B-B-E girls' basketball is on the radio tonight at Osakis
Their game against Osakis is on Smooth Magic 107 FM. Tip-off was at about 7:55 with a late start at the Osakis high school.
The Jaguars trail 17-6 with about 8 minutes gone in the game.
With 4:22 on the clock, Osakis leads 21-12 as B-B-E has made a couple small rallies.
Osakis's Analisa Savigeau went coast-to-coast near the halftime buzzer and earned a three-point play to make it a 29-24 halftime score, advantage Silverstreaks.
B-B-E went out scoring nine of the last 12 points of the first half. They trailed by as much as 13 points before going on a 9-0 run to make it 26-24 in the final minute.
Over the game's first 18 minutes, the Jaguars amassed 9 turnovers compared to three for Osakis. Most of those B-B-E turnovers came in the first 8 minutes of the game. The Jaguars are winning the rebound battle by a 14-9 margin.
With 9 minutes left in the game, Osakis leads 39-30.
Brittany Winter took a feed from Brittany Roelike on a backdoor cut and layed it in off the glass to make it a 39-32 deficit.
More updates will follow after the conclusion of the game.
Final: Osakis 50, B-B-E 34. Raeann Sorenson, who has averaged over 20 points a game in the last 3 outings, totaled 11 points in the first half but was held to only one field goal in the final 18 minutes.
The B-squad won 44-31 over Osakis in the preliminary game.
...a photo of the missing dog... From Jennifer Murphey in Brooten: Dillon's Yellow Lab Marley is missing.....he is around 100 lbs. and has a pink collar on. He was last seen running down Roe Street (by the Red Hen House) in Brooten. If anyone sees him get a hold of us PLEASE! 346-4001
Girls' basketball trails at the break against Kimball before earning a come-from-behind win! Jaguar wrestlers go 3-0 to win Bronco Dualsat Browerville
Early in the second half tonight...Amy Bast/Brittany Roelike/Becca Gruber are shown here collapsing on a Kimball shooter trying to punch in a bucket on the left block... ...the final score!... Halftime score: Kimball Area 21, B-B-E 15. The Jaguars girls' basketball team had tied the game 14-14 earlier in the half.
In the second half, Megan Weller scored a paint bucket with 15:25 left to make it a 23-21 deficit.
With around 6 minutes left, the Cubs had pulled ahead 44-37; the Jaguars rallied, though, and stormed back to take a 47-44 lead.
**Update at 9:05...the Jaguars snapped their long losing streak and won 56-48. It's their third win of the season and first in Central Minnesota Conference play. After being held to four points in the first half, Raeann Sorenson erupted in the second half and finished with a team-high 21 points. It was an especially satisfying win considering the Jaguars had lost by 26 points at Kimball in December.
Kimball falls to 9-7 overall and 4-5 in the CMC; the Jaguars are 3-13 overall and 1-7 in the CMC. This was Kimball's third loss in a row, all by single digits.
Up next: a home contest on Monday night against always-tough Osakis, who is 10-6 overall and 8-1 (2nd) in the Prairie Conference.
At the Browerville/Eagle Valley Bronco duals tonight, the Jaguars wrestling team won all three matches. They beat West Central Area, Border West and Browerville/Eagle Valley. The final score of the B/EV match was 51-18! What a way to finish the night. They were the lone team out of the six in action to go 3-0. Teams that went 2-1 were Border West and Holdingford, while Browerville/Eagle Valley and WCA went 1-2 and Parkers Prairie was 0-3. Read more details at www.saukherald.com under "sports" for B-B-E.
Finally, good luck tomorrow to the B-B-E Dazzlers dance team as they compete in the Camden Conference dance championships at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton high school in Tracy.
Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on Jan. 27: Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 70, Holdinford 27 EVW 45, Maple Lake 29 Rockford 62, Pierz 60 (Rockets win on a buzzer-beater from 15 feet out; Pioneers led 55-51 at one point)
Action from late in the first half tonight...
...somewhat interesting...according to my "hit counter", yesterday I had 337 unique visitors to this website; today by 10:00 in the evening there have been 325 unique visitors here.
Area girls' basketball scores on Jan. 27: Sauk Centre 55, Albany 50 (a nice road win for the Mainstreeters) Osakis 44, Royalton 35 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 51, St. John's Prep 41 Henning 38, Ashby 27
Area boys' basketball scores on Jan. 27: Redwood Valley 65, Worthingon 56 Montevideo 78, Benson 71 (Roger Lindahl's Braves came ready to play tonight) Pelican Rapids 51, Perham 48 (what a game that would've been to watch! I heard it was streamed on the internet) Albany 74, Paynesville Area 47 Willmar 57, Rocori 54 (a nice win for Steve Grove's Cardinals) Sauk Centre 64, Minnewaska Area 39 (after starting the WCC-North schedule 2-0, the Lakers are in a tailspin...) Ulen-Hitterdal 63, Norman County West 55 Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 63, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 55
**Didn't report this last night...but the B-squad Jaguars won a very intense game over the Pioneers last night by a 60-57 score.
...Adam Heinze muscles his way in for a shot on the right block... In the closing minutes of the game, B-B-E's reserves took the reigns...check out that score! **Video added Friday at 6:00...featuring the starting lineup introduction at last night's game...
...and the final minute of the game and post-game handshakes...
Jaguars lead early against Pierz...and wow, the game plays out in incredible fashion!
With 13:00 left, the Jaguars are ahead 13-9.
With 1:59 left in the first half, it's B-B-E 43, Pierz 32. The Pioneers just went 0-2 at the free throw line.
**Update at 8:20...Brian Goodwin canned a 3/4-court shot as the first period buzzer sounded to make it 49-37 at halftime. Pierz had just scored on a long three-pointer only seconds prior.
