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Saturday, February 07, 2026
Basketball teams sweep Browerville
The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team shook off a tough three-game losing streak with a very satisfying 45-41 win at Browerville today. A late steal in the closing seconds by Hudson Reed iced the win. The girls' basketball team also recorded a win over Browerville's varsity squad; the final score was 65-34.
It's time to head to the Belgrade VFW Auxiliary steak and pork chop fry and then the open gym session at the high school.
In the boys' basketball game, the Jaguars were led by Taylor Pieper's 11 points. Next were Aiden Radermacher and Owen Roering, who had 9 points each. Free throw shooting proved to loom large in the outcome: Browerville was 1-for-3 in the game, while the Jaguars made 5 out of 9 shots at the charity stripe. The win raises their record to 9-10 overall; next is a home game on Tuesday against Eden Valley-Watkins.
In the Section 2A hockey playoffs today, the River Lakes Stars girls' hockey team suffered a 4-1 loss to Minnesota River at the Le Seuer Ice Arena. They finish the season 14-11-1 overall. Minnesota River (21-5-1) advances to the 2A finals to face top-seeded Mankato East. The Cougars (23-2-1) erased Hutchinson from the playoffs with a 5-1 win in the other semifinal game held today.
And now it's Sunday afternoon...the last 24 hours were a blur. I'll get a new blog post up with some notes from the Browerville games.
Friday Night Lights VI: Jaguars overpower tough-as-nails Browerville (VIDEOS)
Saturday night note: I've gotten a few more bits and comments added to this blog post today, although it's mostly all intact from what I went to bed on last night. I have big volleyball news to report in a new blog post! Mistakes in the blog post were cleaned up (example: Andrew Spanier caught the last touchdown pass from Aiden Mueller, not Luke Illies)
At first glance at the final score suggests the B-B-E Jaguars football team easily handled the Browerville Tigers tonight in a key Gopher Gold Mid-Northwest District match up. Let me be the first one to tell you that just was not the case.
Through the end of the first quarter, the Jaguars held just an 8-0 lead at Browerville's Walt Lucas Field. They pushed it to 14-0 and then took a 20-7 lead into halftime. Knowing full well they could not get comfortable on a two-score lead, the Jaguars came out with fire and brimstone to start the third quarter. What came of that was 61-yard touchdown run by Jack Lundberg on the first play from scrimmage after halftime. A two-point conversion carry by Brett DeRoo made it 28-7 with 11:46 remaining in the third quarter.
Final score:B-B-E 36, Browerville 7. Next: the Jaguars take a 5-1 record into a home game on October 11 against Long Prairie-Grey Eagle. That next game will also serve as Parents Night.
Summary of how the first half developed...
This is remarkable: the Jaguars had a basic time of possession total of about four minutes across their first four possessions. On three of the four possessions, they scored touchdowns. The four possessions totaled about 270 yards of net offense. Three different Jaguars scored the touchdowns, in order: Jack Lundberg, Josh Walstrom and Brett DeRoo. This put the score at 20-7 before halftime. The Tigers showed their mettle, however, and put up a great fight across much of the first half of the game.
Here's a video clip featuring the game's opening kickoff and the first few minutes of the first quarter:
B-B-E scored the game's first touchdown of the night on their second possession. It was a two-play drive from 83 yards out. On first down, an option play resulted in a two-yard loss. Jack Lundberg then took it to the house for an 85-yard touchdown carry with 3:09 to go.
Here's a video featuring the two-point conversion run by Brett DeRoo after B-B-E's first touchdown tonight:
In the second quarter...
Browerville had a sustained, lengthy drive that started on their own 43-yard line with 2:59 left in the first quarter. A 43-yard reception brought the Tigers to B-B-E's 12 yard line as the quarter break neared. The Tigers then converted 3rd-and-1 as the first quarter ended. This gave Browerville 1st-and-goal at the one-yard line. Luck struck as the snap on the next play sailed high over the quarterback's head, which resulted in an 18-yard loss. Two plays later, the Tigers began lining up their field goal unit. After a timeout, Browerville then lined up the quarterback to run a play on fourth down at the 13-yard line. The following pass was incomplete to bring a turnover on downs with 10:18 left.
