Runner-up finish in Grant County (VIDEO)

*After church on Sunday, a video was added at the end of this blog post.

At the Grant County Invitational today in Barrett, the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team took second place out of 10 teams. With the strength of the first-place team, the race was more so for second place, which the Jaguars won handily against the host team.

Next: the Jaguars travel to Holdingford next Tuesday, December 12 for a triangular that also includes Little Falls/Swanville/Pillager. The match with Holdingford will begin the Central Minnesota Conference schedule. Last season, the Jaguars suffered their only CMC loss to the Huskers, who won the team title outright. The Jaguars finished in second place with a 5-1 record.

Final team standings in Barrett:
1. Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd/Montevideo (United) 246 points;
2. B-B-E 176.5
3. West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 147
4. Canby 145
5. United North Central 87.5
6. Pelican Rapids 69
7. Border West 64
8. Barnesville 62.5
9. Fergus Falls 58.5
10. Ottertail Central 12

Individual B-B-E results by weight:
107: Noah Jensen - 0-2, did not qualify for quarterfinals;
114: Noah Welte - third place
121: Aiden Mueller - fourth place
127: Dylan Koob - sixth place
133: Louie Tensen 0-2
139: Ryan Jensen - first place
145: Andrew Spanier - sixth place
152: Brett DeRoo - second place
160: Ethan Mueller - second place
172: Maximus Hanson - first place
189: Hunter Laage - second place
215: Carson Gilbert - first place
285: Harley Weber - fourth place

More to come. Results are being reviewed.

In other news from today...
The Santa Day events in Belgrade and Brooten both had tremendous turnout!!! Much to write about there! The evening in Brooten was one of the best I've experienced for Santa Day in the past 12 years. BRAVO!! I'm not sure what else I'll get posted here tonight, but on Sunday there's a high probability that I'll get video added to this blog post.

Here's video from Lucky Shots Bowling Alley in Brooten late on Saturday afternoon:


For the second straight Saturday, the bowling alley in Brooten hosted a really, really terrific event!! It's marvelous to have our terrific small businesses in our local towns.

Sunday will bring an exciting event for the region...a special Elvis Christmas show will be performed at Central Square Civic Center in Glenwood. Look for more on that in the next newspaper issue.