CRAZY!
****Brian's incredible three-pointer below...pay attention especially 10 seconds into the clip...what makes this truly shocking is that a Pierz guy was in his face right as he released the shot. It wasn't like Pierz laid down and said "okay, be my guest" to have a wide-open chance at three-points. ...when you re-watch it, note the B-B-E fan yelling "boring" a couple times in the first 2-3 seconds of the clip. It sure got un-boring in a hurry!
Final score: B-B-E 90, Pierz 65. BELIEVE IT!
B-B-E is now 15-0 and takes a world of confidence into next week's games with Holdingford and New London-Spicer. While there is still plenty more to superlatives say about tonight's win, the last thing the Jaguars can do is let everything that happened tonight get to their heads. Luckily, in my humble opinion, the entire team is made up of down-to-earth players who love the game of basketball and have done a truly outstanding job of representing B-B-E and the pride of being a Jaguar. Keep it up, guys!
The crowd reacts with wild cheering at the buzzer of tonight's game... More coming later tonight. Stay tuned!
**Update at 11:18pm...click on this link to read more details on tonight's game, view a great shot of Billy Borgerding launching a huge three-ball and links to more action from tonight's incredible win for B-B-E... http://saukherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=402&ArticleID=13744 I noticed this right after the game tonight...on my "hit counter" on this website, today blew the top off of the 100,000 hit mark. Literally blew it away. A full 337 unique visitors hooked up with this website on January 26...the day ended with the hit counter at 100,335. Wow! The first "post" I entered on here was on October 16, 2006.
Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball scores on Jan. 26: Holdingford 65, Eden Valley-Watkins 57 Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 77, Maple Lake 67 Rockford 60, Kimball Area 42
Area boys' basketball scores on Jan. 26: Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 69, Canby 57 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 61, Upsala 56 Eagle Valley 76, West Central Area 62 MACCRAY 91, Lincoln HI 40 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 112, Medford 46 Ashby 65, Henning 45 Swanville 64, Osakis 58
Area girls' basketball scores on Jan. 26: Benson 69, Hancock 66 (I don't believe that score...have to see it at a 2nd source before I stop doubting...Benson was 4-13 coming into that game) West Central Area 74, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 62 (a quality win for WCA at Long Prairie) Paynesville Area 80, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 57 (Changes in the West Central Conference this year may have stolen a conference championship from the Bulldogs; they probably would win the West Central South Conference this year if they weren't moved to the WCC-North) Parkers Prairie 93, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 32 Underwood 47 Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 36 Brandon/Evansville 43, Ashby 37 New London-Spicer 62, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 48
Girls' basketball loses by 3 at Rockford; boys' basketball inflicts a beating on Osakis
It was a tough ending at Rockford, as the Jaguars girls' basketball team lost 50-47 tonight in a Central Minnesota Conference game. It'll be a long road back up a snow-ridden Highway 55.
In a home game, the Jaguars boys' basketball team put a virtual beat down on Osakis and decided to win by a final score of 85-52. It's a tune up for the real test on their schedule, a home game this Thursday against Pierz. Osakis, who is 3-5 in the Prairie Conference, fell to 4-10 overall.
The B-B-E Dazzlers dance team performed at halftime of tonight's Osakis game. The Dazzlers are tuning up for the Camden Conference Varsity Tournament; teams included will be Canby, Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd, Lakeview, MACCRAY, Renville County West and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton. What I find very interesting and somewhat strange is that LQPV/D-B will also compete at the West Central Conference dance competition on Thursday this week in Albany. I would think they'd want to be in one or the other and not both, but I'm not in charge of things so that's how the cookie crumbles I guess. I also know that LQPV is in serious financial trouble and is suffering from massive declining enrollment; this is leading their school to consider leaving the West Central Conference, which they've been a member of since 1991. If that's the case, they would apply to the Camden Conference in most sports and Little Sioux Conference for football. You get the good (a great dance team) with the bad (a shaky outlook for your school) sometimes.
A whopping seven forfeits given up by visiting Parkers Prairie tonight helped the Jaguars wrestling team roll to a 66-12 win. Ross Rath, Patrick Rooney and Dillon Knutson won pins for the Jaguars. They now hold a 5-6 record in dual meets; the Panthers fall to 1-15.
More on all I mentioned above will follow on Wednesday.
Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on Jan. 24: Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 51, Eden Valley-Watkins 43 Pierz 50, Kimball Area 42 Holdingford 54, Maple Lake 43
Area boys' basketball scores on Jan. 24: Ashby 90, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 56 (uuf da!) Albany 66, Sauk Centre 60 A-C-GC 77, Benson 66 Melrose Area 82, Paynesville Area 29 Montevideo 56, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 43 Upsala 86, Holdingford 42 St. John's Prep 81, Maple Lake 80 New London-Spicer 77, Minnewaska Area 56
The Jaguars wrestling team hosts Parkers Prairie in a dual meet tonight. The Panthers are 1-14 overall in duals this year; their lone win was over Wadena-Deer Creek by a 43-27 score at the Ottertail Central Triangular on Jan. 19. Tonight represents a great chance for the Jaguars to break out of their five-match slide in dual meets. They started 4-1 in head-to-head competition before injuries began plaguing the lineup.
The Jaguars defeated Parkers Prairie 66-3 last season at Paynesville on Feb. 11.
Current win/loss leaders for the Jaguars include Tyler Tensen (120, 25-4), Patrick Rooney (170, 24-1) and Dillon Knutson (182, 22-6). Of those three, Knutson is the lone senior.
James Kuefler scores on a steal and layup with 45 seconds left in the first half vs. HLWW...in the final seconds, he's fouled while grabbing a defensive rebound and earns a shot at two double-bonus free throws.
