The Jaguars improved to 27-5 with the grueling 3-1 win against state-ranked Bertha-Hewitt. Game scores were 12-25, 25-23, 28-26, 25-21.
They are on to the Section Finals! With no doubt, if they bottle up the bright moments from tonight, they'll be unbeatable the rest of the way.
The Section 5A championship match will feature B-B-E and Nevis for the second year in a row. Nevis (23-5) swept Barnum (23-3 finish) in the 5A-East title match earlier this evening in Brainerd.
The big gun for the Nevis Tigers is Maggie Lindow, who recorded her 1,000th kill of her career on October 8 against Walker-Hackensack-Akeley.
Tonight was by far their toughest sub-section championship battle they've been in since losing to Albany in 2003 Sub-Section 6AA-East final. I'd say the only other battles that rank this high was in 2005 and 2006 when they duked it out with Sauk Centre.
Bertha-Hewitt, a veteran team with 7 seniors on the roster, certainly felt this was "their year" and wanted badly to advance through the section and to the state tournament. The thing about sports is, things don't always work that way! They last went to the big show with a senior-dominated team in 2006. The Bears Volleyball program is easily one of the Top-20 small-school programs in Minnesota in this decade, they have a track record of winning, winning, winning. Tonight's win was a victory the Jaguars can be proud of.
You can still tune in to Smooth Magic to hear the post-game! It's 9:40 and Dave is still on the air with the post-game report and player/coach interviews.
The direct link for streaming audio is http://www.smoothmagic107.com/listen.htm ...you'll need Windows Media Player and a high speed internet connection to listen.
**The B-B-E athletic department has ordered up a Charter Bus for the Saturday night trip to Brainerd.**
Details are as follows - keep in mind, a minimum of 30 people are needed to make this charter bus happen.
It's a $15 price per person, with sign-ups available at the B-B-E Elementary school and the High School, with a 3:00pm deadline on Friday afternoon.
The bus would leave the elementary school at 4pm on Saturday, then 4:15pm from the high school, then 4:30 from Elrosa (unsure where in Elrosa at this point).
Area post-season volleyball results:
Section 3AA - Montevideo pulls off a gigantic upset, sweeping Benson out of the playoffs in the 3AA-North title match.
Marshall 3, Jackson County Central 1
Section 3A -
Minneota 3, Canby 0
Windom Area 3, Southwest MN Christian 0
Section 4A -
Mayer Lutheran 3, Southwest Christian 0
Meadow Creek Christian 3, Heritage Christian 0
Section 6A -
Norman County East 3, Ada-Borup 0 (NCE pulls off a huge upset)
Parkers Prairie 3, Brandon-Evansville 2
Section 5AA -
Maple Lake 3, Mora 0
Delano 3, Fridley 0
Section 6AA -
Sauk Centre 3, Melrose Area 0
No word on the NL-S vs. Rocori match.
More will be posted on Friday morning.
Fun fact: The Jaguars Volleyball program now has eight sub-section championships to their credit, in 22 seasons of B-B-E athletics!Tonight was their 11th appearance in a sub-section/district championship match, with their first one coming in 1994.
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