Santa Claus visits Belgrade on Friday night! (Video clip posted below)

The Wold family provided horse-drawn wagon rides around Belgrade.




The father of this family, David Bendickson of Belgrade, is proudly serving our country in Iraq.

**The Jaguars girls basketball team played very solid in a 53-39 loss to CMC favorite Howard Lake-Waverly-Winted tonight. The game was held in Howard Lake. The Jaguars trailed by a slim 24-22 margin at the break. Both teams hit 17 shots from the floor, but the Lakers' won the free throw battle by going 14-of-25 compared to the Jaguars' five-of-eight tally at the charity stripe.

Central Minnesota Conference girls basketball results:
Rockford 59, Maple Lake 49 (Rockford is 2-0 in the CMC)
Kimball 62, Holdingford 60
Pierz 47, Eden Valley-Watkins 44 (Eagles' first loss in the CMC since losing to the Jaguars in last year's regular season finale on February 27, and only their second in the league since December 22, 2006; they are 2-4 overall)

Area girls basketball results
Albany 70, Milaca 42
MACCRAY 58, Lakeview 49
West Central Area 56, Barnesville 45
Worthington 63, Montevideo 40
Yellow Medicine East 52, Renville County West 29

Girls basketball results with Sub-Section 6A-South teams:
Brandon-Evansville 55, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 49
Parkers Prairie 65, Underwood 24 (Panthers are hands down the team to beat in 6A-South)
Ashby 69, Rothsay 44
Battle Lake 55, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 50
Bertha-Hewitt 75, Henning 42

Area boys basketball results:
Minnewaska Area 67, BOLD 65 (this game went down to the wire)
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 68, Wahpeton 48
West Central Area 80, Barnesville 75
Foley 70, Sauk Centre 59
Lac qui Parle Valley 78, Yellow Medicine East 55
Melrose 81, Mora 70
New London-Spicer 63, St.Cloud Cathedral 55 (Crusaders give Wildcats a battle)
St.John's Prep 50, Holdingford 43
Upsala 80, Kimball 51
Royalton 60, Ogilvie 48
Paynesville 79, A-C-GC 53
Rush City 69, Maple Lake 58
Norwood Young America 44, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 36
Becker 50, Pierz 48

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