Jaguars take apart Pierz in boys' basketball action!

The Jaguars ran the Pioneers right off of the floor tonight.

Final score in the home boys' basketball game tonight: B-B-E 67, Pierz 35. Way to go! The Jaguars led 46-16 at halftime. By the time there was 8:30 left on the clock in the first half, the Jaguars had doubled up Pierz with a 24-12 lead. With 3 minutes before halftime, the Jaguars led 35-16.

I got caught "looking" at what ended up being one of the most beautiful slam dunks you could imagine...some time around 2 minutes left in the first half, James Kuefler took the ball nearly the length of the court, leaped up at the basket and dunked the ball. It was what I labeled a "soft" dunk that didn't rip the back board apart but simply got the job done and got the ball through the rim.

The route was on!

Hopefully the next time he does that...the videocamera will be rolling!

Pierz drops to 13-11 overall and 8-5 in the Central Minnesota Conference with the loss.

At Long Prairie, three Jaguar wrestlers made it to the championship match in the Section 5A individual tournament: Tyler Tensen, Josey Tensen and Patrick Rooney. Many others are still in contention in the wrestle back brackets.

Here's the beginning of the pregame drills!


Tomorrow will be an exciting day for sure!

Central MN Conference boys' basketball scores on Feb. 22:
Eden Valley-Watkins 54, Holdingford 48
Kimball Area 60, Rockford 43 (Cubs are toughening up as the season's end nears!)
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 77, Maple Lake 63

Area girls' basketball scores on February 22:
West Central Area 60, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 42
Eden Valley-Watkins 45, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 43 OT! (Whew! EV-W wins the CMC title outright for the first time since 2008-09; they shared the title with Pierz in 2010-11; HL-W-W is the CMC runner-up)

Area boys' basketball scores on February 22:
Browerville 82, Osakis 42
Upsala 112, West Central Area 76 (Cardinals, now 22-0, shoot 67% from the field including 17/30 on the arc - Whew! They led 57-40 at halftime)
LP-GE 50, Royalton 32
Melrose Area 98, LQPV 39
Sauk Centre 82, BOLD 46
A-C-GC 83, Benson 63
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 48, Montevideo 46
Paynesville Area 80, Yellow Medicine East 64
Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 72, Dawson-Boyd 67 (@ Dawson...R-T-R shows they are the team to beat in Sub-Section 3A-North)
Ashby 67, Underwood 53
Battle Lake 66, Brandon/Evansville 16 (Battlers led 45-12 at halftime...one of their transfers from Wadena-Deer Creek scored 8 points, senior Evan VanErp...Battlers go 10-2 in the Little Eight Conference and win the championship outright for the third straight year)
Park Rapids 64, Ulen-Hitterdal 60 (@ Ulen)
Breckenridge 68, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 60