In the varsity team standings, before the consolation round was tallied, the Jaguars are in first place with 88 team points. New York Mills is in second place with 74.5 points. Hibbing is in third place with 70.5 points.
*Update: the first championship match started at 20:45. The Jaguars have 129 team points to remain in first place ahead of NYM, who has 115.5 points. Hibbing is in third with 101 points.
Also, at Paynesville, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team won 59-51 for their second win in a row. Parker Schwinghammer had an outstanding night with 25 points on 11-of-16 field goal shooting, five rebounds and four steals. As a team, the Jaguars shot a very hot 55 percent from the floor. B-B-E (5-9, 2-3 Central Minnesota Conference) has a huge Sub-Section 5A-South game coming on Monday on the home court, when Swanville comes to town. The Bulldogs (6-5, 4-2 Prairie Conference) are the second-ranked team in the sub-section, while the Jaguars sit in the fourth-place spot. A win for the Jaguars would be HUGE! Let's get a big crowd to cheer them on!
Here's video from Tyler Bents' match in the 138-pound finals, when he faced Sam Stageberg of NL-S:
**Update at NL-S: winning titles so far are Canon Swanson (120) and Tyler Bents (132). Also winning titles were Adam Jaeger (152) and Isaiah Gilbert (160). Trevor Kern took second place at 170 pounds. Blaine Fischer took second place at 132. Tyler Jensen took third place at 126. The Jaguars won the title as a team. Great job!!
Next for the wrestlers: a triangular at Eden Valley-Watkins next Tuesday that also includes Section 5A rival Osakis (2-13). The EV-W Eagles are no longer in Section 5A; they are now in Section 4A along with Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City.
Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball scores on Jan. 19:
Eden Valley-Watkins 65, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 53
Maple Lake 63, Holdingford 56
Area boys' basketball scores on Jan. 19:
Melrose Area 71, BOLD 60
Dassel-Cokato 80, New London-Spicer 70
Hancock 62, Battle Lake 54
Minnewaska Area 82, A-C-GC 64
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 64, Montevideo 34
Minneota 65, Lac qui Parle Valley 52
Renville County West 55, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 43
Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 72, MACCRAY 32
Sauk Centre 52, Benson 47
Parkers Prairie 84, Brandon/Evansville 55
Beckery 73, Albany 71 OT
Ortonville 79, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 44
West Central Area 88, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 22
Pillager 77, Pierz 76
Area girls' basketball scores on Jan. 19:
A-C-GC 49, Hancock 47
Lakeview 42, Benson 29
BOLD 96, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 48
MACCRAY 50, R-T-R 28
Melrose Area 56, Holdingford 45
St. Cloud Cathedral 59, Pierz 43
Kimball Area 58, Rocori 49
Sauk Centre 71, Albany 49
Osakis 83, Browerville 48
Royalton 67, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 29
Swanville 64, Ashby 55
