17-U fastpitch Jaguars falls in sub-region championship (VIDEOS)

One of the best 17-U fastpitch seasons in school history came to an end tonight. The B-B-E Jaguars 17-U fastpitch American Legion team fell 16-6 in six innings to a hard-hitting Melrose team.

The Dutchmen claimed the West Central Sub-Region title and advance to the American Legion state tournament.

Each team scored in the first inning, and Melrose scored 2 runs on 3 hits in the bottom of the first for a 2-1 lead. The Jaguars had something going in the second but left 3 stranded. In the bottom of the second inning, the Dutchmen went down in order on two grounders to Kacey Fischer at shortstop and a fly ball on a line drive to Mya Worms in the pitching circle.

In the top of the third, Kenna Lieser led off with a walk, and Mya Worms singled. Kacey Fischer then hit a home run to score 3 runs with her hit sailing over the left field fence. The 4-2 lead was short-lived, however, as Melrose scored 5 runs in the bottom of the third on 4 hits.

Here's a video featuring Kacey Fischer scoring after she hit a three-run home run in the third inning:


I'll get more updated on this blog post tomorrow.

The Jaguars finish the summer season 6-3 overall.

Here's a video from the postgame huddle on Thursday after the Jaguars defeated Albany:


**Quick note: don't forget about the Bonanza Valley Royal Strutters Jakes Day! That is Saturday (tomorrow) from 10 a.m. to noon at the Belgrade shooting range.

In Babe Ruth state baseball news...
At New York Mills today, the B-B-E Jaguars 16-U Babe Ruth team defeated Sebeka 9-2 to improve to 2-0 in pool play action at the state tournament. Their final state pool play game is at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) against Sauk Centre. The entire state tournament this weekend is hosted in New York Mills.

Another big day of playoff action

The B-B-E Jaguars 16-U Babe Ruth team is facing Sebeka in their second pool play game of the state tournament. Their game today started at 5 p.m. at New York Mills. A win would be huge! I've got more explanation of just how big the game is, but I won't say more until their game has concluded.

I'm at Minnewaska Area high school tonight covering the B-B-E American Legion 17-U fastpitch team as they battle for a state tournament berth against Melrose Area. The West Central Sub-Region championship game begins at 6 p.m. More to follow later with game updates from both games at NYM and MAHS.

**Update: in the 6th, the baseball team has a 7-2 lead! Final: B-B-E 9, Sebeka 2.

**Update: after 4 innings, the Jaguars trail Melrose 10-5. 

B-B-E fastpitch 17-U Jaguars heading to the 'Ship!

The exciting news continues pouring our way at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's sports department.

In the American Legion playoffs today, the B-B-E Jaguars 17-U fastpitch team trounced Albany 9-2 in the West Central Sub-Region playoffs. The Jaguars built a 3-1 lead going into the fifth inning.

Next: the Jaguars face neighboring rival Melrose Area tomorrow, Friday, at Minnewaska Area in the West Central Sub-Region championship game. First pitch at MAHS is at 6 p.m. Please spread the word!

Here's a video featuring the final out being recorded in the fastpitch game:


The Jaguars hold a 6-2 record going into tomorrow's championship game.

17-U fastpitch Jaguars seeded for playoffs! (UPDATED)

The B-B-E Jaguars 17-U fastpitch team has earned the No. 2 seed for the upcoming American Legion Sub-Region tournament. They travel to Minnewaska Area next Thursday, July 24 to face No. 3-seeded Albany. Game time is at 5 p.m.! Win or lose, the Jaguars play again that night at 6:30 p.m. After the regular season, the Jaguars hold a fine 5-2 overall record. Awesome!

The No. 1 seed is Melrose Area, who won two close games against B-B-E in Brooten earlier this month. The No. 4 seed is Glenwood, and Sauk Centre is the No. 5 seed.

That's all I've got time to post. I'll get more updated tonight. I'm out scaring up some business for Lincoln's Restaurant in Brooten! They are serving food until 9 p.m. tonight. My family had supper there tonight, and their burgers are outstanding! Staffing is still limited, but they have added more staff than what they had over Bonanza Valley Days.

Let's circle back to BVD!

Here's a short video clip from the Bonanza Valley Days grand parade last Sunday:


The July 24 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper will feature a healthy dose of additional BVD coverage from last week, including from the chicken BBQ, the kids' activities, the car/truck/tractor show, the bean bag tournament, the Scouts waffle feed and more!

Bonanza Valley Days added event! And youth activity this week Thursday

The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch program is trying their first-ever weekend tournament for Bonanza Valley Days. The 14-U team is reaching out across the area to get 7 teams included for an 8-team schedule. The date is Sunday, July 13. I've had this in the back of my mind for the last 3 years, and it's finally coming to fruition as Coach Logan Funk got the ball rolling for a 14-U tournament. It will include 3 games, with a winners and losers bracket. Registration is $200. Spread the word to other schools!

Tuesday afternoon notes...
You are kindly asked to share this news with area youth that you know around Jaguar Country who are entering grades 7 to 12 this fall! This is brought forward by the Free Spirits youth group at Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran Parish: https://shorturl.at/PvtLe.

This is a non-denominational youth activity. Another non-denominational activity is taking place on Sunday this weekend in Elrosa. That's been promoted heavily across the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. You can see the poster for the church social on page 3 of this week's issue.

That's all for now. Tonight is another busy night that includes the fastpitch program's 11-U squad hosting a triangular tonight starting at 5:30 p.m.

Fastpitch season ends; Memorial Parade is in Grove Lake today (VIDEO)

If you are anywhere within driving range of Grove Lake this morning, please put their community on your schedule! They have a wonderful Memorial Weekend parade that starts at 1 p.m. at the Grove Lake Township Park. This is located south of the town and just south of Trinity Lutheran Church along Pope County Road 39.

The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team lost 10-2 in the Section 3A tournament yesterday in Marshall. Their season wrapped up with an 11-11 overall record, which is a small improvement from last season. The 11 wins equals the total wins of the 2009 team, which was the last time the Jaguars surpassed 10 wins in a season. They were 10-14 a year ago. More to follow later. It's time to get ready for Grove Lake!

