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Holiday Tournaments 12/29/25

The Sauk Centre boys and girls basketball teams will play Monday and Tuesday at Perham at the Holiday Hoops at the Hive.
The Sauk Centre girls will play at 2:00 Monday vs Park Christian.
Sauk Centre girls (4-2) Park Christian (5-2)
Sauk Centre GBB highlights. Park Christian GBB highlights.
The Sauk Centre boys will play Monday at 7:15 vs Perham.
Sauk Centre boys (3-2) Perham (3-2)
Sauk Centre BBB highlights. Perham BBB vs Barnesville, click here.
Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS. No radio.
3:45 Paynesville BBB vs Big Lake
Paynesville (2-4) Big Lake (2-2)
Paynesville BBB highlights. Big Lake BBB highlights.
5:30 Perham GBB vs New York Mills
Perham (9-1) New York Mills (3-3)
Perham GBB highlights.
Perham Tournament schedule for varsity and JV teams, click here.
Basketball State rankings.

The Melrose boys and girls basketball teams will play at the St. Cloud Cathedral Holiday Tournament on Monday and Tuesday.
Monday at 2:00 Melrose girls vs Concordia Academy
Melrose girls (1-5) Concordia Academy (2-3)
Melrose GBB highlights. Concordia GBB highlights.
3:30 Melrose boys vs Concordia Academy
Melrose boys (2-3) Concordia Academy (3-2)
Melrose BBB highlights.
5:30 St. Cloud Cathedral girls vs Pine City
St. Cloud Cathedral (1-3) Pine City (4-3)
St. Cloud Cathedral GBB highlights. Pine City GBB highlights.
7:00 St. Cloud Cathedral boys vs Pine City
St. Cloud Cathedral (6-1) Pine City (1-6)
St. Cloud Cathedral BBB highlights. Pine City BBB highlights.
Tuesday: Loser vs loser. Winner vs winner.
The games at St. Cloud Cathedral will be broadcast on NSPN.
Click here for more information for NSPN.
(NSPN holds the broadcast rights, MIDMNSPORTS is not able to broadcast)

The Prairie Centre boys hockey team will play Morris Benson Area at Benson at 4:00 Monday.
Prairie Centre boys (7-1) MBA (1-6)
Tuesday the Prairie Centre boys will play Wadena Deer Creek at Long Prairie at 6:00. (Make up game.)
Section 6A boys hockey report.

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team will play Tuesday at noon vs Morris Benson Area at Benson.
Prairie Centre girls (0-11) MBA (1-8)

The Sauk Centre/Melrose Defenders girls and boys wrestling teams will have the Ken Vogt Duals starting at 9:30 AM Tuesday at Sauk Centre.
Follow along and get wrestling results, click here.

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

Prairie Centre girls 12/23/25

Girls hockey final: Northern Lakes over Prairie Centre 13-0.

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team has a game at Northern Lakes Tuesday night at 5:00.
Prairie Centre (0-10) Northern Lakes (3-7-1)
Section 6A girls hockey.

Section 6A boys hockey report.

Basketball 12/22/25

In boys basketball Monday night: Minnewaska over Sauk Centre 75-51.
Scoring for Sauk Centre, Jacob Drevlow 28, Matthew Zenzen 9, EJ Speidel 7.
Other boys basketball:
Osakis over Holdingford 72-60
Spectrum over Foley 76-66
More boys basketball scores.

Girls basketball:
Sauk Centre over Montevideo 83-36.
For Sauk Centre, Kahlen Suelflow 16, Elly Herickhoff 11, Kaiya Nelson 11, Nya Thieschafer 10, Peyton Borgman 10, Paige Determan 8.

Minnewaska over Melrose 67-28
Other girls basketball:
Morris over Eden Valley Watkins 77-40
Kimball over Holdingford 59-47
Osakis over Paynesville 47-40
More girls basketball.

Monday sports 12/22/25

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team has a home game Monday night in the West Central Conference. Sauk Centre will play Minnewaska. The JV game starts at 5:45, the varsity at about 7:15. Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS. The varsity game also on 105.5 FM radio.
Sauk Centre BBB highlights. Minnewaska BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (3-1 WCC 2-0) Minnewaska (2-3 WCC 0-2)
West Central Conference standings.
Section 6AA BBB standings.

It's a make up game for the Sauk Centre girls basketball team Monday night. Sauk Centre plays at Montevideo at about 7:15.
Montevideo will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre GBB highlights. Montevideo GBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (3-2 WCC 0-2) Montevideo (0-5 WCC 0-2)
West Central Conference girls standings.
Section 6AA girls standings.
State basketball rankings.

