. The loss damages their ability to jump over the Arrows (7-8) in the sub-section seeding picture.

Ashby's senior Amanda Johnson poured in 34 points, hauled in eight rebounds, and grabbed five steals to lead her team to the win.

They still have room to move up - they just need to get on a winning streak, and fast. Their overall record is 5-13 with eight games left on the schedule before playoffs. In my opinion, all eight are very winnable games. Even going 6-2 down the stretch would set them up well for a mid-range seed in Sub-Section 6A-South. They just need to take it one game at a time.

Games involving Sub-Section 6A-South boys basketball teams:
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 61, Ashby 39 (Saturday game)
Ashby 53, Battle Lake 51
Brandon-Evansville 60, Parkers Prairie 47
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 49, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 38
Ortonville 60, Hancock 55
Underwood 58, Rothsay 39

Area boys basketball results:
Albany 74, Milaca 35
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 87, Central MN Christian 81
Lac qui Parle Valley 66, BOLD 64
MACCRAY 79, Lakeview 33
Osakis 72, Eagle Valley 68
Sauk Centre 56, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 52
West Central Area 74, Barnesville 60
**Saturday result: Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 89, Benson 52

Area girls basketball results:
Alexandria 60, Willmar 59
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 53, Paynesville Area 29
Hancock 83, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 52
Minnewaska Area 56, Benson 52
Melrose 62, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 52
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 57, Lac qui Parle Valley 56
West Central Area 63, Barnesville 62
**Saturday result: Parkers Prairie 80, Underwood 55

More will follow next week - spent the last day in the hospital and I'm out of it!

Cute - a view outside Belgrade Drug & Hardware this week

cJaguars Girls Basketball takes a very tough loss at home to conference leader HL-W-W by 10 points **Jaguars boys basketball suffers third defeat

The Jaguars girls basketball team fall to 5-12 overall and 3-5 in the CMC with a 59-49 loss to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (9-0 CMC, 16-4). The Jaguars led 31-27 at halftime and still had the lead with 10 minutes left in the game before the Lakers converted turnovers into points and remained in control the rest of the way.

They now prepare for a road trip to Ashby on Friday night, to face the 6-8 Arrows. It's a must-win situation if they want to gain ground in the Sub-Section 6A-South standings.

Ashby just lost to Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 50-40 tonight.

The Jaguars boys basketball team fell by a 77-72 score at Dawson-Boyd tonight, shattering their 11-game winning streak in the process. The only consolation is that it was a non-conference, non-section game.

The Blackjacks led 48-38 at halftime, after jumping in front by 15 points in the early stages of the game. That long bus-ride probably didn't do the Jaguars any favors. (At least it'll give them a taste of what they face in the playoffs in Section 6A.)

Dawson-Boyd improves to 9-5 overall with the non-conference win. More on this game will follow on Friday.

• Central Minnesota Conference girls basketball results:

Eden Valley-Watkins 39, Pierz 32 (EV-W comes up big on a trip to Pierz; their next foe is the Jaguars, next Tuesday the 9th - after starting the season 2-9, EV-W has won six of their past seven games)
Holdingford 54, Kimball Area 50
Rockford 56, Maple Lake 47

• Area boys basketball scores:

Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 68, Montevideo 40
Willmar 77, Sauk Rapids-Rice 55
BOLD 68, K-M-S 33Benson 73, Hancock 68
Morris/Chokio-Alberta 68, Montevideo 40
Minnewaska Area 88, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 66
New London-Spicer 72, Milaca 43
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 51, Melrose 50
St. Cloud Cathedral 41, Sauk Centre 32

Area girls basketball scores:
Upsala 94, Swanville 29 (a classic border battle without the battle)
MACCRAY 61, Lakeview 47 (Maccray is 13-2)
Dawson-Boyd 54, RCW 36
Minneota 57, YME 34
Montevideo 51, BOLD 31
New London-Spicer 62, Milaca 30
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 48, Central Minnesota Christian 45
Buffalo Lake-Hector 69, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 63
Albany 65, Rocori 55

Games involving Sub-Section 6A-South girls basketball teams:
Battle Lake 45, Rothsay 25
Brandon-Evansville 55, Underwood 47
Hankinson (N.D.) 77, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 47
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 50, Ashby 40
Parkers Prairie 84, Verndale 33

Games involving Sub-Section 6A-South boys basketball teams:
Menahga 72, Henning 67

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Jaguars Wrestling at Minnewaska tonight is cancelled

The area is currently under a winter weather watch.

