Jaguars win again! (VIDEO)

The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team continues their deep run in the Section 6A playoffs and is moving on to Thursday after they beat Ashby 8-3 tonight at Minnewaska Area high school.

The Jaguars led 6-0 after two innings. Ashby finishes a terrific season with a 19-4 record.

Updates to follow.

**UPDATE: the Jaguars (14-11) play next on Thursday in another elimination game. The opponent will be New York Mills, and they play at 2:30 p.m. at Minnewaska Area High School. Spread the word! Let's get a huge crowd there! I don't have further information on the Section 6A bracket, as they haven't been updated yet as of 7:30 p.m. tonight. I am assuming that New York Mills lost to K-M-S in their section semifinal (winner's bracket) game today.

*Here's video from the bottom of the sixth inning last Thursday in Morris:


In that game in Morris, the Jaguars were battling state-ranked and once-beaten Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in a winner's bracket game of the tournament. The Fighting Saints won 4-1 to advance. B-B-E has been battling their way through the elimination bracket since that night, and they have their eyes now set on New York Mills in the final playback game. If they beat NYM on Thursday, they will face K-M-S in the opening game of the Section 6A championship series. More on that to come tomorrow.

New York Mills is 19-3 overall after they lost 2-0 today to K-M-S in the winner's bracket final (Section 6A semifinals).  The Fighting Saints are 21-1 overall.

Jaguar baseball update

On Thursday night, the B-B-E Jaguars 12-U baseball team defeated Cold Spring by 10-4 score. The game was the final home game of the season for the team. The Jaguars finish the regular season with road games at Paynesville next Monday and Thursday.

Here's a video clip recorded at the Bonanza Valley Days sand volleyball tournament on July 10:


I finally have three new sets of web articles posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website. Two are news articles and one is an opinion piece. The website link is: http://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com.

Coming up! Three area county fairs! I'll be heavily promoting three county fairs, and I started this week with the Stearns County Fair schedule in the July 22 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Here's a link to the Pope County Fair website = https://www.popecountyfair.org. Here's the website for next week's Stearns County Fair: https://stearnscountyfair.com. That fair starts on Wednesday, July 28.

In the championship game

B-B-E's 5th/6th grade Jaguars baseball team is in the championship game of the Elrosa Wood Bats tournament today. The Jaguars beat Spring Hill 1-0 and then Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 2-1 to gain the finals.

Here's video from the end of the first B-B-E vs. K-M-S game today:

K-M-S later met B-B-E in the championship game, and the Jaguars won that game by a 4-1 score.

B-B-E, Elrosa find wins in Sauk Centre

Ben Waller shown playing for B-B-E against Osakis tonight.

Coach Van Beck talks to his Elrosa defense during the top of the 5th inning against K-M-S tonight.

At the Sinclair Lewis Days Little League tournament in Sauk Centre, teams from B-B-E and Elrosa earned wins today on an absolutely fabulous day for youth baseball. The B-B-E Jaguars defeated Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 7-1 in their opener before losing to a loaded Osakis team in the semifinals. The Elrosa Saints beat Sauk Centre Maroon 6-3, then faced Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg tonight and won 8-1.

Once it's done processing on YouTube, click here to see a video of the last two outs recorded between Elrosa and K-M-S tonight, with the Saints turning a double play (second baseman unassisted to first base):


Speaking of baseball, tomorrow is a big day for area teams!

The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team hosts New Munich in a region-qualifying postseason game, also the Stearns County League North division playoff opener. That starts at 1:30pm.

At 2:15pm at Jaycee Park in Sauk Centre, the Elrosa Saints Pee Wee team faces Osakis in the Sinclair Lewis Days Little League championship. Earlier, the B-B-E Jaguars play K-M-S at 10:45am.

Later that night, at 6:30pm in Elrosa, the Saints Little League team hosts Spring Hill in the Stearns County League playoff quarterfinals.

