We are in front of one of the busiest weeks of the entire year. In addition to all the community and school events coming, cold weather will arrive on Thursday night and usher in winter-like conditions. The day of Thursday, October 26 appears to be the final day of any appreciable gardening that can take place this year. By that evening, all of my above-ground harvesting has to be completed. You can catch up with the events that are coming at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's website community calendar: https://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com/page/bonanza-valley-area-community-calendar/102.html.
One event I'd really like to raise the profile of is the Bonanza Valley Royal Strutters upcoming annual banquet and "Gun Blast" at the Padua Pub. This will be held on Saturday, October 28 with doors opening at 5 p.m. You don't have to arrive at that time, however, and they have a very casual evening planned with a dinner served at 7 p.m. (Dave's famous chicken and ribs!) Question can be emailed to BVRS.nwtf@gmail.com. The Bonanza Valley Royal Strutters is one of our premier conservation and gun safety and gun advocacy organizations. Its members are also key supporters of B-B-E high school's Clay Trapshooting team.
More details are coming in this week's The Voice!
On Sunday night, with a light rain coming down, I'm pouring over my football game notes. I thought we scored on our 11th or 12th drive of the game in the second half, but I have since determined that the Jaguars scored on their first, second and 10th drives of the game in the 20-7 win over K-M-S. The Fighting Saints proved to be a formidable opponent, and the game's outcome was not secured until less than 4 minutes remained. The Jaguars gained 4.43 yards per offensive play, while K-M-S gained 3.45 yards per offensive play.
Late Sunday night, the final Class 1A coaches poll was released, and our volleyball team is ranked No. 12 out of 12 total teams receiving votes. On the QRF rankings, B-B-E sits at No. 9 in the latest calculations released. Minnesota's Class 1A in girls' volleyball includes 152 teams. Throughout all four classes, Minnesota has 404 high school varsity volleyball teams.
In Fine Arts news!
The B-B-E high school pep band will perform for the second round of volleyball playoffs if the Jaguars win their opener on Wednesday night. The second round match is in Brooten on Friday, October 27. The music program as a whole is gearing up for the fourth annual B-B-E Spooktacular music night on Monday, October 30 at the high school. More on that was published on page 2 of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper last week.
