Holiday Matness

**Updated with area scoreboard and other information below**

The B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team is getting into the heat of action today at the Rogers Holiday Matness tournament. Out of 28 teams, Class 3A Blaine has the early advantage after very preliminary action has gotten underway at Rogers high school.

Blaine, 4-2 in duals, was the champion at the Maple Grove Crimson Classic on December 14.

Top five scores:
1. Blaine 45 points
2. B-B-E 36 points
3. Princeton 29.5
Dover-Eyota 27.5
Zimmerman 24.5

**Update: by 5 p.m., the Jaguars are still in second place and trail Blaine by a 94.5 to 91 point margin. This tournament continues tomorrow. Six of B-B-E's wrestlers will compete in semifinal-round matches on Saturday: Walker Bents at 113, Ryan Jensen at 120, Tyler Jensen at 132, Blaine Fischer at 138, Canon Swanson at 145 and Michael Doubek at 195.

Also today, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team is at the Willmar tournament. They face Lac qui Parle Valley at approximately 1:45 p.m. from the Big Red Gym.

**Update: the Jaguars lost after putting up a valiant effort against LQPV. The final score was 73-67. The Jaguars (2-5) are in action again tomorrow at 6:15 p.m. in Willmar against MACCRAY (6-3). On Friday night, MACCRAY lost a crazy shoot out to New London-Spicer by a 93-92 score.

Area girls' basketball scores on December 27:
Holdingford 63, Kimball Area 27
Renville County West 58, Ortonville 39
Pillager 60, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 30
Frazee 65, Battle Lake 48
Holy Family Catholic 72, Henning 56
Barnesville 50, Menahga 44
Sauk Centre 85, Roseau 79
Melrose Area 55, Concordia Academy 43
Hancock 57, Upsala 38 (Owls are 9-0)
Underwood 74, West Central Area 66
Fairmont 69, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 62
Alexandria 62, Perham 50
New London-Spicer 41, Willmar 36

Area boys' basketball scores on December 27:
Melrose Area 50, Litchfield 37
Paynesville Area 71, Watertown-Mayer 62
Parkers Prairie 98, Benson 67 (Panthers are 6-0)
New London-Spicer 93, MACCRAY 92
Pillager 67, LP-GE 48
Milaca 53, Royalton 47
BOLD 90, Cass Lake-Bena 70
Princeton 82, Rockford 62
West Central Area 68, Warroad 54
Windom Area 91, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 71
Henning 79, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 73 (3 OT! Wow, incredible - both teams were state-ranked and undefeated going into the game, which was in the opening round of the Granite City Classic in St. Cloud...Henning, the 2019 Class 1A state champion, has lost only one game since March 10, 2018)
Minnewaska Area 71, Canby 36
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 74, Chisago Lakes Area 63
Sauk Centre 78, Ashby 72
Eden Valley-Watkins 65, Hill-Murray 35
Osakis 48, Rocori 41
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 68, East Central 49
Springfield 85, Minneota 68