After earning a 5-1 win over Border West today, the No. 2-seeded B-B-E Jaguars baseball team suffered a 3-1 loss to top-seeded Upsala/Swanville Area in the Section 6A winner's bracket in Morris.
Ethan Mueller hit a solo home run in the top of the first inning.
The fifth inning proved costly, as U/SA scored twice to break a 1-1 tie. B-B-E's early 1-0 lead stood until the bottom of the fourth inning.
The Jaguars fall to 15-7 overall, and now they must battle the rest of the Section 6A tournament saddled with a loss. Next: the Jaguars travel back to Morris to Eagles Ball Park on Monday, June 2. That elimination bracket game starts at 11 a.m., and the opponent is to-be-determined. Please spread the word! If the Jaguars win that game, they play again in Morris at 4 p.m. on Monday. Update:
UPDATE again! in fact, the Jaguars will face Breckenridge in the elimination bracket. By this point of the tournament, they are cross-bracketing games between the north and south halves of Section 6A.
Here's a video featuring the last out being recorded in the bottom of the 3rd inning against U/SA today:
In the elimination game played today in Morris, Border West took out Ortonville by an 11-1 score. The Trojans finished the season 8-10 overall.
Here's another video from today; this was recorded in the top of the 4th inning against U/SA:
I'll get more updates here after 6 p.m. Currently, it is high time to get back to planting in the garden!
In Sub-Section 6A-North baseball action today at Browerville:
Parkers Prairie 12, Breckenridge 2 (five innings)
Parkers Prairie 10, Brandon-Evansville 0
Brandon-Evansville 4, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 3
Breckenridge 6, LP-GE 5 (LP-GE Thunder's season is done; they finish 18-3)
In other news...
A video from Grove Lake recorded this past Sunday has been posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website. The video features part of the Memorial programming held that afternoon. Here's a short link: https://shorturl.at/zzwyq. Additional online coverage featuring B-B-E graduation and more will be added to the newspaper website in the next day or two.
At the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's website, a web article/video was just posted tonight featuring coverage of B-B-E's graduation night. Click on the following short link to re-direct to that webpage: https://shorturl.at/aZl0L. A photo gallery has been uploaded featuring the graduation ceremony, and the direct link to that gallery is inclued in the above-mentioned Voice website article.
Around the area...fastpitch playoffs today:
In the Section 6AA fastpitch championship series, Kimball Area kept their season alive with an 8-5 win against top-seeded St. Cloud Cathedral. This forced a second game today at Miller Builder's Field in River's Edge Park in Waite Park. Unfortunately, St. Cloud Cathedral won the second game by a 10-4 score to win the section title and advance to the Class 2A state tournament. Kimball Area finishes a remarkable season with a 24-3 final record. The Crusaders head to state with a 23-2 record.
In Section 3AA...the fastpitch title for that section is on the line tonight in Marshall. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta, champions of the West Central Conference, just defeated softball juggernaut Jackson County Central by a 2-1 score in 8 innings. This forces a winner-take-all contest that is also being played tonight in Marshall. Game two is starting at 7:16 p.m. The Schwans Regional Amateur Sports Complex has lights if needed! And that is a strong possibility. MA/CA won the coin toss, so they will be the home team for game two.
The MA/CA vs. JCC game is being aired on KMRS 1230 AM, which is also streamed online at https://streema.com/radios/KMRS. In game two, no runs have been scored through 1 1/2 innings. UPDATE: after 10 innings, the score of game 2 in Marshall is 2-2 between MA/CA and JCC. They have been playing under the lights for the past hour! Wild.
Update in Marshall late Thursday night: the Jackson County Central Huskies prevailed by a 7-2 score after 14 innings were in the book in game 2 of the Section 3AA fastpitch playoff series. They plated 5 runs on 4 hits in the top of the 14th. In the bottom of the 14th, JCC junior Hadley Wachal mowed down MA/CA's batters in order. She finished the game with 19 strikeouts. While they have been a juggernaut in the playoffs in recent years, this is JCC's first trip to state since 2005. They were Class 2A champions in both 2004 and 2005. MA/CA's last state tournament trip was as Morris Area back in the 1990s.
Area baseball playoff scores on May 29:
Foley 12, Kimball Area 2
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 27, Lester Prairie 7 (Falcons stay alive in the Section 5A elimination bracket)
Willmar 7, Rocori 3
Fergus Falls 2, Alexandria 1 (8 innings)
St. Cloud Cathedral 11, Albany 1
Dawson-Boyd 4, Lac qui Parle Valley 3
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 9, New London-Spicer 2
Montevideo 10, Minnewaska Area 1
Pierz 8, Royalton 3
Area fastpitch playoff scores on May 29:
Swanville 5, New York Mills 3
Swanville 5, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 2 (Bulldogs extend their season in the Section 6A finals)
Alexandria 11, Willmar 4
Wabasso 5, Edgerton/Southwest MN Christian 1