Remember what I said on page one this week! Memorial Day is not just a "day off" from work! Please honor this special day and weekend.

Here's details for Monday: (click) https://shorturl.at/hEesf.

Sunday night updates...
At Marshall on Saturday in the Section 3A fastpitch elimination bracket, BOLD lost 6-3 to Edgerton/Southwest MN Christian. The Warriors finished the season 14-10 overall with a roster that featured no seniors and just 2 juniors. The majority of the BOLD varsity team was made up of 9th and 10th grade players.

In the winner's bracket, Wabasso defeated Yellow Medicine East 4-0. In the other winner's bracket game, Lac qui Parle Valley defeated Edgerton/Southwest MN Christian 2-1. Those two results set up the Section 3A winner's bracket semifinals, which will be played at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Marshall. The winner between Wabasso and LQPV will advance to the Section 3A championship series, which will be held on Thursday, May 29.

In the elimination bracket, No. 5-seeded (North) MACCRAY earned a big upset win by a 6-5 score against No. 2-seeded (South) Murray County Central. This set up a Camden Conference border battle with MACCRAY taking on YME in the late afternoon game. The Sting kept their season alive with a 2-0 win. YME plays next on Tuesday (May 27) at 4:30 p.m. against Edgerton/SW Christian in another win-or-go-home game.

Here's action from the YME game in Granite Falls last Thursday:


The video features action in the top of the 6th inning.

In baseball news...
The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team earned the No. 2 seed in Sub-Section 6A-South. I really have no idea why they are not the No. 1 seed, as Upsala/Swanville Area was ranked two positions lower by QRF in Class 1A. Some things in life are simply a big mystery! As it stands, the Jaguars (13-6) open the playoffs at home in Elrosa on Tuesday, May 27 against No. 7-seeded West Central Area. First pitch is set for 5 p.m., so please spread the word!

Today, in Stearns County League action, the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team suffered tough 3-2 loss at Richmond. The game was tied 2-2 through five innings, but the Royals scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth. Next weekend: the Saints travel the short trip south to Regal on Friday, May 30 for a night game. First pitch at Buddy Beier Stadium is at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, June 1, the Saints resume SCL action with a game at New Munich.

The full Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's gallery has been uploaded for the Sunburg Syttende Mai parade photos from May 18. You can find that by clicking here: https://shorturl.at/k2SJi.

Today is GAME DAY! In Lyon County (VIDEOS)

The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team is well on their way south as I type this, while the Section 3A tournament gets underway at the Marshall Schwan's softball complex near their high school. Games begin at 11 a.m. in Marshall, but the Jaguars don't play until 1 p.m. B-B-E's opponent will be the BOLD Warriors, who have a 13-9 overall record.

BOLD is the No. 4 seed in what I call a "stacked" Sub-Section 3A-South, which has 5 teams with winning records at the start of playoffs. Their No. 5 seed, Adrian Area, entered the playoffs with a 13-7 record. Wabasso (16-6), who competes in the Tomahawk Valley Conference, is the top seed. BOLD entered the playoffs with the No. 20 ranking on the QRF. They have a slightly better defensive average (3.9 runs per game given up) than the Jaguars. Offensively, both teams score around 6 runs per game.

Track and field update...
Following the results of the Sub-Section 5A-West and the Sub-Section 5A-East meets on Thursday, the official scores have determined who advances for the Section 5A state-qualifying meet. For the B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams, they are sending 4 student-athletes to St. John's University next Wednesday, May 28. They include Taylor Nelson (3200 run), Bree Thieschafer (pole vault), Dominic Ramos (triple jump) and Kameron Hiltner (100 open).

Here's a triple jump video from the Sub-Section 5A-West meet in Litchfield:


Kameron Hiltner advances to sections as the champion of the 100 open at the Sub-Section 5A-West meet. He is a junior, while the other three B-B-E section qualifiers are all seniors.

Here's a video from the top of the 6th inning in the last regular season action for fastpitch (game one):


Luckily, we won't be playing fastpitch playoff softball today in 40 mile an hour wind! Yikes! That was an interesting night back on May 15 against Maple Lake.

Additional photos have been uploaded here: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2025-B-B-EBonanza-Valley-area-events.

Time to prepare for the road trip to Marshall. Game updates to follow here. Once I get to Marshall, I will check to see what we have for radio coverage of this afternoon's games.

GAME UPDATES for game one in Marshall for B-B-E:
After 4 innings, the Warriors have an 8-1 lead.

Final: BOLD 10, B-B-E 2. Season over. The Warriors (14-9) racked up 12 hits. They play Edgerton/SW Christian today in another elimination game.

In Elrosa today, the Saints amateur baseball team defeated Farming 6-3. Next is a game tomorrow (Sunday) at Richmond at 1:30 p.m.

A NEW blog post will be added on Sunday. Today was exhausting. The rest of my Saturday has been taken up by time at Sibley State Park with family and then about 1 hour of evening gardening before I ran out of light.

Fastpitch playoffs underway, baseball in action plus track and field! (VIDEO)

We are underway in Granite Falls at the Vern Anderson Memorial Field, which is located along the scenic banks of the Minnesota River. While the Sub-Section 3A-North fastpitch softball playoffs are starting here, the B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams are competing in the Sub-Section 5A-West meet at Litchfield high school's athletic complex.

UPDATE from Litchfield: Kameron Hiltner has won the sub-section 100 open title! He finished with a time of 11.34 seconds, which was about "one step" ahead of the runner-up in his flight, fellow junior Brody Hooper of Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball Area. Hooper's time was 11.55 seconds. In the triple jump, senior Dominic Ramos had an outstanding performance that broke 39 feet (I don't have his exact best jump's distance) and ultimately took fourth place.

In the girls' 100 open, seventh grader Alaya Robbin beat her seed time (15.04 seconds) and finished with a time of 14.73 seconds.

