In their home game with the Kimball Area Cubs, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team fell 64-55 to finish in second place in the Central Minnesota Conference. B-B-E trailed 30-24 at halftime, but a shot in the lane by Tiyana Schwinghammer tied it at 43-43 with 10 minutes left. It was a fierce battle the rest of the way. The Jaguars C-squad team beat Kimball Area 25-23, and the JV Jaguars won 49-46 over Kimball tonight.
Next: the Jaguars (16-9) will host the Sub-Section 5A-West quarterfinals on Thursday, March 3 on the home court.
In another home game tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team defeated Kimball Area 61-39 to improve to 21-3 overall. They travel to Holdingford next Tuesday to wrap up the CMC schedule.
**Below is a video of the tribute given to the seniors on the girls' basketball team tonight:
**Here's action from the first half of the Paynesville boys' basketball game on Thursday:
**Here's the playing of the National Anthem tonight and then the start of the Kimball game:
Central MN Conference boys' basketball results on February 25:
Paynesville Area 68, Holdingford 39
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 66, Maple Lake 41
Area girls' basketball scores on February 26:
Henning 59, Parkers Prairie 37
Hancock 73, Princeton 42
Dassel-Cokato 57, Eden Valley-Watkins 44
Watertown-Mayer 43, Maple Lake 30
Pierz 52, Albany 48
Osakis 69, Holdingford 59
Area boys' basketball scores on February 25:
St. Cloud Cathedral 62, Eden Valley-Watkins 45
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 76, Battle Lake 52
Parkers Prairie 77, Rothsay 70
Sauk Centre 57, Montevideo 49
Osakis 81, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 33
Rockford Area 85, New London-Spicer 56
Melrose Area 72, Benson 49
MACCRAY 64, Lakeview 62 OT
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 60, Ortonville 40
Henning 80, Underwood 34
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 91, BOLD 72
Hancock 58, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 45
New York Mills 77, Barnesville 49
Ashby 60, Brandon-Evansville 44
**Wrestling updates on Saturday will come in a new blog post.
