Celebrating the win...
On Friday night, the Jaguars boys basketball team squared their record at 7-7 with a dramatic 64-60 win at Pierz, their first such road win since 2005. They moved to 2-4 in the Central Minnesota Conference.
Pierz is 9-7 overall and 3-3 in the CMC.
The Jaguars' comeback was fueled in the final minutes of the second half with a huge 22-2 run that turned a 54-38 deficit into a 60-56 lead. The Pioneers tied the game at 60-all before a 4-of-4 performance at the free throw line from Jared McCleary and Jordan Beier put the Jaguars ahead in the final minute.
The boys basketball team travels to Benson (7-7) on Monday night for a non-conference game against the Roger Lindahl-led Braves team. They host Maple Lake (11-4) in a key Central Minnesota Conference game next Thursday night at the high school.
The Jaguars girls basketball team earned their 11th win of the season (11-7 overall) on the road at Upsala on Friday, 68-37. The Cardinals fell to 8-11 overall, and they are tied for second place in the Prairie Conference at 7-3 with Browerville.
Wrestling Scores from last Thursday/Friday night:
EV-W 51, Melrose 25
EV-W 31, B-B-E 29
B-B-E 64, Melrose 4 (The Dutchmen gave up 6 forfeits!)
B-B-E 39, Sauk Centre 29
Also, congradulations to senior Austin Kampsen for his 100th and 101st wins of his wrestling career, earned last Friday night at the Melrose Triangular.
I am unable to post advertising, because my laptop died. (Yes, it is indeed dead) Once I retrieve my files from that hard drive, I will be back in business with posting local advertising on this site, although it will be much more difficult working without a laptop. It's anyone's guess when I'll be getting a new one.
Enjoy the mild weekend!