Pirouettes shine again - now FIVE for FIVE! plus Winter Sports Show No. 5 (VIDEOS**)

Today, the B-B-E/Paynesville Pirouettes dance team made it an unprecedented five straight for competitions where they've hauled home hardware. Both the JV kick (first place) and JV jazz (second place) squads were outstanding in the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Invitational. Next for the dance team is their home competition next Thursday, January 16 - details TBA.

Here's a video featuring the JV Kick squad at Alexandria one week ago:


In a tough field out of 7 teams in Alexandria, the JV Kick Pirouettes earned a second-place trophy.

More to come. After a lengthy break from recording them, I'm back in the swing of things and am preparing a new sports podcast for tonight.

**And fresh from the sports department's recording studio! Here it is:


As I stated multiple times in the video...repeat after me! Be a good teammate. Be a good teammate. Be a good teammate!

And circling back to last night in girls' basketball action...

Here's part of the starter introductions last night in Grove City, plus the tip-off and first few minutes of the game:


Tomorrow, the 5th grade girls' basketball team is heading to Benson for a tournament. No rest for the restless!

Area girls' basketball scores on January 11:
Mountain Iron-Buhl 77, Braham 65
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 57, Park Christian 48
Sauk Centre 67, Montevideo 38
Cass Lake-Bena 73, Perham 63
Wabasso 57, Red Rock Central 47
Willmar 71, Mound Westonka 42

Area boys' basketball scores on January 11:
West Central Area 60, Ada-Borup West 56
Redwood Valley 84, Delano 76
Hutchinson 54, Worthington 53
Cherry 78, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 64
Nevis 63, Henning 57
Park Christian 55, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 49
BOLD 60, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 22