Thursday was a busy and eventful night (VIDEOS)

From the top.

The B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams competed at a 10-team invitational at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. The winds from the south at Falcons Stadium was incredible, and not in a good way. It was literally breathtaking as it blasted across the southern end of the football field. Those running down the back stretch were hit with a strong 20-30 mph wind, which helped counter the 80-degree heat. The Jaguars had some terrific performances in spite of the conditions. For example, seventh grader Brooklyn Breitbach almost matched her Morris time in the 1600 run. At Morris on April 10 (one week ago), Breitbach ran a 6:11. At A-C-GC yesterday, with much tougher conditions, her time was approximately 6:10. (Video coming)

And here's a video at the end of the 1600 run for the girls' division yesterday in Grove City:


In the high jump, freshman Laken Anderson took second place (4'10") behind a senior from Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg.

Here's Laken Anderson in the high jump at a height of 4'4" at A-C-GC:


The full set of results from A-C-GC won't be reviewed until later this evening.

At the home diamond, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team settled for a series split against Holdingford. They won 7-4 in game one before losing 1-0 in game two. The Jaguars are now 2-3 overall and 1-2 in the Central Minnesota Conference.

Here's a video from the April 10 game against Upsala:


At Holdingford, the B-B-E Jaguars baseball team lost a tough one in the first game by the 10-run rule by a 10-0 score in 5 innings. They fell behind 7-3 in game two before battling back across the last 4 innings. However, the teams ran out of daylight, and the game was called after 7 innings. At that point, the score was tied 11-11. This game will resume at a later date.

In golf news...
The B-B-E Jaguars girls' golf team had two varsity events this week. They began with a neighborhood dual "Battle for Regal" meet at Koronis Golf Club in Paynesville on Tuesday. The meet featured a total of 9 girls, including 6 Bulldogs for the home team. B-B-E's three varsity girls' golfers this spring are Kragen Wiener, Olive Olson and Marlie Schlangen.

At Paynesville, B-B-E freshman Kragen Wiener took second place with a 40 behind first-place Peyton Roeske, a Paynesville freshman. B-B-E freshman Olive Olson took fourth place with a 43. B-B-E sophomore Marlie Schlangen, who golfed in 8th grade but not last year, shot a 57.

On Thursday this week at the Little Crow Golf Club, New London-Spicer hosted an 18-hole invitational. B-B-E's girls' golf team competed and was led by Kragen Wiener's score of 108 (tie for 30th place). Olive Olson shot a 111 (tie for 39th place), and Marlie Schlangen had a 132.

The B-B-E Jaguars boys' golf team also competed in the Battle for Regal on Tuesday. B-B-E had 5 scorers and were led by tri-champion Jaxxon Koetter, a freshman, who shot a 5-under-par 30. He was joined in a three-way tie for first place with Paynesville's Colin Fleischhacker and Reuben Christensen. Other B-B-E scorers: Owen Roering and Walker Winter (9th place tie) 35 each, Cash Lehner 40, Dylan Roering 47, Treyson Nemmers 49.

FOR FRIDAY: all after school competitions were canceled or postponed due to the violent winds we're enduring. It's nasty out there! Temps in the 30s and winds gusting over 30 miles an hour. We are going to suffer with this through the weekend, but it looks like spring returns for good on Monday. Thank God!