The playoff pairings are set for the upcoming Section 5A-South tournament that begins this week. The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team, still smarting from an upset loss in the regular season finale at Holdingford, looks to right the ship as they host a quarterfinal-round match on Thursday, March 1 at 7 p.m.
The top-seeded Jaguars (19-7) will host the winner of the Onamia vs. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg play-in round game. The first round of playoffs is on Monday, February 26, when No. 9-seeded K-M-S travels to No. 8-seeded Onamia.
If the Jaguars win their quarterfinal game, they advance to the semifinals to play on Saturday, March 3 at 6 p.m. at Foley high school. Further playoff dates are March 6 and March 9 with 7 p.m. tip-off on both of those nights to round out the Section 5A tournament.
2018 Sub-Section 5A-South seedings (and overall records):1. B-B-E (17-9)
2. East Central (19-6, winners of 10 straight)
3. Braham (14-12)
4. Swanville (13-9)
5. Upsala (8-18)
6. Isle (9-17)
7. Ogilvie (10-16)
8. Onamia (5-20)
9. K-M-S (6-20)
10. Hinckley-Finlayson (5-21)
11. St. John's Prep (3-5)
Undefeated Menahga (26-0) is the top-ranked team in Sub-Section 5A-North; they have tough competition in their half of the section from Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (22-4, No. 2 seed) and Pine River-Backus (17-9, No. 3 seed). Menahga and PR-B squared off in the season opener at Menahga with a 64-52 outcome in favor of the Braves.