The Melrose girls basketball team has a make up game at Minnewaska Monday night at about 7:15.
Minnewaska will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose GBB highlights. Minnewaska GBB highlights.
Melrose (1-4 WCC 0-2) Minnewaska (5-1 WCC 2-1)

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

MIDMNSPORTS 12/22/25

This week on MIDMNSPORTS:
Monday: Sauk Centre boys basketball at home vs Minnewaska

Prairie Centre boys 12/19/25

A high scoring night for the Prairie Centre boys hockey team. Prairie Centre beat Worthington 13-5 at the Sauk Centre Arena.
Prairie Centre had Leyton Fuchs with a hat trick, Andrew Friedrichs 2, Bentley Ritter 2, James Rieland 2, Nolan Trierweiler, Alex Trierweiler, Jackson Moritz, Derek Lopez.
Prairie Centre game summary.
More boys hockey scores.

Girls hockey final:
Thief River Falls over Prairie Centre 14-0

Basketball 12/19/25

A home win for the Melrose boys basketball team. Melrose beat Minnewaska 58-56.
For Melrose: Rieley Elfering and Carson Theiler 12 each.
Other boys basketball:
Montevideo over BOLD 84-23
More boys basketball scores.

The Melrose girls basketball team played at home Friday. BBE won the game 59-56.
Melrose: Avery Braegelmann 22, Kaitlyn Klasen 19, Aleah Funk 8, Aubrey Funk 7, Lexi Beste 6.
Other girls basketball:
West Central over Morris 55-49
Minnewaska over KMS 77-44
Royalton over Holdingford 72-60
YME over Montevideo 80-49
More girls basketball.

Defenders girls wrestling 12/19/25

The Sauk Centre/Melrose Defenders girls wrestling team took 2nd place at the Monticello Invite Friday. There were 22 teams.
1st place: 130 Afton Vogt
1st place: 148 Addy Sjogren
Team scores.
Individual results.

Friday sports 12/19/25

The Prairie Centre boys hockey team has another game Friday night. Prairie Centre will play Worthington at the Sauk Centre Arena. Note start time at 6:00.
The Prairie Centre boys game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS and 105.5 FM radio.
Prairie Centre (6-1) Worthington (1-5)
Section 6A boys.

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team will play Thief River Falls at the Long Prairie rink at 7:00.
Prairie Centre (0-9) TRF (9-3)
Section 6A girls.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball game vs Barnesville has been postponed for tonight. No make up date yet. Barnesville has a scheduling conflict. Make up date 2/19/26.
The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play a non conference game at home vs Barnesville at about 7:15.
Sauk Centre will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre GBB highlights.
Barnesville GBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (4-2) Barnesville (2-4)
Section 6AA girls basketball standings.

There's a girls and boys double header for the Melrose basketball teams Friday night.
The Melrose girls basketball game will play at home vs Belgrade Brooten Elrosa at about 5:45.
Melrose will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose GBB highlights.
BBE GBB highlights.
Melrose (1-4) BBE (4-1)

The Melrose boys basketball team will be at home vs Minnewaska at about 7:15.
Melrose will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose BBB highlights.
Minnewaska BBB highlights.
Melrose (1-3 WCC 1-2) Minnewaska (2-2 WCC 0-1)
West Central Conference boys.
Section 6AA boys standings.

The Defenders girls wrestling team will be at Monticello starting at 4:00.

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

Thursday sports 12/18/25

All Sauk Centre and Melrose activities have been postponed for tonight because of the weather.

Sauk Centre boys basketball postponed for tonight, make up date 1/27/26.
Two boys basketball teams in Section 6AA will play Thursday as the Sauk Centre boys play at home against Annandale.
The JV game will start at 5:45, the varsity at about 7:15. Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS. The varsity game also on 105.5 FM radio.
Sauk Centre BBB highlights.
Annandale BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (3-1) Annandale (2-1)
Section 6AA boys basketball standings.
Basketball State rankings.

Melrose girls basketball postponed for tonight, make up date 12/22/25.
The Melrose girls basketball team has a West Central Conference game at Minnewaska at about 7:15. C team game at 5:30. Plus Melrose dance team competition.
Minnewaska will have a live stream, click here. The live stream starts at 5:30.
Melrose GBB highlights.
Melrose (1-3 WCC 0-2) Minnewaska (5-1 WCC 2-1)
West Central Conference girls standings.

