Jaguars win shootout in overtime vs. BOLD (VIDEOS, UPDATED*)

The game was up for grabs until the last 2 seconds were on the clock in overtime. Once 40 minutes of cutthroat, run-and-gun basketball was complete, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team had an 87-81 win to their credit over the BOLD Warriors.

At halftime, the Jaguars held a 48-37 lead. Through regulation play, the score was tied 78-78. BOLD's Erika Martinson, 5'6" sophomore guard, swished a three-pointer at the top of the key with 5 seconds left in the second half to force overtime. With 3:48 left in the second half, Martinson drained a corner three-pointer that lifted BOLD on top 70-68. That field goal was her first of the game, and she finished with 11 points.

The game had a slow start, and the Jaguars led 5-3 two minutes into the first half.

With 14:26 left, Teagan Dingmann's three-pointer put the Jaguars ahead 10-5. The Warriors gained a 12-10 lead, but Reese Kampsen scored with 13 minutes left to tie the score. BOLD led 18-14 and then 20-16 with 10 minutes to go.

Back-to-back three-pointers by Macey Roering made it a 30-25 lead for B-B-E, and they expanded that to a 43-30 advantage with Kacey Fischer's fastbreak bucket at the 1:55 mark.

I've got some extensive notes to work through.

Here's a video featuring the start of the game:


It was a WILD second half...
The Jaguars looked good in the first minute out of the locker room. Tiffany Dingmann's three-pointer extended their lead to 51-37 with 17:25 left. BOLD's Martinson responded with a three-pointer with 16:09 left, and the Warriors were on an 11-0 run that took 2 1/2 minutes of game time. With 13:02 left, Macey Roering knocked down an off-balance 12-foot shot to for a 53-48 lead.

Back-to-back shots from Mya Worms and Reese Kampsen made it 57-50 with 11:10 left. Just 2 minutes later, BOLD's leading scorer, sophomore Lilly Henriksen, cashed two bonus free throws to cut B-B-E's lead to 59-56. Roering's layup with 8:34 left gave the Jaguars a two-possession lead, and shots in the paint from Kamie Fischer and Worms pushed the lead to 67-58 with 7:15 left. The Jaguars went into a cold spell, while the Warriors used a 12-1 run to gain a 70-68 lead after Martinson's first field goal of the game with 3:48 left.

Martinson drained her second three-pointer of regulation with 66 seconds left which put BOLD ahead 75-74. Tiffany Dingmann's fastbreak shot on a terrific assist from Teagan Dingmann made for another lead change before the Warriors tied it at 78-78 to lead to overtime.

Here's action from the second half of regulation:


And! Here's a lengthy video featuring the last 2 minutes of the second half.

Second half action, as regulation play ends:


In overtime, Mya Worms scored in the paint with 3 minutes to go for an 81-78 lead. The Warriors got 2 double bonus free throws with 1:59 left, and they tied the game with one free throw with 1:44 to go. Kacey Fischer made a field goal with 1:35 left, and Worms scored a cleanup shot in the paint for an 84-81 lead.

B-B-E had strong 42 percent field goal shooting for the game. Two Jaguars had double doubles: Kacey Fischer (25 points, 14 rebounds) and Macey Roering (19 points, 10 rebounds). Reese Kampsen had 7 points off the bench.

BOLD, who was 4-1 coming into the game, is a contender in Section 2A. Sophomore guard Lilly Henriksen led all scorers with 33 points.

There's no time to rest, as the Jaguars have a big Central Minnesota Conference game coming tomorrow night at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. **NOTE: the tip-off of the varsity girls' basketball game in Grove City is at 5:30 p.m. The JV game will follow that at about 7 p.m. The Falcons are 2-3 overall and 0-1 in the CMC; in their latest game, which was on Monday in Grove City, the Falcons lost 44-34 to Kimball Area.

In girls' hockey news...
In girls' hockey action tonight, the River Lakes Stars lost 3-0 to the St. Cloud Crush in Paynesville. The Stars are now 5-4-1 overall and 2-1-1 in the Central Lakes Conference. They travel to Fergus Falls next Tuesday for a big CLC game against the first-place Otters. Fergus Falls and Alexandria are tied for first in the CLC with 3-0 records.

According to the latest statistics I see at the Star Tribune hockey hub, B-B-E sophomore Lillian Thompson has played goalie for River Lakes in all 10 games. She's logged 518 minutes and faced 302 shots on goal. She's recorded 272 saves for a 90.1 percent save rate.

