Jaguar baseball team blanked in playoff opener

St. John's Prep defeated the B-B-E Jaguar baseball team 3-0 in the Sub-Section 5A-West quarterfinal round tonight in St. Cloud. The game was broadcast on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood in D-Mac's final play-by-play coverage of any B-B-E action during the 2011-12 school year. (Thanks, D-Mac, for all your work this year on behalf of the B-B-E Jaguars and the fine businesses who support your coverage!)

The Jaguars finish with a season record of 9-12, while the Johnnies improve to 13-6 heading into the semifinal round next Tuesday in Cold Spring. In another quarterfinal game, top-seeded Browerville eliminated Osakis 3-1 at the Elrosa Saints diamond this afternoon.

Other information will be posted on Saturday. Time for a break!

Area baseball playoff scores on May 25:
St. Cloud Cathedral 8, Holdingford 1
Osakis 5, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 0
Albany 8, Pierz 1
Kimball Area 2, Upsala/Swanville Area 0
Paynesville Area 4, Foley 0
Eden Valley-Watkins 2, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 0 (a mild upset; the Eagles were seeded #7; K-M-S was the #2 seed)

Area fastpitch playoff scores on May 25:
Albany 6, Little Falls 1
Eden Valley-Watkins 7, Kimball Area 2 (both advance to the Section 5A Final Four; the Eagles, now 14-7 overall, are the Sub-Section 5A-West champions; Kimball Area is now 8-14)

It was a traumatic day for me to see the scene of that bus accident. While I didn't have any children on the bus, my heart sank and I was quite shaken up as I walked through the grassy ditch by Highway 55 and saw "B-B-E School District #2364" painted on the side of the bus. Thank God, none of the kids were seriously injured. Before gathering myself and getting to the work at hand, all I could think about was the terrible experience the students went through while being guided off of the bus and transported to the Glacial Ridge Health System in Glenwood approximately two miles south of the scene.

Parents, can you hug your children too often? I don't think you can.