Two big varsity wins! (VIDEOS)

IT has been a TERRIFIC night for our teams! And my Jaguar tie racked up two more wins!

At conference-leading Eden Valley-Watkins, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team handed the Eagles their first conference loss with a hard-fought 67-59 win. This puts them one game out of first place in the Central Minnesota Conference. More on that later. The game went down to the wire. When I arrived at the EV-W gym, the Jaguars were ahead 57-55. The game was a grinder! Free throws in the clutch helped them get past the Eagles, who entered the game with an 8-0 CMC mark (13-4 overall).

The Jaguars (15-3, 7-2) shot 42 percent from the floor and made 11 of 14 free throws in the game; the second half was huge when they sank 9 of 12 tries at the line. They were 100 percent at the line in the first half but had just two attempts.

On the home mat tonight for Parents and Seniors night, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team earned a huge win against No. 5-ranked Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville. "Don't quote me" but I believe the final score was 41-23. The Wolves are a contender in Section 7A this season. Final score: No. 8 B-B-E 41, No. 5 LPGE/B 23. Confirmed.

*Here's video from the 106 and 113 pound matches tonight at B-B-E high school:


Aiden Mueller at 106 pounds won a thriller in a 9-7 decision in overtime. This is featured in the first 30 seconds or so of the video above. Mueller trailed 5-4 in the final minute of the third period before closing it out with a takedown to go to the fourth period. This set the Jaguars up with a 3-0 lead, but the Wolves then scored 15 straight points. After that, the Jaguars outscored the Wolver 38-8 to claim the win.

*Here's a video featuring the final 10 seconds of the game at Eden Valley:


Tanner Shelton and Luke Illies each went 2-for-2 at the free throw line in the final minute at Eden Valley to ice the win. That was awesome!!

**Here's a 2-minute long clip that begins with the Jaguars ahead 59-56 with 3 minutes to go:


Central MN Conference boys' basketball scores on February 7:
Paynesville Area 60, Royalton 47
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 67, Holdingford 56
Kimball 82, Maple Lake 39

More to come...probably not until the morning. I have to get a large newspaper completed and it is going to be a tall, difficult task.

Area boys' basketball scores on February 7:
Benson 79, Minnewaska Area 54
New London-Spicer 92, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 67
Dawson-Boyd 76, Lac qui Parle Valley 40
Battle Lake 77, Underwood 60
Border West 76, Ashby 47
Henning 75, Wadena-Deer Creek 67
Albany 71, Melrose Area 37
MACCRAY 77, Renville County West 63
Hancock 66, Parkers Prairie 52
Brandon-Evansville 69, Rothsay 36
Swanville 60, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 58
Browerville 72, Osakis 65
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 53 Central MN Christian 30

Area girls' basketball scores on February 7:
LQPV 62, Central MN Christian 51
Minnewaska Area 59, MACCRAY 38
Ogilvie 72, Fond du Lac Ojibwe 14
New London-Spicer 83, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 29
Blake 51, Maple Lake 46
Alexandria 52, Marshall 50
Royalton 57, Rush City 37
Monticello 67, Eden Valley-Watkins 49
Kimball Area 49, Osakis 40 (the Cubs have won four straight, and the only teams who have beaten them are fellow conference members) Litchfield 48, Annandale 33
Pine City 56, Braham 48
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 62, Cass Lake-Bena 44
Kimball Area 49, Osakis 40
Foley 44, Pierz 38
Henning 61, Browerville 23
Kelliher/Northome 82, Pine River-Backus 75
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 54, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 32
BOLD 68, West Central Area 66
Albany 73, Mora 24
Sauk Centre 43, Melrose Area 35
Montevideo 75, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 49