Jaguars football is in the battle of the year at Pierz - down 12-0 late in the first half... Final: Pierz 33, B-B-E 0

The Jaguars football team is fighting their tails off trying to stay in the game at Pierz, holding them to two touchdowns in the game's first 20 minutes.

With about two minutes remaining, the Pioneers lead 12-0 on their Homecoming night.

Pierz (4-1) is the #9-ranked team in the latest Class AA state rankings.

**Update at 9:20pm...thanks to the Little Falls radio station for e-mailing me the final score. It was pretty bad news, however. The Pierz Pioneers handed the Jaguars their first shutout loss of 2010. Final score: Pierz 33, B-B-E 0.

It is the fourth straight year that the Jaguars have been shut out by Pierz. In 2006, the Pioneers defeated B-B-E in Pierz 34-12.

Here's a quick shout out to senior Grant Bell, who took runner-up honors in the boys' varsity division at the BOLD/BL-H-S cross country meet in Olivia on Thursday afternoon. He finished with a time of 17:18.

Central Minnesota Conference results in Week Six:
Eden Valley-Watkins 42, Kimball Area 6
Maple Lake 18, Holdingford 7
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 13, Rockford 6 (OT!)

Results involving Section 4A teams:
St.Agnes 26, West Lutheran 22 (both teams were winless coming in)
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 51, Montevideo 34 (a big win for the Falcons)
New Life Academy 29, Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity 0 (NLA is a good 2A team)

Other area scores at halftime:
Little Falls 35, Fergus Falls 0 (Flyers' Homecoming night, just 12 miles from Pierz)
Minnewaska Area 15, Benson 15 (two minutes before halftime)

**A crazy Homecoming game is playing out at Benson, where the visiting Minnewaska Lakers were dominated on the stats sheet by the Braves at Brock Field, the visitors held on a goal line stand in the final minutes. Benson had goal to go, driving as deep as the two yard line. A missed Benson field goal (wide left on a 20-yard attempt by Cody Jaeger) left the score at Minnewaska 28, Benson 26 with just over two minutes left.

Benson had 28 first downs, Minnewaska had 11. Benson racked up 473 yards of offense, and Minnewaska had 231 yards of offense. Benson ran 81 plays, Minnewaska ran 37. The Lakers were plus-1 in the turnover department - the key statistic in the game. (3 Benson turnovers were converted into touchdowns by Minnewaska)

Other noteworthy games: New London-Spicer destroyed visiting Milaca tonight 54-13. That's just crazy.

Updated Section 4A football standings/point totals through Week Six:
1 - ACGC (23 points)
2 - LP/HT (14 points)
3 - B-B-E (10 points)
4 - St.Agnes (6 points)
5 - West Lutheran (1 point, they have two losses to 9-man teams)
Key: Win vs. 1A worth 4 pts, Win vs. 2A worth 5 pts, Win vs. 3A worth 6 pts, Loss vs. 1A worth 0 pts, Loss vs. 2A or 3A worth 1 point.

Area football results in Week Six (final scores):
Upsala/Swanville Area 23, Osakis 12
Little Falls 42, Fergus Falls 7 (Flyers' first Homecoming win since 2003)
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 26, United North Central 12 (Fighting Saints' 1st win)
Lac qui Parle Valley 17, Yellow Medicine East 0 (LPQV, on their Homecoming night, wins a share of the West Central South Conference title for the first time since 1992)
Dawson-Boyd 28, Minneota 20 (a shocking upset loss for the #1-ranked Vikings, who were on a 19-game winning streak)
Minnewaska Area 28, Benson 26
Staples-Motley 52, West Central Area 3 (WCA's two-game winning streak ends in a thud)
Browerville 43, Royalton 25
Albany 38, Melrose Area 12
BOLD 49, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 14
New London-Spicer 54, Milaca 13 (wow)
Sartell 39, Willmar 37
Morris Area 73, Paynesville Area 20 (not sure if that's correct!?)