Friday Night Lights Part VII: EV-W shuts out the Jaguars - Coach Moscho will be on Smooth Magic 107 on Saturday morning

The Jaguars are in pursuit of an Eagles' ball carrier in this shot from the opening minutes of the third quarter tonight.

The final score was 49-0, which was the score at halftime. The Jaguars football team will come back from this game, as a win in Week 8 and then more in the playoffs will erase this from their memory. It was nice to see the JV squad get quite a bit of time in the second half with no question what the game's outcome would be. Coach Moscho and his gang have a talented crew coming up through the ranks.

The Jaguars fumbled their first three possessions, and each time the Eagles made them pay with touchdown drives. Turnovers, plus the Eagles' ability to stop the run, are what led to the big loss.

The Jaguars (1-6, 0-5 CMC) regroup for a trip to Kimball next Wednesday night. It will be the final game of the regular season, and a must-win situation for the Jaguars if they want to hold onto a top-three playoff seed in Section 4A. Kimball lost tonight 32-0 to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted.

The current top seed in Section 4A, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, lost on their Homecoming night in Grove City to neighboring and conference rival BOLD. Final score: Warriors 33, Falcons 15.

Central Minnesota Conference results in Week Seven:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 32, Kimball Area 0
Pierz 14, Maple Lake 7
Holdingford 29, Rockford 7

Results in Week Seven involving Section 4A teams:
BOLD 33, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 15
New Life Academy 49, West Lutheran 8
Providence Academy/Heritage Christian 52, St.Agnes 16
Minneota destroyed Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity 62-0 (ouch)

Here's a video clip from late in tonight's game, where the JV squads were duking it out.

The B-B-E Pep Band did a great job before the game and at halftime (shown here at halftime).

Area football scores:
Minnewaska Area 29, Paynesville Area 26 (P'ville drops Homecoming in a wild back-and-forth affair)
Upsala-Swanville Area 18, Royalton 12
Pelican Rapids 47, West Central Area 7
Milaca 20, Mora 12
Osakis 34, K-M-S 13 (K-M-S is 1-6, only two years removed from a state title, and they won't beat Ottertail Central next week...meaning they'll finish 1-7 after going 2-6 last year)
Albany 47, Foley 0
Little Falls 32, Alexandria 31
Minneapolis South 38, Minneapolis North 26 (North loses to its crosstown rival in the last time the two teams will play, as North will close next year)
Melrose Area 41, Sauk Centre 26
Ottertail Central 33, Parkers Prairie 6
Lac qui Parle Valley 48, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 16
Browerville 27, New York Mills 0
New London-Spicer 36, St.Cloud Cathedral 20
Breckenridge 43, Warroad 24
Staples-Motley 20, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 14
Hutchinson 18, Litchfield 7
Dassel-Cokato 36, Glencoe-Silver Lake 30 (OT!!)
Morris Area 54, Montevideo 22
Springfield 39, Wabasso 6
Maccray 30, Lakeview 20

Nine-man scores:
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 20, Verndale 12
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 47, Chokio-Alberta/Herman-Norcross 38
Wheaton 51, Bertha-Hewitt 8
Lincoln HI 49, Eagle Valley 34
Brandon/Evansville 38, Underwood 28

**Be sure to tune in if you're awake and not working on fall harvest, to Smooth Magic 107 on Saturday morning. You can listen online by visiting their website: http://www.kmgk1071.com/ and listening via Windows Media Player. KMGK sports broadcaster Dave McClurg will air his interview with Coach Moscho.

"Moral Support" ... Coach Moscho and a gang of his fans from Spring Hill, many of whom were in his wedding party on Sept. 25.

Here's the link to the Sauk Centre Herald Streeters sports blog, where you can read a few notes about tonight's Sauk vs. Melrose game: http://heraldsportsblog.blogspot.com/ <--- Also a website you should bookmark! More will follow early Saturday morning. This Jaguars sports update is brought to you by: