Wrestlers thump A-C-GC

The packed B-B-E crowd was on their feet cheering wildly after Adam Jaeger won at 145 pounds.

The 15th-ranked B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team soundly defeated a very good Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Falcons team tonight by a 39-21 score. The Falcons entered with an 11-7 overall record, while the Jaguars raised their record to 11-4 with the win.

The most exciting match of the night, one of many exciting matches actually, came at 145 pounds when No. 2-ranked Adam Jaeger (a junior) defeated No. 10-ranked Shane Whitcomb (a senior) 16-14 in overtime. The win was almost surreal, with the crowd going absolutely nuts in the third period as Jaeger climbed back from what was as bad as a 12-3 deficit. Jaeger entered the third period trailing 12-6. The score was 14-14 after the three regulation periods were complete.

Junior Leo Ziemer put an exclamation point on the win with a fall in 2:40 over Levi Schimschock at the heavyweight division.

Next for the Jaguars: a dual meet (part of what is actually a quad) at Royalton/Upsala on Thursday night. The Royals (12-11 overall) are having an excellent season and are a Section 5A opponent, so this match will count heavily towards postseason rankings.

In a home contest tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team lost 65-47 to Eden Valley-Watkins.

Blackcat dance invitational

The B-B-E/Paynesville dance team brought home two trophies from the NL-S Blackcat invitational on Monday night. The JV Jazz squad and varsity jazz squad both took the runner-up spots.

Great job! They gear up for the Section 4AA meet, which is Saturday, February 4 at Rocori high school. The team will perform at halftime of a basketball game in Paynesville on Thursday, February 2. They will perform at halftime and wrap up their 2016-17 season on Thursday, February 9 at a home boys' basketball game at B-B-E when the Jaguars host Paynesville.

Todd County doubleheader

The B-B-E Jaguars girls' and boys' basketball teams traveled into the heart of Todd County today for a doubleheader against the Browerville/Eagle Valley Tigers.

The girls' basketball Jaguars won 66-50 to improve to 12-6 overall, while the boys' basketball Jaguars lost 63-34 to fall to 5-10 overall.

Here's what's coming up on the sports schedule:
Monday - the B-B-E/Paynesville dance team competes at the New London-Spicer Invitational.
Tuesday - the Jaguars boys' basketball team hosts Eden Valley-Watkins; the Jaguars wrestling team hosts Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, and also included will be the elementary wrestlers who will compete in their own dual with the Falcons.
Thursday - the Jaguars girls' basketball team travels to Paynesville Area for a conference border battle in a game that will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood; the Jaguars wrestling team is at a triangular in Royalton.

Doing damage in Pioneer territory

At Pierz on Friday night (January 27) in a Central Minnesota Conference game, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team won for the third time in a row with a 63-52 win. The Pioneers fell to 5-11 overall and 1-7 (seventh) in the CMC.

B-B-E is now 11-6 overall and 6-3 (third) in the CMC. Next: a game at Browerville/Eagle Valley at the Browerville high school on Saturday, January 28 with a 3 p.m. tip-off. It's a girls'/boys' doubleheader, with the boys' basketball varsity game to follow. The Tigers are 4-14 overall and 3-3 (fourth) in the Prairie Conference.

Both varsity games will be broadcast on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood.

By the way, a few more galleries have been posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's online photo albums in the 2016-17 winter sports season album. Here's the link to check them out: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/BBE-Jaguar-winter-sports-1617

Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on Jan. 27:
Eden Valley-Watkins 66, Holdingford 45
Kimball Area 68, Paynesville Area 38
Maple Lake 45, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 40

Area girls' basketball scores on January 27:
Hancock 51, West Central Area 36
Zimmerman 67, Willmar 38
Henning 70, Brandon/Evansville 39
Melrose Area 56, Montevideo 42
LQPV 50, CMC-Prinsburg 46 OT
Milbank (SD) 62, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 52
MACCRAY 69, K-M-S 54
YME 62, R-T-R 50
Renville County West 56, Dawson-Boyd 52 (this was RCW's first win of the season)
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 59, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 22

Wrestling updates

The B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team lost 49-23 to No. 4-ranked West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville in the first dual tonight in Long Prairie. In the second dual, the Jaguars lost 42-30 to No. 7-ranked Minneota but gave the Vikings a good run. In the nightcap, the Jaguars defeated section rival Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville 38-31 to improve to 10-4 overall on the season.

