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| Coach Montbriand took about 8 minutes of halftime to honor the 9 seniors on the team. This wretched winter we've had so far pushed "Senior Night" into the playoffs. |
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| THESE GUYS!!! |
Here's some pregame footage plus tip off and the opening minutes tonight!
The Jaguars boys' basketball team defeated 8th-seeded Royalton 84-29 to open the Sub-Section 5A-South playoffs tonight. They led 7-0 just 77 seconds after tip off and held a 24-5 lead at the 10-minute mark. Two consecutive slam dunks by James Kuefler, a one-hander and a two-hander, electrified the packed hometown crowd and put the Jaguars up 36-7 with 4 minutes before halftime.
The six-time defending Central Minnesota Conference champion Jaguars completed their 5th straight season of perfection on the home court. It's an amazing record that puts them at #2 in terms of the longest home winning streak in Minnesota. We're at 71, with Walnut Grove (1952-1960) holding 72 in a row at the top of that lofty list.
More details on the game will follow after 10:30pm tonight.
**Update: the Jaguars will face Swanville on Saturday night in Little Falls. The Bulldogs (14-10) beat Isle 59-56 tonight. More details to follow on that later.
Upsala beat East Central 87-69, and Kimball Area beat Onamia 86-47.
Upset special in 5A-North: #7 Bertha-Hewitt 52, #2 Verndale 45.
If you haven't "liked" the B-B-E Jaguars on Facebook, do it now! https://www.facebook.com/BBEJaguars?ref=hl
**Update: here's the photo album from the playoff opener at the Sauk Centre Herald website:
http://saukherald.smugmug.com/2014-BBE-basketball-playoffs/Step-I-BBE-boysBB-84-Royalton-
Here's the final ticks on tonight's historic game:
Up next is a date with either Swanville (13-10, 4th seed) or Isle (13-12, 5th seed) in the semifinal round at Little Falls this Saturday at 6:00pm.
At Melrose, 7th-seeded Holdingford led 30-22 in a Sub-Section 6AA-North quarterfinal. The Dutchmen made things right in the second half and won 59-42.
Area boys' basketball playoff scores on February 27:
Sauk Centre 73, Osakis 45
Staples-Motley 65, Pierz 56
Paynesville Area 74, Minnewaska 73 OT
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 68, Pillager 51
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 56, Hancock 41
New London-Spicer 67, St. John's Prep 44 (Wildcats trailed by one at halftime but scored the first 22 points of the second half)
Litchfield 50, Benson 38
Eden Valley-Watkins 67, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 58
