Both Jaguars boys and girls basketball teams win handily tonight

Brady Koehler puts up a successful baseline shot on a fast break tonight against Rockford, mid-way through the first half.

Coach Montbriand couldn't sub in players fast enough as the first half wore on tonight, and while he did a very admirable job of rotating personnel it did little to slow the pure onslaught of offense displayed by his Jaguars boys basketball team over visiting Rockford. At halftime, the Jaguars led 59-21, which meant running time was employed from beginning to end of the second half.

Four minutes into the game, the Jaguars led 10-0 on a rebound shot by Connor Goodwin. The junior post player was completely unstoppable through the entire first half. Four and a half minutes later into the game, his three-point play made it 26-6 in favor of the Jaguars. The fact that the Rockets had many other Jaguars to worry about defensively brought immense challenges to whichever five players they had on the floor. Quite simply, it was a pure blowout.

The Jaguars had scored 82 of its 83 points with nine minutes left in the game. That's simply crazy, scoring 82 points in 27 minutes of game time!

Final score: B-B-E 83, Rockford 35.

The win over Rockford completes the season sweep for the Jaguars in Central Minnesota Conference play for the second year in a row. They are now 10-0 in the CMC and 19-0 overall. Rockford falls to 2-7 in the CMC and 3-17 overall.

Up next for the boys basketball team: a road trip up to Parkers Prairie next Monday, February 14. (Parkers Prairie will also be where our wrestling team is going tomorrow night, incidentally.) It is located about a half hour north of Alexandria. The Panthers boys basketball team is 4-12 overall.

Here's a photo album with some action from the first half tonight in the Rockford game: http://saukherald.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1169638&CategoryID=64636&ListSubAlbums=0

The Jaguars took a 59-21 lead into the locker room tonight against Rockford.


The Jaguars girls basketball team won 55-38 over Ashby in a non-conference game at the high school. The Arrows entered the game with a 3-16 overall record. The Jaguars, who led 24-14 at halftime over the Arrows, improved to 7-12 with the win. Junior guard Raeann Sorenson led B-B-E with 18 points and three three-pointers. The Jaguars shot over 50% from the field. (23-of-45 on field goals)

Up next for the girls basketball team, a road trip to Holdingford tomorrow night, where they will take on a very tough Huskers squad that has had new life breathed into its season. The Huskers (7-12 overall) suffered a seven game losing streak before winning their last two games. The most noteworthy was the last game, on Tuesday night, when they beat the visiting Pierz Pioneers 66-55.

Action early in the second half between B-B-E and Ashby tonight, starting off with Whitney White hitting a short baseline shot to make it 28-18 in favor of the Jaguars.


It's been a long night, which didn't get over for me until about 9:18pm, soon after the girls basketball game was completed. They had a late start, with tip off at about 8:05pm. The C-squad girls game apparently ran very long due to an unusually high amount of fouls. That was what I heard from the father of Ashby's star player Haley Ness, as the second half of the varsity game got underway.

Central Minnesota Conference boys basketball scores on February 10:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 76, Eden Valley-Watkins 37 (Quite a win for the Lakers)
Kimball Area 57, Holdingford 38
Maple Lake 62, Pierz 56 (a huge win for the Irish, at Pierz no less; the Pioneers led 29-27 at halftime)

I will say one thing, look out for HL-W-W. They are playing some excellent ball right now!

Area boys basketball scores on February 10:
Browerville 68, Upsala 57 (Tigers pull into a tie for first place in the Prairie Conference with the Cardinals)
Montevideo 60, Benson 49 (a very competitive game for Roger Lindahl's Braves tonight, on the home court of the state-ranked Thunderhawks)
Ortonville 72, Hancock 47
Renville County West 62, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 51
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 57, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 42 (a border battle and Pheasant Conference match up is won by the underdogs, with the C-G-B Wolverines reversing a 65-39 loss on their home floor with this big win in Wheaton tonight; C-G-B is now 3-13, W/HN is 6-10)
Swanville 57, Eagle Valley 51
St.John's Prep 47, Osakis 37

Area girls basketball scores on February 10:
Paynesville Area 52, BOLD 45
Yellow Medicine East 56, Minnewaska Area 27
A-C-GC 47, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 45
Benson 52, Montevideo 49
New London-Spicer 62, Albany 45
Underwood 46, Battle Lake 39
West Central Area 71, Breckenridge 50

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