Step I: a convincing sweep

The playoff opener was a success tonight for the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team. Facing fourth-seeded Kimball Area, the Jaguars were dominant all night in a 3-0 win that lasted just 56 minutes.

Now 23-4 overall, the Jaguars advance to the Sub-Section 5A-South semifinals. Their opponent will be Osakis. The Silverstreaks beat Prairie Conference rival Browerville 3-2 in their quarterfinal match tonight. Game scores were 25-15, 25-14, 23-25, 22-25, 15-6.

B-B-E and Osakis will square off next Tuesday, October 30 at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle high school. First serve will be approximately 7:30 p.m.

*Here's some video from the match:

Around Section 5A tonight...
*A wild border battle took place in Kerkhoven, where the K-M-S Fighting Saints lost a 3-2 battle with No. 3-seeded Benson. The Braves won game five by a 16-14 score! Holy cow! Can you imagine the atmosphere there? Making it more dramatic was how K-M-S lit up Benson in the first two games (25-17, 25-11)...K-M-S finishes a fine season with a 16-13 record, while Benson advances with an 8-14-1 overall record to face Royalton in the semifinals.

Royalton 3, Swanville 0
Pine River-Backus 3, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 0
Braham 3, PACT Charter 1
Rush City 3, Ogilvie 0
Nevis 3, Verndale 0 (the only upset of the section tonight, with the Tigers being the No. 3 seed and the Pirates seeded No. 2)

Area volleyball playoff scores on October 26:
Brandon-Evansville 3, Henning 2 (Henning took the first two sets, but the Chargers rallied for 25-20, 27-25, 15-10 wins to advance to the Sub-Section 6A-South title match; the Hornets finish a stellar year with a 21-8 record, 5-2 Park Region for a three-way tie for second place with Verndale and Wadena-Deer Creek)
New York Mills 3, Pelican Rapids 0
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 3, Underwood 1
Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 3, Yellow Medicine East 1
Wabasso 3, Lakeview 1
Canby 3, MACCRAY 1 (the Wolverines won the Camden North Conference title this year with an 8-4 record and finish 16-14 overall with an 0-1 mark in the ultra-tough Section 3A playoffs; earlier in the season, Canby lost in Clara City in a 3-2 match with a 15-12 score in game five)
Minneota 3, Central MN Christian 0
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 3, Southwest MN Christian 0
Adrian 3, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 0
Willmar 3, Alexandria 0
Barnesville 3, Wadena-Deer Creek 2