Here Comes the Boom! (VIDEOS)

This was a change of pace!

A packed house was on hand tonight at the Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township for their second draft horse pull competition at this new venue. The same event was held last fall, and that also drew a full house for a crowd.

Here's a video featuring one of the pulls tonight:


I've got basketball scores to post from today's playoff action around the area.

And in basketball playoff news...
In a game that had many Jaguar fans paying attention, the West Central Area Knights boys' basketball team hammered No. 5-seeded Brandon-Evansville today by a 76-45 score.

In girls' basketball news, Sauk Centre will face Minnewaska Area at the Class 2A state tournament next Wednesday night with an 8 p.m. tip off at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. The state tournament seeds were released today. The Mainstreeters earned the No. 4 seed at state, while the Lakers are the No. 5 seed.

In the Class 1A state girls' basketball tournament, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (25-4) earned the No. 8 seed. The Northwoods Conference-South champion Wolves won the Section 5A title on Friday night by defeating Braham 61-59 in overtime. This is W-H-A's second trip to state after going to state for the first time in school history last season, when they finished 6th with a 1-2 record at the big show. The Class 1A state tournament opens on Thursday at the U of M's Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis.

And in more news posted on Sunday night this weekend...
A video from the worship service held on Ash Wednesday last week at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooten has been posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://shorturl.at/M5Q6a. This was a joint worship for the parish of Trinity Lutheran and West Lake Johanna Lutheran churches.

The Brooten city council's upcoming meeting agenda has been posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's editor's blog: https://lifeinbonanzavalley.blogspot.com.

Area boys' basketball playoff scores on March 8:
Upsala 68, Swanville 50
Albany 80, Osakis 40
Dawson-Boyd 81, Central MN Christian-Prinsburg 47
Holdingford 77, St. Cloud Cathedral 68
Henning 62, Park Christian 58
Sauk Centre 36, Melrose Area 30
Montevideo 65, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 59
Browerville 67, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 54