Sauk Centre girls basketball postponed for tonight, make up date 12/22/25.
It's an away game for the Sauk Centre girls basketball team. Sauk Centre plays at Montevideo at about 7:15. Montevideo will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre GBB highlights.
Montevideo GBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (3-2 WCC 0-2) Montevideo (0-5 WCC 0-2)

Prairie Centre boys hockey postponed for tonight, make up date 1/26/26.
The Prairie Centre boys hockey team has a game against Wadena/Deer Creek at the Long Prairie Arena at 7:00. Two teams in Section 6A.
Prairie Centre (6-1) W/DC (1-6)
Section 6A hockey.

Wresting at Rockford canceled.
The Defenders boys wrestling team will have triangular at Rockford starting at 5:00.
Rockford will have a live stream, click here.

Melrose gymnastics postponed for tonight.
The Melrose gymnastics team will compete at Long Prairie Eagle at 6:00.

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

Boys basketball 12/16/25

The Morris boys basketball team won at home over Melrose 79-42. Morris led at the half 36-25.
For Melrose, Teague Dusha 11, Riley Elfering 10.

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team won at West Central 75-67.
For Sauk Centre: Jacob Drevlow 33, Jay McLellan 16, Carter Nelson 10, Will Messer 8.
Other boys basketball:
Montevideo over Minnewaska 68-52
Annandale over Litchfield 80-55
More boys basketball.

Sauk Centre girls basketball 12/16/25

In girls basketball Tuesday, West Centre won at the Sauk Centre gym 57-55.
For Sauk Centre, Elly Herickhoff 18, Kahlen Suelflow and Peyton Borgman with 12 each, Paige Determan 10.
Other girls basketball:
Albany over Morris 57-47
Minnewaska over Paynesville 74-36
Lakeview over Montevideo 69-31
Royalton over Upsala 72-39
More girls basketball.

Prairie Centre hockey 12/16/25

A shut out win for the Prairie Center boys hockey team. Prairie Centre beat Mora 7-0.
Scoring: Leyton Fuchs 2, Bentley Ritter 2, James Rieland, Alex Trierweiler and Sawyer Deters. Noah Zinneal with the shut out in goal.
PC game summary.
More boys hockey scores.

In girls hockey: It was Litchfield over Prairie Centre 15-0.
More girls hockey.

Prairie Centre boys coach Chad Wehrman.

Fusion boys swim dive 12/16/25

Another win for the Fusion boys swimming and diving team. This time over Princeton 113-73.
Fusion meet results, click here.

Fusion coach Nathan Meyer.

Defenders girls wrestling 12/16/25

The Defenders girls wrestling was at Brainerd Tuesday.
Defenders over Mora 39-36
Individuals results.
Team scores.
Individual scores.

Tuesday sports 12/16/25

West Central Conference boys basketball has the Melrose boys playing at Morris. The JV game starts at 5:45, the varsity about 7:15.
Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS. The varsity also on 105.5 FM radio.
Melrose BBB highlights.
Morris BBB highlights.
Melrose (1-2 WCC 1-1) Morris (4-0 WCC 1-0)
West Central Conference boys.
Section 6AA boys basketball.
State basketball rankings.

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team will play at West Central at about 7:15 Tuesday.
West Central will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre BBB highlights.
West Central BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (2-1 WCC 1-0)
West Central (2-1 WCC 1-0)

Girls basketball has the Sauk Centre girls at home vs West Central at 7:15.
Sauk Centre will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre GBB highlights.
West Central GBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (3-1 WCC 0-1) West Central (2-1 WCC 1-1)
West Central Conference girls.
Section 6AA girls.
State rankings girls basketball.

The Prairie Centre boys hockey team will play Mora at the Sauk Centre Arena at 7:00.
Prairie Centre (5-1) Mora (2-6)
Section 6A boys hockey standings.
Section 6A boys hockey report.

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team will play Litchfield at the Long Prairie rink at 7:00.
Prairie Centre (0-8) Litchfield (3-5)
Section 6A girls.

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team will have at meet at Princeton. Note start time 5:30.
Princeton will have a live stream, click here.

The Defenders girls wrestling team has a quad at Brainerd starting at 5:00.

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

MIDMNSPORTS 12/15/25

This week on MIDMNSPORTS:
Tuesday: Melrose boys basketball at Morris.
Thursday: Sauk Centre boys basketball at home vs Annandale.
Friday: Prairie Centre boys hockey vs Worthington.

Melrose gymnastics 12/13/25

The Melrose gymnastics team took 1st place at the Brainerd Invitational on Saturday with 142.750.
Team results.
Individual results.

