Step III: Jaguars win, advance to next 'Ship!

The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team powered their way past a physical, hard-nosed, senior-dominated Swanville Bulldogs team tonight to claim their third straight Sub-Section 5A-South championship.

The Jaguars built on a 10-point halftime lead and came away with a 66-52 win at Little Falls. They shot 50 percent on two-point shots for the game and made 30 percent of their three-point attempts.

Now 24-5 overall, they head to the Section 5A finals to play defending champion Menahga. The Braves defeated No. 2-seeded Pine River-Backus 58-57 in their sub-section title game tonight at Park Rapids Area high school.

The Section 5A championship is on Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m. The possible sites are Wadena-Deer Creek high school, Alexandria Area high school or Long Prairie-Grey Eagle high school.

*Below, a Bonanza Valley Voice sports department's video of Coach Anderson talking about tonight's win.


*Update: I just learned from the Section 5A coordinator that the site of Friday's game will not be decided until tomorrow morning. So that's that! We will wait until then to find out. I expect to know something by 9 a.m. The moment I find out, I will get it posted here and thrown out on Twitter.

**Late Tuesday night update: I just learned that it's Fergus Falls! Fergus Falls high school will be the site of the section finals on Friday this week. Tip-off between B-B-E and Menahga will be at 7 p.m. It's the same site and same teams as a year ago!

*Another update: I finally looked to see who won last night's play-in round game of the Section 5A boys' basketball playoffs. Onamia beat Ogilvie 74-35 to advance to the sub-section quarterfinals. Onamia will head to our house on Thursday, March 7 for a 7 p.m. game against our B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team.

Area girls' basketball playoff scores on March 6:
Albany 47, Sauk Centre 41
No. 6-ranked Ada-Borup/Norman County West 49, No. 4-ranked Pelican Rapids 46
Roseau 84, Breckenridge 71
Redwood Valley 41, Pipestone Area 38
BOLD 65, Sleepy Eye St. Mary's 61
Eden Valley-Watkins 53, Litchfield 34
Pine City 53, Royalton 43


Also, thank you to our local business sponsors to help pay for the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's sports coverage of our B-B-E Jaguars!!! You are all awesome!

##ConquerEveryDay