Have you checked out the forecast? Even tomorrow looks crazy! Once the sun rises on Friday, the temperature will slowly drop to below zero. We have a brutally cold weekend coming our way. I was delayed in blogging tonight after spending about a half hour shoveling snow away from our parking areas on the street and by our sidewalk.

A quick shout out to Jane Fauskee and her Hopeful Hills Ranch business in Gilchrist Township! She has a big Christmas Sale and open house this weekend at her ranch. Her business website is: https://www.hopefulhillsranchalpacas.com/farm-and-herd.

Area girls' basketball scores on December 11:
Osakis 51, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 18
Milaca 75, Upsala 51
Hutchinson 47, Annandale 32
Pierz 67, Upsala 58
Breckenridge 81, Border West 32
Pine River-Backus 85, Blackduck 47
Nicollet 67, Renville County West 47
Benson 64, Dawson-Boyd 53
Brainerd 63, Willmar 59
Alexandria 55, Fergus Falls 46
Underwood 65, Parkers Prairie 34
Sartell-St. Stephen 72, St. Cloud Crush 19
Breckenridge 81, Border West 32
Hancock 57, Canby 50
Lac qui Parle Valley 54, Wabasso 51
Central MN Christian 86, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 74

Area boys' basketball scores on December 11:
Sauk Centre 66, BOLD 34
Barnesville 74, Minnewaska Area 54
Albany 67, Annandale 55
New London-Spicer 73, Redwood Valley 72
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 68, Montevideo 66
Rothsay 98, Parkers Prairie 67
Holdingford 73, Little Falls 36
Willmar 58, Sauk Rapids-Rice 54
Browerville 81, St. John's Prep 44
Hancock 61, Border West 60
Osakis 60, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 35
West Central Area 54, Melrose Area 53
Ashby 64, Brandon-Evansville 44
St. Cloud Cathedral 91, Royalton 56
K-M-S 69, MACCRAY 43
Central MN Christian 74, LQPV 27
Dawson-Boyd 89, Ortonville 51

GAME NIGHT! against the Warriors (UPDATES)

The preliminary games are in the book for tonight's home action against the BOLD Warriors. The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team is looking to get past their tough two-point loss to Brandon-Evansville on Saturday. Their home game on Tuesday was snowed out. In tonight's C-squad game, the Jaguars won a nailbiter by a 37-35 score. That B-B-E squad is now 2-0. In the JV game, the Warriors won 46-40. The Jaguars trailed 38-31 with just over 7 minutes left, and they cut that to 42-40 with under a minute to go.

The varsity game's tip-off should be at about 7:20 p.m.

HALFTIME: B-B-E 48, BOLD 37. Kacey Fischer has 15 points to lead a balanced attack in the first half, while Macey Roering has 12 points. The Warriors have two heavy scorers with 19 (No. 2) and 14 points.

In the second half...the Jaguars went up 51-37 after Tiffany Dingmann's three-pointer, but the Warriors scored 11 unanswered points for a 51-48 score. With 13:02 left, Macey Roering scored to break the drought and make it a 53-48 lead.

Emf of regulator: it's tied 78-all. The final score will be posted in a new blog post.

It's cold outside (VIDEOS)

We're in the single digits tonight as the temperatures head towards zero. An Alberta Clipper has added around 5 inches of snow in the past 36 hours while ushering in bitter cold.

The mood was bright at the Women's Expo on Saturday...even as The Grinch made his appearance!


Brooten was buzzing with activity all day and into the evening on Saturday. It was a wonderful time.

A short web article has been posted online at the Bonanza Valley Voice website providing a review of Santa Day in Brooten. Click here to see that: BrootenSantaDay2025. Attached to the web article is a video from Brooten's lighted Christmas parade.

And now it's Thursday...
If you didn't know already, traveling on rural roads is tricky. Multiple stretches of Highway 55 around Brooten and Belgrade are coated with stubborn and dangerous ice patches. Please travel lightly!

Tonight: the girls' basketball team hosts BOLD in a non-conference game. The C-squad game starts at 4:30 p.m.

Also at the Bonanza Valley Voice website, a wrestling article was posted. An attached video features action from the 215-pound match against BOLD on December 2. Here's a link to see that: BBEwrestlingDecember2.

Christmas caroling on Main Street...and the weather! (VIDEO, UPDATES*)

B-B-E schools dismissed classes and let students out at 11:15 a.m. today. Two separate bands of snowfall wreaked havoc across the area, the latter hitting us between 3 and 5 p.m. No evening activities are taking place.