Click here to read more about that = http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/56334?phenomena=WW&significance=Y&areaid=MNZ048&office=KMPX&etn=0009

It was reported tonight that the Minnewaska Area wrestling team has had to forfeit a few matches beginning this week. Last weekend at the West Central South Conference tournament, apparently a skin infection was present and all the WCCS teams have had to scrub some matches from their schedule this week.

**Luckily, this won't affect the Jaguars wrestling team whatsoever, other than losing a chance at gaining ground in the Section 5A standings with a possible win over the Lakers tonight. Their next action is next Tuesday in Melrose.

Coming Thursday night for the Jaguars wrestling, boys & girls basketball

**Tonight, Thursday, three of the winter Varsity Jaguars teams are in action.

The Jaguars wrestling team travels to Minnewaska for a 6pm dual non-conference meet against the Lakers. The match will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood. The B-squad match will begin sometime between 4:30 and 5pm.

You can listen to the match online by following this link: http://www.kmgk1071.com/


Minnewaska Area wrestling is 7-8 overall in duals this season. They started 0-4 and 1-7 before rallying to win six of their past seven matches. The Lakers defeated Holdingford 35-32 on January 26.

The Jaguars have a good shot against the Lakers, and it's a must-win situation if they wish to climb in the 12-team Section 5A standings, where they currently sit near the bottom of the pack.

**Update at 5pm - the meet was cancelled.

The Jaguars girls basketball team hosts Central Minnesota Conference front-runner Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted tonight. In a nutshell, I like the Jaguars' chances. They need to get hot in February and pick up some wins in order to get out of the bottom tier of the Sub-Section 6A-South standings.

HL-W-W girls basketball is 15-4 overall and 8-0 in the CMC, holding a two-game lead over second-place Rockford (13-5, 6-2 CMC). They defeated the Jaguars in a competitive game back in December by a 53-39 margin.

**The Jaguars danceline squad will perform at halftime, while the B-B-E Pep Band will also show their talents during pre-game and at halftime.

The Jaguars boys basketball team travels to Dawson tonight in a non-conference game against the 8-5 Blackjacks, who are 5-2 in the Camden North Conference.

The Jaguars (14-2, 7-1 CMC) will look to make it two straight over Dawson-Boyd, who they defeated last season in their first-ever matchup by a 62-46 score in December 2008.

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An excellent story on the latest Brandon/Evansville-Parkers Prairie girls basketball clash, from the Echo Press

Click to follow the link to the story, written by Eric Morken.

http://www.echopress.com/event/article/id/71936/

Parkers Prairie's win last Thursday night elevated the Panthers to a 13-1 record and a No. 3 ranking through the first half of the season. The Panthers moved to 6-1 in the Little Eight Conference with the win. The Chargers fell to 10-4 and 4-3 in league play.

Both are two of the top teams in Sub-Section 6A-South, in which the Jaguars boys and girls basketball teams compete for post-season play.

With around 70% of precincts reporting, here's the governor straw poll totals for the DFL and Republicans

With 71.71% of precincts reporting at presstime at 11pm on Tuesday night, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party governor straw poll showed the following vote totals: (1st) R.T. Rybak with 4,092 (2nd) Margaret Anderson Kelliher with 3,855 (3rd) Uncommitted with 2,765 (4th) John Marty with 1,886 (5th) Paul Thissen with 1446 (6th) Tom Rukavina with 1445 (7th) Matt Entenza with 1,324 (8th) Tom Bakk with 1,190 (9th) Steve Kelley with 779 (10th) Susan Gaertner with 393.

With 70.74% of precincts reporting at presstime at 11:05pm on Tuesday night, the Republican party governor straw poll showed the following vote totals: (1st) Marty Seifert with 7,629 (2nd) Tom Emmer with 5,463 (3rd) David Hann with 769 (4th) Write-in with 267 votes (5th) Bill Haas with 251. Three candidates were at less than 1% of the vote total.

Schedule for Section 3A danceline competition posted, along with Smooth Magic 107's broadcast schedule

Click to enlarge either one.

Both basketball teams win tonight - Boys drub Eden Valley-Watkins 63-46, Girls get past Melrose 43-35

Senior post Lauren Anderson swats away a Melrose field goal attempt tonight, late in the Jaguars' win over the neighboring rival Dutchmen. She tallied 10 points and 10 rebounds in the game.