Here's a few Elrosa photos from their K-M-S game tonight in Sauk Centre:
http://saukherald.smugmug.com/2014-Sports/2014-BBE-Jaguar-summer-sports/Elrosa-Saints-at-SLD-youth-bas

And photos from the B-B-E vs. Osakis game:
http://saukherald.smugmug.com/2014-Sports/2014-BBE-Jaguar-summer-sports/BBE-vs-Osakis-at-SLD-youth-bas

Babe Ruth baseball at Waite Park

Jaden Pastian leaning back on a pitch at Waite Park.

The B-B-E Babe Ruth 7th-8th grade baseball team competed at Waite Park on Tuesday night in cold, windy conditions. After taking a 2-0 lead in the third inning, the Jaguars faded in the final innings in a 7-2 loss.

Up next is a home game next Monday at 6:00pm against Atwater.

Summer sports

Aspen Peterson pitched the last four innings of tonight's Babe Ruth game against Waite Park.

Ben Schumann, who was B-B-E's starting pitcher tonight, had his share of hits in the game.

Summer sports seasons are heating up in Jaguar Country. Last night I watched some 5th-6th grade baseball and some 3rd-4th grade slowpitch softball. Tonight it was 7th-8th grade Babe Ruth baseball, and on Thursday I'll watch some B-B-E Legion baseball at the high school JV diamond.

Legion baseball at home this week

Tonight at Thursday night the B-B-E Legion baseball team has home games at the high school diamond. Both games start at 6:30pm.

Work is being done this week at Saints Field in Elrosa, which normally hosts the Legion games.

Jaguar baseball wins!

They won game one 9-8 against Kimball Area in Elrosa. The second game is underway.

A 3-0 lead midway into the 2nd game didn't hold up, with the Cubs winning 5-3.

The Jaguars play again on Saturday in Elrosa at 11:00am against Minnewaska Area. It's a doubleheader with the 2nd game at 1:00.

B-B-E Babe Ruth baseball season winds down

Here's action from tonight's Babe Ruth baseball game against Atwater...the Jaguars were attempting to rally from a 9-3 deficit and plated two runs in the sixth inning...



The Jaguars finish their 2013 summer season this Thursday at home against Hancock. First pitch is at 6:00pm.

By the way, the Elrosa Saints host Spring Hill on Sunday with an 11:00am start time during the last round of the Stearns County League North division playoffs.

Scenes of summer

Hitting during the summer rec game at Quisberg Park last Monday.

From one of the elementary softball camp sessions last week at the elementary field.

Playing catch up

As I'm now buried in the midst of Sinclair Lewis Days activities in Sauk Centre, including a Little League tournament that has Elrosa and Belgrade/Brooten teams included, I'm finally getting caught up on uploading Bonanza Valley Days photos from last weekend.

Here's the link to day two activities:
http://saukherald.smugmug.com/EVENTS2013/Bonanza-Valley-Days-071313/30606883_JGLfvc

And here's a photo gallery featuring the grand parade on Sunday:
http://saukherald.smugmug.com/EVENTS2013/Bonanza-Valley-Days-071413/30613936_MRx46F


By the way, great job to the Belgrade/Brooten 5th-6th grade baseball team as they defeated Opole 6-1 in their first game of the Sinclair Lewis Days baseball tournament in Sauk Centre this afternoon. In round two, they played a great game but lost 10-3 to Elrosa.

Elrosa plays in the championship on Sunday at 1:30pm against either Osakis or Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg.

'National Anthem' starting the Elrosa wood bats tournament

Prior to the Belgrade/Brooten vs. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg game last Friday in Elrosa:


It was a beautiful night for baseball!

'Boys of summer' playing plenty of baseball

Local baseball teams are as numerous as they can be in a small community like B-B-E. We've got numerous teams for kids age third grade up through college age...and of course amateur ball for the young and young at heart.

Players on the B-B-E 5th/6th grade traveling team gather in the dug out after their game last Saturday morning in Elrosa during the 2nd annual Saints Wood Bats tournament.

I would be hard-pressed to think of a better place for kids to be in the summer than on a baseball or softball diamond.