B-B-E scored their second touchdown of the game on an 87-yard touchdown reception by Josh Walstrom. Browerville scored to make it 14-7, but the Jaguars tacked on a third score on Brett DeRoo's 41-yard touchdown catch for a 20-7 lead.
Fast forward to the second half...
With 11:39 left in the third, Browerville began their 7th offensive series of the game on their own 17-yard line thanks to the huge boot of Harley Weber, who kicked a dandy after Lundberg's big touchdown run. The Tigers got a spark with a nine-yard run on their first play, but the second down run was stopped cold by Carson Glienke for no gain. After a false start, Browerville wide receiver Ryan Decock grabbed a 13-yard reception to move the chains. On the next first down play, Ethan Mueller's solo stopped a carry for a one-yard gain. Carson Gilbert's solo yielded no gain on the next play, and the third-and-9 pass was broken up by Josh Walstrom as Browerville quarterback Ryan Riedel was hurried out of the pocket. The Jaguars received the following punt and started their 8th series of the game on their own 38 with 7:35 left. Three plays later, the Jaguars had lost five net yards for a three-and-out. It became a game of punt, punt and punt with both defenses locking horns.
On Browerville's 9th possession of the game, they started on their 40 with 4:40 left in the third quarter. On the second play, Ryan Decock made an incredible one-handed catch good for a 38-yard reception. Next, Decock ran for 14 yards to get goal-to-go on B-B-E's seven yard line. The Jaguars made a stand with Luke Illies getting pass break up in the end zone. A second incomplete pass followed that, and on third down, Harley Weber and Hunter Laage made a joint tackle on Browerville's quarterback for a nine-yard loss. A fourth down play was good for a reception, but the receiver was on his knees as he caught it with just a four-yard gain. Turnover on downs!
The Jaguars scored their final touchdown of the game on a 19-yard pass from Aiden Mueller to Andrew Spanier with 6:45 left in the fourth quarter. Austin Berge's two-point conversion catch made it 36-7.
More to come. Video is uploading...and I have a lot of video from tonight!
Some light game statistics...
B-B-E's Luke Illies had solid quarterback numbers while going 10-for-18 for 182 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Overall, B-B-E gained 397 net yards with 183 coming on the ground. Jack Lundberg battered the Tiger defense with 12 carries for 187 yards and two touchdowns. Josh Walstrom scored B-B-E's second touchdown and finished with 4 catches for 109 yards.
Browerville gained a total of 291 yards of offense with 93 rushing and 198 passing yards. Their passing game looked sharp at times, but the Jaguars did a solid job of slowing down the Tigers' running game. B-B-E's defense gave up the 93 rushing yards on a total of a whopping 38 carries.
Here's a plug for the Belgrade V.F.W. Steak Fry and Pork Chop Feed...they will hold their first of the new 2024-2025 season from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 5 at the VFW Club in Belgrade. Don't miss out! They are one of numerous local organizations who provide terrific support to B-B-E schools and our school activities.
Mid-Northwest Gopher Gold District scores in Week Six in October 4:
Upsala/Swanville Area 29, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 0 (at Murdock)
West Central Area 44, Benson 8
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 20, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 14 (at Long Prairie)
Area football scores in Week Six on October 4:
Minnewaska Area 37, Montevideo 0
Osakis 52, Paynesville Area 8
St. Cloud Cathedral 21, Royalton 6
Kimball Area 6, Holdingford 0
Lac qui Parle Valley 34, MACCRAY 12
Rothsay 50, Ortonville 14
Hancock 62, Underwood 8
Border West 48, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 20
Renville County West 58, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 0
Albany 43, Rockford Area 7
Hutchinson 28, Willmar 21
Minneota 76, Lakeview 7
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 31, Melrose Area 14
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 24, East Grand Forks 0
New London-Spicer 21, Glencoe-Silver Lake 0
Pierz 50, Sauk Centre 14
Friday Night Lights VII! Jaguars take it to Browerville...again (VIDEOS*)
On a very cold but calm Friday night in Browerville, the B-B-E Jaguars football team earned their oats and then some by winning their sixth straight game over the Tigers. Final score: B-B-E 36, Browerville 20. Once the game concluded, the temperature in Browerville was 35 degrees. This is B-B-E's third straight win over Browerville after they lost all meetings in 2018, 2019 and 2020. (They met twice in 2020.) Never mind that the Jaguars posted 36 points...the name of this game was once again defense just as it was last week! B-B-E's defense held Browerville to punts on their first four possessions. The Tigers gained just two first downs in the game's first 22 minutes. Browerville's fifth drive of the first half ended with an interception just as they neared the red zone. Their first five possessions yielded just 81 net yards, their offensive total at halftime. They would not score until their seventh possession of the game.
