Step I: girls' basketball racks up 50-point win to start postseason

The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team is ahead 72 to 29 with under 8 minutes to go in their playoff game tonight. The game is being carried by both stations, although The Train is stream only. Earlier in the game, the Jaguars led 33-4.

Final: B-B-E 80, Bertha-Hewitt 30.

Next: the Jaguars (22-4) play on Saturday night at Wadena-Deer Creek high school in the Sub-Section 5A-West semifinals. They get a rematch with Pine River-Backus, who is the No. 4 seed and won 74-45 over No. 5-seeded Sebeka tonight in their playoff opener. **Tip-off is at 6 p.m....we play in the early game at W-DC high school.

In their playoff opener, No. 2-seeded Nevis beat Verndale 58-33. Also tonight, No. 3-seeded Walker-Hackensack-Akeley beat No. 6-seeded Browerville 69-57 to set up a rematch with Nevis. WHA and Nevis split their conference series, with WHA winning 53-50 in two overtimes in the first meeting held on January 23 in Nevis.

In the east half of Section 5A, top-seeded Braham beat McGregor 67-21.

**If the girls' basketball team wins on Saturday, they play in the finals on Tuesday back at Wadena.