(Game stream) Girls' basketball vs. Pioneers

Rick Grammond, owner of Youaretheresports.com, will be broadcasting tonight's girls' basketball game at Pierz. The pre-game should begin at about 7 p.m.

Click on this link to pull up the audio stream (click on "listen live here" on the left-hand column).

http://youaretheresports.com

Taken down by Huskers

The Holdingford Huskers improved to 6-0 in the Central Minnesota Conference and 11-3 overall with a 58-38 win over our visiting B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team last night (January 26). They are having their best season in boys' hoops since 2006-2007.

To read more about the varsity sports schedules for the B-B-E Jaguars, check out the three-page sports section in this week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball scores on January 26:
Kimball Area 51, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 33
Eden Valley-Watkins 68, Pierz 49  
Maple Lake 68, Paynesville Area 54

Area boys' basketball scores on January 26:
New London-Spicer 70, Watertown-Mayer 58
Ashby 50, West Central Area 46    
Breckenridge 74, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 63
Benson 71, Hancock 56
MACCRAY 63, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 59 OT (at Kerkhoven) 
#3 Central MN Christian-Prinsburg 60, Lac qui Parle Valley 34
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 65, Lakeview 62 

Halftime

In Holdingford tonight the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team trails 36-21 after fighting to a 16-14 lead with 9:44 left in the first half.

Radio tonight

The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team travels to first-place Holdingford tonight for a Central Minnesota Conference battle. The game will be aired on 106.5 FM The Train of Norway Lake/Sunburg. Pre-game should begin at approximately 7 p.m.

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Girls' basketball takes on Huskers

The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team defeated Holdingford 40-36 in a home conference game tonight. The win improves them to 10-6 overall and 5-3 in the Central Minnesota Conference.

At Osakis, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team pounded Eden Valley-Watkins 61-9 and then thrashed the host Silverstreaks 51-19. They raised their dual meet record to 9-2 in the process. Bravo!!!

Time to wrap up my 14-page issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice!!! It is jam-packed with local news and sports content.

Dishing out a beating

The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team was on top form in the second half of their non-conference game last night against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. After leading 29-19 at halftime, the Jaguars put the clamps down and limited the Falcons (2-13) to just 12 second-half points in a 61-31 win.

Tonight the Jaguars (9-6 overall) host Holdingford in a Central Minnesota Conference game.

(Video) Eighth grade wins in OT

Here's a video from an overtime win for the B-B-E eighth grade boys' basketball Jaguars when they hosted Paynesville Area on January 12:


Bravo!!

Here's a link to see the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's 16 photo albums from this winter's B-B-E varsity sports teams: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/BBE-Jaguar-winter-sports-1617.

Tonight the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team hosts Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (2-12).

Chanhassen

At the first speech meet of the season, hosted by Chanhassen high school, Molly Tengwall and Courtney Brandt each earned sixth place in the top finals of their categories.

Friday night success

The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team had a great night and sent Pierz home with a 60-41 loss in Central Minnesota Conference action.

To top it off, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team took first place at the nine-team New London-Spicer Invitational! Read more on that here at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's website: http://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com/story/2017/01/12/sports/rising-to-the-top/410.html

...and as always, read more in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper!

Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball scores on Jan. 20:
Holdingford 73, Eden Valley-Watkins 70 (Huskers take sole possession of first place with a gutsy win at Eden Valley in a wildly entertaining battle of conference unbeatens; they led 38-34 at halftime and drained 12 three-pointers on the night)
Kimball Area 63, Paynesville Area 27
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 61, Maple Lake 51

Area girls' basketball scores on January 20:
New London-Spicer 60, Dassel-Cokato 54
Brandon/Evansville 67, Browerville/Eagle Valley 48
Minnewaska Area 62, BOLD 56
Sauk Centre 67, Melrose Area 27
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 79, Lac qui Parle Valley 45
Hancock 54, MACCRAY 37
Montevideo 55, Benson 36
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 72, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 53
Royalton 48, Swanville 25
Osakis 82, Upsala 52
Holdingford 62, Pierz 47 (CMC game)

Area boys' basketball scores on January 20:
Battle Lake 65, Ashby 29
Parkers Prairie 81, Underwood 47
Melrose Area 77, New London-Spicer 69
West Central Area 50, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 39
Sauk Centre 41, Albany 38
Lakeview 67, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 57
Montevideo 82, MACCRAY 58
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 57, Dawson-Boyd 52 OT
Brandon/Evansville 67, New York Mills 53 OT
Minneota 81, Renville County West 56

Halftime

B-B-E boys' basketball 38, Pierz 16.

Eagles too tough for Jaguars

An incredible 17-point, 13-rebound performance by sophomore Macie Kirckof was not enough for the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team in their home game with Eden Valley-Watkins last night. The Jaguars trailed 32-17 at halftime and were unable to get closer than 12 points in the second half.

Kirckof was one of just two Jaguars in double figures. Hailey Braegelman had 10 points.

Final: EV-W 60, B-B-E 46. The Eagles are tough as nails this season. They recently defeated Watertown-Mayer out of the Wright County West Conference...W-M just defeated New London-Spicer last night by a 62-47 score in New London.

JAGUAR FANS! Come out tonight (Friday) to cheer on our B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team in their home game against Pierz. *And the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team will be at the NL-S tournament that begins at 3:30 p.m. I am really hoping to get to both events tonight.

Seniors/Parents night

The B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team won 53-21 over Benson tonight in a home dual meet that was also Seniors/Parents night. Through 126 pounds, the Jaguars shot out to a 24-0 lead with pins from Blaine Fischer, Canon Swanson, Tyler Jensen and Tyler Bents. The wrestling team's next action is on Friday at the New London-Spicer invitational (3:30 p.m.).

At Howard-Lake-Waverly-Winsted, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team lost a tough one 48-46. The Lakers had a 27-21 halftime lead.

At once-beaten Parkers Prairie, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team won in convincing fashion by a 45-24 score. The Panthers fall to 9-2, while the Jaguars are now 8-5. The 24 points is one of the best defensive performances in school history for B-B-E.

Read more about the basketball games in this week's Bonanza Valley Voice. (I did not have room to get in the Benson wrestling results.)

The schedule hasn't really let up around here. We put out a 12-page issue this week at the Voice and expect to do it again next week. I ask that everyone take the time to read my feature story on a Brooten woman who survived harrowing experiences in war-torn Europe in 1945-1946. It was one of the most difficult stories I've ever written. Her story includes many life lessons!!!

On Wednesday night this week, our news department will be covering a B-B-E "district goals" planning meeting for parents and community members. That begins at 6 p.m. at the high school. I plan on recording it on video, but not live streaming it. Stay tuned!

(HD video) Speech season kicks off!

Here's part of the parents' meeting where B-B-E speech head coach Lucy Lloyd talks about the program and the upcoming 2017 season:


Read more in the January 19 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice!

(HD video) Varsity jazz squad at home meet

Here's video from Monday's home meet featuring the B-B-E/Paynesville varsity jazz squad:


Today has been a very exciting day as the B-B-E speech team is hosting their season-opening mock meet at the high school. Look for more on that in the January 19 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice!

(HD video) Paynesville tournament

Heading into the finals, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team trails 184.5 to 177 to front-runner Paynesville.

