Track and field competes at subsections, fastpitch season ends (VIDEO)

It has been a day...with the temperature climbing to around 86 degrees this afternoon, multiple teams competed tonight in their respective spring sports. I have not had a handle on the boys' golf team, but the schedule showed them competing in Willmar. I am not sure about that, as they are also in Willmar tomorrow for the first round of the Section 5A playoffs.

At the Maple Lake football stadium, the B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams gave it their all while competing in the Sub-Section 5A-West championships. I don't have official results at my fingertips, but I have one thoroughly exciting bit of news to report. In the triple jump, senior Tiyana Schwinghammer completely destroyed her personal record (31'9") and earned a Section 5A berth with an impressive best effort of 32 feet, 11 inches. By my math, that's an additional 14 inches above her personal best! The 32-11 was achieved in the triple jump finals just as the sun started to set on the horizon. I don't have official results on other events, but other Jaguars are on the bubble in terms of advancing to next week's section meet at St. John's University.

Here's senior Branton Jones in the shot put under the full sunshine at Maple Lake high school:


At Lac qui Parle Valley high school to open the Sub-Section 3A-North tournament, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team suffered a 7-0 loss to finish the season 2-19 overall. YME's Bayli Sneller held the Jaguars to just four hits, all singles, coming from Kenna Lieser, Faith Radermacher, Brooklyn Fischer and Taylor Shelton. They played the game tonight with a senior-less roster, and just 3 of the 10 players are juniors. The other 7 players are in eighth, ninth or 10th grade, which bodes well for the future of the program.

More to come. As I spent the evening in Maple Lake and had a one-hour return trip, I will be watering the garden by flashlight tonight before getting the newspaper ready for press. We will publish a 16-page issue in the morning. Good night!