Strong first half fizzles after halftime

As anyone who watched or attended the second half of last night's game knows, the second half did not go well for the B-B-E Jaguars football team. They still had the game within reach in the third quarter, but the bottom fell out in the fourth quarter.

After trailing 6-0 at halftime, the Jaguars lost 32-0. The Jaguars played a terrific first half defensively, with K-M-S's lone touchdown coming on a 61-yard interception return.

Below is video from the playing of the National Anthem, the pre-game huddle, the game's opening kickoff and the first few minutes of the first quarter:


More to come.

The Jaguars totaled 127 yards of offense, with 125 of them coming through the air. Ultimately, four turnovers brought too tall of a hurdle to overcome.

Last night I learned that Smooth Magic 107 FM will broadcast next Tuesday's volleyball match at Paynesville.

Youth tackle football

I just noticed on the school calendar that the B-B-E 5th-6th grade youth tackle Jaguars will scrimmage at halftime of this Friday's home varsity football game. It appears that the weather will be perfect for a football game.

I can't wait!

In other news...
I read that K-12 enrollment has increased at West Central Area schools. Last year they started the school year with 723 students. This year they had 752 students enrolled as of the first week of school.

I'm currently gathering as much enrollment data as I can on surrounding schools and will report on it in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

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Friday Night Lights IV: Huskers rule the turf

Multiple bad breaks going against the B-B-E Jaguars football team put them in a deep hole they couldn't recover from, and the result was a 47-6 loss. They take a 1-3 record to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted next week.

The first few minutes gave a preview of how the game would develop. After starting the game with possession of the ball, the Jaguars got eight yards of offense from the 34-yard line and punted from their own 42. The Huskers came up with a blocked punt and returned it to the B-B-E 17-yard line with 10:08 on the clock. A three-yard run and and eight-yard run set up a six-yard touchdown with 9:04 left in the first quarter. A good PAT made it 7-0. The Huskers proceeded to go up 21-0 with a third touchdown scored at the 1:41 mark in the first quarter. That score came on a 20-yard touchdown run, the only play of the Holdingford drive. The Huskers got possession of the ball at the B-B-E 20 after the Jaguars fumbled a punt return.

At halftime it was 35-0. The JV Jaguars came up with a fumble recovery that was returned to the Holdingford one-yard line late in the fourth quarter. Ryan Illies ran in the touchdown to bust up the shut out.

No word yet on HLWW vs. Pierz. The Pioneers clobbered HL-W-W 33-0 to stay undefeated on the season at 4-0 and move to 3-0 in the Central Minnesota Conference. They are in first place by themselves after Eden Valley-Watkins lost to Maple Lake tonight.

Sauk Centre and Melrose Area both lost.

Section 4A standings through week four (incomplete) with my power rankings included:
1st - Minneapolis North (3-0, they played tonight)
2nd - Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity (3-1)
3rd - Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (2-2)
4th - B-B-E (1-3)
5th - Mayer Lutheran (0-4)
6th - Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart (1-3)
7th - Kimball Area (0-4)
8th - Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (0-4)

**Jaguar team members and their fans, this is important: if the playoffs began today, the Jaguars would be the fourth seed in Section 4A and would host a first-round playoff game against Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart or Mayer Lutheran. I believe Mayer Lutheran would be ranked higher than BL-H-S right now based on strength-of-schedule, even though BL-H-S has one win compared to Mayer Lutheran having none. Our 1-3 record would probably be ranked just a little bit above where Mayer Lutheran would come in on the power rankings. Mayer Lutheran will finish with at least two or three wins and most likely get into the top four in the final section rankings. If Mayer Lutheran ends up with three wins and the Jaguars end up with three wins before playoffs, I believe Mayer Lutheran would be power ranked above the Jaguars but not by much. A realistic look suggests, if the Jaguars end up with a 3-5 record in the regular season, they would come in ranked fifth or sixth with a possibility of being ranked fourth if Mayer Lutheran ends up 2-6.

The players have to believe that there is a great deal left to play for, because that's the way it is. I haven't analyzed statistics or interviewed any of the coaches after tonight's game, so I can't comment on whether or not tonight was a step backwards or simply a night where they treaded water. If the Jaguars can continue improving, I truly believe they can make a run in the section playoffs.

Stay tuned.

Central Minnesota Conference football scores on Sept. 19 in week four:
Pierz 33, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 0
Rockford Area 45, Kimball Area 0
Maple Lake 29, Eden Valley-Watkins 21

Area football scores on September 19:
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 33, Sauk Centre 28 (Mainstreeters led 28-27 but gave up a touchdown in the middle of the fourth quarter)
Minnewaska Area 30, Melrose Area 12 (a successful Homecoming night for the Lakers)
Osakis 22, Wadena-Deer Creek 20
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 26, Prairie Valley 6
Martin County West 42, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 6
Albany Area 41, Milaca 14 
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 42, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 18
Willmar 37, Grand Rapids 7
New York Mills 39, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 23
Adrian 35, MACCRAY 14
Minneota 76, Canby 0 (.......................wow!)
Dawson-Boyd 41, Lac qui Parle Valley 16 (will the Eagles ever beat their smaller neighbors to the south?)
New London-Spicer 20, Glencoe-Silver Lake 7 (a signature win for Coach Dan Essler's Wildcats)
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 32, Benson 22
Upsala/Swanville Area 46, Browerville 6
Royalton 34, West Central Area 0
Brandon/Evansville 8, Ortonville 6
BOLD 35, Montevideo 8
Paynesville Area 76, Yellow Medicine East 8
Watertown-Mayer 34, Norwood-Young America 13 (NYA's first loss of the season)

Youth football camp!!