**The Jaguars won it!!!! Read all about the night at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's website and also in the January 19 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice... http://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com/story/2017/01/05/sports/quite-the-night-of-wrestling-in-paynesville/406.html

Here's video from the 145-pound and 152-pound championship matches in Paynesville, where Isaiah Gilbert and Adam Jaeger both took first place:


...and at Howard-Lake-Waverly-Winsted, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team won 74-64 in a Central Minnesota Conference game. They led 32-19 at halftime. One problem the Jaguars have had all season is poor free throw shooting, but tonight that was not the case. They made 20-of-26 free throw shots for a 76 percent shooting clip.

Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on January 13:
Kimball Area 47, Holdingford 35  
Maple Lake 47, Paynesville Area 36    
Eden Valley-Watkins 63, Pierz 34

Area girls' basketball scores on January 13:
Battle Lake 46, Ashby 37
Hancock 68, Benson 48   
Sauk Centre 83, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 57    
Yellow Medicine East 70, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 45
New London-Spicer 70, Rockford Area 45
MACCRAY 51, Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 50

(HD video) JV kick at home meet

HD video from Monday night! Courtesy of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.


I'll be reporting from the wrestling tournament in Paynesville tonight! Pretty pumped for that!!

Ice cold

Bill Dean (left) and Don Leukam provided play-by-play coverage tonight at Kimball.

The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team struggled all night in a 54-36 loss at Kimball Area tonight. They trailed 24-11 at halftime.

At Pierz, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team won 62-6 over Howard-Lake-Waverly-Winsted. In the second dual against the host Pioneers, the Jaguars lost 44-14 to get to 6-2 overall. Next is a Parents Night/Seniors Night home dual meet on Tuesday, January 17 against Benson, who is also a Section 5A team.

How is this for a very COOL piece of history! In this week's Bonanza Valley Voice that just hit the newsstands (Jan. 12 issue), I have a feature article on Mr. Wayne Schoeppach, who taught science from 1965 to 1992 at Belgrade, Belgrade-Elrosa and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools. For a brief period early in his career, he also taught shop (woods) and coached basketball. Tonight I learned that in his second year at Belgrade (1966-1967), Schoeppach coached Bill Dean in seventh grade basketball.

Bill Dean (Belgrade Class of 1972) was in Kimball tonight broadcasting the game with his trusty sidekick, Don Leukam.

Read all about Mr. Schoeppach on page four of this week's Voice!

Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball scores on Jan. 12:
Eden Valley-Watkins 75, Maple Lake 54
Holdingford 64, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 49
Pierz 62, Paynesville Area 59 (two winless teams meet at Paynesville; the visiting Pioneers get the win and are 1-11 overall)

Area boys' basketball scores on January 12:
Battle Lake 69, Rothsay 32
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 55, Ashby 43
Renville County West 58, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 52
Ortonville 53, West Central Area 48
Parkers Prairie 62, Brandon-Evansville 57
Sauk Centre 47, Minnewaska Area 42 (the Lakers fall to 0-5 in the West Central Conference)
Minneota 57, Lac qui Parle Valley

Catch The Train!

Tonight's B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball game at Kimball will be aired on 106.5 FM The Train of Norway Lake/Sunburg.

*Kimball Area won the B-squad game 43-40.

Here's a video clip showing the final 70 seconds of the MACCRAY win on December 28 in Willmar:


*Varsity game update: with under three minutes to go in the first half, Kimball Area has a 19-11 lead. Halftime: Kimball Area 24, B-B-E 11. Just three Jaguars have scored in the first 18 minutes of the game.

Update on the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team at the Pierz triangular tonight...the Jaguars started with a huge 60-6 win over an undermanned Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted team.

Early dismissal

B-B-E schools are dismissed at 10:15 a.m. this morning - Tuesday, January 10.

All after-school/evening activities are cancelled or postponed.