Fastpitch updates from Granite Falls...
In the playoff opener, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team was stuck in a scoreless tie through three innings against No. 6-seeded Benson. It is a must-win game in order to advance to the Section 3A tournament! More updates to follow.

UPDATE: in the top of the 5th inning, the Jaguars now hold a small 3-1 lead. This is good!

Final score: B-B-E 7, Benson 2. Hooray! The Jaguars are 11-9 overall going into game 2 tonight in Granite Falls. The second game should get going by 6:30 p.m.

Here's the last video I got from game 2 of the Maple Lake doubleheader one week ago tonight:


In that video, freshman Lillian Thompson grabs a pop fly catch in left field to record the third out in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Updates from the Yellow Medicine East playoff game will be posted after 8 p.m. Let's go, Jaguars!!! This game is huge!

Final score: YME 2, B-B-E 1. The Sting won it on a walk-off double. It was absolutely brutal! However, it is undeniable that both teams played an incredible game. The Jaguars (11-10) still move on, and they play on Saturday, May 24 in Marshall in the elimination bracket at 1 p.m. against BOLD (by the Marshall Area high school). More to come. It's time to hit up the DQ in Granite Falls!

In baseball news...
This is also a busy night in the baseball world. The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team traveled to Holdingford this afternoon for a huge Central Minnesota Conference game. The Jaguars were 8-3 going into the game with a "virtual" position of first place. That went by the wayside, however, as they lost 16-2 to the Huskers. Holdingford improved to 10-4 with the win to pull into first place. The Jaguars have their backs to the wall in the CMC race, and they have to sweep Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City tomorrow in Elrosa in order to clinch a share of the CMC title.

**This blog post is a wrap as of 9:40 p.m. on Thursday! Much more to post in a new blog post. Please hit refresh!  

Fastpitch playoffs moved to Thursday; it rains all day Wednesday (VIDEOS*)

The same schedule holds for the Sub-Section 3A-North playoff opener, but it will take place on Thursday, May 22 instead of today. For the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team, they will have Wednesday to prepare for No. 6-seeded Benson for their playoff opener, which is at 4:30 p.m. in Granite Falls. I still have to look up where their fastpitch teams play.

Since yesterday morning, the Brooten area has received in the neighborhood of 3 inches of rain! Oh, my! The memory of a drought is fading. That's all I've got right now.

A couple boys' golf updates were posted to the last blog post. Also, girls' golf notes were added from yesterday's CMC meet.

With the steady rain we've received this afternoon, practices for baseball, fastpitch and track and field were all moved indoors.

Here's a glimpse of varsity fastpitch practice today:


As of early Tuesday evening, I think we've surpassed 3 inches of rain in the last 36 hours.

Shifting on to Wednesday...
By Wednesday night, the rainfall totals in Brooten have surpassed 5 inches since sunrise on Monday morning.

In other news, the May 22 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice features the annual graduation section. This year, the newspaper's graduation section features 55 graduates with the B-B-E Class of 2025. Out of all 55 graduates, only 12 are committed to attending a four-year college. "Don't quote me"...but I believe this is hte lowest percentage (22 percent) of any B-B-E graduating class that is committed to a four-year college. Do you know what I call that? I call that progress!

At B-B-E elementary school on Wednesday morning, the staff and students held their year-end awards banquet. A special part of this event featured the Class of 2025 seniors joining the grades K-5 students for a few unique activities.

Here's a video featuring the Parents and Seniors Night 6 nights ago...


Thursday is the big day this week! The way things stand, I hope to see track and field action plus fastpitch softball action in both Litchfield and then Granite Falls. We'll see how the night goes.

I'd like to give a big tip of the hat to Maple Lake fastpitch coach Tim Knudsen, who has taught P.E. and coached at Maple Lake high school since 2004. In Maple Lake's game two win against our Jaguars last Thursday, Coach Knudsen earned his 400th career fastpitch win. That is a tremendous achievement! He is a 1981 graduate of Burlingame high school in California. Don't kid yourself: we need the CMC to continue being a strong and tough conference to compete in. This only makes our Jaguars stronger in preparation for the playoffs.

In the Section 5AA playoff opener, Maple Lake's fastpitch team lost 11-1 on Monday this week to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted. The Irish finish the season 10-11 overall. They will graduate 6 seniors off of their roster.

In Section 6AA, Kimball Area (20-1) is the No. 2 seed out of 16 teams. Melrose Area (16-4) is the No. 3 seed, and St. Cloud Cathedral (19-1) is the No. 1 seed. Paynesville Area (14-7) is seeded No. 5, and Holdingford (7-13) is the No 9 seed. Seeded No. 10 is Eden Valley-Watkins (9-12). The EV-W Eagles earned an upset win to open the playoffs by defeating host Foley 8-5 on Monday. This avenged a 4-1 loss at Foley back on April 21, which was during a stretch where the Eagles started the season 1-8 overall. Their season seemed to turn around with a 12-2 six-inning win against visiting Osakis on April 29. EV-W is 8-4 in their last 12 games going back to that Osakis win.

Royalton (7-14) was the No. 13 seed, and they were eliminated from the playoffs on Monday in a 15-5 loss in 5 innings to Pierz.

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (4-14) opens the Section 4A playoffs tomorrow as the No. 8-seeded team, and they face No. 9-seeded Heritage Christian.

Fastpitch Jaguars earn No. 3 seed (VIDEO)

For the second year in a row, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team earned a high seed in the playoffs. This year, the Jaguars take a 10-9 record into the Sub-Section 3A-North tournament as the No. 3 seed out of 8 teams. The playoff opener is in Granite Falls at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20. Their opponent will be the No. 6-seeded Benson Braves.

Lac qui Parle Valley (16-4) is the No. 1 seed, and Yellow Medicine East is 11-6. The YME Sting will host one of the two sub-section pods next Tuesday. The other teams playing in Granite Falls will be No. 2-seeded YME and No. 7-seeded Ortonville, who face off in their playoff opener at 3 p.m. in Granite Falls. If the Jaguars defeat Benson, they will likely face YME in a 6 p.m. game in Granite Falls in what will be the opening round of the Section 3A tournament. At that point, the 16 teams who entered the playoffs will be cut back to 8 teams. Those 8 teams will play in the double elimination format of the section tournament, which continues in Marshall on Saturday, May 24.