(Above) Members of the 2012 fall Youth Tackle (5th-6th grade) Jaguars football team after they beat Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 6-0 in Willmar in the Super Saturday championships.

Spread the word!

For B-B-E students going into 1st grade up through those going into 6th grade, a youth football camp starts tonight at the high school varsity football field. It's a non-contact camp that focuses on the basics.

The camp runs three nights from 6:00 to 8:00pm: tonight, Wednesday and Thursday night this week.

Youth tackle football is Tuesday

The 5th/6th grade has a home football game on the high school field at 6:30pm against Paynesville Area.

Gearing up for the big game

I spent some time at the varsity football practice tonight watching the Jaguars run plays and learn about the game plan for Friday night's battle with Holdingford.

According to the coaches, the Jaguars will be in for the toughest battle of the season. I figure they are at least as good as A-C-GC is, as both are built in similar fashion and have designs on winning conference and section titles.

Hopefully the Jaguars have something to say about that!!

I heard that in the first game of the season, the Jaguars 5th-6th grade youth tackle team had a great showing against Rocori last night. In a scrimmage-style outing, the Spartans won 21-14.

There's a first...football practice in a bus garage

On Thursday, Oct. 4, a windchill of around 20 degrees and winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour coaxed the Youth Tackle football coaches to bring the team indoors, to the B-B-E Bus Garage, for their final tune-up prior to the Cotton Bowl last weekend.

The 2012 Youth Tackle football Cotton Bowl champions! Click to enlarge it and save it to your computer.

Here's the photo gallery link to photos from the Cotton Bowl game in Willmar last weekend: http://saukherald.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1546853&CategoryID=69413&ListSubAlbums=0

Video clip from Super Saturday in Willmar

Near the end of the game...
 

Jaguar Youth Tackle has a super Super Saturday!

Dalton Dingmann flew on top of a loose ball for a fumble recovery in the final minutes to basically seal the win for the Jaguars today.

In the second round of the Youth Tackle playoffs, the B-B-E Jaguar 5th-6th grade team won the Cotton Bowl by defeating Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta Black 6-0 this afternoon at Hodapp Field in Willmar.

The six points were earned on a first-half touchdown run by Abraham Peter, who scurried for 79 yards from the shadow of the Jaguars' goal post. Youth Tackle games are played on 80-yard fields.

It was a true team effort, as all players did a great job of following the game plan and battling through the cold conditions.

Great job, Jaguars!

The post-game high fives.

The Youth Tackle football banquet is at 5:00pm next Thursday, October 11 at the B-B-E elementary school cafeteria. Players can stay after school and hang out there until the banquet, as they'll need that time to turn in equipment.

More will follow later.

Here's a clip from the first quarter last night...it was a solid drive that the Jaguars had going against Maple Lake that faded within the 10-yard line...  

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A great shot from last night...breaking a tackle

At Willmar last night during the Youth Tackle football game.

No more updates until after tonight's football game.

From the Youth Tackle scrimmage at Paynesville

Good grief!

B-B-E's Paris Mitchell (#14) broke free.

Click on the photo of Mitchell for an uninterrupted view of the photo. Thankfully, he didn't get hurt. A lesson to any young football player: keep your hands and shoulders low! No reason exists to have your hands near a ball carrier's helmet during a football game!

Here's the next frame taken during this big gain by Mitchell...left to right behind him are the following Jaguars: Trevor Schlangen (#85), unidentified #23, Abraham Peters (#10) and Kole Kampsen (#65)...

Dylan Kampsen (#52) suffered an injury that has kept him out of recent games.  He's supported the team in another way, by being a great motivator on the sidelines for his teammates.

I just realized I have a lot of coverage lately of the Youth Tackle football team and not as much as I should have of varsity teams. I'll work on changing that!

While on the subject of football, tonight is Friday Night Lights Part III, as the Jaguars entertain Holdingford at the high school sports complex. The Huskers are 1-1 after picking up their first win of the season in an upset 12-7 victory over state-ranked Pierz in Week 2.

This game is HUGE! The Jaguars have a great shot at climbing up the seven-team Section 4A standings, as they are one of three teams currently sitting in last place at 0-2. If the Jaguars could go at least 4-4, they will have a very good chance of earning a home playoff game in October.

 ...don't miss out on the Belgrade Hardware Hank's Grand Opening celebration that started yesterday and runs through tomorrow.

Scenes from the B-B-E Youth Tackle football opener

Jackson Peter (#5) carries the ball with some nice blocking out front, including the efforts of Jared Weller (#58).

Here's the photo gallery from the game:
http://saukherald.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1529389&CategoryID=69413&ListSubAlbums=0
Their next game is also at home, next Tuesday night, when they host Willmar Red at 6:00pm.

B-B-E Youth Tackle football season begins

The opening kickoff tonight against Willmar Blue... ...and into the latter part of the second half, the Jaguars found their footing and moved down field...