Friday Night Lights Part II - Jaguars Football drops CMC opener 29-14 to Holdingford under wet conditions

Back in Belgrade, the Jaguars Football team lost 29-14 to visiting Holdingford after staging a fourth quarter comeback that fell short. They trailed 14-0 at halftime.

The Jaguars (1-1) will travel to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted in Week 3, facing the 0-2 Lakers who will be very hungry for their first win. HL-W-W lost in Week 1 to host Norwood-Young America 21-6 and then to Pierz tonight 14-0. NY-A and Pierz are both 2-0.

Their game with the Jaguars will be the Lakers' home opener at their nearly-new football stadium at their nearly-new 9th-12th grade high school, located about three miles south of Howard Lake on Wright County #6. More information on the Lakers will be posted sometime next week.

Here's action from late in the first half, showing what Holdingford did right on offense - run, run, and run some more. Their star running back, senior Victor Lumley, is shown making a big gain.

Another clip from late in the first half, with the Jaguars playing defense.


Other Central Minnesota Conference football scores tonight:
Pierz 14, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 0 (at Pierz)
Rockford 19, Kimball Area 8 (at Rockford)
Eden Valley-Watkins 28, Maple Lake 0 (I thought the Irish had a shot in this game, which was held in Eden Valley)

Games involving Section 4A teams:
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 56, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 0 (wow)
New Life Academy 29, St.Agnes 12 (Aggies are 0-2)

Area football scores for Week 2:
New London-Spicer 28, Mora 14 (in Mora, battle of ranked AAA teams)
Albany 39, Sauk Centre 0 (Streeters get whooped in their home opener)
Foley 28, Melrose Area 6
Benson 26, Paynesville Area 22
Upsala/Swanville Area 12, Pillager 6
Morris Area 28, BOLD 0
Milaca 30, St.Cloud Cathedral 20
Royalton 28, Osakis 8
Lakeview 34, Ortonville 19
Browerville 36, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 14
Yellow Medicine East 20, Minnewaska Area 0
Breckenridge 26, Pelican Rapids 7
Wheaton 18, Brandon/Evansville 6
Minneota 69, Fulda 0
Lac qui Parle Valley 16, Montevideo 13
Ottertail Central 50, New York Mills 20
Alexandria 24, St.Cloud Tech 0
Brainerd 32, Willmar 18
Staples-Motley 38, Wadena-Deer Creek 0
Hutchinson 42, Mound-Westonka 0 (35-minute rain delay in this game)
Waconia 20, Glencoe-Silver Lake 14 (G-SL's first loss in their new stadium)
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 32, Dawson-Boyd 27

It was a rough night for this area in football, with the following teams all losing on their home fields: Paynesville, B-B-E, Sauk Centre, Willmar, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, Osakis.

More will follow on Saturday morning. I've got loads of video clips from both the Woodbury volleyball match, the Jaguars football game, and the football halftime entertainment - the Jaguar elementary football team had an intra-squad scrimmage.

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