The subsection rankings are posted below along with each team's overall record as of this morning.

Sub-Section 3A-North fastpitch softball playoff seedings:
1. Lac qui Parle Valley (16-4)
2. Yellow Medicine East (11-6)
3. B-B-E (10-9)
4. Renville County West (6-10)
5. MACCRAY (5-15)
6. Benson (3-17)
7. Ortonville (3-15)
8. Dawson-Boyd (1-14)

Here's a video featuring action in the bottom of the 1st in game 2 yesterday:


The video begins with the bases loaded and Maple Lake batting with one out. Mya Worms caught a pop fly near the home dugout for the second out.

Wabasso (13-5) is the No. 1 seed in Sub-Section 3A-South.

In other news...
A very special evening is coming tonight at the Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township. They are hosting Toby Keith Tribute Ranch Rodeo Night 3 starting at 6 p.m. You can read more about the event and order tickets by clicking here: https://smilindarena.com/events/?event=229536.

Update on Friday night: click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website to see a video recorded tonight at Smilin' D Arena: https://shorturl.at/tBHGk.

The day of Saturday this weekend will be dedicated to multiple graduation parties. Then we have Syttende Mai coming all day on Sunday. The weather is supposed to warm up by Sunday, which bodes well for the big Norwegian celebration in Sunburg. Their pancake breakfast at Hope Lutheran church begins at 7:30 a.m., and an Ecumenical worship is at 9:30 a.m. in their church sanctuary. The grand parade is at 3:30 p.m., and parade staging takes place at the Hope Lutheran parking lot. The full schedule of events for Sunburg's Sunday activities was published on page 7 of the May 8 and May 15 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

Fastpitch battles elements, earns split with Maple Lake (VIDEOS*)

After pushing through technical difficulties, I'll get video added to this blog post on Friday morning. Also! Playoff seeding will be added in a NEW blog post late Friday morning.

Here's a video featuring part of the pregame huddle:


In a home Central Minnesota Conference doubleheader today with a wicked south wind blowing into the stadium, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team earned a series split with Maple Lake. They won 2-1 in game one before the Irish earned a 3-2 win in game two with a walk-off RBI deciding the game.

Going into the second game, both teams held a 7-6 record in the CMC. Maple Lake finished in third place alone with an 8-6 record, while the Jaguars took fourth place alone with a 7-7 record. B-B-E's 7-7 record is their best CMC record since the 2009 season. In 2009, the Jaguars finished 8-6 in the CMC, which put them in 5th place that year.

Here's a video from the top of the 7th inning as the Jaguars clinched the win in game one:


A few game statistics...
Taylor Shelton and Mya Worms each had 2 hits to lead the Jaguars at the plate in game one. Worms gave up 4 hits in a complete-game effort in the circle while giving up no walks and firing 4 strikeouts. In game two, Kenna Lieser was the leading hitter with a 2-for-3 effort at the plate with one run scored Kacey Fischer was 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Also! B-B-E's 10-9 overall record marks the first time since 2009 that they will enter the postseason with a winning record. This is an achievement they should be extremely proud of! Their 10-9 record improves on last year's 8-11 record they held going into subsections. The Sub-Section 3A-North tournament begins next Tuesday, May 20. That's all I know right now. I won't have firm information on the playoff schedule/locations, etc. until late tomorrow (Friday) morning.

B-B-E's home baseball doubleheader for today against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City was postponed into next week. The stakes for next week are HUGE! Currently, the Jaguars sit alone in first place in the CMC with an 8-3 record. Paynesville Area and Royalton each finished 10-4 in the CMC but are both in the running for a share of the title. Holdingford, who the Jaguars are supposed to play tomorrow, is 9-4 in the CMC. If the Jaguars win 2 out of their last 3 CMC games, they will earn a share of the CMC title. If they go 3-0, they will be solo CMC champions.

That's all I've got right now. I am going to sneak in some garden planting before it gets dark. After tonight, I won't be able to do any proper gardening for at least 3 days, possibly more! The forecast for the weekend is awful. Cold, fall-like weather is on its way. Dang it! However, with this rough weather we're experiencing, we are getting some extremely valuable rain out of the deal.

Area fastpitch scores on May 15:
Parkers Prairie 10, Brandon-Evansville 4
Renville County West 15, MACCRAY 0
Yellow Medicine East 13, Dawson-Boyd 2
Edgerton/Southwest MN Christian 5, Murray County Central 0
Jackson County Central 12, Wabasso 1 (5 innings)

Home playoff hopes dim, but fastpitch salvages a split

After suffering a 14-10 loss in game one at Holdingford today, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team is in a situation where their backs are to the wall in order to host the opening round of the Sub-Section 3A-North tournament next week. They need to win game two in order to keep hopes alive to surpass Yellow Medicine East for the No. 2 playoff seed.

Update from Holdingford: the Jaguars salvaged a Central Minnesota Conference series split with the Huskers tonight. After losing game one 14-10, they came out strong in game two and picked up a 12-8 win. This puts them at 9-8 overall going into the last action of the regular season. Next: the Jaguars host Maple Lake in a big CMC doubleheader this Thursday, May 15. Game one is at 4 p.m. at the home diamond, and it will also be Seniors and Parents Night.

Maple Lake's fastpitch team is 8-7 overall and 6-3 in the CMC, which puts them in third place. They have a doubleheader tomorrow at home with second-place Paynesville Area.

More to come later, including B-B-E Jaguars girls' golf results from Paynesville's Koronis Golf Club. Update: the scores are in, and Kragen Wiener fired a 55 to earn 7th place individually at today's Central Minnesota Conference meet in Paynesville. The 8th grader's score of 55 is her best this season in a CMC meet. Olive Olson had a rough first hole (with a 10) but recovered from there and finished with a 61. Next: those two varsity girls' golfers travel to Benson tomorrow for an 18-hole invitational. The varsity girls' golf schedule includes 27 more holds of CMC golf, including 9 on Thursday at Kimball and then the final 18 at The Lynx in Sauk Centre next Monday. The Section 5A meet will be held on Wednesday, May 21 at Eagle Creek in Willmar.

