Volleyball earns top playoff seed (VIDEO)

The upcoming Sub-Section 6A-South playoffs start next week, and our B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team was just named the top seed out of 10 teams. The Jaguars take a 21-6 record plus a QRF state ranking of No. 7 into the postseason starting with a home game on Wednesday, October 26. That sub-section quarterfinal match starts at 7 p.m. at the elementary gymnasium in Brooten. Brandon-Evansville finished in third place (7-2) in the Little Eight Conference and has a 15-10 overall record, and they earned the No. 2 seed in Sub-Section 6A-South just ahead of No. 3-seeded C-G-B. I am puzzled why B-E has the No. 2 seed when they split with C-G-B but have a lower QRF ranking than the Wolverines. The No. 3 seed costs C-G-B a home playoff game in the sub-section semifinals (if they win on Wednesday night).

For the opening round of the sub-section tournament, the match that matters for B-B-E is the No. 8-seeded Wheaton/Herman-Norcross (8-18) vs. No. 9-seeded Hancock (2-20); those teams square off in the play-in round on Monday, October 24 at Wheaton Area high school. The winner of the W/HN vs. Hancock match will travel to Brooten two nights later (October 26) for the quarterfinals against our Jaguars.

2022 Sub-Section 6A-South volleyball seedings:
1. B-B-E (21-6)
2. Brandon-Evansville (15-10)
3. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley (16-10)
4. Parkers Prairie (15-11-1)
5. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (11-16)
6. Benson (4-18)
7. Ortonville (4-15)
8. Wheaton/Herman-Norcross (8-18)
9. Hancock (2-20)
10. Ashby (1-21)


Other playoff dates to keep in mind for the playoffs...and note that these dates DO NOT MATTER if the Jaguars don't continue winning...
Sub-section semifinals: HOME at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 28
Sub-section finals: Thursday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. Fergus Falls high school
Section 6A finals: Saturday, November 5 at 7 p.m. at Fergus Falls high school

**Let's go back a month now...to the lone night this fall when the Jaguars lost to a conference opponent:


That video is from game one against Eden Valley-Watkins. The Central Minnesota Conference co-champion Eagles (16-9) earned the No. 4 seed in Sub-Section 3AA-North. The top three seeds in their sub-section features No. 1-seeded New London-Spicer (15-11), Paynesville Area (18-5) and Litchfield (15-11). Coming in at No. 5 in that sub-section is West Central Area (18-9).

In Sub-Section 6A-North, Henning (22-5) earned the No. 1 seed ahead of No. 2-seeded Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (20-3) and No. 3-seeded Breckenridge. Breckenridge (21-5, 6-0 Heart O' Lakes Conference) is the defending Sub-Section 6A-North and Section 6AA champion. They won back-to-back five-set marathons over Henning and then our Jaguars to advance to the Class 1A state tournament.

Hillcrest Lutheran Academy finished in a tie for first place in the Little Eight Conference (8-1 each) with Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley, formerly an annual contender in the now-defunct Pheasant Conference. C-G-B is in Sub-Section 6A-South (see below).

More to come. Lots to digest! I have more to add to this blog post on Saturday night after sunset.

Have you gotten outside much today? I wish I could have been outside more, but I spent a good chunk of the afternoon today in The Voice office doing administrative work. I've since shifted to my "backyard" home office where we have full sunshine and 74 degrees just a little after 16-hundred hours. The official high today will go in the book at 74 degrees for Brooten, which was wonderful for those of us who are judicious and adamant about harvesting natural heat from the outside to warm our homes and offices. Our house warmed up from 64 degrees to at least 70 degrees the last I checked simply from opening our windows earlier this afternoon. That is tremendous! Tonight the forecast calls for a low of a mild 52 degrees, and tomorrow we are supposed to reach 75 or 76 degrees!