Volleyball wins huge section thriller at Parkers Prairie

The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team earned huge momentum tonight in a tough road match at Parkers Prairie. After going down 2-1 in sets, the Jaguars came alive and won game four 25-13 and then game five 15-12.

B-B-E's strong 93 percent serving with 11 aces were big factors in the win. Three Jaguars had double digit kills: Kacey Fischer (25), Macey Roering (11) and Teagan Dingmann (10).

Next for the Jaguars (5-4 overall) is a home Central Minnesota Conference match on Thursday this week against Holdingford (1-2, 0-1).

I'm excited to give a huge SHOUT OUT to the B-B-E Jaguars JV football team for coming out as victors today by a 22-18 score against West Central Area. Their JV season opener today in Belgrade was an epic battle from start to finish. The Jaguars trailed 18-6 with under 10 minutes to go in the game before mounting a thrilling comeback. I don't have much for notes, but I heard that an interception with a big return by Cash Lehner was a factor in the win.

Area volleyball scores on September 8:
New London-Spicer 3, Wabasso 1
Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal 3, Ashby 0
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 3, Milbank SD 0
Hancock 3, Dawson-Boyd 0

Step II: girls' basketball drubs Tigers

The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team won big for the second straight time in the playoffs. At Wadena-Deer Creek high school tonight, the Jaguars defeated No. 4-seeded Pine River-Backus in a defensive clinic by a 58-41 score. PR-B was held to 12 points below their scoring average and finishes the year 13-13 overall. Next: the Jaguars (18-9) travel back to WD-C high school in Wadena for the Sub-Section 5A-West championship game on Wednesday, March 9 with tip-off coming at 7 p.m. against either Browerville or Nevis. This will be B-B-E's ninth straight appearance in a sub-section championship game.

UPDATE: and bring on the Nevis Tigers! That's who we'll play on Wednesday. They are 17-8 overall and went 10-4 (second) in the Northwoods-South Conference behind champion Cass Lake-Bena.

Section 5A girls' basketball playoff scores on March 5:
Braham 47, Barnum 30
Ogilvie 56, Swanville 49
Nevis 60, Browerville 51

Area girls' basketball playoff scores on March 5:
Hancock 74, Brandon-Evansville 43
Underwood 52, Breckenridge 39
Holy Angels 90, Hutchinson 60
Kimball Area 48, Osakis 43
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 53, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 40
New York Mills 49, Ada-Borup West 29
Holdingford 78, Foley 70
Sauk Centre 51, Royalton 48 OT
Willmar 48, Rocori 41
Detroit Lakes 71, Alexandria 67 OT
Albany 54, Milaca 34

Area boys' basketball playoff scores on March 5:
Central MN Christian 70, Minneota 36
Minneapolis North 59, St. Paul Johnson 56
Alexandria 64, Fergus Falls 53
Lakeview 73, MACCRAY 52
Dawson-Boyd 90, Renville County West 52
Jackson County Central 75, Montevideo 67
Litchfield 61, Paynesville Area 60 (sub-section opener at Paynesville)
Pipestone Area 66, Windom Area 54
New London-Spicer 81, A-C-GC 36
West Central Area 65, Eden Valley-Watkins 60
Redwood Valley 77, St. James Area 32
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 65, Minnewaska Area 41

More to come on Sunday night. Don't forget to make tracks to the Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day! It's Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the high school. I'll be tied up between that and the Class of 2029 girls' basketball games at New London-Spicer.


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What a great, great story to share

Headline: "A Holy Angels team manager with cerebral palsy got his wish to play Wednesday night"

At the Star Tribune website:

http://www.mnbasketballhub.com/news_article/show/199659

Scene from the R-P vs. SW MN Christian game

In the final minute of the game...the Eagles of Edgerton executed when it counted and pulled out a 46-44 win after trailing 34-26 with 10:04 left.

The Eagles are 28-1 overall, with their lone loss coming to Class 2A state entrant Worthington 79-78 on Jan. 6.

More updates coming after 7:00pm tonight.

**Don't miss out on extended coverage of the B-B-E Jaguars at the Sauk Centre Herald website at the following page:
http://saukherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=402

What an incredible display of sportsmanship - at the Section 2AA cross country meet in Willmar on Thursday this week

Trevor Jahn of Osseo (on the right) helping up a fallen runner from Hutchinson during the Section 2AA cross country meet at Eagle Creek Golf Course in Willmar on Thursday, Oct. 28. Photo by Paula Traphagen-Bossert of Mankato.


Read about this at the Minnesota State High School League's website under "John's Journal": http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/johnsjournal.asp

MSHSL reporter John Millea, formerly with the Star Tribune, has a wonderful story talking about what happened in the photo above, titled "A Great Story Of Sportsmanship".

Completely off that topic...two important notes:
(1) - Jaguars volleyball coach Kevin Weller's interview from Oct. 28 with Smooth Magic 107 (Glenwood) sports broadcaster Dave McClurg will be aired at 7:30am on Saturday morning, October 30.

(2) - Dave McClurg will be covering the Jaguars football playoff game in Lester Prairie on Saturday night (tomorrow). Pre-game coverage begins at 6:45pm.

Be sure to visit the Smooth Magic 107 website for details on playoff coverage, as well as how to tune in to their broadcast via the internet: http://www.smoothmagic107.com/

Jaguars Fastpitch is battling with Osakis, holding a narrow 6-5 lead in the bottom of the seventh with the Silverstreaks at bat

The Jaguars fastpitch team is in the midst of a tough battle at Osakis in their season opener.

They held a 4-3 lead in the fourth inning, then tacked on another run with Raeann Sorenson's RBI-single that brought in Anna Marthaler in the top of the fifth.

The Silverstreaks tied it at 5-5 in the bottom of the fifth. The Jaguars went up 6-5 in the seventh inning with a run scored by Sorenson.

**Update at 6:20...the Silverstreaks, who entered the game 3-0 on the season, tied the game at 6-6 to force an extra inning.

A scene from the bottom of the fifth inning, with Michelle Sanders pitching for the Jaguars.

Osakis and B-B-E have battled it out in some great fastpitch games in recent years, with the Jaguars having the upper hand in the 2007 and 2008 playoffs. Osakis is now 2-0 in their last two meetings with B-B-E, having won the 2009 season opener 5-1.