JV Pirouettes are champions! Girls' basketball defeats Kimball (VIDEOS)

Area scores and other updates are coming on Friday to this blog post. Also! Don't forget the bank treats...see more below!

I had a bona fide 2-and-Oh night! This is awesome. It's especially fun to see two wins from two different teams on the same night.

In their lone home dance comp of the season, the B-B-E/Paynesville Pirouettes had one first-place finish tonight. The JV kick squad, which is in just the third day overall of their present lineup, took first place. The coaches and team members were ecstatic!

Here's the Pirouettes gathering for a team photo tonight:


Programming note for Friday...tomorrow (December 15) is the day of treats! Treats, goodies and cookies! And gifts! All of this can be had at the Bonanza Valley State Bank in Brooten plus the Kensington Bank branches in Elrosa and Belgrade. All three will have treats, goodies and more for their customers from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Brooten and Belgrade plus 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Elrosa. Spread the word!

Down the road at the high school, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team improved to 2-0 in the Central Minnesota Conference with a 61-46 drubbing of Kimball Area. They head to Paynesville Area with a doubleheader with the boys' basketball team tomorrow! Tip-off for the girls' varsity game should be at about 5:30 p.m. The JV and C-squad girls' basketball games start at 4:15 p.m.

In tonight's girls' basketball game, the Jaguars led 35-25 at halftime after Brooklyn Fischer canned two three-point shots in the final 30 seconds. The senior forward had a monster night while finishing with a career-high 36 points, including six three-pointers, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. The Jaguars withstood some early adversity in the second half after their shooting went ice cold and the Cubs made a run. With 14:49 left, the Cubs went 1-of-2 at the free throw line to make the score 35-34. After the Jaguars extended the slim lead to 40-34, the Cubs cut it to 40-37 with 9:39 left. From there the Jaguars regained their footing and pushed it to a double-digit lead when Adley Hagen hit a layup with 6:10 left for a 50-39 lead.

*Here's a lengthy video featuring the last 3 1/2 minutes of the game:


Also! Best of luck to the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team, as they take off on Friday morning for Pequot Lakes, where they will compete in a large two-day invitational. Coach Fester reported that over 30 teams will be there. I have to circle back and report that on Tuesday night, the Jaguars defeated both Little Falls/Swanville/Pillager and also Holdingford to improve to 3-1 in dual meets and 1-0 in the CMC.

Central MN Conference girls' basketball score on December 14:
Holdingford 68, Paynesville Area 39

Central MN Conference boys' basketball score on December 14:
Eden Valley-Watkins 62, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 43

Area girls' basketball scores on December 14:
Nevis 61, Cass Lake-Bena 58
Mountain Iron-Buhl 76, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 39 (MI-B hands W-H-A their first loss of the season in a battle of Top 10 teams)
BOLD 45, Minneota 44
Central MN Christian-Prinsburg 59, Lac qui Parle Valley 20
Willmar 74, St. Cloud Area 38
West Central Area 70, Melrose Area 38


Area boys' basketball scores on December 14:
Melrose Area 49, Paynesville Area 47
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 70, Minnewaska Area 34
Henning 60, Sebeka 44
BOLD 69, Montevideo 67
New London-Spicer 69, Redwood Valley 59 (A big section win for NL-S, as they hand the Cardinals their first loss of the year)
Royalton 65, Aitkin 60
Upsala 66, Swanville 45
Ashby 60, Benson 56
Parkers Prairie 52, Battle Lake 41
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 76, MACCRAY 69