Central MN Conference fastpitch scores on May 13:
Eden Valley-Watkins 10, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 8
EV-W 10, A-C-GC 6

Central MN Conference baseball scores on May 13:
Royalton 6, Kimball Area 2
Eden Valley-Watkins 3, Paynesville Area 2
Royalton 4, Holdingford 2

Area fastpitch scores on May 13:
Yellow Medicine East 4, Ortonville 0
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 14, MACCRAY 6
MACCRAY 11, K-M-S 10
Sauk Centre 5, Montevideo 2
Sauk Centre 3, Montevideo 2 (8 innings)
Melrose Area 21, Benson 0
Montevideo 2, Benson 1
Lac qui Parle Valley 12, Ortonville 1
Royalton 13, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 3
Kimball Area 14, Foley 0
Lac qui Parle Valley 12, Ortonville 0
Melrose Area 9, Benson 2

Fastpitch rights the ship, shuts out Falcons; baseball Jaguars win 7th straight

The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team righted the ship, as they say, with an 8-0 win at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City today. The Central Minnesota Conference win snapped a 5-game losing streak, as the team is 8-7 overall going into tomorrow's tough road trip to Holdingford for a doubleheader.

Mya Worms pitched a complete game win, as the sophomore surrendered 7 hits and 2 walks to go with 8 strikeouts in 94 total pitches. Junior Kenna Lieser, a 5th-year starter, surpassed 100 career hits today. She went 3-for-3 with one RBI, one walk and 2 runs scored. She achieved her 100th hit in her 4th and final at bat tonight in Grove City.

The Huskers are 5-11 overall and 3-8 in the CMC, which is good for a tie for sixth place with Eden Valley-Watkins and A-C-GC.

And now it is seven in a row!
This current winning streak equals what was accomplished across the latter portion of the 2023 season. Two years ago, the Jaguars won the last game of the regular season, won 5 straight in Section 6A to win the title and then won the state quarterfinal game for 7 straight wins. The Jaguars also won 7 straight games in the 2016 season, when they won 5 straight going into the playoffs and then the first 2 games of the Section 6A tournament. They ultimately settled for 3rd place in 2016, which was their best postseason run since 1995. In 1995, the Jaguars were runners-up in Sub-Section 5A-3 after winning the program's only conference title with a 12-2 record in the West Central South Conference.

Back to present-day...The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team stayed red hot as they defeated Eden Valley-Watkins 6-2 tonight in a home CMC game. This is their 7th straight win! Next: the Jaguars (11-4 overall) host A-C-GC in a CMC doubleheader this Thursday, May 15 at 4 p.m. However!! It is almost sacrilegious for me to say this on a sports blog, but I hope that it will be raining on Thursday. We are desperately in need of precipitation, and the forecast calls for rain and a thunderstorm on Thursday. We'll see how the week plays out. There's also rain in the forecast (53% chance) for Friday. As it stands, our cropland needs an inch or more of rainfall just to stay "relevant" in terms of getting crop germination properly underway. One inch would be terrific and more would be even better.

Against EV-W, Luke Illies started and pitched 5 innings; he gave up 4 hits, 2 earned runs and 1 walk with 2 strikeouts. Aiden Mueller made his pitching debut this spring as closer with no hits, no walks and 3 strikeouts.

More to come after dark...after more vegetables are planted in our family garden!

In track and field news...
The B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams will compete in the Central Minnesota Conference championships on Tuesday (tomorrow). The meet will be hosted at Kimball Area high school. Field events begin at 3:15 p.m., and the running events start at 4:30 p.m.

Central Minnesota Conference baseball scores on May 12:
Paynesville Area 13, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 3

Area baseball scores on May 12:
Upsala/Swanville Area 10, Osakis 2
Parkers Prairie 9, Ottertail Central 3
St. Cloud Cathedral 3, Melrose Area 1
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 7, Benson 0

Fastpitch hits the road today, baseball hosts EV-W

The Central Minnesota Conference game at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City high school later today will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood. The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team takes on A-C-GC with first pitch at 4:45 p.m. The pregame show will begin at about 4:30 p.m. The Jaguars have fallen to 7-7 overall and need to come out firing today to shake their current five-game losing streak. The Jaguars have been outscored 65-11 in their last 5 games. It is time to right the ship! Losing is not an option!

The Falcons, a Section 4A team, are 4-11 overall with a 3-8 CMC record. In their latest action, they earned a CMC split at Maple Lake last Thursday with a 15-7 loss in game one and then a 9-8 win in game two.

In the latest Minnesota-Scores QRF rankings, the Jaguars have fallen to No. 44 in Class 1A. They are currently the No. 9-ranked team in Section 3A out of 16 total teams. In Sub-Section 3A-North, they are in the No. 3 spot behind Lac qui Parle Valley (QRF No. 18) and Yellow Medicine East (QRF No. 30).

For fans who cannot make the trip to Grove City, the game will be carried on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood, which is found on your radio dial at 107.1 FM. They also stream online: https://www.kmgk1071.com. Thanks, Brady!

Shifting to baseball news...
At home in Elrosa, the B-B-E Jaguars baseball team hosts Eden Valley-Watkins in another game with big conference implications. The Jaguars need to win in order to keep their Central Minnesota Conference title hopes alive. First pitch from Saints Field is at 4 p.m.

In the latest Minnesota-Scores QRF rankings, the Jaguars have climbed to No. 6 in Class 1A, which also puts them in the top spot in Sub-Section 6A-South. Parkers Prairie (16-3 overall) stands at No. 3 in Class 1A and is the leader in Sub-Section 6A-North.

Some non-sports news...
The Syttende Mai celebration is coming to Sunburg this weekend, Sunday, May 18. A video with additional information on this event has been posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://shorturl.at/WCmNT. If you click on that link, you'll be able to watch a short video clip from the prize drawing for the Sunburg Trolls Car Club raffle winners at Syttende Mai one year ago.

