Final score: B-B-E 64, Battle Lake 60. The Battlers trailed 61-55 with 68 seconds left before making it a one-point game, down 61-60, with 48 seconds left. There was no upset tonight, though, and no late comeback by the Battlers...unlike 7 years ago when Battle Lake overcame a 9-point 4th-quarter deficit to spell the Jaguars 58-56 in the 2005 Section 5A championship game.The Jaguars now gear up for the Section 6A championship, which will be held at 7:00pm on Friday night at Concordia-Moorhead. Their opponent will be Ada-Borup, who last made it to state in 2009 and defeated Ulen-Hitterdal 64-42 tonight to win the Sub-Section 6A-North crown.
Much, much more on Ada-Borup will be posted over the next couple of days. The Cougars were the #1-seed in Sub-Section 6A-North; they hold a 22-5 overall record and were ranked #25 in the most recent QRF rankings on minnesota-scores.net.
**Breaking news...it was just announced by B-B-E fans that Friday night's section championship game will be a "White Out" for Jaguar fans. Get ready!
Here's some scenes from the second half tonight...with 3:28 left and both teams in a timeout. B-B-E 57, Battle Lake 49.
Prior to that video, the Battlers had gone on a 9-0 run to whittle down a 17-point deficit. B-B-E owned a 57-40 lead with 8 minutes remaining.
*Posted just before midnight...click on the following link to read a game story from tonight at the Sauk Centre Herald website: http://saukherald.com/main.asp?ArticleID=13897&SectionID=8&SubSectionID=402
**Wow, B-B-E fans and followers just blew the top off my one-day record for visitors to this B-B-E Jaguar website in 2012. Since Jan. 1, 2012, the most individual visitors here in one day was 414 up until March 13, 2012. Now that midnight has passed, I see a total of 508 unique visitors were at this website. Wow!
Check back on Wednesday morning after 11am to read more on tonight's game and learn about further extended coverage of the Jaguars and their playoff run.
**Video added Wednesday at 07:43...this will be available for just a few hours today...
Area boys' basketball playoff results in sub-section finals involving central Minnesota teams on Mar. 13:
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 50, Pierz 39
Browerville 62, Upsala 51
Perham 57, Pelican Rapids 54 (Wow! What a game)
St. Cloud Cathedral 52, Annandale 50
Barnum 69, Royalton 53
Litchfield 60, Benson 40 (the Braves hung around after falling back 28-8 with 5 minutes left in the first half!)
Watertown-Mayer 51, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 43
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