Girls' basketball defeats Hancock

Here's video from the final two matches (220 and 285) of the B-B-E vs. Osakis wrestling match last night:


The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team has 15 wins in the regular season for the first time since 2008-2009. They got win number 15 last night by a 63-47 score over Hancock after having a commanding 47-30 lead at halftime. The Owls fall to 9-12 overall; they are 3-3 (third) in the four-team Pheasant Conference.

Now 15-7 overall, the Jaguars have their biggest game of the season on Tuesday at home against Eden Valley-Watkins. It's arguably the biggest regular season game since the 2008-09 season when they were last in the hunt for the Central Minnesota Conference championship. Both B-B-E and EV-W are 10-1 in the CMC standings. The winner on Tuesday will be favored to finish as sole CMC champs; the loser will likely finish in second place.

Hey, Jaguar Country, how about we pack the gym on Tuesday? The wrestling team and boys' basketball team are both idle...so let's pack the high school gym!!!!

Sixth-ranked (Class 2A) Maple Lake Irish defeated our B-B-E Jaguars boys’ basketball team 74-54 on Friday night to improve to 12-1 in the Central Minnesota Conference and 23-1 overall. They also clinched a share of the CMC championship with the win; their last loss was on December 5 at Eden Valley. They will be favorites to win their last game of the regular season next Thursday against visiting Pierz. If that happens, they’ll claim the CMC championship outright.

The Jaguars fell to 3-9 in the CMC and will finish in seventh place in the eight-team league regardless of who wins what games next week. They wrap up the regular season with a home game against Rockford next Thursday on Seniors Night.

Central Minnesota Conference boys’ basketball scores on Feb. 13:
Eden Valley-Watkins 65, Kimball Area 43
Rockford Area 64, Holdingford 44
Pierz 77, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 55

Area boys’ basketball scores on Feb. 13:
West Central Area 57, Royalton 35
New London-Spicer 52, Mound Westonka 48
Sauk Centre 65, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 42
Montevideo 61, Minnewaska Area 53
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 73, Benson 65
Bertha-Hewitt 68, Upsala 59
Battle Lake 66, Henning 48

Area girls’ basketball scores on Feb. 13:
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 61, Paynesville Area 23
Albany 60, Holdingford 20
Pierz 63, Foley 42
Browerville 91, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 54
Osakis 67, Swanville 26
Upsala 55, St. John’s Prep 37
K-M-S 68, MACCRAY 38
Minnewaska Area 51, Montevideo 51