The varsity wrestling triangular at Pierz has been moved to Thursday, January 12. The varsity/JV/C-squad girls' basketball games at Maple Lake have been moved to February 16.

Home dance meet was great

In the JV Jazz category, the B-B-E/Paynesville dance team took third place tonight out of eight teams at their home invitational.

Shown is video of the entire awards ceremony at the conclusion of the meet:


Read more at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website as well as the January 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice.

Dance meet!

The B-B-E/Paynesville dance team invites the public to their home dance invitational on Monday, January 9. The meet begins at 6 p.m. at the B-B-E elementary school. A total of nine teams will be competing in kick and jazz categories with both JV and varsity divisions.

Teams included are Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Fergus Falls, Lakeview, Litchfield, MACCRAY, Sauk Centre, Melrose Area and Worthington.
Also, don't miss all the coverage coming for the dance team in this week's January 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

(Video) Wrestling tournament semis

Here's video showing Canon Swanson's semifinal win (5-0 decision) on Friday at the Jaguar Invitational. He ultimately took second place in the 113-pound division.


I'm working up a story from the tournament for the upcoming issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. It will also include a recap of the upcoming Central Minnesota Conference triangular that takes place on Tuesday (January 10) in Howard Lake. The third team joining HL-W-W and our B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team is Pierz, rated No. 2 in The Guillotine's latest Class 1A state rankings, who is 7-0 overall in dual meets so far.

(HD video) Jaguars clash with Cubs

Here's video of the final 74 seconds of the first half at Kimball on Thursday night:


It was a tough loss for sure for the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team. However, Kimball Area is very, very good. They have developed a very strong resume so far this season. I look forward to the rematch later this season at the B-B-E high school!

Wrestling invitational, and a win in hoops action

After the first round of action at the Jaguar Invitational, B-B-E is in a three-way tie for first place with Litchfield and Ottertail Central (28 points).

Heading to the finals are Canon Swanson, Isaiah Gilbert, Adam Jaeger, Tyler Bents, Dalton Guzier, Seth Roering and Trevor Kern. Swanson, Gilbert and Jaeger will go for first place, while the rest will go for third place.

The Jaguars fell to fifth place (88 points) headed into the finals, which started at 8 p.m. Seven Jaguars will come away with medals!

Champions! (at 152 and 145)

In the final team standings, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team took fifth place out of eight teams. Litchfield was the team champion.
1. Litchfield (three individual champions) 163; 2. Ottertail Central (two individual champions) 144.5; 3. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (four individual champions) 130; 4. Becker (one individual champion) 105.5; 5. B-B-E (two individual champions) 99; 6. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville (no individual champions) 75; 7. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (one individual champion) 68; 8. Staples-Motley (one individual champion) 47.5.

**At Paynesville tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team won 45-38 tonight in a conference game for their second win in a row and second win in two nights. Next is a game at once-beaten Parkers Prairie next Tuesday night in an important sub-section matchup. The Panthers are 8-1 overall, and their lone loss was to undefeated Hillcrest Lutheran Academy by an 82-76 score on December 13 in Fergus Falls.

Quite a night of basketball

B-B-E's defense forces Kimball's Katie Merchant to dish out from the lane tonight.

The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team picked up their third win of the season in exciting fashion by a 76-68 score in overtime at Swanville tonight.

A career-high 23 points from junior guard Parker Schwinghammer led the way for the Jaguars to the win after they trailed 39-37 at halftime. He was one of four Jaguars in double figures (Ryan Olmscheid, Evan Wiener and Ryan Illies). Another key statistic was solid 75 percent free throw shooting (27-of-36) helping counter Swanville's huge 35-to-23 rebounding advantage and 12-of-18 performance at the charity stripe. This was a gutsy win for the Jaguars, who were playing a second game in a row without the services of leading scorer Derek Wiener.

Swanville falls to 0-5 with the loss, while the Jaguars are 3-6.