The Jaguars (6-1) now have a head of steam as they prepare for the short week, Week Eight, which will be a home game next Wednesday against No. 1-ranked BOLD. The Warriors will be stinging from their first loss of the season, as state-ranked (No. 7 in Class 2A) Kimball Area won 24-14 at the Warriors self-described "Dog Pound" in Olivia. The Cubs led 16-8 at halftime.
Browerville falls to 2-5 overall with their third straight loss, but I expect them to win at Maple Lake next week and hover in that No. 4 or No. 5 playoff seed. We'll see how the QRF rankings shake out after Week Eight!
The dog fight that I predicted this game would be played out for much of the first half. Neither team could find the endzone in the first quarter. B-B-E posted two touchdowns in the second quarter and led 14-0 at halftime. Braeden Michels scored on a one-yard run with 4:11 left, and Toby Cebulla later caught a 20-yard pass for the second touchdown with 1:24 left.
*Here's video featuring a catch by Owen Paulson on B-B-E's first scoring drive in the 2nd quarter, courtesy of the Browerville school YouTube page:
**Here's a video featuring Toby Cebulla's touchdown late in the 2nd quarter:
By the middle of the third quarter, the Jaguars held a 22-6 lead after Luke Dingmann scored a touchdown. Browerville had previously scored on a 55-yard quarterback run by sophomore Ryan Reidel on a one-play, nine-second drive to make it a 14-6 score with 7:34 left in the third quarter.
Game statistics...the Jaguars piled up a whopping 462 yards of offense compared to 278 yards for the Tigers. B-B-E ran a season-high 72 plays from scrimmage while earning 22 first downs. Michels was the leading ball carrier with 110 yards on 20 totes. Dingmann ran for 55 yards on 15 carries with two touchdowns, and Cebulla had six runs for 26 yards. Dingmann's quarterback line was 14-28-271 with one touchdown (a catch by Cebulla in the second quarter).
Cebulla and Harley Weber each had three solo tackles to lead the defense.
Hurting Browerville tonight were two turnovers: one lost fumble and one interception. The Jaguars continued their string of games without a turnover. I'll have to look and see exactly how long that streak is!
Week seven MidState District, Sub-District III football scores on October 14:
Upsala/Swanville Area 23, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 8 (afternoon game at Upsala)
Kimball Area 24, BOLD 14 (Cubs win at Olivia)
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 29, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 6 (at Grove City)
Benson 44, Maple Lake 6 (at Maple Lake)
Parkers Prairie, most recently the No. 4-ranked team in Section 4A, lost 32-18 tonight at state-ranked New York Mills. The Panthers (2-5) host a very good Ottertail Central Bulldogs team next week to close out the regular season.
More to come after 10 p.m. Lots to digest!! I've got some game video, but that won't be posted here until Saturday morning.
Jaguars fastpitch defeats Browerville to even their record at 1-1 overall; Boys golf finishes 3rd at CMC meet in Pierz
Sophomore Amy Bast went 2-for-3 against Browerville, including a double, while also earning three RBI. Senior Laura Johnson went 1-for-2 at the plate against Browerville, while scoring two runs and earning an RBI. She also picked up the pitching win, spinning all seven innings while scattering six Tigers' hits, giving up one earned run, one walk, and firing four strikeouts.
The Jaguars fastpitch team defeated Browerville today in their home opener, winning by a final score of 7-2.
They were helped by earning a 3-0 lead after the first inning was complete.
Sophomore Raeann Sorenson led the team at the plate with a 3-for-4 performance.
More will follow on Friday morning.
Central Minnesota Conference boys meet at Pierz: (1) Pierz 169 (2) Osakis 177 (3) B-B-E 180 (4) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 184 (5) Rockford 185 (6) Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins 188 (7) Maple Lake 192.
Central Minnesota Conference fastpitch results: Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 4, Rockford 2
