Jaguar girls' basketball trailing big at Eden Valley

Don't miss it! Monday, January 7 at the B-B-E High School; doors open at 5pm with the competition to start at 6pm.

With three minutes left in the first half, Eden Valley-Watkins is up by 24 points. At halftime: EV-W 45, B-B-E 13. Final: EV-W 56, B-B-E 19.

Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on Jan. 4:
Pierz 79, Holdingford 65
Kimball Area 54, Maple Lake 33
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 77, Rockford Area 46

In a boys' basketball game at Minnewaska Area, the host Lakers held an 11-6 lead with 12 minutes left in the first half over state-ranked Litchfield. *Update: Litchfield had a 19-point lead at halftime and went up as much as 29 in the second half. Final: Litchfield 68, Minnewaska Area 47.

At halftime in Morris, the Paynesville Area girls' basketball team is trailing 35-20.

At Sauk Centre, the Albany girls' basketball team has a 40-38 lead with 8:40 left in the second half. Final: Sauk Centre 48, Albany 45.

**Update from the B-B-E Jaguar wrestling meet: Tyler Tensen and Patrick Rooney were the lone Jaguars who competed in the championship matches tonight. Tensen lost in a decision at 126 pounds to Cody Peters of K-M-S; Rooney wrestles at 182 pounds against fellow senior Isaac Josephson of Minneota.

**Patrick Rooney won 8-0 in the 182-pound championship! He also earned the Tournament MVP award. Way to go!

Patrick Rooney shown turning Aaron Bengston (Ottertail Central) during his quarterfinal match tonight; Rooney won by fall (3:04) on his way to the semis and then championship match.

Final team scoring: (1) K-M-S 184.5 (2) Minneota 154 (3) Becker 149 (4) Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 118 (5) B-B-E 100 (6) Ottertail Central 54 (7) HL-W-W 49 (8) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 19.

Tomorrow is another extremely busy day: dance meet at Alexandria and a home boys' basketball game.

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