Wrestlers get two more wins! Girls basketball wins

It's been another terrific night for the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team. At the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City quadrangular, the Jaguars beat state-ranked Osakis and Eden Valley-Watkins to improve to 4-0 in dual meets. The team score against Osakis was 40-32; at 220 pounds, Joe Reller was "in trouble" when he ended up turning his Osakis opponent, Ronnie Towle. Reller ended up getting a pin just 15 seconds shy of the end of the third period that set his team up for the big section win.

It's the first time since the late 1990s that they've won their first four duals of the season. At some point I will determine what year back then the Jaguars started 5-0 in duals.

Their A-C-GC dual started a little after 8 p.m. The Falcons were 4-0 heading into the night and rated 17th in the latest Class 1A Guillotine rankings. Osakis, who came in 6-2 in duals, was ranked 16th in that same poll.

At A-C-GC tonight, the Falcons beat Osakis 47-23.

**Final score in the final dual that concluded just after 21:30: A-C-GC 32, B-B-E 30. It was a barn-burner! Talking about "moral victories" is cliche, but this one was just that. The Jaguars (4-1, 2-0 Central Minnesota Conference) weren't out of it until the 220-pound match was concluded. Isaiah Gilbert's 6-1 decision at 152 pounds gave the Jaguars an 18-15 lead. Steven Mady at 170 got a pin to put the Jaguars up 24-18, but the Cubs got a major decision and then two pins to go up 32-24 heading into the heavyweight match. Ben Feuerhake made a statement with a pin for the Jaguars to cap the night of some very exciting wrestling.

At Kimball Area, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team beat the Cubs 50-29 for a 5-1 start to the season. The Cubs fall to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the Central Minnesota Conference. This is the first time since the 2008-2009 season that the Jaguars have started 2-0 in the CMC. That year they started 4-0 before losing to Eden Valley-Watkins 58-47; their final CMC record that year was 11-3 for the best-ever girls' basketball run through a conference schedule at B-B-E.

How many times have the Jaguars started 2-0 in girls' basketball in the CMC? Just twice: 2008-09 and now the 2014-15 season. They joined the CMC in 1999 and were in the West Central South Conference from 1989-1999. The first year of B-B-E as an athletic pairing had the Jaguars competing in the Prairie Conference. The most wins in a single season they had in the WCC-South was 10.

Next for the Jaguars is a home game on Tuesday against undefeated (4-0) Osakis.

Check back later tonight for results from the A-C-GC wrestling match!!!