Maple Lake shows grit in conference losses

By Brenda Erdahl, Sports Editor

The Maple Lake girls’ basketball team continued to show improvement last week despite losses to two Central Minnesota Conference foes. Maple Lake 48, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 69 The Irish traveled to B-B-E to take on the 7th in Class A ranked Jaguars on Tuesday, Jan. 14. This was the teams’ second meeting, and the Irish were looking forward to a rematch from an earlier season game that saw the Jaguars overpower the Maple Lake squad. Determined to match B-B-E’s intensity, the Irish played a tough zone defense and forced B-B-E to work for nearly every basket in the first half.

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