If you are looking for some plans on Saturday, make tracks to Elrosa to watch the Saints play Raymond and St. Mathias in amateur baseball action. They play Raymond at noon, with the second game to follow at about 2:30pm.

Wood Bats Little League tournament starts tonight in Elrosa

Friday night's games:
5:30pm: Belgrade/Brooten vs. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
7:00pm: Benson vs. Minnewaska Area
8:30pm: Elrosa vs. New Munich (under the lights)

The Saturday schedule will be posted late tonight after I see how Round 1 turns out.

The first game is at 8:00am between the loser of game one vs. the loser of game three.

The 1st-place game is scheduled for 3:30pm between whichever teams end up 2-0 through the first two rounds. Stay tuned for more!

Elrosa Little League hosts wood bats tournament

Games are on Friday night and Saturday morning/afternoon at Saints Field in Elrosa. Teams included are Benson, Belgrade/Brooten, Elrosa, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, Minnewaska Area and New Munich.

B-B-E Legion edges Melrose

On Monday night at Saints Field, the B-B-E Legion baseball team defeated Melrose Area by a 2-1 score. Their season record stands at 2-1. Their next home action is next Monday with a double-header against Browerville starting at 6:00pm.

Also last night, the Belgrade/Brooten 5th-6th grade summer rec team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 7-5 win over Atwater Red. They are next in action on Wednesday this week with a 6:00pm game at home against the Willmar Predators.

B-B-E traveling team baseball (3rd-4th grade) wins Raymond tournament

Raymond baseball champs!

The B-B-E Jaguars 3rd/4th grade traveling baseball team picked up three wins on Saturday in Raymond to emerge as tournament champions. They beat Prior Lake, Willmar and Redwood Falls along the way. Great job!

Peterson is third at Pitch, Hit and Run Regional contest

Peterson with his President's Award for Academic Excellence, given to him at yesterday's elementary awards program. He is one of only seven members of his class of 58 students to earn the Gold-level Presidential Academic award. Four also earned the Silver-level award.

Aspen Peterson, an incoming seventh grader (Class of 2019) at B-B-E, finished third at today's Regional Pitch, Hit and Run contest in Foley. He just missed out on an automatic state tournament berth, but he's still in the running for an at-large wildcard bid. Peterson represented B-B-E in the 11 to 12-year old bracket. Further announcements on a possible advancement to the State competition is forthcoming. The State competition is on June 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis.

The Pitch, Hit and Run contest was sponsored locally by the B-B-E Area Jaycees, and the local contest was held earlier in May. Read all about the Pitch, Hit and Run contest, sponsored by Major League Baseball and the Boys and Girls Club, at the following link: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/kids/mlb_pitch_hit_run.jsp

By the way, I recently had supper at Classic Company Dinner Theater, and they put "Bambi" on the big screen for our kids to enjoy. What a neat atmosphere! The food was outstanding.

Jaguars suffer tought loss in game one at Pierz

The Jaguars baseball team lost 8-6 in the first game tonight at Pierz in a Central Minnesota Conference double-header. The Pioneers took a 6-0 lead in the first inning before the Jaguars scored three times in the third and three more in the fifth to tie it at 6-6.

In game two, the Pioneers hold an 11-1 lead after four and a half innings. Final: Pierz 11, B-B-E 1 in five innings.

Prairie View Community Golf Course was hosting a CMC boys' golf meet today. It was a blustery to say the least. Many drives got hung up in the air and sent sideways or even backwards.

Venue change for B-B-E Youth Baseball

A note from the B-B-E Baseball Association:

Since Spring has sprung, we will have spring training at Quisberg Field (next to golf course) in Brooten on Monday, Apirl 29. The 3rd and 4th graders at 6:00 with 5th and 6th Graders to follow at 7:00. Please spread the word. Keep the warm weather coming.

Reminder to all parents, we will be playing a full baseball game on Monday. Since kids may need to slide, please make sure they wear appropriate clothing. Looks like a baseball pant or sweat pants and tee shirt evening. We may need to bring sweatshirts on Wednesday.