Redwood Valley will provide the opposition for both the Jackson County Central girls and boys basketball teams Friday. The girls will host the Cardinals while the boys will play in Redwood Falls.
JCC’s girls have a 7-4 record after an 81-70 loss at Fairmont Tuesday. Rylie Cother scored 36 points and Kylee Wenzel 21 for the Huskies.
Redwood is 6-3 heading into a Thursday night home game vs. Springfield (5-5).
Jackson County Central’s boys are 5-3, while the Cardinals are 8-1 with the loss coming 69-59 to New London-Spicer on Dec. 14. Redwood has won four straight since including winning two games at the Willmar Holiday Tournament, beating Dassel-Cokato 73-65 in the championship game.
JCC won 67-47 at Fairmont Tuesday with three players scoring in double figures. Ben Gallagher scored 16 points, Roman Voss 15 in his first game of the season and Grant Freking scored 13.
Both Jackson County Central teams have a bit of a break after Friday.
The girls host future Big South Conference foe Belle Plaine on Friday, Jan. 12, while the boys are off until playing at Luverne on Tuesday, Jan. 16.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Girls basketball standings
Blue Pod
Fairmont 3-0
Jackson County Central 2-1
Blue Earth Area 0-2
Waseca 0-2
Red Pod
Windom 2-0
Redwood Valley 2-1
Luverne 1-2
St. James Area 1-1
Pipestone 0-2
White Pod
Marshall 2-0
St. Peter 2-0
New Ulm 0-2
Worthington 0-2
Pod games only
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Tues., Nov. 28: Blue Earth Area, W 77-56
Fri., Dec. 1: Pipestone, W 71-46
Tues., Dec. 5: St. James Area, W 81-53
Fri., Dec. 8: at Estherville Lincoln Central, L 63-34
Tues., Dec. 12: at Luverne, W 71-61
Thurs., Dec. 14: Windom, W 63-53
Fri., Dec. 15: at Waseca, W 57-40
Thurs., Dec. 21: Worthington, L 80-79
Wed., Dec. 27: Marshall at SMSU, L 64-34
Thurs., Dec. 28: MACCRAY at SMSU, W 54-48
Tues., Jan. 2: at Fairmont, L 81-70
Fri., Jan. 5: Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 12: Belle Plaine, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 16: Luverne, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 19: at Pipestone, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 23: at Blue Earth Area, 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 26: Waseca, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 30: at Worthington, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 2: at Windom, 7:15 p.m.
Mon, Feb. 5: Fairmont, 6 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 9: at Marshall, 7:15 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 10: Caledonia, 4 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 13: at Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 15: at St. Clair, 5:45 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 17: at BSC Crossover, Blue Earth
Mon., Feb. 19: BSC Championship
Tues., Feb. 20: Tri-City United, 7:15 p.m.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Boys basketball standings
Blue Pod
Jackson County Central 3-0
Blue Earth Area 1-1
Waseca 1-1
Fairmont 0-3
Red Pod
Redwood Valley 3-0
Pipestone 2-0
Luverne 1-2
St. James Area 0-2
Windom 0-2
White Pod
New Ulm 2-0
Marshall 1-1
Worthington 1-1
St. Peter 0-2
Pod games only
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Fri., Dec. 1: at Blue Earth Area, W 67-65
Mon., Dec. 4: at Martin County West, W 81-48
Fri., Dec. 8: at Estherville Lincoln Central, L 65-54
Tues., Dec. 12: Luverne, L 68-47
Fri., Dec. 15: Waseca, W 87-71
Thurs., Dec. 21: at Windom, W 97-80
Fri., Dec. 29: Montevideo at SMSU, W 71-70
Sat., Dec. 30: Marshall at SMSU, L 73-58
Tues., Jan. 2: at Fairmont, W 67-47
Fri., Jan. 5: at Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 16: at Luverne, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 19: Pipestone, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 23: Blue Earth Area, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 26: at Waseca, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 27: Windom, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 30: Worthington, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 1: Maple River, 7:15 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 3: at St. James Area, 7:15 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 5: Fairmont, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 9: Marshall, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 13: Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 16: at Pipestone, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 22: at New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 24: BSC Crossover, Redwood Falls
Mon., Feb. 26: BSC Championship