Step III: BBE wins in four to claim SS title!

Waiting for their medals tonight.

Tessa Halvorson setting up her attackers in game one.

Coach Weller is shown giving instructions in the middle of game two tonight.

Becca destroyed the block attempt in this photo from early in game three.

The 6th-ranked Jaguars volleyball team smoked Royalton 25 to 10 in game four to win the school's 12th sub-section title in school history. They were sluggish to start game one and that appeared again in game three when they fell 25-23 after holding a 23-20 lead. Game two was no problem, though, when they won 25-13 (25-14 in game one).

The Jaguars (26-7 overall) picked up the pace in game four after trailing 3-2 and went on a smoking hot 9-0 run that removed every last bit of momentum and energy that Royalton (17-11-1) brought in their short 20-minute drive to Pierz. The Jaguars then led 18-6 and 21-8 before earning four of the last 6 points scored in the match.

Royalton was in plenty of trouble when reinforcements showed up!! Loved that crowd tonight.

Up next: red-HOT Nevis, who lit up Braham 3-0 in the SS-North championship earlier tonight. The Section 5A championship match will be held at 7:00pm in Pierz on Saturday night. The Bombers, who entered the match 22-5 overall, simply did not have it tonight. I was actually pretty shocked that Nevis took them apart like they did. Braham went 12-0 in the Great River Conference, which shows the type of competition in eastern Minnesota. (Sorry) Nevis is 20-9-2 overall. *Game scores in the Sub-Section 5A-North championship were 25-15, 25-14, 25-14.


Below, the end of tonight's exciting match and part of the post-match celebration!


**NOW we turn our attention to tomorrow night!!! Time to head home. We have the BIGGEST football game in school history coming up. It's gonna be GREAT! I will see you there hopefully.

Signing off until after 11:30.

Area volleyball playoff scores on October 31:
Sauk Centre 3, Melrose Area 0 (Dutchmen put up little resistance tonight)
Dassel-Cokato 3, Rocori 0
Maple Lake 3, DeLaSalle 2 (Irish are 22-8-1 overall)
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 3, New London-Spicer 0
Marshall Area 3, Jackson County Central 1
Minneota 3, Central MN Christian 0 
Henning 3, Battle Lake 0
BOLD 3, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 0
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 3, Murray County Central 0