Volleyball, Girls' Tennis both sweep in conference openers

Megan Weller slams an ace attack into a Kimball block that sailed out of bounds during game three tonight.

Once they got rolling tonight, the Jaguars volleyball team was hard to stop as they swept past a solid Kimball Area team tonight in the Central Minnesota Conference opener. Game scores were 25-10, 25-22, 25-15. In his post-game report, Coach Weller commented that the Cubs have a good-hitting team this year, and they showed that in game two by giving the Jaguars a back-and-forth battle. It was a nice win as well as an important win for B-B-E, as Kimball Area is a fellow Sub-Section 5A-South team.

Here's action from the end of game two tonight:


The Cubs fall to 2-2 overall, while the Jaguars are 2-0 (1-0 CMC) as they head to Marshall tomorrow for a 32-team tournament. They open with Wayzata at the college at 5:00pm.

**Update: in the Prairie Conference opener tonight, the Jaguars girls' tennis team made the long trip north to New York Mills and shut out the Eagles by a 7-0 score. Now 4-4 overall, the Jaguars host Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Upsala-Swanville Area next Monday at the high school courts in the second Prairie match of the year.

Central Minnesota Conference volleyball scores on Sept. 5:
Eden Valley-Watkins 3, Rockford Area 1
Pierz 3, Holdingford 0
Maple Lake 3, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 2


Here's one of the captains and seniors for the Jaguars talk about the upcoming weekend tournament:


And a photo from game three tonight, during a Kimball timeout, when members of the varsity footbal team huddled up in the student fan section and gathered their thoughts for another cheer...the guys did a great job again! 

 
Area volleyball scores on September 5:
Sauk Centre 3, Minnewaska Area 0
Melrose Area 3, Montevideo 0
Albany Area 3, Foley 0
Benson 3, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 0
Browerville 3, Eagle Valley 0
Minneota 3, Dawson-Boyd 0
Swanville 3, Upsala 1 (Swanville beats Upsala for the first time in volleyball since before 2004)