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Anderson reaches 1,000 varsity career points
Blue Earth Area Buccaneer standout Cameron Anderson hit two 3-pointers early in the Bucs’ game against Jackson County Central last Monday night to eclipse the 1,000 point scoring mark for his varsity basketball career. Anderson finished with 13 points and the Bucs defeated the Huskies 92-50. ...
Buccaneer boys trounce Huskies
Blue Earth Area’s Cameron Anderson entered last Monday’s basketball game against Jackson County Central needing to score five points to reach 1,000 career points in his varsity career. The senior forward drained two 3-pointers in the opening two minutes of the game to accomplish that task ...
BEA hits the mat for two more wins
The Blue Earth Area wrestling team improved their record to 5-0 with two wins on Tuesday, Jan. 26, when they played host to the Westfield Razorbacks and the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Area Knights in a triangular meet. BEA defeated both schools while LCWM defeated Westfield in the other ...
Rebel wrestlers improve record to 4-1
The United South Central Rebel wrestling team continued its winning ways with a very close victory over the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers on Thursday, Jan. 21. The final score was USC 38, NRHEG 36. The win came despite the Rebels giving up five forfeits. Kolt Bullerman got ...
Gymnasts fall to BSC opponents
The Blue Earth Area gymnastics team held their second meet of the year on Tuesday, Jan. 26, when they played host to the New Ulm Eagles. Although New Ulm won the meet by a score of 130.3 to 124.175, Buccaneers head coach Rachel Cole said there were some positive things to take away from her ...
Bucs rally to defeat the Cardinals
The Blue Earth Area Buccaneers rallied from a one-point deficit at half time to defeat the Fairmont Cardinals 34-31 in a game played in Fairmont on Thursday, Jan. 28. Trailing 20-19 to begin the second half, the Bucs outscored their I-90 rivals 15-11 in the final 18 minutes to go home with the ...
Shooting woes trouble Rebel girls
Cold shooting woes sunk the United South Central Rebels when they faced off against the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers last Tuesday night, Jan. 26. The Rebel girls shot just 17 percent from the floor, while the Panthers were 26 percent from 2-point range and 34 percent from ...
USC boys win, improve record to 3-1
The United South Central Rebels boys basketball team made it two wins in a row when they downed the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers 55-43 on Tuesday, Jan. 26, in Wells. It was the first meeting of the year for the Gopher Conference rivals and the win improved USC’s overall ...
BEA boys win two to start season
The Blue Earth Area Buccaneers boys basketball team traveled to Truman on Monday, Jan. 18, to take on the Truman/Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain Jaguars in a non-conference contest. The Bucs took a 32-26 half time lead and then outscored the Jaguars 34-25 in the second half to pocket ...
Girls lose one, win one to begin year
Three Buccaneer girls reached double figures in scoring and Blue Earth Area held on to defeat the Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Martin Luther/Truman Jaguars 51-47 in basketball action in Blue Earth on Monday, Jan. 18. BEA’s Arika Howard led all players with 18 points. Senior teammates Téa ...