Both basketball teams trail at halftime tonight, Girls hoops get drubbed at Howard Lake 81-56, Boys fall in nail-biter 58-56 to Benson

The Jaguars girls basketball team is having a rough time at Howard Lake, where they currently trail the host HL-W-W Lakers 41-22 at halftime.

**Update at 9:05, the girls lost 81-56.

Meanwhile in Belgrade, the Jaguars boys basketball team has trailed Benson most of the first half. The score at the break was 34-30.

With about 8:00 left, the Jaguars had tied up the game at 45-all. Moments later, Michael Rodgers had picked up his 4th foul and the Jaguars trailed 46-45.

The Jaguars had their chances at the end but ultimately were tagged with their 2nd loss of the season 58-56 to the Benson Braves.

I'm calling it a night, more will follow on Saturday. Have a good night and a safe weekend, thank goodness it'll be warm for a change!

Boys basketball scores:
Rockford 55, Eden Valley-Watkins 53
Sauk Centre 46, Osakis 42
West Central Area 69, Frazee 56
MACCRAY 81, Yellow Medicine East 35

Girls basketball scores:
Eden Valley-Watkins 67, Rockford 36
Pierz 50, Kimball Area 43
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 62, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 57
New London-Spicer 66, Foley 35
Sauk Centre 55, Mora 45

**A few Saturday scores:
Boys basketball: Morris Area 74, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 66
Girls basketball: Minnewaska Area 57, Melrose 38 - Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 74, West Central Area 66, F/OT (The MA/CA Tigers get the upper hand in Sub-Section 6AA-West, where they are the top-rated team heading into the final month of regular season play)

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