The Jaguars girls' basketball team played with tremendous heart and effort tonight but came up a couple buckets short against Holdingford in a Central Minnesota Conference battle, losing 63-59. Holdingford was coming off of a pretty big upset loss at home to Pierz 65-52 last Thursday night. The Huskers improved to 17-5 (8-4 CMC) with the win, while the Jaguars slipped to 11-12 overall. Up next: a home game on Friday night against Pierz, who was 5-16 overall going into tonight's game with Maple Lake.
By the way, the B-B-E Speech team had an excellent night in Willmar, with four individuals placing in the top four and one duo team placing third. Unofficially, they beat all other Class A teams in the field and took third overall behind Class AA Willmar and Dassel-Cokato.
Here's the last ticks of the girls' basketball game against Holdingford:
And here's action from the first half of the boys' basketball game against Pierz:
More to follow later. My head's still spinning from a very hectic night! It's great to report that the B-B-E Robotics parent meeting had great attendance, and the team is very excited about their trip to Duluth in March.
Shown is the B-B-E Robotics team's robot during the final testing phase before it was packed in a sealed box tonight in preparation to be shipped to Duluth for the March competition. |
Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball scores on Feb. 18:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 71, Holdingford 54
Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on Feb. 18:
Eden Valley-Watkins 59, Rockford Area 54
Pierz 71, Maple Lake 70
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 71, Kimball 25
Area boys' basketball scores on Feb. 18:
Melrose Area 85, Benson 72 (Dutchmen win 3rd straight conference title)
Upsala 103, Swanville 74
Maple Lake 60, Milaca 49
West Central Area 50, St. John's Prep 45
Sartell-St. Stephen 64, Willmar 60
Sauk Centre 58, Montevideo 57
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 90, Yellow Medicine East 60
Battle Lake 86, Bertha-Hewitt 37
Browerville 66, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 57
Morris Area/Chokia-Alberta 68, Minnewaska 57
Canby 70, Dawson-Boyd 63!! (D-B's second loss of the year)
Apple Valley 59, Lakeville North 56 OT
New London-Spicer 79, Dassel-Cokato 54
Area girls' basketball scores on Feb. 18:
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 61, Royalton 59
Melrose 57, Sauk Rapids-Rice 49
Verndale 78, Browerville 70!! Whew!
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 77, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 36
New London-Spicer 48, Dassel-Cokato 38
Minnewaska 70, Benson 40