Up next: a road conference game at neighboring rival Paynesville Area toorrow night (Friday, January 6)...the Bulldogs are 0-8, but make no mistake, they will be tough to beat on their home floor.

At Kimball Area in a key Central Minnesota Conference game, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team fell 57-49 to the first-place Cubs. After trailing by three points at halftime, the Jaguars pulled ahead 30-27 on a close-range jumper by Hailey Braegelman just two minutes in. Kimball Area regained the lead and went up by 10 points with 10:33 on the clock. From there the Jaguars got no closer than five points.

Time to upload some video from Kimball and check out the area scoreboard!

Area boys' basketball scores on January 5:
Melrose Area 75, Sauk Centre 65 (the Dutchmen seem to really have Sauk Centre's number in boys' basketball; they are now 9-0 overall)
Benson 54, Paynesville Area 41
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 56, Brandon-Evansville 41   
Underwood 56, Ashby 43
New London-Spicer 72, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 69
Battle Lake 74, Hancock 69
Montevideo 56, Minnewaska Area 53
BOLD 68, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 63 OT
Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 77, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 49
Ortonville 67, Renville County West 59

Halftime

At halftime in Kimball tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team trails 25-22. The Jaguars came out firing in the second half and forged a 30-27 lead just two minutes in.

Final score: Kimball Area 57, B-B-E 49.

A win and a loss

The Maple Lake Irish came back to win 58-54 over our B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team tonight. It was a one-point game in the final minute, but the Irish (3-4) canned the free throws they needed to get the win.

Here's video from the end of the first half of the girls' basketball game:


The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team won 72-40 over Paynesville Area. After a fairly ragged first half, the Jaguars settled down and expanded on their 33-20 halftime lead. The Bulldogs (0-7) got as close as 35-27 before the Jaguars dropped the hammer on them.

Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball scores on Jan. 3:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 54, Pierz 47
Eden Valley-Watkins 69, Kimball Area 63
Holdingford 67, Paynesville Area 48

Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on Jan. 3:

Maple Lake 55, Holdingford 47

Kimball Area 49, Pierz 32

Area girls' basketball scores on Jan. 3:

Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 60, Underwood 43

Canby 69, MACCRAY 28

New London-Spicer 69, Redwood Valley 28

Menagha 78, Swanville 64

Ortonville 65, West Central Area 44

St. Cloud Cathedral 57, Royalton 20

Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 65, Montevideo 61 OT

Minneota 70, Central Minnesota Christian-Prinsburg 43

Yellow Medicine East 80, Renville County West 59

Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 73, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 51

Hancock 54, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 40

Sauk Centre 69, Benson 23

Lac qui Parle Valley 81, Lakeview 77

Dawson-Boyd 73, Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 64

Minnewaska Area 66, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 48

Osakis 65, Brandon/Evansville 36 (the undefeated 8-0 Silverstreaks tag the Chargers with their first loss of the season after a 6-0 start)

Verndale 75, Browerville/Eagle Valley 48

Hutchinson 75, Willmar 45

Spectrum 51, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 34

Area boys' basketball scores on Jan. 3:

West Central Area 62, Underwood 53

Renville County West 67, Yellow Medicine East 56

Upsala 71, Onamia 49 (the Cardinals get their first win after an 0-6 start)

Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 58, Summit (SD) 52

Browerville/Eagle Valley 66, Verndale 52
Minnewaska Area 71, Osakis 70 !!!!
Brandon/Evansville 67, Henning 37
MACCRAY 78, Canby 59
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 55, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 52

Halftime

The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team has a 29-28 lead over Maple Lake in tonight's home game that is also the Central Minnesota Conference opener.

Meanwhile, in another home game, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team has a 33-20 lead over Paynesville in what is shaping up to be a rough-and-tumble border battle.

Home cooking

On Tuesday night this week, both the boys' and girls' basketball teams host conference games. The boys' basketball game against Maple Lake will be aired on 106.5 FM The Train out of Norway Lake/Sunburg.