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Buccaneer girls lose to the Jaguars

After being tied 34-34 after the first 18 minutes of play, the Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther Jaguars outscored the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers 35-17 in the second half of play to pocket a 69-51 victory in girls basketball on Monday, Feb. 16. One of the deciding factors in the ...

Longhorns ousted from Section Tourney

The Maple River/United South Central Longhorns wrestling team came close to winning their preliminary match in the Section 2AA Team Wrestling Tournament which was held at Maple River High School. But, in the end they fell 37-35 to Glencoe-Siver Lake/Lester Prairie on Thursday, Feb. 12. The ...

USC girls pick up win against Grand Meadow

The United South Central Rebels’ girls basketball team traveled to Kasson on Tuesday, Feb. 17, for their final regular season game of the year. USC lost to Kasson-Mantorville by a score of 79 to 50. Next up for the Rebel girls is the Section 2A Tournament. The Rebels are the 11th seed ...

BEA wins the battle of the Buccaneers

It was a battle of the Buccaneers when the Bucs of Blue Earth Area traveled north on Feb. 17 to do battle with the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Buccaneers. WEM owned a one-point lead at 35-34 at the end of the first half but BEA rallied to triumph over WEM 64-56. The host team expanded ...

Gymnasts are Gold Division Champions

The BEA/USC gymnastics team closed out their regular season as gold division champions, defeating Waseca at an away meet on Thursday, Feb. 5 before their rematch with Worthington at home on Saturday, Feb. 7. Worthington 140.7, BEA/USC 139.225 It was an incredibly tight battle between ...

Cyclones get by BEA girls in basketball

A very talented St. Clair girls basketball team came to Blue Earth on Monday, Feb. 9, to take on the Buccaneers in a non-conference contest. The Cyclones, who came into the game with a record of 17 wins and three losses, went home with their 18th victory of the season after defeating the Bucs ...

Bucs take fourth at Springfield Invite

The Blue Earth Area Buccaneers finished in fourth place out of 11 teams competing in the Springfield Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Feb. 6. Benson won the tourney with 175 points followed by St. James-Madelia in second place with 156.5 and Wabasso finishing third with 136. The Bucs ...

MR/USC Longhorns go 1-1 at triangular

The Maple River/United South Central Longhorns wrestling team took part in a triangular on Thursday, Feb. 5. They wrestled both New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva – and won big – and Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Southland – and lost a heartbreaking tiebreaker by one point. MR/USC ...

Buccaneer boys halt the Chargers

Minnesota Valley Lutheran and Blue Earth Area have played some memorable boys basketball games over the years. The two teams renewed their rivalry in Blue Earth on Feb. 10 and had very similar records coming into the game. The Chargers entered the contest with a 14-6 record while the Bucs’ ...

St. Clair defeats USC in boys basketball

The United South Central boys basketball team took on St. Clair on Tuesday night Feb. 10 and the Cyclones lived up to their name as they blew past the Rebels 75-43. While the second half was pretty competitive, with St. Clair outscoring USC just 28 to 23, the first half had the Cyclones ...