A win and a loss (*Updated)

The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team won 89-50 tonight over Pine River-Backus in a home game. B-B-E led 57-24 at halftime and was never in trouble in the second half. The Tigers fall to 7-8 overall, and they are 4-2 in the Northland Conference. In tonight's game, junior Kaden Pieper scored his 1,000th point of his stellar career.

At Holdingford, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team lost 75-58. The Huskers led 37-23 at halftime and improved to 4-3 in the Central Minnesota Conference and 9-6 overall. The Jaguars are 11-5 overall and 5-2 (third) in the CMC. Eden Valley-Watkins earned a big upset win over first-place Kimball Area tonight to put Royalton into a virtual tie with the Cubs. Even with tonight's loss, the Jaguars are just one game out of first place. However, they have basically no room for error the rest of the way. Up next is a huge, HUGE game with Eden Valley-Watkins on Thursday, January 27. That game will go a long ways towards whether or not the Jaguars have a shot at repeating as CMC champions.

Central MN Conference girls' basketball scores on January 21:
Royalton 49, Maple Lake 31
Paynesville Area 68, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 39
Eden Valley-Watkins 54, Kimball Area 26 (and suddenly we have effectively five teams in the hunt for the CMC title)

Central MN Conference boys' basketball scores on January 21:
Eden Valley-Watkins 59, Kimball Area 47


Area girls' basketball scores on January 21:
Minnewaska Area 41, Osakis 35
Mayer Lutheran 67, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 57
Lac qui Parle Valley 66, Yellow Medicine East 56
Sauk Centre 60, BOLD 26
Ogilvie 65, East Central 31
Minneota 71, MACCRAY 49
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 43, Central MN Christian 40
Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 68, Renville County West 33
Lakeview 47, Dawson-Boyd 31
Menahga 50, Henning 33
New York Mills 67, Sebeka 42

Area boys' basketball scores on January 21:
Montevideo 64, Paynesville Area 62 (OT)
Albany 69, Milaca 61
Upsala 78, Braham 68
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 63, Rothsay 60
Fergus Falls 58, Willmar 51
Sauk Centre 58, BOLD 43

At New London-Spicer tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team won the title in runaway fashion by piling up 251.5 points. In second place were the host Wildcats with 130.5 points. More details to come.