Here's a Christmas caroling video from last Friday at the Belgrade Bakery:


The B-B-E 6th grade Class of 2032 students had a shopping excursion last Friday afternoon. The gifts, purchased by donated funds, are being gathered for local families in need. Additional coverage is coming in the Bonanza Valley Voice.

Time to get back to the newspaper.

Tuesday night updates:
B-B-E schools has announced that school will start 2 hours late on Wednesday, December 10.

The River Lakes Stars girls' hockey team earned a 3-1 win on Saturday in Cloquet against the co-op team of Cloquet/Esko/Carlton. The Stars are 5-3 overall (2-0 Central Lakes College) and host the St. Cloud Crush (5-2) on Thursday this week in Paynesville at 7 p.m.

Tonight's boys' basketball game that was supposed to be at Long Prairie has been rescheduled to January 26.

Tuesday activities could be scratched out by the weather (VIDEO)

It's too early to know for sure, but it's looking dicey on whether or not varsity activities will take place on Tuesday night. The forecast looks rough! Sleet/rain/snow is supposed to hit our area in the afternoon before temperatures plunge below the 32-degree mark. The forecast calls for 3 to 5 inches of sleet and snow with 20-30 mph winds coming in the evening.

Here's the first video I recorded during the Brooten Santa Day event on Saturday:


In local business news...
Be sure to get these events on your calendar...customers of our community banks of Bonanza Valley State Bank and Kensington Bank are invited to their Christmas open house events. Read more by clicking here: BankChristmasEvents.

An exciting win and a tough, tough loss (VIDEOS*, updates)

Two varsity games played out today with vastly differing styles.

In the first varsity game, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team evened their record at 1-1 with a blowout win over Brandon-Evansville. In the opening minutes of the second half, the Jaguars expanded a 38-31 lead to a 17-point margin. Final: B-B-E 68, Brandon-Evansville 51. The Jaguars lost 66-42 last Tuesday in their season opener at Minnewaska Area.

The Chargers boys' basketball team fell to 1-2 overall.

Both of B-B-E's JV squads defeated Brandon-Evansville. For the boys' JV team, they overcame a double-digit deficit. In the final minute, sophomore Walker Winter put the Jaguars ahead with a three-pointer. He later sank 2 free throws to give the Jaguars the win.

In the varsity boys game, the Jaguars played with great intensity and hustle after halftime. Coach Rambow was able to utilize multiple reserves down the stretch after the lead approached 20 points. It was a great team win. They are set to travel to Long Prairie next Tuesday, but the weather may change that.

On the girls' basketball side...
Brutal, ice-cold shooting cost the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team a shot at a 3-0 start to the season today. After holding a 26-19 halftime lead, the Jaguars went stone cold from the floor in a 50-48 loss to Brandon-Evansville. Down 50-46 late in the game, Kamie Fischer made two bonus free throws. The Jaguars fought to the bitter end, but a last-second field goal shot was thwarted by physical play with no foul called.

In the second half, the Jaguars launched 35 field goal attempts, but just 7 went through the basket. Their overall field goal shooting was a dismal 26 percent.

The Chargers girls' basketball team improved to 3-1 overall. They were coming off of a 74-62 loss last night to visiting Hancock in a Little Eight Conference game.

The C-squad girls' basketball team won their season opener by defeating the Chargers 28-16.

It's hard to say when the next basketball games will take place. The current forecast calls for 3 to 5 inches of snow on Tuesday. On the home front (or rather, office front) I have 16 videos to go over from today and at least 300 pictures taken from multiple events. It was a crazy, crazy busy Saturday.

Here's a video from the second half of the boys' basketball game today:


Here's a video featuring Coach Anderson speaking about the Hoops For Hope fundraiser:


The Hoops For Hope Foundation was started in 2006. Its offical website is: https://www.hoopsforhopefoundation.com.

*Here's a video added on Sunday that has the tip-off and opening minutes of the girls' basketball game:


In wrestling news...
At the Parkers Prairie triangular on Thursday night, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team fell to 2-3 overall with a 61-9 loss to Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg followed by a 54-24 loss to Parkers Prairie/Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale. In the other dual on Thursday night, PP/BH/V lost 34-32 to K-M-S. The wrestling team's next action is on the home mats on Friday, December 12 with a Central Minnesota Conference triangular. The other teams are Paynesville and Kimball.

In other news...
The Brooten Santa Day events were a smashing success! The turnout was remarkable. Huge crowds gathered at both Lucky Shots Bowling Alley and across the street at the KaDe Shack. For the lighted Christmas parade, Main Street was packed end to end with vehicles.