The Jaguars girls basketball team improved to 5-11 overall with the win. They led 17-12 at halftime. Melrose, who is 6-4 in the West Central South Conference, falls to 8-9 overall.

The Jaguars girls basketball team stretched their five-point halftime lead at Melrose into double digits, leading by as much as a 28-17 margin. After the Dutchmen went on a 7-0 run, two paint buckets by Raeann Sorenson and Maggie Gruber gave the Jaguars more breathing room.

Julie Hieserich then scored off of the press to make it 34-28 with 5:04 on the clock.

Down the stretch, strong free throw shooting by the Jaguars kept Melrose at bay, highlighted by Sorenson's 4-of-4 performance at the line.

The Jaguars boys basketball team led 33-17 at halftime on their way to another double-digit win in Central Minnesota Conference play, as they dropped Eden Valley-Watkins to 4-12 overall on the season and 1-6 in the CMC.

The Jaguars came back from early 4-2 and 6-4 deficits to throttle the Eagles in the final nine minutes of the first half. At the 9:15 mark, B-B-E led 14-10, but by halftime they had a 33-17 lead.

Central Minnesota Conference boys basketball results:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 60, Rockford 59 (HLWW stays in the hunt for the CMC title)
Maple Lake 60, Kimball Area 47
Pierz 55, Holdingford 35

Area boys basketball results:
Albany 80, Sauk Centre 36
Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 90, Buffalo Lake-Hector 66
Marshall 69, Redwood Valley 61
Morris/Chokio-Alberta 90, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 44
Benson 81, BOLD 74
Minneota 64, Central Minnesota Christian 49
Montevideo 79, Yellow Medicine East 45
MACCRAY 68, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 48
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 68, Dawson-Boyd 60
Minnewaska 64, Lac qui Parle Valley 48
West Central Area 96, Frazee 51

Games involving Sub-Section 6A-South boys basketball teams:
Hancock 69, Parkers Prairie 49
Ashby 55, Osakis 54
Browerville 56, Brandon-Evansville 53

Area girls basketball results:
Pierz 53, Osakis 42
West Central Area 49, Frazee 40
Sauk Centre 88, Albany 54
Upsala 60, Kimball Area 53
Holdingford 43, Foley 36
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 67, Norwood-Young America 54
Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 58, Buffalo Lake-Hector 38
MACCRAY 53, Montevideo 37
Morris/Chokio-Alberta 56, Paynesville 42
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 58, Minnewaska 37
Dawson-Boyd 49, Ortonville 45
Benson 75, Breckenridge 55
Willmar 54, Brainerd 44
Minneota 69, Central Minnesota Christian 34
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 61, BOLD 44

Games involving Sub-Section 6A-South girls basketball teams:
Ashby 58, Rothsay 39
Battle Lake 48, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 44
Bertha-Hewitt 57, Henning 31
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 67, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 45

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This week for the Jaguars varsity sports - a busy one starting Monday night! Jagurs boys basketball is on the Train vs. Eden Valley-Watkins

Freshmen guard Aaron Waller (#14) scored two points last week at Holdingford on Thursday night.

The Jaguars boys basketball team hosts Eden Valley-Watkins tonight. The Jaguars, who are 13-2 overall and 6-1 in the CMC, will attempt to hang onto the top spot in the league as they have a challenging week ahead of them. **The game will be aired on 106.5 FM the Train.

Eden Valley-Watkins is 4-11 overall and 1-5 in the Central Minnesota Conference. Make no mistake, though, they'll bring a tough game to the home gym tonight.

On Thursday night, the Jaguars travel to Dawson-Boyd to battle the 8-4 Blackjacks in a non-conference game.

Then on Friday night, the Jaguars host Maple Lake in a showdown for first place in the CMC. The Irish are 10-7 overall and 5-1 in the CMC, a half game behind the Jaguars in the standings.

Their 13-2 overall record ties the record of last year's team through the first 15 games of the schedule.

The Jaguars girls basketball team travels to Melrose tonight (Monday) for a non-conference game against the 8-8 Dutchmen. Melrose is 6-4 in the West Central South Conference, tied for third place with Long Prairie-Grey Eagle.

Jaguars Wrestling travels to Minnewaska Area on Thursday night for a 6:00pm dual. The JV meet begins at 4:30pm. It will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM.

Jaguars Danceline travels to Montevideo on Saturday for the Section 3A tournament. That begins at 12:00pm Noon.

More will follow later.

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