A third straight fastpitch loss; baseball sweeps Cubs

Note: this blog post was updated late Wednesday night after the KMGK Sports Banquet in Glenwood with an area scoreboard.

The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team is in a mid-season slump after suffering their third loss in a row tonight at Upsala. The Cardinals broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the second inning with 5 runs scored.

Final: Upsala 7, B-B-E 4. After Upsala took a 7-0 lead in the bottom of the 4th, the Jaguars scored 2 runs in both the 5th and 6th innings.

Just 3 of Upsala's 7 runs scored in the 2nd and 5th innings were earned off of B-B-E starter Lydia Primus. B-B-E had 2 errors to none by the host Cardinals. Mya Worms batted 4-for-4 including one double and 2 RBI.

After losing their first 5 games of the season, Upsala now holds a 5-8 overall record; they've won 3 of their last 4 games.

The Jaguars (7-5) look to right the ship with a tough doubleheader at Kimball Area this Saturday. The first game is set for 11 a.m. at Kimball Area high school.

IN baseball news...
The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team is picking up steam, and tonight they earned a satisfying Central Minnesota Conference series sweep against Kimball Area. The doubleheader wins in Elrosa were won by scores of 12-7 in game one and then 14-2 in game two.

Now 8-4 overall, the Jaguars host the Max Bats Wood Bats Invitational in Elrosa this Friday and Saturday. They face Brandon-Evansville at about 7 p.m. on Friday. That game follows the varsity game at 4:30 in Elrosa between Browerville and Hancock. The varsity Jaguars will then play at about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday against Hancock. Both of B-B-E's games are against subsection opponents.

Central MN Conference baseball score on May 6:
Royalton 10, Maple Lake 5

Area baseball scores on May 6:
Osakis 12, St. John's Prep 2
Pierz 3, Albany 2
Brandon-Evansville 11, Ashby 1
Parkers Prairie 7, Pillager 2
Lac qui Parle Valley 15, Canby 8
Staples-Motley 13, Sauk Centre 11
MACCRAY 3, Ortonville 2
Yellow Medicine East 10, Minneota 3
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 11, Upsala/Swanville Area 5
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 9, Melrose Area 4
Brandon-Evansville 12, Ashby 4

A rough loss as fastpitch settles for a split; baseball sweeps Paynesville Area (VIDEO)

A seventh-inning rally helped extend the game to extra innings for the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team tonight against Eden Valley-Watkins. Down 6-3 going into the 7th, the Jaguars plated the exact runs needed to stay alive. The bottom fell out, however, as the Eagles scored 8 runs in the top of the 8th inning. B-B-E got just one back to fall to 7-4 on the season in a 14-7 loss.

Here's a video from the top of the 2nd inning:


In the Central Minnesota Conference, the Jaguars fall to 4-3. This is their second straight CMC loss after they won 4 straight against conference opponents.

The Jaguars have no time to lick their wounds, however, as they hit the road tomorrow into Morrison County to Upsala. The non-conference game starts at 4:45 p.m. from the Upsala fastpitch softball complex. The Cardinals are 4-8 overall and 3-3 in the Prairie Conference.

EV-W, a Section 6AA team, improved their overall record to 4-9. In the CMC, the Eagles are 2-7. They have doubleheaders with Royalton and Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City plus a game at Paynesville Area remaining on their CMC schedule.

And! Exciting baseball news!
The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team defeated Paynesville Area 10-3 tonight to improve to 6-4 overall. Luke Illies pitched a complete game with 4 hits, 1 earned run, 2 walks and 7 strikeouts. In the CMC, the Jaguars are 5-3 and still in the hunt for a share of the title.

The Bulldogs led 1-0 after one inning, but the Jaguars took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the 2nd. Paynesville Area tied the game in the top of the 4th, but the Jaguars took the lead for good with 2 runs in the bottom of the 4th. They sealed the win with 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning. Overall, B-B-E outhit the Bulldogs 14 to 4.

Noah DeRoo led the Jaguars by batting a thousand with 3 singles and 4 RBI. Earning 2 hits each were Brett DeRoo, Hayden Sobiech, Tyler Myers, and Jack Lundberg.

Next: the Jaguars host Kimball Area in a big CMC doubleheader tomorrow (Tuesday) starting at 4 p.m. in Elrosa. A sweep of the Cubs is in order! It will be necessary to stay in the CMC race.

Paynesville Area is 10-4 overall and 8-2 in the CMC, which is still good for first place.

I'll bring this up again in the future, but just for the record, our current varsity baseball team includes 8 players who were part of the 2023 team that advanced to the state tournament. I finally got around to looking up our roster from 2 years ago.

More to come after it gets dark! The garden is calling with loud voices!!!

Area fastpitch scores on May 5:
Menahga 8, Upsala 0
Osakis 13, Royalton 8
Browerville 12, Pine River-Backus 6
Minnewaska Area 17, Hancock 7
Spectrum 2, Kimball Area 0 (this is Kimball's first loss of the season; they're now 13-1)
Melrose Area 4, BOLD 3
Holdingford 15, Albany 12

A huge golf win, plus a win and a loss (VIDEO)

In the fifth Central Minnesota Conference meet of the season, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' golf team competed at the Little Falls course today with Royalton as the host school. The Jaguars came away with a huge win by 3 strokes, as they defeated second-place Paynesville by a 167 to 170 margin. Also, Walker Winter and Hudson Reed are both in the Top 8 of the current CMC standings.

Next: the boys' golf team has an 18-hole invitational at Sauk Centre's Greystone Golf Club.

In home fastpitch action today...
With the weather stopping a home game on Monday to take place, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team hosted a doubleheader today featuring two teams coming to town.

In the first game, the Jaguars faced Long Prairie-Grey Eagle in a non-conference game. The Jaguars put up some big innings on their way to an 11-1 win in five innings. LP-GE, who competes in Section 6A, fell to 2-6 overall.

Against LP-GE, the Jaguars had just 4 hits but took advantage of 8 walks against just 2 strikeouts.

