Jaguars Boys Basketball Falls in Rough-and-Tumble Game To New London-Spicer 81-60... Jaguars Wrestling Battles CMC Foes Pierz & HL-W-W

The Jaguars boys basketball team fell to 2-2 on the young season after hosting NL-S in their home opener on Friday night at the B-B-E High School. Stating it mildly, the game was a physical battle between long-time neighboring rivals. The Wildcats improved to 3-0 on the season and were ranked #9 in the latest Class AA poll.

The Jaguars wrestling team traveled to Pierz on Friday night to face the host Pioneers and the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers in a Central Minnesota Conference Triangular. The team did very well, and in both matches the Jaguars were either tied or leading halfways through each dual.
Final results:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted defeated the Jaguars 38-20, and Pierz won 45-24 in the second match. Pierz hung on to defeat HL-W-W 33-31 in the final dual of the evening.
*The Jaguars will travel to area wrestling powerhouse New London-Spicer on Tuesday, December 18, for a dual meet against the Wildcats. They host Kimball Area and Dawson-Boyd in a triangular at the B-B-E High School two nights later on Thursday.

Scores from Friday/Saturday boys basketball action:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 59, Watertown-Mayer 53 (HL-W-W is 2-0)
Little Falls 63, Pierz 52
Rockford 71, Minneapolis Roosevelt 59 (Rockford is 3-0, ranked #6 in Class AA)
Rocori 77, New London-Spicer 59 (Rocori is ranked #9 in Class AAA)
Albany 62, Holdingford 49 (*Albany snapped a 28+ game losing streak dating back to the2005-2006 season, while Holdingford fell to 0-4 this season)
Dassel-Cokato 70, Kimball Area 64
Osakis 76, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 71 (Osakis is 3-0)
Pine City 71, Eden Valley-Watkins 51

Scores from Friday/Saturday girls basketball action:
Eden Valley-Watkins 91, St. Cloud Cathedral 29! Good grief! (EV-W is 5-1)
Pierz 69, Little Falls 52 (Pierz is 3-3)
Delano 50, Maple Lake 37 (Maple Lake is 3-2)
Foley 52, Paynesville Area 35
Albany 82, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 39 (Albany is 3-1 and ranked #3 in Class AA)
Holdingford 64, Staples-Motley 49 (Holdingford is 3-2 after going 7-17 last year)
Hutchinson 50, Rockford 44 (Rockford is 1-3)
Kimball Area 82, E.C.H.O. Charter 32 (Kimball is 2-2)
Minnewaska Area 56, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 43
New London-Spicer 55, Sauk Centre 36 (NL-S is ranked #5 in Class AA and is 5-0 overall, while Sauk Centre fell to 3-3 overall)

Scores from area dual meet action in wrestling:
Sauk Centre 69, Melrose 3 (That's gotta hurt the pride)

@ Paynesville Triangular=
Paynesville 44, Litchfield 19
New London-Spicer 41, Paynesville 19

Scores from the Battle on the Border, a high-powered wrestling meet hosted at Canby on Saturday, including the following state-ranked Class 1A squads (sorted with rankings)=
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Falcons (No. 1)
Canby Lancers (No. 2)
United South Central Rebels (No. 3)
Frazee Hornets (No. 4)
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (No. 6)
Yellow Medicine East Sting (No. 7)

Battle On The Border Results=
Canby 36, United South Central 22
Frazee 36, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 29

Round 2
Canby 36, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 24
Yellow Medicine East 32, Frazee 24
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 34, United South Central 27

Round 3
Canby 46, Frazee 18
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 34, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 33!
United South Central 36, Yellow Medicine East 24

Round 4
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 36, United South Central 25
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 44, Frazee 18
Canby 44, Yellow Medicine East 13

This Jaguars sports update brought to you by: