Sending a shout out to the Jaguars cross country team - they'll compete at the Section 6A meet tomorrow in 36 degree climate!

At 4pm for the start of the Section 6A cross country meet, the temperature will be a "balmy" 36 degrees. Yikes!

Only one other time have I covered a sporting event in weather that cold, on October 25, 2003 in Wabasso. That time, the Jaguars football team was competing against the state-ranked Rabbits in the Section 5A semi-final. Final score was Wabasso 46, B-B-E 14. The wind chill was around 10 degrees that afternoon!

Senior Grant Bell places third at the Central Minnesota Conference Championships, earns All-Conference Cross Country award

Performing in his final Central Minnesota Conference cross country race, B-B-E senior Grant Bell took third place with an unofficial time of 17:48 on Tuesday afternoon at Pierz.

Bell has had nothing less than a stellar cross country career at B-B-E, after transferring from St.Cloud Cathedral when his mom, Bobbi Bell, became Pastor at Big Grove/Crow River Lutheran Churches. As a sophomore in 2008, Bell placed fifth at the CMC championships in Kimball. Last year he finished as conference runner-up, and this year he earned All-CMC status for the third year in a row.

Bell and teammates Jared Sorenson and Daniel Rooney now gear up for the Section 6A race, which will be on October 28 at New London's Little Crow Golf Course.

Below, Jared Sorenson and Grant Bell back in 2008 at Kimball, after Grant earned his first All-CMC plaque.

This marks the first time in B-B-E history since the program was founded in 1991 that a male cross country runner has won three all-conference awards in cross country.

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Jaguars Cross Country Invitational held today at Prairie View Community Golf Course - Bell takes 8th

Below, three members of the Jaguars Varsity boys team start out in their race tonight at the Prairie View Community Golf Course.

Here is a short video clip from the start of the varsity boys race tonight.


The girls varsity race included state-ranked teams from Albany and New London-Spicer.

B-B-E senior Grant Bell took eighth place with a time of 17:36.

Albany won both the boys and girls varsity races for the second year in a row.
Boys' division results: (1) Albany 40 (2) Redwood Valley 81 (3) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 87 (4) Sauk Centre 88 (5) Montevideo 119 (6) Paynesville Area 170 (7) New London-Spicer 182 (8) St. John’s Prep 233 (9) BOLD 244 (10) B-B-E, Royalton incomplete.

Girls' division results: (1) Albany 32 (2) Montevideo 100 (3) Redwood Valley 122 (4) Sauk Centre 132 (5) Holdingford 138 (6) New London-Spicer 145 (7) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 194 (8) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 237 (9) B-B-E, Paynesville Area, Minnewaska, incomplete.

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Jaguars girls tennis conference opener is rained out - Cross Country meet goes on as scheduled

The Jaguars girls tennis team will have to find another date to host New York Mills, as the courts were too wet and the rain did not let up at match time today at the High School athletic complex.

The rain did not stop the Jaguar Cross Country Invitational from taking place, as the Prairie View Community Golf Course grounds were more than able to take the rain that's fallen today and still have good or excellent running conditions.

Later tonight I'll be adding information about the fifth annual Molten Southwest Minnesota Volleyball Challenge, which the Jaguars volleyball team has been invited to. It starts tomorrow night (Friday) at 5:00pm at the Marshall Area High School, when the Jaguars will take on Class AAA Woodbury. A total of 32 teams are competing, and all will play five matches, with two on Friday night and three coming on Saturday.

Annual B-B-E Jaguar Cross Country Invitational is Thursday - Jaguars girls tennis and volleyball also host home matches

The annual B-B-E Jaguars Cross Country meet is tomorrow (Thursday) beginning at 4:30pm at Prairie View Community Golf Course. A total of 16 teams will be competing, including the host Jaguars, Albany, B.O.L.D., Benson, Eden Valley-Watkins, Minnewaska Area, Montevideo, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta, New London-Spicer, Paynesville Area, Redwood Valley, Renville County West, Royalton, Saint John's Prep, Sauk Centre, and Holdingford.

It's a great chance for you to come out and cheer on your Jaguar long distance runners.

The Jaguars girls tennis team hosts their Prairie Conference opener this Thursday at the High School Athletic Complex beginning at 4:30pm against New York Mills.

The NYM Eagles are 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the Prairie Conference.


The Jaguars volleyball team opens Central Minnesota Conference action on Thursday with a home match against Holdingford.

The Huskers are 1-1 overall. On October 22 last season, the Jaguars traveled to Holdingford and defeated the Huskers 25-16, 25-12, 25-14. The last time the Jaguars did not sweep Holdingford in volleyball was October 11, 2007. Holdingford has not defeated B-B-E in volleyball since the Jaguars' first year they joined the CMC, back in 1999.

That streak should continue through this season - although the Huskers will be a formidable opponent and can't be taken lightly. Below is a preview of their team, courtesy of the newspaper from Little Falls.

• Holdingford Huskers volleyball preseason preview

Huskers volleyball returns four starters
Courtesy of Brice Lehner, Morrison County Record sports editor

The Holdingford volleyball team returns four starters this year following a 9-18-1 season (2-5 Central Minnesota Conference) last year.

Huskers coach Brenda Payne will see seniors Anna Bernstetter and Alyssa Kostreba and sophomores Haley Huls and Jena Volkers return this year.

Bernstetter, a middle hitter, had 164 kills, 267 digs and 33 aces last season. Kostreba is the team’s setter and Huls and Volkers are outside hitters.

Volkers had 104 kills last year.

Over this next weekend I'll be adding team capsules/previews for other Central Minnesota Conference volleyball teams.

A side note, in case you missed it...a photo album with 178 pictures from the B-B-E vs. WCA football opener last Friday night has been uploaded to the Sauk Centre Herald's online photo gallery.

The link is: http://saukherald.mycapture.com.

I also did more research today and found out that I was wrong about season-opening wins for B-B-E in football. Dang it, I hate when that happens. They have in fact won seven season openers in 23 years of B-B-E football. The years were 1988 (the one I missed), 1990, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, and 2010. In 2000, they lost to Ortonville in the season opener, and in 2002, they beat the Trojans 13-8 in Week 1.

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