A busy night

The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team came away with a split against Eden Valley-Watkins tonight. They suffered an error-plagued 8-4 loss in game one, and then in game two came back from a 3-0 deficit to win 5-4. The loss definitely puts their state ranking (No. 14 in Class 1A) in jeopardy and puts a huge dent in their chances at a conference title. The good news is that Paynesville Area split with Maple Lake tonight in a pair of games decided by one run. The Jaguars remain (roughly) one game out of first place in the Central Minnesota Conference.

Central Minnesota Conference baseball scores on May 12:
Pierz 18, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 0
Pierz 10, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 2
Holdingford 5, Kimball Area 1
Holdingford 3, Kimball Area 1
Maple Lake 4, Paynesville Area 3
Paynesville Area 5, Maple Lake 4

CMC baseball standings as of May 12:
1st) Maple Lake 10-3
2nd) Pierz 9-3
3rd) B-B-E 7-4
4th) Paynesville Area 6-4
5th) HL-W-W 4-6
6th) EV-Watkins 4-9
7th) Holdingford 3-6
8th) Kimball Area 1-9

The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team went 0-2 at Eden Valley-Watkins with losses by scores of 12-0 and 10-1. I just read in the St. Cloud Times that Kimball Area (16-0, 13-0) won the CMC title this season after sweeping Holdingford tonight in a doubleheader.

The B-B-E Jaguars girls' golf team defeated Osakis by a seven-stroke margin in a Central Minnesota Conference meet at Pierz. They shot a 178 to a 185 by the Silverstreaks. Now overall B-B-E is at 740 in the CMC standings compared to 750 by Osakis. Three meets are left on the schedule at Osakis, B-B-E and Paynesville.

The B-B-E Jaguars boys' golf team finished third today in a CMC meet at Kimball with a score of 190. Osakis took first with a 183, and conference front-runner Maple Lake took second with a 184. The Jaguars sit 29 strokes out of first place in the CMC with three meets remaining.

Area fastpitch softball final scores on May 12:
Sauk Centre 14, Minnewaska Area 5
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 5, Melrose Area 4
BOLD 10, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 3
Osakis 12, Swanville 7
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 16, Royalton 15
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 10, Royalton 8 (LP-GE sweeps the Prairie-Conference leaders and takes over first place alone) 

Area baseball scores on May 12:
Sauk Centre 5, A-C-GC 4
Sauk Centre 8, A-C-GC 2
Melrose Area 7, Benson 2
Upsala/Swanville Area 6, Osakis 2
Royalton 12, LP-GE 6