Volleyball in Willmar

The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team will take on New London-Spicer in the Willmar tournament semifinals this afternoon. In pool play, the Jaguars started with a 2-1 win over Renville County West; game scores were 22-25, 25-12, 15-11. Next were straight-set wins over Lakeview (25-11, 25-12) and Central Minnesota Christian-Prinsburg (25-17, 25-16) to complete a sweep of three Camden Conference teams.

Stay tuned for more updates.

**Update: in the tournament semifinals, the Jaguars won game one 25-17 before the Wildcats eked out a narrow 26-24 win in game two. The Jaguars breezed past NL-S 15-8 in the third set to get into the championship.

The Jaguars fought hard against Willmar, who is 6-0 in the Central Lakes Conference with a half-match lead over powerhouse Rocori. The Cardinals finished the day 5-0 while improving to 13-3 overall with a 25-22, 25-17 win in the championship.

B-B-E is now 9-8 overall and play next at New London-Spicer (7-12) on Tuesday, September 26.

*Homecoming week reminders: the coronation is Monday night at 7:30 p.m., while the B-B-E girls' tennis team hosts Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Upsala-Swanville Area on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. for their Homecoming match. The Color FUND Run is on Wednesday at 1 p.m., and it will be followed by the Homecoming Powder Puff flag football game.

Willmar tournament

The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team took second place today at the Willmar tournament. They won all their matches in straight sets leading into the finals. In the championship match, the Albany Huskies won 2-0 over the Jaguars, who are now 11-7 overall.

Jaguars win the Willmar volleyball tournament!

The Jaguars gather after going 5-0 in Willmar on Saturday...photo by Theresa Winter.

The Jaguars volleyball team (17-3) took all five matches played today at the Willmar tournament. It marks the sixth year in a row they've won the event, after finishing as runners-up to Willmar in 2004 and 2005. Not too shabby.

**Noteworthy...at the Hancock tournament on Saturday, the Upsala Cardinals (12-2) were swept 2-0 by Hancock (21-1-1) in the championship match, losing 25-21, 25-22. Hancock's only loss of the year was in the University of Minnesota-Morris tournament championship in a 2-0 loss to Sauk Centre on Sept. 10. The Owls also split games in pool play against New London-Spicer on Sept. 17.

Area volleyball scores on October 1:
Hancock tournament
Hancock 2, Upsala 0
Hancock 2, West Central Area 1
Hancock 2, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 0

At other tournaments...
Kimball Area 2, HL-W-W 0

Pierz tournament including nine teams...
The Pioneers fell 25-18, 23-25 to Mable-Canton and 15-11 and 25-19, 25-15 to eventual champion Faribault while going 3-3 overall on the day to take third place. Bridget Bednar led Pierz with 40 kills on the day. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle won the silver division, finishing the day 4-2. St. Cloud Cathedral took second in the silver (3-3) in front of Holdingford (2-4), which was led by Katelyn Butkowski with 31 kills. Browerville won the bronze division.