Step II: Sub-Section Semi success! 11 appearances in a row!

The Jaguars get fired up before the match with a talk from Coach Weller in the huddle.

Becca Gruber firing away at a serve in game one tonight.

By virtue of a 25-14, 25-20, 25-8 sweep over Bertha-Hewitt tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team earned their 11th straight appearance in a sub-section championship match. There was little drama throughout the hour-long action, and game three was all downhill with the Jaguars jumping out to quick leads of 8-2 and 13-3.

After having consecutive appearances as members of Class AA in sub-section championship matches from 2002 to 2006, the Jaguars have now landed themselves in six straight Sub-Section 5A-South/West championship matches. They have a tall order in winning another sub-section title, however. (More on that later.)

Prior to 2002, the Jaguars competed in three sub-section championships in 1994, 1997 and 2000. In two of those three years, not including 1997, their season ended at the hands of Sauk Centre. They were defeated by Delano in the Sub-Section 5A-20 championship in 1997.

Bertha-Hewitt ends a fine season with a 21-9-1 overall record. They were 4-2 (3rd) in the Park Region Conference.

Starter introduction!


The 9th-ranked Jaguars take a 24-7 record up against a dynamite Upsala Cardinals team this Thursday at Pierz. Match time is 6:00pm. D-Mac's pre-game coverage starts at 5:45pm on 107.1 FM.

Upsala is 26-6 on the season and won the Prairie South Conference title with a 6-0 record. Ranked #17 in the latest Class A coaches poll, the Cardinals lost only one time in the month of October, that being by a 3-2 score on October 22 in the Prairie Conference North/South division battle to Osakis. Upsala trailed 11-7 in game five tonight to Sebeka before surging ahead to take a 15-13 win and end the Trojans season with a final record of 18-11-1.

In Section 6AA tonight, Sauk Centre swept Melrose Area and Albany swept LP-GE.

In Sub-Section 5A-East, Nevis (22-8-1) swept Onamia (17-10 finish) and Braham (19-4) swept McGregor.

Area volleyball playoff scores on October 30:
Minneota 3, Central MN Christian 1
Underwood 3, Parkers Prairie 1
Springfield 3, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 1
Montevideo 3, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 2 (the Thunderhawks, seeded #6, continue their Cinderella postseason run in Sub-Section 3AA-North)
Marshall 3, Benson 0
Maple Lake 3, Becker 0
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 3, Henning 1
Litchfield 3, New London-Spicer 1
BOLD 3, Minnesota Valley Lutheran 1

Stay tuned for more coverage.

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