Boys' basketball team lights up A-C-GC in season opener

The Jaguars boys basketball team won 80-56 tonight over Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City in the first night of the Preseason 2011 Clash at West Central Area. The Jaguars play in the championship game at 8:00 tomorrow night back in Barrett. They will face West Central Area, who defeated Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 73-43 in the other semifinal game.

Tonight's game at WCA was the Jaguars' first trip there in boys' basketball since the 1995-1996 season, when WCA and B-B-E were both members of the West Central South Conference. That was WCA's last season in the WCCS; B-B-E exited the league in 1999.

At Benson, the Jaguars girls' basketball team trailed 28-25 at halftime before losing 68-56. Their next game is next Tuesday at home against Ortonville.

Area boys' basketball results on December 2:
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 66, Albany 57
Battle Lake 58, Henning 41
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 56, Underwood 53
Watertown-Mayer 72, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 24 (I don't think an HL-W team has ever been limited to only 24 points!)
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 41, Minnewaska Area 39
Litchfield 80, New London-Spicer 62
Browerville 68, Bertha-Hewitt 43
Sauk Centre 85, Wadena-Deer Creek 57
Holdingford 68, Royalton 55
Eden Valley-Watkins 60, Osakis 47
Paynesville Area 54, Kimball Area 50 (OT; Bulldogs win a game for 1st time since the 2009-2010 season)

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