Jaguars win 1-0 vs. Pierz in CMC baseball action today

Kirby Montbriand pitched a complete game win vs. the Pioneers, while also earning one of the Jaguars' four hits.

The Jaguars recorded their first out of the game in the first inning when catcher Brandon Roelike gunned down a Pioneer trying to steal second base, with second baseman Matt Schmitz grabbing the throw and tagging the runner out on the slide.
In their first game at Elrosa, the Jaguars baseball team snapped a three-game losing skid with a 1-0 win over Pierz in Central Minnesota Conference action. The lone run of the game was scored in the third inning on a two out RBI-single by Nolan Zachman. Kirby Montbriand pitched a complete game for the Jaguars, who are now 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the CMC. Pierz falls to 1-5 with the loss.

Coach Montbriand earned his 100th career win today. He has been head coach of the Jaguars from 1991-1996 and from 2007-present. The best two seasons in B-B-E baseball history have come under his tenure as head coach. In 1995 the Jaguars went 16-4 and won the West Central South Conference, and in 2008 the Jaguars finished 15-5 and 10-4 in the Central Minnesota Conference (2nd place).

The Jaguars fastpitch team was a hard luck loser today, as they lost 7-5 at Pierz despite out-hitting the Pioneers by a 14-4 margin. Six errors that led to six unearned runs led to the Jaguars' demise. Michelle Sanders earned six strikeouts in the pitching circle while limiting Pierz to four hits.

In a boys' golf Central Minnesota Conference meet at Pierz today, the Jaguars boys golf team finished in fifth place. Their team score of 183 was only five strokes behind the first place team (Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins). Jordan Lewis led the Jaguars with a 43.

Central Minnesota Conference baseball results on Apr. 21:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 5, Rockford 1
Kimball Area 5, Maple Lake 0
Holdingford 6, Eden Valley-Watkins 2 (EV-W's first loss since May 26, 2009)

Central Minnesota Conference fastpitch results on Apr. 21:
Maple Lake 12, Kimball Area 2 (5 inn.)
Rockford 7, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 4
Holdingford 20, Eden Valley-Watkins 2 (5 inn.)

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