cJaguars Girls Basketball takes a very tough loss at home to conference leader HL-W-W by 10 points **Jaguars boys basketball suffers third defeat

The Jaguars girls basketball team fall to 5-12 overall and 3-5 in the CMC with a 59-49 loss to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (9-0 CMC, 16-4). The Jaguars led 31-27 at halftime and still had the lead with 10 minutes left in the game before the Lakers converted turnovers into points and remained in control the rest of the way.

They now prepare for a road trip to Ashby on Friday night, to face the 6-8 Arrows. It's a must-win situation if they want to gain ground in the Sub-Section 6A-South standings.

Ashby just lost to Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 50-40 tonight.

The Jaguars boys basketball team fell by a 77-72 score at Dawson-Boyd tonight, shattering their 11-game winning streak in the process. The only consolation is that it was a non-conference, non-section game.

The Blackjacks led 48-38 at halftime, after jumping in front by 15 points in the early stages of the game. That long bus-ride probably didn't do the Jaguars any favors. (At least it'll give them a taste of what they face in the playoffs in Section 6A.)

Dawson-Boyd improves to 9-5 overall with the non-conference win. More on this game will follow on Friday.

• Central Minnesota Conference girls basketball results:

Eden Valley-Watkins 39, Pierz 32 (EV-W comes up big on a trip to Pierz; their next foe is the Jaguars, next Tuesday the 9th - after starting the season 2-9, EV-W has won six of their past seven games)
Holdingford 54, Kimball Area 50
Rockford 56, Maple Lake 47

• Area boys basketball scores:

Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 68, Montevideo 40
Willmar 77, Sauk Rapids-Rice 55
BOLD 68, K-M-S 33Benson 73, Hancock 68
Morris/Chokio-Alberta 68, Montevideo 40
Minnewaska Area 88, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 66
New London-Spicer 72, Milaca 43
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 51, Melrose 50
St. Cloud Cathedral 41, Sauk Centre 32

Area girls basketball scores:
Upsala 94, Swanville 29 (a classic border battle without the battle)
MACCRAY 61, Lakeview 47 (Maccray is 13-2)
Dawson-Boyd 54, RCW 36
Minneota 57, YME 34
Montevideo 51, BOLD 31
New London-Spicer 62, Milaca 30
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 48, Central Minnesota Christian 45
Buffalo Lake-Hector 69, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 63
Albany 65, Rocori 55

Games involving Sub-Section 6A-South girls basketball teams:
Battle Lake 45, Rothsay 25
Brandon-Evansville 55, Underwood 47
Hankinson (N.D.) 77, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 47
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 50, Ashby 40
Parkers Prairie 84, Verndale 33

Games involving Sub-Section 6A-South boys basketball teams:
Menahga 72, Henning 67

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