Here's a video featuring the postgame huddle after the LP-GE win:


In game two, the Jaguars faced Paynesville Area in a CMC border battle that started just before 6 p.m. The Bulldogs won 13-1 as they kept pace with undefeated (9-0) Kimball Area in the CMC standings.

Paynesville, who is a half game behind Kimball, out-hit the Jaguars by a 12 to 5 margin. Two Bulldogs pitchers combined for 8 strikeouts with just 2 walks.

The Jaguars sit at 7-3 overall with their best record through 10 games since the 2008 season. In 2008, they went 11-5 in the regular season before the Section 5A playoffs. Next: the Jaguars travel to River's Edge Softball Park in Waite Park on Thursday to face Holdingford (3-6, 2-4) in a CMC doubleheader. The first game is set for 4 p.m.

Central MN Conference fastpitch scores on April 29:
Kimball Area 10, Holdingford 0
Kimball Area 14, Holdingford 0

Area fastpitch scores on April 29:
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 26, Benson 0
Minneota/Canby 11, Renville County West 0
Lac qui Parle Valley 18, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 6
Maple Lake 12, Upsala 2 (5 innings)
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 5, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 2
Minnewaska Area 12, West Central Area 10
BOLD 14, Montevideo 3
Eden Valley-Watkins 12, Osakis 2 (6 innings)
Dawson-Boyd 2, Ortonville 0
Swanville 14, Royalton 7
Melrose Area 8, Sauk Centre 2
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 18, Lakeview 8
BOLD 5, Montevideo 2
West Central Area 9, Minnewaska Area 7

Fastpitch dominant in series sweep at Royalton; baseball suffers heartbreaking loss (VIDEO)

First, the great news!

In a Central Minnesota Conference doubleheader at Royalton, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team totaled 17 hits in each game while recording a series sweep over the Royals. After winning game one 13-2 in five innings, the Jaguars finished the evening with a 9-2 win.

Overall, the Jaguars had 34 hits compared to 10 by the Royals. Mya Worms pitched all 12 innings as her season record has improved to 5-1.

In the five-inning win, the Jaguars scored 6 runs in both the 4th and 5th innings to end the game early. Royalton falls to 1-7 overall and 1-6 in the CMC.

The B-B-E fastpitch team is now 6-1 overall (5-1 CMC). This marks their best overall start to the season in 37 years! Yes! That is correct. They want to keep it going, too, and next is a tall task with undefeated Swanville coming to town tomorrow (Friday) with first pitch at 4:45 p.m. The Bulldogs were 8-0 coming into today's Prairie Conference game against Osakis. Update: Swanville, ranked No. 4 in the most recent QRF rankings, is now 9-0 overall after they beat visiting Osakis 10-2 tonight. In the Prairie Conference, Swanville improves to 5-0. Osakis is 2-4 overall and 2-2 in the Prairie.

Switching to baseball reporting...
At Elrosa in CMC action for the home opener, the B-B-E Jaguars baseball team defeated Royalton 9-3 in game one before taking a tough 4-3 loss in walk-off fashion in game two. They will put a chip on their shoulder now and put the tough loss behind them this weekend. Next: the Jaguars (4-3, 4-2) travel to Kingery Field in Atwater next Monday, April 28 to face the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Falcons. Update: that game in Atwater has been postponed to May 15. The Jaguars have a week off now until they head east to Dick Putz Field in St. Cloud next Thursday, May 1. They play two games, and the first game is set for noon. The opponent will be Holdingford.

In game one, Luke Illies pitched all 7 innings and held the Royals to 4 hits to go with 6 strikeouts and 2 walks. Illies helped his own cause by batting 2-for-3 (one single, one triple) with one walk, 2 RBI, 2 runs scored.

In game two, neither team scored through the first 5 innings. In the bottom of the 6th inning, the Royals punched in 2 runs to take the lead. With their backs to the wall, the Jaguars rallied and scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th inning. The other shoe fell, however, with the Royals scoring twice in the bottom of the 7th inning to claim the win. They won the game on an RBI-single to bring a runner home from third base.

Here's action from tonight's second game in Elrosa:


The video is from the top of the 3rd inning, and it begins with Tate Deters batting.

The Royals are 4-5 overall and 2-4 in the CMC.

Coming tomorrow...a high amount of golf action!
Tomorrow morning, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' golf team hosts the second CMC meet of their season. They open play at Prairie View Golf Course in Brooten at 9 a.m. Also, B-B-E's two varsity girls' golfers are in action beginning with a trip north to Osakis for a CMC meet at 9 a.m. More on that to follow later.

Also exciting! Tomorrow, B-B-E's 5th grade Math Masters team travels to Alexandria. They compete mostly in the morning for a competition that should be wrapped up by about 1 p.m.

Central MN Conference fastpitch scores on April 24:
Kimball Area 15, Eden Valley-Watkins 1
Kimball Area 13, EV-W 1 (5 innings)
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 6, Holdingford 3
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 8, Holdingford 5

Central MN Conference baseball scores on April 24:
Holdingford 12, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 0
Eden Valley-Watkins 12, Kimball Area 11
Holdingford 10, A-C-GC 0

Area fastpitch scores on April 24:
Browerville 4, Mille Lacs 1
Upsala 6, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 5 (8 innings)
Pequot Lakes 7, Sauk Centre 1
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 2, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 1
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 12, Benson 0

Area baseball scores on April 24:
Melrose Area 3, BOLD 2
Benson 3, West Central Area 2
Upsala/Swanville Area 9, Parkers Prairie 2
Dawson-Boyd 15, Border West 6
Benson 10, WCA 0
Melrose Area 6, BOLD 1

Fastpitch stays in the win column, baseball takes a tough loss (VIDEOS*)

Thanks to a fourth inning rally, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team continued its winning ways by defeating ACGC 8-2 this evening on the home diamond. The win improves their record in the Central Minnesota Conference to 2-1, and they are 4-1 overall. Next: a key doubleheader at Royalton on Thursday.

