A team numbering five from the B-B-E Speech team competed at the Section 5A meet yesterday at Melrose Area high school. Three of the five advanced to the finals: Jeffrey Cihlar in Extemporaneous Speaking, Tia Nelson in Great Speeches and Samantha Baker in Prose. Cihlar finished in first place and advances to the Class 1A state meet for the second year in a row.
Nelson finished in fifth place at sections, and Baker placed seventh.
The state speech meet takes place on Friday, April 19 at Shakopee high school.
On Monday...the B-B-E Jaguars girls' golf JV team gets their first action of the spring. They travel to The Lynx National golf course in Sauk Centre for a 4 p.m. meet. This is the first girls' golf team action as the Jaguars since 2018. The girls' golf team was paired with Minnewaska for the 2019, 2021 and 2022 seasons - which all featured trips to the Class 2A state meet.
Also on Monday...the Belgrade city council meets in regular session at 7 p.m. You can read their agenda by clicking over to the Bonanza Valley Voice editor's blog: https://t.ly/1msnr.
The fastpitch team travels to Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City for a Central Minnesota Conference game on Monday. Also, the baseball team hosts A-C-GC in Elrosa. Both games start at 4:30 p.m.
