Basketball on the road

At Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team evened their Central Minnesota Conference record at 1-1 with a 70-52 win tonight. For the game, the Jaguars shot 51 percent from the field and were led by Nicole Wesbur's 21 points.

At Osakis, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team led 24-20 at halftime and has a 34-23 lead with 14:30 left in the game. Final score: B-B-E 53, Osakis 41. The Jaguars were powered by Evan Wiener's 23 points and another 19 points from Parker Schwinghammer. Just as did the girls' squad tonight, the boys' varsity team shot 51 percent on field goals.

At Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City tonight, the B-B-E/Paynesville Pirouettes JV jazz team took home the first-place trophy. Bravo! The dance team competes at Melrose on Saturday. The Bonanza Valley Voice will be in attendance.

At Cass Lake-Bena high school, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team is sitting in 12th place out of 40 teams after the first day of action at the Big Bear tournament. They have 69.5 team points. The front-runner, Hutchinson, has 97 team points. I'm hoping to get additional updates from the Big Bear wrestling tournament on Saturday.

Below, video of action during the second half of Tuesday's conference opener against No. 11-ranked Eden Valley-Watkins:


Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on December 15:
Eden Valley-Watkins 57, Maple Lake 47
Kimball Area 53, Paynesville Area 29

Area boys' basketball scores on Dec. 15:
Melrose Area 59, New London-Spicer 54
Annandale 61, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 22
Eden Valley-Watkins 65, Rush City 29
Rocori 52, Albany 46
Kimball Area 82, Mora 45
Dawson-Boyd 74, Renville County West 46
Lac qui Parle Valley 59, Central MN Christian 55
Minnewaska Area 69, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 48
Holy Family Catholic 77, Maple Lake 59
Breckenridge 56, MACCRAY 21
Lakeview 75, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 45

Area girls' basketball scores on December 15:
Frazee 55, Verndale 45
Brandon/Evansville 60, Henning 39
Minneota 77, Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 44
MACCRAY 60, Renville County West 46
Melrose Area 49, Montevideo 47
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 55, Yellow Medicine East 43
BOLD 88, A-C-GC 48
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 49, Minnewaska Area 46
Royalton 68, Osakis 43
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 74, Swanville 73 OT
West Central Area 71, Hancock 41