Step I: opener success

Against No. 6-seeded Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team gave a dominant performance while picking up their 19th win of the season by a 71-49 score in their last game of the season on the home court. Making it even more exciting was that the game was played in front of a packed house!

Now 19-8 overall, the Jaguars advance to the Sub-Section 5A-South semifinals, with their next game set for 8 p.m on Saturday night, March 5 at Sauk Rapids-Rice high school. The opponent will be conference rival and regular season co-champion Kimball Area (22-5).

Here's video from late in the second half:

Sub-Section 5A-North quarterfinal girls' basketball scores:
Sebeka 59, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 39
Verndale 61, Pine River-Backus 28
Menagha 71, Nevis 63
Cromwell 81, McGregor 36 (Cromwell is the top seed and 24-3 overall; last week they lost to Sauk Centre 79-72)

Sub-Section 5A-South quarterfinal girls' basketball scores:
Browerville/Eagle Valley 86, Upsala 57
Kimball Area 84, Swanville 50
East Central 52, Isle 46 (East Central was the No. 5 seed; Isle was No. 4)

Section 6A girls' basketball playoff scores:
Ortonville (No. 6 seed) 56, Battle Lake (No. 3 seed) 54
Brandon/Evansville 50, Underwood 39
West Central Area 54, Parkers Prairie 40
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 48, Hancock 23 (WHN is the No. 1 seed)

Area girls' basketball playoff scores on March 3:
Litchfield 53, Rockford 50
Annandale 57, Maple Lake 26
Sauk Centre 88, Paynesville Area 36
Watertown-Mayer 68, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 48
Eden Valley-Watkins 56, Spectrum 28
Albany 58, Royalton 33
Osakis 64, Melrose Area 34
Holdingford 40, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 31
St. Cloud Cathedral 63, Pierz 54
Sleepy Eye 59, BOLD 30

Area boys' basketball playoff scores on March 3:
Jackson County Central 70, Montevideo 65 OT (Thunderhawks missed front end of a bonus attempt at the line in the final seconds of regulation; they finish 21-8 overall)
Fergus Falls 63, Alexandria 60
Waseka 103, Marshall 100 (4 OT!)
Central MN Christian 72, Murray County Central 51

See you at SR-R high school on Saturday!