The Elite 8 round of the Babe Ruth state tournament begins today in Henning. The B-B-E Jaguars Babe Ruth baseball team will get their state quarterfinal game going at about 1:20 p.m. this afternoon. Game updates to follow! I'm excited to report live from Henning throughout the game.
The opponent today is Paynesville, who the Jaguars defeated in the region tournament last weekend. The game should get going by 1:30 p.m. More to come!
Final score: B-B-E 5, Paynesville 4. Woo Hoo! The Jaguars play at 7:00 tonight in the state semifinals! Back in Henning.
Update: to read a light game recap of the Paynesville win, click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice website at this link: https://shorturl.at/OSSqJ.
Here's a video from the top of the 6th today:
Updates tonight coming!
At Elrosa today, the town team Saints lost 7-3 to New Munich. They play in an elimination game tomorrow back in Elrosa, and the winner of that game advances to the region tournament. The elimination game starts at 2:30 p.m.
Update: to read a light game recap of the Paynesville win, click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice website at this link: https://shorturl.at/OSSqJ.
Here's a video from the top of the 6th today:
Updates tonight coming!
At Elrosa today, the town team Saints lost 7-3 to New Munich. They play in an elimination game tomorrow back in Elrosa, and the winner of that game advances to the region tournament. The elimination game starts at 2:30 p.m.
**Update: the Jaguars will play Parkers Prairie tonight for a berth in the state championship game. The Panthers went 10 innings to get the win over Staples.
**Update: the Parkers Prairie game started at 9:20 p.m. For B-B-E, Jace Mueller is the starting pitcher.
State semifinal updates will be in a NEW blog post.
