B-B-E boys' basketball team passes up Parkers Prairie girls' basketball team in KSAX Athlete of the Year voting

Earlier today, the B-B-E boys' basketball team passed up Parkers Prairie in the voting for "Athlete of the Year" by KSAX News based in Alexandria. Parkers Prairie had about a 100-vote lead as of 10:00am today, when B-B-E held 580 votes.

As of 3:00pm today, B-B-E has over 1,075 votes compared to 845 for Parkers Prairie. The Panthers girls' basketball team finished as Section 6A runners-up during their playoff run this past winter. They were Sub-Section 6A-South runners-up in 2011 and Section 6A champions in 2010. That year, they finished in third place at the Class A state tournament.

I just learned an important update from KSAX. On Tuesday (May 8), KSAX will close the current voting down and tally up the top 10 teams/individuals. A final poll will be released after that, with the public being able to vote from that list for the eventual "Athlete of the Year" award.

Voting for the final tally will end on Friday this week.