Spring sports! and more

Here's a link to be able to learn more about and then purchase tickets for the B-B-E Fine Arts program fundraiser event that's coming on Saturday, April 23...click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website to see more: https://bit.ly/3x1iCH8. Ticket prices for the supper and concert are $40 each.

For me it has been an utter blur since the Spring 2021 season...I can vividly remember playoff time last year. I remember one day when I traveled to Clinton for baseball playoffs and then headed north to Wheaton for sub-section track and field. That was quite a day, as the temperatures approached 90 degrees! More on that another time.

It will take another week to get Bonanza Valley Voice spring sports coverage up to full speed. I have this to report...

The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team begins their 2022 season on Thursday this week at Swanville. The seniors on the squad are Kailey Fischer and Kylie Winter. **UPDATE: the new season opener date is Tuesday, April 12 at Browerville.

Seniors on the B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams are Santos Sorenson, Levi Detloff, Olivia Thieschafer and Aaron Schulz. They have a meet to open the season at Morris tomorrow. The first meet appears to be the Minnewaska Invitational, which is scheduled for Thursday this week starting at 4 p.m. I spoke to one of the returning Section 6A qualifiers tonight and learned that the Morris meet was cancelled. The team, which numbers 35 strong, is very excited to host an invitational at the high school sports complex next Tuesday, April 12. All signs suggest that one will take place. Teams invited are Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Holdingford, Sauk Centre, St. John's Prep and Upsala/Swanville Area. Field events are set to start at 3:30 p.m., and the running events will begin starting with the 4x800 relays at 4 p.m.

Baseball and girls' and boys' golf practices are also in full swing. A home baseball game was scheduled for tomorrow, but that has been postponed to May 7 in Elrosa (vs. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg). This year's baseball team has seven seniors on the roster. The boys' golf team has four seniors.

I learned over the weekend that the B-B-E speech team took third place at the sub-section meet held last Friday in Melrose. They had two individual sub-section champions. Look for more coverage of the speech team in this week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. ***AND! Remember! The speech showcase is this coming Sunday at the high school from 3 to 5 p.m. Let's get a huge turnout for that!!

Remember! The Bonanza Valley Voice website's community calendar includes a long list of upcoming events. You can find that by clicking here (short link): https://bit.ly/3x2yskM.