Jaguars Boys Basketball pulls into first place in the Central Minnesota Conference, wins 67-61 over Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted

The Jaguars boys basketball team improved to 10-2 overall with a hard-fought 67-61 win against CMC rival Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted tonight. The Jaguars, who enjoyed a huge 37-23 rebounding edge in the game, expanded a 30-28 halftime lead to as much as 20 points in the second half. HL-W-W then rained three-pointers to close the deficit and make the Jaguars sweat down the stretch.

Scoring leaders for the Jaguars: Connor Goodwin 18, Kevin Kuefler 16 and Brady Koehler 13.

Both teams are now tied at the top of the Central Minnesota Conference at 4-1 in the league. Rockford and Maple Lake are both a 1/2 game back at 3-1 in the league. A Maple Lake win in the St.John's Prep Holiday tournament on December 19 over Holdingford did not count as a CMC game.

The conference race is on!

The Pierz Pioneers won their first game of the season, defeating the visiting Kimball Area Cubs 46-40. Pierz is now 1-10 overall, which is just crazy in my mind!

Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted dips below .500 overall at 5-6 with tonight's loss to the Jaguars. Kimball is 2-2 in the CMC after tonight's loss at Pierz.

Central Minnesota Conference boys basketball results:
Maple Lake 59, Holdingford 41
Rockford 63, Eden Valley-Watkins 60
Pierz 46, Kimball Area 40

In a meeting of girls basketball giants at Sauk Centre tonight, the host number-one ranked Mainstreeters edged number-two ranked New London-Spicer 63-58 in a West Central North Conference showdown. The Mainstreeters, who improve to 15-0 overall and 8-0 in the WCCN, led 37-29 at halftime. The Wildcats cut the lead to 42-41 with 12:05 left, and then played a 2 to 3-possession game the rest of the way; the closest they got down the stretch was a 54-52 deficit.

NL-S falls to 13-2 overall and 7-1 in the WCCN with the loss.

Scores involving Sub-Section 6A-South boys basketball teams:
Hancock 57, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 52
Bertha-Hewitt 52, Underwood 32
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 60, Battle Lake 48
Ortonville 63, Brandon-Evansville 37

Scores involving Sub-Section 6A-South girls basketball teams:
Brandon-Evansville 49, Battle Lake 47
Hancock 76, Henning 43
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 42, Underwood 38

Area girls basketball results:
Montevideo 50, Yellow Medicine East 46
St.Cloud Cathedral 61, Albany 46
A-C-GC 50, LQPV 39 (Falcons now lead the West Central South at 8-0)
Benson 72, Paynesville Area 41
Buffalo Lake-Hector 61, Renville County West 35
Kimball Area 66, St. John's Prep 34
Mora 42, Melrose 37
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 48, Minnewaska Area 34

Area boys basketball scores:
West Central Area 76, Ashby 34
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 64, Lakeview 26
Upsala 95, Pillager 54
St. Cloud Cathedral 54, Melrose 53
Osakis 49, Royalton 43
MACCRAY 83, Dawson-Boyd 58 (a huge win for MACCRAY at Dawson)
Montevideo 66, Redwood Valley 53
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 80, Lac qui Parle Valley 57
Swanville 47, Browerville 42
Willmar 42, Marshall 40

Area wrestling results:
Holdingford 58, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 22
Glencoe-Silver Lake/Lester Prairie 40, Holdingford 31
HL-W-W 58, G-SL/LP18
Foley 48, Mora 18
Kimball Area 64, Zimmerman 9
Kimball Area 49, Osakis 30
Pierz 51, Zimmerman 27
Pierz 34, Osakis 32

Late wrestling result from Saturday's Paynesville Quad:
The Jaguars wrestling team defeated Sartell/St.Stephen 62-18 for their second dual win of the season. Senior Travis Winter remained undefeated on the season, improving to 19-0. Senior Cole Tensen also went 3-0 at the Quad.

Other results from Paynesville:
Paynesville Area 36, Holdingford 34
Paynesville Area 45, B-B-E 22
Paynesville Area 73, Sartell-Saint Stephen 6
Holdingford 52, Sartell-Saint Stephen 24
Holdingford 36, B-B-E 31

Tuesday night wrestling results:
Pierz 37, Kimball Area 35
Pierz 51, Zimmerman 27
Osakis 33, Pierz 31
Zimmerman 34, Osakis 32
Kimball Area 49, Osakis 30
Kimball Area 64, Zimmerman 9

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