Lady Jaguars Fall in Sub-Section Opener 74-57 to St.Cloud Cathedral

The homecourt advantage did not come through for the Lady Jaguars basketball team today on a sunny yet frigid Saturday afternoon, as they fell to St.Cloud Cathedral (14-13) in the Sub-section 5AA-20 quarterfinal.

The lead switched numerous times during the first half, with the Crusaders building a 33-26 lead at the first buzzer. Soon after the second half began, the deficit was double-digits and while the Lady Jaguars played hard to the final buzzer in a physical, fast-paced game, they could not come back at the end.

It was the final game for three seniors who contributed heavily to the girls basketball program at B-B-E, Katie Gruber, Kelly Hieserich, and April Hansen. Hansen will graduate as the all-time leading scorer and rebounder (in boys or girls basketball).

A large number of Lady Jaguars will return, led by a strong 2008 class with eight basketball players who will undoubtedly lead the program to another strong season.

Monday night the Jaguars basketball team will travel to Pierz. They're all that's left for winter sports action.

Around the girls Sub-section 5AA-20 from Saturday's quarterfinal action:
@Eden Valley-Watkins 76, Kimball Area 38
@Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 74, Paynesville Area 51
@New London-Spicer 55, Maple Lake 40

Boys basketball scores from Saturday:
@ Rockford 78 (13-1 CMC, 20-6), Holdingford 70 (7-7 CMC, 17-9)
*With this win, the Rockets clinch the CMC title outright.
@ Eden Valley-Watkins 64 (10-4 CMC, 15-6), Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 54 (3-11 CMC, 9-17)

From Section 4AA:
Breck 61 (11-12), @ Rockford 52 (finishes 13-14)
The Rockets were the 4-seed.

From Section 6AA (that includes Sauk Centre and Albany):
Sub-Section 6AA North Semi-finals: Pierz 40 (20-8), East Central 32 (12-14)
*The Pioneers defeated Rush City 72-38 in the quarterfinals on Feb 27. They will face the 18-10 Braham Bombers in the sub-section championship on Tuesday (March 6) at St.John's University at 7:30. The Bombers defeated the Pioneers 64-38 on December 8 as the only loss for Pierz in their first eight games. Pierz is the number one seed and will play in their fourth sub-section championship game in the past five seasons.
They were nipped 59-57 by Foley in last year's sub-section title game.

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