Defending state champs prevail

The defending Class 2A state champion Sauk Centre Mainstreeters eked out a 44-36 victory tonight over our B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team.

After trailing 22-15 at halftime, the Jaguars cut the deficit to four points on a few occasions but had too many turnovers at just the wrong time to pull this one out.

B-B-E falls to 9-4 overall heading into Thursday's home game against Paynesville Area.

**Calling all Jaguar fans! Don't miss tomorrow night's big match up between our B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team and the Pierz Pioneers. Action should be underway around 7:30 p.m. on our home mats. At stake is first place in the Central Minnesota Conference.

Area girls' basketball scores on January 14:
Albany 52, Holdingford 51 (Albany's Paige Meyer hit a runner that banked off the glass with 5.2 seconds left to lift the Huskies over the Huskers in a border battle)
Eden Valley-Watkins 83, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 28
Parkers Prairie 49, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 33
BOLD 68, Renville County West 39

Area boys' basketball scores on January 14:
Hancock 67, Benson 54
Henning 84, Browerville 55
Lakeview 64, Yellow Medicine East 55
Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 57, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 49