Baseball and speech competed today

In the Section 5A meet held at Annandale high school today, four members of the B-B-E speech team competed for spots in the state speech meet: Eliana Funes, Hailey Henderson, Kora Martinez and Tia Nelson. Nelson was the highest finisher for B-B-E, and the senior placed fourth in Great Speeches. Funes, a 7th grader, earned 8th place in Dramatic Interpretation.

While area diamonds continue waiting to become "game ready" across central Minnesota, some are good to go, and that's where teams are flocking to. Just down the road at Eden Valley, the No. 7-ranked B-B-E Jaguars baseball team faced defending Section 6A champion and No. 2-ranked Parkers Prairie in a non-conference game this afternoon. The Panthers racked up 12 hits off of four separate B-B-E pitchers on their way to a 16-3 win. This improves their record to 2-0; they beat Wadena-Deer Creek in a Park Region Conference game in their opener on Thursday in Wadena.

Now 1-1 overall, the Jaguars prepare for a road trip for a Central Minnesota Conference doubleheader at Maple Lake on Monday (4 p.m.) at Irish Stadium.

Let's reflect some more on robotics!
And here's a break from current events as I circle back to robotics coverage...

Here's a short video clip recorded two Fridays ago at the River's Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud:


In that shaky, rough video, B-B-E's Coby DenHartog and Owen Miller were at their driver's station as B-B-E's alliance was introduced prior to one of their 7 qualification matches they participated in that day.

Here's a video from a Friday afternoon win that day (April 4):


That win was the first of three straight that the B-B-E team's alliances earned to close out the day on Friday.

The B-B-E Resistance Robotics team completed one of their best-ever showings at a region competition last weekend. Out of 48 teams in St. Cloud, they finished in 21st place. The robotics team, which was founded in 2012, had its best finish in program history at the 2019 region competition held in Duluth. That winter, the team finished in 19th place.

On Sunday! In Belgrade...
The St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church will hold their annual spring sausage and pancake supper tomorrow (Sunday). They are serving from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Parish Center on Martin Avenue in Belgrade.

Who else out there has gotten some garden planted? We have peas, spinach and zucchini planted outdoors. Indoors in pots, we have more peas, sweet corn, watermelon and zucchini planted. We've reached into the upper 60s on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend with moderate to "good" sunshine. The next week has a variety of weather plus a few freezing nights. Spring is trying to fully settle in, but it's not quite there yet.