Final score in game one: West Central Area 7, B-B-E 3. The Jaguars trailed 4-3 after four-and-a-half innings.
Next: an elimination bracket game against Ortonville. The game should start at around 17:50.
Update: heading into the fifth inning, the Trojans are ahead 2-1.
In the winner's bracket game, WCA had a 7-3 lead in the seventh inning.
**Here's video from the bottom of the sixth inning...it's rough footage! But the Jaguars scored two runs in this clip to make it a 4-3 game. The third run came in by Josie Knutson on Kaylee Torgerson's RBI-single to center field.
***Final score! B-B-E 5, Ortonville 4. The Jaguars won their seventh game of the season in dramatic fashion by scoring two runs in both of their final two at bats!! Up next: they play in another elimination game next Tuesday back at Minnewaska Area high school. Spread the word so we get a huge crowd out there to cheer them on deeper into the playoffs!!
With the 1-1 mark tonight, the Jaguars are 7-15 overall. They'll play a fourth postseason game for the first time since 2008. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, the Jaguars played five playoff games each year. In 2008, they started the postseason 3-0 while winning B-B-E's only sub-section or district championship in fastpitch.
It's important to note!!! This team, or basically most of the roster of this B-B-E team, earned a co-championship during the regular season of summer league last year. In the league playoffs, they finished in second place as well. They undoubtedly a championship-caliber team. I believe in them! They need to continue believing in themselves. They can do this!!!
Ortonville's season comes to a close with a 5-15 mark. Seeded No. 6 in Sub-Section 6A-South, the Trojans earned an upset win over neighboring rival and No. 3-seeded Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley in the quarterfinals. C-G-B won both contests in the regular season over Ortonville during Pheasant Conference play.
I learned that West Central Area won by a final score of 7-3 over Wheaton/Herman-Norcross to remain in the winner's bracket. WCA is 19-4 overall, while W/H-N continues into next week's action with a record of 12-9.
**Late Thursday night update: the next opponent for the Jaguars will be Browerville. The Jaguars and Tigers will square off in an elimination game at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29 at Minnewaska Area high school. Browerville is 14-7 overall after going 1-1 in tonight's action in Sub-Section 6A-North. They defeated Brandon/Evansville 7-5 in their first game before losing 5-0 to top-seeded and defending section and state champion New York Mills (22-1).
Browerville is the No. 2-seeded team in Sub-Section 6A-North. They went 6-2 in Prairie Conference action while winning the South division title in their conference. B-B-E and Browerville last met during MSHSL spring fastpitch action on April 13, 2017, when the Tigers defeated the visiting Jaguars 7-6.
Also in Sub-Section 6A-North, Frazee ended Brandon/Evansville's season with a 5-0 elimination bracket win. The Hornets (11-12 overall) face W/HN in an elimination game at the same time and same location as the B-B-E vs. Browerville game next Tuesday. Brandon/Evansville finishes the season 15-6 overall. They were 12-2 in the Pheasant Conference while taking first place. WCA was runners-up in the Pheasant Conference, also 12-2 in the league.
More info to come.
