Friday night area results - Jaguars Wrestling loses to Border West Buccaneers 42-27 also falls to WCA

Results from the Browerville/Eagle Valley dual tournament:
Border West 59, Holdingford 15
Border West 59, Browerville/Eagle Valley 14

The Jaguars fell to Border West 42-27. In the other duals at Browerville, they lost to West Central Area by a slim margin, 37-30 - and then lost to host Browerville/Eagle Valley 36-34.

The Jaguars stormed in front of West Central Area/Ashby, winning five of the first six matches while building a lead of 24-3. The momentum then shifted towards the Knights, as they cut into the deficit to make the score 30-13. WCA/Ashby then took the final four classes, two by forfeit, to score the final 24 points of the match while erasing the 30-13 deficit.

Against the host B/EV Broncos, the Jaguars dug themselves an early 17-6 hole after four matches, then went on a tear to take six of the next eight matches to go up 34-24. The Broncos won the 215 division by fall, then the heavyweight by forfeit, to clip the Jaguars by a two point margin.

The wrestling team of Border West comes from the schools of Clinton/Graceville/Beardsley, Wheaton Area, and Herman-Norcross. This is the second year of that merger. They won the Section 6A title last year to advance to the state tournament.

Kimball Area lit up visiting Royalton/Upsala-Swanville in a Central Minnesota Conference wrestling dual, as the Cubs won 46-21 to improve to 20-2 overall this season.

The last Cubs wrestling squad to win 20 matches was their 1997-98 team, which defeated B-B-E in the Section 6A championship to advance to the state tournament. The Jaguars wrestling team had two section championship appearances in a row, as they lost to Pierz in the 1999 6A title match.

Royalton/U-S fell to 11-7 overall and 4-2 in the CMC standings.

Other area wrestling scores:
Staples-Motley 36, Pierz 28

Central Minnesota Conference girls basketball scores:
Rockford 60, Holdingford 53
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 59, Pierz 42
Eden Valley-Watkins 46, Kimball 30 (the game was tied 14-14 at halftime)

Area boys basketball results:
New Ulm Cathedral 64, Buffalo Lake-Hector 45
Lac qui Parle Valley 90, Benson 88
Fergus Falls 84, Willmar 76
Worthington 71, Redwood Valley 60
Mound-Westonka 65, Litchfield 62, OT
Minnewaska Area 59, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 35

Area girls basketball results:
Upsala 77, Osakis 40
Royalton 50, Swanville 26
Buffalo Lake-Hector 58, New Ulm Cathedral 38
Litchfield 59, Mound-Westonka 38
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 65, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 50
MACCRAY 58, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 45
Lac qui Parle Valley 54, BOLD 41
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 49, Benson 42 (A-C-GC takes a three-game lead in the West Central South Conference over Benson and Morris-Chokio/Alberta)
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 62, Dawson-Boyd 44
Yellow Medicine East 60, Paynesville Area 37
Central Minnesota Christian 69, ECHO Charter 23
Canby 60, Renville County West 27
New London-Spicer 78, Foley 32

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