The B-B-E Jaguars 10-U baseball team took second place today at the Bonanza Valley Days youth tournament. They had an outstanding day! In the championship, the Jaguars lost 6-1 to a very good Willmar unit. B-B-E's opener against Minnewaska was a thriller, as they trailed 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth before scoring two runs and winning in walk-off fashion by a 3-2 score! The semifinals resulted in a 9-4 win against New London-Spicer's 9-U team.
Here's a post-game huddle with Coach Jesse Lieser and Coach Josh Eckstein after the Jaguars won in their first game of today's BVD tournament:
*Here's a video with Brooten fire fighters getting set up for the chicken BBQ last night:
Time to head to the Brooten Firemen's chicken BBQ supper!
UPDATE: they served nearly 700 at the chicken BBQ! We are receiving a light rain currently as of 8 p.m., and it appears that it'll be raining for the next hour or so. After that we should see clear skies by 10 p.m. Fingers crossed! We do need this rain.
**The Friday night Street dance will get started at about 9:30 p.m. on main street. By then the rain is supposed to dissipate. Multiple BVD updates are posted at the newspaper's website: https://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com.
And at 9:38 p.m., the semi trailer opened up, and DeeJay Sounds fired up the street dance!
The BVD Men's basketball tournament had 8 teams play at the elementary gym tonight. Coach Anderson was thrilled by the tournament that lasted right around 3 hours from start to finish. All teams had a great time and competed hard, which is all you can ask for with an adult team!
Remember! Tours of the elementary school will take place at 4 p.m. on Saturday! Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/67fj9zm2.
Final thoughts late Friday night...it was so wonderful to visit with a handful of children of the late Ozzie and Ruth Stepan. Throughout the day, a total of 8 of their 10 children were in Brooten throughout the day. Many of them were in the Brooten Pavilion tonight during the performing of polka music by Nathan's Old-Time Band of Albany. I had such a great time visiting with them!