Defenders boys 12/13/25

The Sauk Centre Defenders boys wrestling team took 8th place at the Maple Grove Invitational out of 11 teams.
152 Noah Christen 2nd, 160 Rylan Pallow 3rd, 172 Ben Friedrichs 3rd, 107 Brock Friedrichs 4th, 215 Jonny Lara 6th.
Team scores.
Individuals.

Prairie Centre girls 12/13/25

The Prairie Centre girls played Saturday, Windom won the game 4-1.
More girls hockey scores.

Saturday sports 12/13/25

The Melrose gymnastics team will compete at the Brainerd Invitational starting at 11:00 AM.

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team has a game vs Windom at the Sauk Centre Arena at 1:00.
Prairie Centre (0-7) Windom (3-8)
Section 6A girls hockey.

The Defenders boys wrestling team will be a Maple Grove at 9:00 AM.

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

Girls basketball 12/12/25

Girls basketball final:
Minnewaska over Sauk Centre 56-44
Sauk Centre scoring: Elly Herickhoff 19, Kahlen Suelflow 15.
West Central over Melrose 53-29
Other girls basketball:
BOLD over Montevideo 114-21
Osakis over Morris 50-29
Little Falls over Albany 64-49
Royalton over Eden Valley Watkins 77-34
More girls basketball scores.
Boys basketball scores.

Prairie Centre boys 12/12/25

Boys hockey final: Becker/Big Lake over Prairie Centre 7-3.
Scoring: Alex Trierweiler, Jace Chalice, Hagen Brunkhorst.
PC game summary.
More boys hockey scores.

PC coach Chad Wehrman.

Defenders girls 12/12/25

The Sauk Centre/Melrose Defenders girls wrestling team took 1st place at the West Central Invitational with 328 points.
Team scoring, click here.
Individual results.

Friday sports 12/12/25

It's a big game in the West Central Conference in girls basketball as the Sauk Centre girls play at home vs Minnewaska. The JV game is at 5:45, varsity at about 7:15. Both games on MIDMNSPORTS, the varsity also on 105.5 FM radio.
Sauk Centre (3-0 WCC 0-0) Minnewaska (3-1 WCC 1-1)
West Central Conference.
Section 6AA girls basketball.
State basketball rankings.

The Melrose girls basketball team has a WCC game at home vs West Central at about 7:15.
Melrose will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose (1-2 WCC 0-1) West Central (1-1 WCC 0-1)

It's another game for the Prairie Centre boys hockey team, this time vs Becker/Big Lake in Princeton at 7:15.
Prairie Centre (5-0) Becker/Big Lake (4-2)

The Defenders girls wrestling team will be at West Central starting at 3:00.

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team will play Morris/Benson Area in Long Prairie at 6:00.
Prairie Centre (0-7) MBA (1-6)

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

Boys basketball 12/11/25

The Sauk Centre boys basketball led the whole game and beat BOLD 66-34. Sauk Centre led at the half 40-19.
Sauk Centre scoring: Jacob Drevlow 19, EJ Speidel and Will Messer with 10 each.

It was West Central winning at Melrose 54-53. It was tied 30-30 at half.
Melrose scoring: Teague Dusha 12, Brecken Elfering and Carson Theiler with 11 each, Zach Rieland and Riley Elfering with 8 apiece.
Other boys basketball scores:
Morris over Montevideo 68-66
Barnesville over Minnewaska 74-54
St. Cloud Cathedral over Royalton 91-56
Holdingford over Little Falls 73-36
Albany over Annandale 67-55
More boys basketball scores.

Defenders boys 12/11/25

The Defenders boys wrestling team went 1-1 at Minnewaska.
Sauk Centre/Melrose over Morris 47-29. Minnewaska over Sauk Centre/Melrose 40-36.
Wrestling results.

Prairie Centre boys 12/11/25

A big win for the Prairie Centre boys hockey team. Prairie Centre won at Breckenridge/Wahpeton 5-3.
Scoring: James Rieland 2, Leyton Fuchs, Bentley Ritter, Alex Trierweiler.
More boys hockey scores.

PC coach Chad Wehrman.

Fusion swim-dive 12/11/25

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team beat Dassel Cokato 109-73.
A new diving record was set by Andrew Stalboerger.
Fusion meet results.

Fusion coach James Schreiner.

Thursday sports 12/11/25

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team will play their first West Central Conference game at home Thursday night vs BOLD. The JV game is at 5:45, the varsity at about 7:15. Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS, the varsity also on 105.5 FM radio. Click on Live broadcast in the upper left to watch.
Sauk Centre BBB highlights.
BOLD BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (1-1) BOLD (0-2 WCC 0-1)
West Central Conference.
Section 6AA boys basketball.
Basketball State rankings.

