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