B-B-E piled up 14 hits against A-C-GC's Kendra Miller. Mya Worms pitched the win and went the distance while holding the Falcons to 6 hits. B-B-E's four-game winning streak is their longest such streak since the 2009 season, when they won 6 games in the middle of their schedule.

A-C-GC fell to 1-5 overall and 0-4 in the CMC.

Here's a video featuring the Jaguars in action in the 4th inning today:


Also tonight! We had golf athletes in action at Pine Island Golf Course in Atwater, and the track and field teams hosted a 12-team meet at the high school athletic complex. I'll get to reporting on that later, and most likely in the morning.

At Eden Valley-Watkins tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars baseball team fell behind 2-0 after the first inning and couldn't get over the hump. The Eagles cooled off the Jaguars by a 6-4 score. The loss sends the Jaguars into a tie for first place with Paynesville Area; both teams are 3-1 in the CMC.

While both teams had 6 hits each, the Jaguars left 6 runners stranded. The Jaguars scored 2 runs in both the 5th and 7th innings. Next: the Jaguars host Royalton at 4 p.m. on Thursday this week in Elrosa for a CMC doubleheader. The Royals lost 3-2 tonight at Kimball Area to fall to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the CMC.

Here's a video featuring one of the girls' 100 open heats today in Belgrade:


Out of 34 runners, Laken Anderson placed 21st with a time of 15.28 seconds. On the boys' side, Kameron Hiltner won the 100 open race with a time of 11.82 seconds. In the 1600 run, Taylor Nelson placed first with an outstanding finish as he edged out St. John's Prep's Connor McMahon. Nelson's time was 4:50.15, while McMahon's time was 4:51.80. The track and field teams are in action on Thursday this week at Sauk Centre (3:30 p.m.).

Additional track and field coverage will be published in this week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

Central MN Conference fastpitch scores on April 22:
Royalton 17, Holdingford 7 (Royals earn their first win of the season)
Paynesville Area 6, Eden Valley-Watkins 4

Central MN Conference baseball scores on April 22:
Paynesville Area 3, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 0
Kimball Area 3, Royalton 2

Area fastpitch scores on Tuesday, April 22:
Sauk Centre 13, Benson 3 (5 innings)
West Central Area 7, Montevideo 6
Annandale 12, Maple Lake 3
Swanville 10, Upsala 5 (Bulldogs improve to 6-0 overall)
Osakis 11, Browerville 8
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 5, Hancock 3
Willmar 7, Sauk Rapids-Rice 3
Kimball Area 7, Albany 0
Sauk Centre 19, Benson 4
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 5, BOLD 0

Area baseball scores on Monday, April 21:
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 10, Minneota 3
New London-Spicer 4, Glencoe-Silver Lake 2 (11 innings!)
Ottertail Central 10, Browerville 0
Brandon-Evansville 4, Mahnomen/Waubun 3
Marshall 6, Hutchinson 0
Foley 6, Eden Valley-Watkins 2
St. Cloud Cathedral 8, Osakis 1

Fastpitch racks up another big win (VIDEO)

In their third road game in four contests to start the season, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team picked up an 11-1 win against MACCRAY tonight to improve to 3-1 overall. Playing at MACCRAY's field in Raymond, the Jaguars improved to 3-1 heading into a home Central Minnesota Conference game with Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City next Tuesday.

A six-run sixth inning broke open what was a close game. Through five innings, the Jaguars held a 3-0 lead, and the game was scoreless through three. Strong baserunning was a big key to the win, with the Jaguars led by Bree Radermacher's 4 stolen bases. The Jaguars had 10 total in the game.

For the second game in a row with Mya Worms starting, the sophomore issued no walks in a complete-game win. She fired 7 strikeouts across a total of 76 pitches. Earning 2 hits each were Lydia Primus, Mya Worms, Taylor Shelton, Lillian Thompson, Ava Lieser, Bree Radermacher and Kamie Fischer. The Jaguars racked up 7 extra-base hits, with the following players all hitting doubles: Lydia Primus (two doubles), Mya Worms (two doubles), Taylor Shelton, Lillian Thompson and Kamie Fischer.

MACCRAY fell to 1-5 overall.

Here's a video from the home game last Friday against Benson:


In that video, freshman Lydia Primus is shown pitching in the bottom of the third inning against the Braves.

The Jaguars have scored 39 runs across their last three games...all have been wins!

Shifting gears to track and field coverage...
The B-B-E boys' track and field team had a terrific showing at the A-C-GC Invitational today. They piled up 75 team points and placed fourth out of 7 teams.

Junior Kameron Hiltner broke his own career record in the 100 open, a time that was also the new school record, as he won that event today in Grove City with a time of 11.17 seconds. His former best time in the 100 open was 11.24 seconds, a time he earned in Morris one week ago. Prior to the Morris Invitational, B-B-E's 100 open boys' record had stood since the 2019 season: 11.34 seconds by Class of 2019 graduate Blake Goodall.

Senior distance runner Taylor Nelson won the 1600 (4:54.68) and 3200 (10.39.70).

Also, the boys' 4x400 relay squad took first place with a time of 3:58.66.

Getting back to spring concert coverage...a video from the final song performed that night has been posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website. You can see that by clicking here: https://shorturl.at/eUsul.

And in a major goof, and it is ironic what I did...I mistakenly mixed up former Brooten Review newspaper publisher Con Folin with one of his sons, Clint Folin. This occurred while writing about the Folin family in this week's newspaper. For the record: Con Folin did not live to be 120 years old. He passed away in his early 90s back in 1986. Clint Folin, who was a Brooten high school graduate in 1941, died in 2013. Also noteworthy! Con Folin served on the Brooten school board. He was deeply dedicated to the Brooten community while publishing the local newspaper.

Central Minnesota Conference fastpitch scores on April 17:
Kimball Area 12, Maple Lake 0

Area fastpitch scores on April 17:
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 5, Osakis 4
New London-Spicer 9, Minnewaska Area 2
Swanville 12, Browerville 2 (5 innings)
West Central Area 17, Upsala 4
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 6, Marshall 0