Earlier today, Elrosa hosted a terrific Santa Day at the Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic church basement.

That's all I've got for this blog post tonight. Church is at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. It's time to call it a day.

Coming on Sunday: Grace Lutheran Church hosts a Christmas program at 2 p.m. that features music by The Porch Players from Kandiyohi County. Everyone is welcome! No admission charge!

In college volleyball news...
B-B-E Class of 2022 graduate Emily Kern saw her women's volleyball career come to a close on Saturday night in the Central Region Championship, which is the Division II Sweet 16 round. The winner of that match advances to the Elite 8 of the NCAA DII National Tournament. Kern was a senior defensive specialist for the St. Cloud State University Huskies, who won the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) tournament to advance to the national tournament.

In the Sweet 16 on Saturday, the No. 5-ranked SCSU Huskies faced No. 4-ranked and NSIC rival Concordia-St. Paul. The match was played at the Health and Sports Center at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. The Golden Bears avenged a loss in the NSIC tournament finals with a 3-2 win, which included a 15-10 win in game five. Kern had 16 digs and one set assist.

Today is Hoops For Hope day

Today, the Hoops For Hope cancer awareness fundraiser will be part of a long stretch of games at B-B-E high school. The JV teams (boys and girls) both start at noon. The B-B-E Jaguars are hosting Brandon-Evansville.

The C-squad boys' basketball game begins at 1:15 p.m. in the auxiliary gymnasium. The varsity boys' basketball team has a tip-off in the main gymnasium of 1:30 p.m. While that's taking place, the C-squad girls' basketball game starts at 2 p.m. in the auxiliary gymnasium. Finally, the varsity girls' basketball team faces Brandon-Evansville with tip-off at 3 p.m.

You all should be aware by now that the Brooten Santa Day activities start at 4 p.m. today. The poster will all activities on it was published on page 12 of the November 27 and December 4 Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper issues.

The River Lakes girls' hockey team is at Cloquet this afternoon. Their match just started at about 3 p.m.

Elrosa baseball party is tonight!

Don't forget about the Elrosa Saints baseball party at the bar and lounge tonight! All fans are invited!  This event will include meat raffles, and it starts at 6 p.m.

At Minnewaska tonight, the B-B-E/Paynesville Pirouettes dance team is competing in their season opener.

And here's a link to read about Brooten Santa Day, which is tomorrow! Click here: BrootenSantaDay2025.

And! Here's a video recorded this afternoon at Kensington Bank in Belgrade:


I'll write a little more on this blog post early tomorrow morning. Today has been a busy day, and it's just a preview of a super busy coming tomorrow.

Girls' basketball is on the radio; Jaguars hammer Cardinals

Smooth Magic 107 FM has the call tonight with Brady Erdmann covering the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team's game at Upsala. They broadcast on 107.1 FM on the radio and online at their website: https://www.kmgk1071.com. The Cardinals are 0-1 on the season after losing at home to their neighbors to the north, Little Falls, by a 70-33 score on Tuesday.

At halftime, the Jaguars are ahead 36-22. Tiffany Dingmann is leading the Jaguars with 10 points, and Mya Worms has scored 9 as the next top scorer.

B-B-E pounded on Upsala in the opening minutes of the second half. The Cardinals scored the first bucket after halftime, but the Jaguars scored 8 straight to go up 44-24. It was all B-B-E from that point on.

Final score: B-B-E 78, Upsala 43. The Jaguars (2-0) had 5 players in double figures! Other teams are going to have to pick their poison, because the Jaguars have multiple shooters on the floor at any given time. Excellent three-point shooting was a key to the win. The Jaguars connected on 8 out of 17 shots beyond the arc. Overall, they shot 43 percent on field goals while going 11-for-19 at the free throw line.

Next: the Jaguars host Brandon-Evansville on Saturday with games going all afternoon at the high school. It is a boys/girls doubleheader with the Chargers as the team also has their Hoops For Hope cancer awareness fundraiser.

The River Lakes Stars girls' hockey team has had a strong start to the 2025-2026 season. They currently hold a 4-3-1 overall record after an exciting 3-2 win at Sartell/Sauk Rapids-Rice on Tuesday in Sartell. This also raised their Central Lakes Conference record to 2-0. Next is a road game at Cloquet on Saturday.

Area girls' basketball scores on December 4:
Sauk Centre 53, Annandale 41
Albany 67, Royalton 64
Foley 71, Kimball Area 40
Braham 68, East Central 25
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 57, Swanville 56