Jaguar wrestlers, girls' basketball loses tonight

Taylor Braegelman, closely guarded by Sauk Centre's Ashley Gruber, makes a move to the basket during tonight's loss to the Mainstreeters...
The Jaguars wrestling team lost 35-32 to Rockford in a conference dual meet, while the girls' basketball team trailed 39-14 at halftime at Sauk Centre. I don't have a final score yet from the girls' varsity game or the boys' basketball game at Eden Valley. Sauk Centre improved to 8-2 overall with a 65-28 win over the Jaguars, who shot only 12-for-47 from the floor.

In the home wrestling match tonight, the Jaguars fared well at some of the upper weights. Dillon Knutson (182 lbs.) won by Tech Fall over a guy who previously beat him this season. At heavyweight, varsity rookie Jared Steffensen won by pin to cap the match's scoring.

On a scheduling note, the wrestling team's tournament this Friday begins at 2:30 p.m., not 3:30 as I stated a couple days ago and as was published on page B3 of this week's Sauk Centre Herald.

**Update...it's always good to come away from Eden Valley with a win, and tonight the Jaguars boys' basketball team did just that by a 60-48 score. The Jaguars built a 27-20 lead by halftime, but in the second half they went on a tear and built a 55-30 after 10 minutes had passed.

They'll put their 8-0 record (1-0 Central Minnesota Conference) on the line this Friday with a tough road trip to Maple Lake.

More will follow later.

Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball results on Jan. 3:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 72, Rockford 60 (HL-W-W has won 8 in a row)
Maple Lake 63, Kimball Area 53
Pierz 84, Holdingford 46 (Ouch, Huskers had 29 turnovers)

CMC girls' basketball results on Jan. 3:
Pierz 60, Holdingford 42

Area boys' basketball scores on Jan. 3:
Upsala 78, Osakis 55
Browerville 64, St. John's Prep 59
A-C-GC 73, Paynesville Area 50
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 78, West Central Area 51
New London-Spicer 78, Glencoe-Silver Lake 71
Minnewaska Area 54, Lac qui Parle Valley 47
Henning 65, Parkers Prairie 52

Area girls' basketball scores on Jan. 3:
HL-W-W 67, St. Cloud Cathedral 65 (3 OT!)
New London-Spicer 65, Benson 34
Hancock 43, Dawson-Boyd 20