It's a West Central Conference game for the Melrose boys basketball team. Melrose will play at home vs West Central at about 7:15. Melrose will have a live stream, click here to watch.
Melrose BBB highlights.
West Central BBB highlights.
Melrose (1-1 WCC 1-0) West Central (1-1)

The Prairie Centre boys hockey team has a big game at Breckenridge/Wahpeton at 7:00 Thursday.
Prairie Centre (4-0) Breck/Wahp (1-3)
Section 6A boys hockey.
Section 6A boys hockey report.

The Defenders boys wrestling team will be at Minnewaska starting at 5:00.

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team will take on Dassel Cokato at the Melrose pool at 6:00.

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

Tuesday sports 12/9/25

The Melrose girls basketball game vs Osakis has been postponed for tonight because of the weather. The game will be played 1/19/26.
The Sauk Centre girls basketball game vs West Central has been postponed. The game will be played 12/16/25.
The Melrose boys basketball game at Spectrum has been postponed. The game will be played 2/10/26.
The Fusion swimming meet with Sartell has been canceled.
The Melrose gymnastics meet at Maple Lake has been postponed.
The Prairie Centre girls hockey game at Northern Lakes has been postponed.

Two girls basketball teams in Section 6AA will meet Tuesday night as the Melrose girls play at home vs Osakis. There will not be a JV game, the 9th grade game will be at 5:45 with the varsity game at about 7:15. Both games will be on MIDMNSPORTS, the varsity game also on 105.5 FM radio.
Melrose (1-2) Osakis (1-1)
Section 6AA girls basketball.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play at home in their first West Central Conference game vs West Central. JV at 5:45, varsity at about 7:15.
Sauk Centre will have a live stream, click here to watch.
Sauk Centre (3-0) West Central (1-1 WCC 0-1)
West Central Conference.
Basketball State rankings.

The Melrose boys basketball team has a non conference game at Spectrum Tuesday night at about 7:00. Two teams in Section 6AA.
Spectrum has a pay per view for a live stream, click here for more information.
Melrose (1-1) Spectrum (2-0)
Section 6AA boys basketball.

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team will have a meet vs Sartell at the Melrose pool at 6:00.

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team has a game at Northern Lakes at 7:00. To watch the live stream, click here.
Prairie Centre (0-7) Northern Lakes (2-4-1)
Section 6A girls hockey.

The Melrose gymnastics team will be competing at Maple Lake at 6:00.

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

MIDMNSPORTS 12/8/25

This week on MIDMNSPORTS
Tuesday: Melrose girls basketball at home vs Osakis
Thursday: Sauk Centre boys basketball at home vs BOLD
Friday: Sauk Centre girls basketball at home vs Minnewaska

Melrose gymnastics 12/6/25

The Melrose gymnastics team competed at Perham Saturday. Melrose placed 4th out of the 8 teams with 141.55.
Meet results, click here.

Prairie Centre girls 12/6/25

In girls hockey Saturday, Princeton over Prairie Centre 8-1.
More girls hockey scores.

Saturday sports 12/6/25

The Melrose gymnastics team will be competing at Perham Saturday.

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team has a game at Princeton Saturday at 3:00.
Prairie Centre (0-6) Princeton (4-5)

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

Boys basketball 12/5/25

The Melrose boys basketball team played at home Friday night, Albany won the game 57-48.
Melrose had Brady Goihl 20 points, 13 rebounds, Teague Dusha and Riley Elfering with 8 each.

The Sauk Centre basketball team won at Legacy 70-58.
For Sauk Centre, Jacob Drevlow 22, Will Messer 11, EJ Speidel 9 and Kendall Bennett 9.
Other boys basketball:
Morris over Osakis 66-56
Mora over Crosby Ironton 84-34
More boys basketball.

Girls basketball 12/5/25

The Morris girls basketball team made a game winning shot at the buzzer to defeat Melrose 58-56.
Melrose had Kaitlyn Klasen with 17 points, Aubrey Funk 12, Lexi Beste 9 and Aleah Funk 8.

The Sauk Centre girls up their record to 3-0 with a win at Legacy 73-55.
For Sauk Centre, Elly Herickhoff 24 points, Paige Determan 19 and Nya Thieschafer 12.
Other girls basketball:
Minnewaska over Montevideo 86-33
Bold over West Central 61-32
More girls basketball.