Section championship series begins! (VIDEOS**, UPDATES)

The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team is playing in the Section 6A championship series once again! They face Brandon-Evansville in a win-or-go-home game tonight (this afternoon) at Marthaler Field. First pitch is set for about 4:20 p.m.

In the Parkers Prairie game, which was the elimination bracket final, pinch runner Jaxxon Koetter scored the game's only run when he stole home base in the top of the first inning on two outs. That initial 1-0 lead held throughout the entire game. The game featured just two hits by Parkers Prairie and one hit by the Jaguars (a double by Cameron Loe).

B-B-E will start eighth grader Baron Breitbach to face the Chargers, who are 22-2 overall and who beat the Jaguars last Thursday in the first winner's bracket game by a 1-0 score.

Here's a video featuring the bottom of the 6th inning today against the Panthers:


Game updates to follow here for tonight's game, which will be aired on Smooth Magic 107.1 FM of Glenwood. They also stream online: https://www.kmgk1071.com.

***Through 3 innings, the Chargers have a 2-1 lead.

***After 5 innings complete, the Chargers are ahead 8-1.

**After 5 1/2 innings, the Chargers are ahead 8-2. Noah Jensen scored one run for B-B-E in the top of the 6th. 

Final score: Brandon-Evansville 8, B-B-E 2.

Here's a video featuring the last part of the Parkers Prairie game:


For the first time in...quite a few years...a team other than B-B-E or Parkers Prairie has claimed the Section 6A title. The Chargers take a 23-2 record into the Class 1A state tournament next week. B-B-E finishes an incredible season with an 18-11 overall record. What the Jaguars accomplished this spring was remarkable. Truly a season to remember! And a season to build on!!!

In 2022, New York Mills won the Section 6A title with a 10-4 win over B-B-E in the elimination bracket final and then by sweeping K-M-S in the championship series. The Eagles placed third at state in 2022. The Jaguars won the section in 2023 and then took fourth place at state. In 2024 and 2025, Parkers Prairie defeated B-B-E in the section finals to go to state.