Volleyball Jaguars find success at Marshall (VIDEO)

The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team had a remarkable trip to Marshall over the weekend and came out of the 32-team Southwest Minnesota Challenge with an 8-2 overall record. The Jaguars recorded three wins in five matches at Marshall, all by 2-0 set scores. The losses were by narrow margins to tough Class 3A and 4A schools.

Match scores in Marshall...
Burnsville won 25-19, 25-23 in the first match of Friday night. The Blaze were a Class 4A state entrant as recently as 2022.

In the second match on Friday, Benilde St. Margaret's won 2-1 after claiming a 15-11 win in the third set. The Jaguars split the first two sets by scores of 18-25 and then 25-22. The Red Knights went 20-9 overall last year and took second (5-2) in the Metro West Conference after earning two regular season tournament titles. In 2022, the Red Knights went 25-8, won the Section 6AAA title and placed second at the state tournament.

To start action on Saturday bright and early at 8:30 a.m., the Jaguars swept Fergus Falls in two sets (25-17, 25-14). They finished out the tournament with straight set wins over Hutchinson (25-18, 25-14) and Perham (25-17, 25-17).

The Perham Yellowjackets are a strong Class 2A school who went 21-11 overall last year with a 3-1 loss to Wadena-Deer Creek in the Section 8AA championship. In the regular season, Perham finished 5-1 in the Heart O' Lakes Conference in a first-place tie with Hawley. All things considered, the Jaguars played terrific across both days and have some great momentum going into tomorrow's border battle at New London-Spicer.

For the record...the Jaguars have been traveling to Marshall for this tournament since 2010, which was when our head coach, Brittany Borgerding, was a sophomore on the team.

Here's a video that's approaching two weeks old...from the MACCRAY Wolverines match in Belgrade on Friday, August 30:


The MACCRAY Wolverines are currently 3-2 overall with a 1-1 record in the Camden North Conference. Their other loss besides the sweep by our Jaguars was by a 3-1 margin against perennial power Minneota in Clara City last Thursday.

Up next! This is BIG! the Jaguars put their 8-2 record on the line with a trip south to New London-Spicer for tomorrow's border battle. Be there!!! We need a huge crowd to support our team! The NL-S Wildcats also have an 8-2 overall record (how ironic!) after they placed second at the Lakeview Invitational in Cottonwood on Saturday. The Wildcats have what I'll call a "very high quality" win over Sub-Section 3AA-North rival Paynesville Area by a 3-0 sweep on September 3 at home. In addition to that, the Wildcats have a straight set win in tournament play against Maple Lake (on August 23).

JUST added to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website...
With the onset of fall soon here, it's time to get numerous area fall events on your calendar! One such event is the Brink's Beer Joint Turkey Fest, which is held each fall in scenic Swift Falls. This year, Turkey Fest will be on Saturday, September 21. You can read all the details plus see a throwback video from 2015 by clicking here: https://shorturl.at/XU0Zm.

My fall sports photo gallery folder are coming together...although I still have two more albums to add from August...yikes! Trying my best not to fall too far behind. Here's the link to see the current photo albums from August varsity action: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/BBE-Fall-Sports-2024.

ALSO coming on Tuesday...the B-B-E Jaguars girls' tennis team hosts St. John's Prep in a Prairie Conference dual at 4 p.m. at the high school courts. They will look to avenge a 4-3 loss to SJP on August 27 at the Osakis triangular.