Final in a non-conference section match up of bordering wrestling rivals: B-B-E 39, Minnewaska Area 30.It's the first dual meet of the January schedule for B-B-E; they are now 6-1 overall and 3-1 against Section 5A opponents. Up next: a wrestling invitational at New London-Spicer beginning at 3:30pm this Friday afternoon.
At Pierz in the first half, the Jaguars girls' basketball team is in a 21-all tie tonight with the Pioneers.*Note: their game against A-C-GC has been moved up 6 days to January 25 in order to allow all B-B-E basketball fans to get to Melrose and cheer on our boys' basketball team! That night, January 31, the wrestlers will be at a triangular at Kimball Area.
At Pierz...another update: after they played a superb first 18 minutes, a 30-24 halftime lead did not hold up for the Jaguars, and the Pioneers went up by a double-digit margin in the closing minutes. Final: Pierz 54, B-B-E 41. The Jaguars fall to 0-6 in the Central Minnesota Conference.
Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on Jan. 15:
Rockford Area 51, Kimball Area 43
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 53, Maple Lake 31
Eden Valley-Watkins 66, Holdingford 32
Area wrestling scores on January 15:
Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 46, Sauk Centre-Melrose 26
Area boys' basketball scores on January 15:
Sauk Centre 46, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 45 OT!
Staples-Motley 77, Osakis 66
Albany 71, Mora 66
Litchfield 58, Annandale 55
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 68, Eden Valley-Watkins 61
New London-Spicer 65, Glencoe-Silver Lake 63
Little Falls 80, St. Cloud Cathedral 71
Kimball Area 60, Paynesville Area 42
Ortonville 66, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 56
Willmar 58, Marshall 47 (Marshall had won their last 11 games coming into this section match up)
St. John's Prep 52, Minnewaska Area 49
Area girls' basketball scores on January 15:
Parkers Prairie 48, Osakis 39
Sauk Centre 58, Montevideo 29
A-C-GC 65, Melrose Area 57
NL-S 73, Glencoe-Silver Lake 59 (Taylor Thunstedt has 50 points!)
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