Owatonna Basketball Teams Top Mankato West Tuesday

The Owatonna High School boys won 61-49 at home while the girls pulled away for a 70-56 win. OHS gymnastics had another solid night scoring 145.5.

The Owatonna boys basketball team completed a season sweep of Mankato West 61-49 to go with a 25-point win earlier this season. On Tuesday, the Huskies trailed at the half but held the Scarlets to 15 points in the second half. Alex Emanuelson scored 22. Mason Thein added 21. Owatonna (12-7 overall, 9-6 Big Nine) hosts top-10-ranked Rochester JM Saturday afternoon at 3PM.

Owatonna's girls basketball team beat Mankato West 70-56 with four players in double figures. Syd Schultz scored 20 points and collected 19 rebounds. Carli Langeland had 17 points. Jenna Zeman and Rachel Williamson had 12 apiece. Owatonna (10-6, 8-4) plays at conference co-leader Rochester JM Saturday at 3PM on KRFO AM 1390.

The Huskies gymnastics team, which set a school record with a 149.4 Saturday at Park of Cottage Grove, scored 145.5 Tuesday while beating No. 9A Austin and remaining unbeaten in Big Nine competition.

Scoreboard for Tuesday, January 26
Boys basketball
Owatonna 61, Mankato West 49
Blooming Prairie 53, Medford 49
Maple River 59, NRHEG 42
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 81, Triton 78 (OT)
Mankato East 52, Faribault 50
Faribault BA 76, JWP 54
WEM 90, USC 52

Girls basketball
Owatonna 70, Mankato West 56
Blooming Prairie 35, Medford 30
NRHEG 58, Maple River 53
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 62, Triton 33
WEM 49, USC 40
Mankato East 52, Faribault 51 (OT)
Faribault Bethlehem Academy 67, JWP 51

Boys hockey
Owatonna 6, Albert Lea 2
Faribault 2, Dodge County 0
LHSP 3, Mankato East 1
South St. Paul 5, Red Wing 3

Girls hockey
(tie) Dodge County 0, Totino-Grace 0
Waseca 5, Fairmont 1

Junior hockey
Steele County Blades 4, Decatur 2