Winning at State! (VIDEOS)

Today is another very special day for our school and our volleyball program. Today we can cheer on our B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team to finishing their season on a win! This is just the third time in school history that the Jaguars will battle for the third place trophy. The other two seasons they played for third place were in 2008 and 2018. Also, this is B-B-E's seventh state tournament in volleyball. They played for fifth place in the 2010 and 2019 state tournaments.

In the 2018 state tournament, the Jaguars fell to Ada-Borup in the third-place match. I don't remember who beat us in 2008 and don't have time to look that up.

Let's experience this again!!! Below is a video featuring the final points scored in Thursday's state quarterfinal win:


Today the Jaguars take on No. 3-seeded Mabel-Canton, a school located south of Rochester. The Cougars are 35-3 overall and feature a roster with just two seniors and no juniors. They are a rock star team who will pose a strong challenge to our No. 5-seeded Jaguars. We are most certainly up for the challenge! I can't wait.

**Here's an iMovie creation by the Bonanza Valley Voice sports department from four years ago...this was after the Jaguars beat New Life Academy in the state quarterfinals:


That was Coach Kevin Weller's final season as head coach. I know he still follows the team and cheers in person any chance he gets! He was head coach from 2007 to 2018 as our fourth head volleyball coach in school history.

Remember! There's also a welcome-home ceremony after today's match at the high school. They haven't set the time yet, but I will get that time posted prior to today's match at Xcel Energy Center. The Jaguars take on Mabel-Canton at 12:30 p.m. today! Let's go Jaguars!!!

Time to head east. See you there! **Match updates in a new blog post.