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Saturday, March 29, 2025
Such GREAT entertainment! (VIDEO)
A rodeo is SO worth the price of admission! Tonight's show at Smilin' D Arena was NO exception to that rule!
Here's a couple tries at the Lucky Buck Bull Riding show tonight:
Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township hosted a packed house for their second bull riding show of 2025.
Monday afternoon update...
The B-B-E speech team will host the Sub-Section 5A-1 meet this Friday, April 4 at the high school. Round One begins at 3:45 p.m.
In other scheduling news, the varsity events for the fastpitch team have been cancelled/postponed for this week. The home game with Swanville has been rescheduled to April 25.
I'll get more in a new blog post coming on Tuesday. It looks like we'll have wind and snow creating miserable conditions on Tuesday evening by sundown.
Smilin' D Arena hosts Thrills and Spills night - National Anthem plays (VIDEO)
Note: this blog post was updated again on Friday afternoon; one late update included a link to view girls' basketball coverage. (See below)
From tonight in Colfax Township! The Smilin' D Arena was the site of the first of back-to-back nights of their Thrills and Spills dirt bike racing competition.
The playing of the National Anthem prior to tonight's show in Colfax Township:
More to come. This was a fun night! AND! They are going to do it all again tomorrow night beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is just $15 a person! Children age 12 and under are admitted free. You can't go wrong.
Another video from the evening at Smilin' D Arena was posted on Friday to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's website: https://shorturl.at/dYiUf. That web article also features a link to view the newspaper's photo gallery from tonight.
Let's change gears to college-level sports...
In college men's golf news
B-B-E Class of 2022 graduate Gannon Walsh is a junior for the Division II University of Minnesota-Crookston Golden Eagles golf team. At B-B-E, Walsh competed at the state tournament in boys' basketball, boys' golf and boys' tennis.
From Gannon Walsh's biography at the UM-C website: prior to joining the UM-C men's golf team, Walsh competed for two seasons at Alexandria Community and Technical College with the newly formed Legends men's golf team. Walsh shot rounds of 71, 76, and 74 at the North Central District Tournament...he carded an 80 at the Legends Spring Invite, as Alexandria College placed first...Walsh was named to the MCAC All-Academic Team...Walsh shot rounds of 78 and 77 at the Marauder Invite...he scored a 75 at the North Central District Fall Preview...and he helped his Legends squad to their first-ever ranking in the GCAA Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA Division II Coaches' Poll...he tied for 20th with rounds of 73, 70, and 72 at the Minnesota Golf Classic...as a sophomore in 2023, Walsh shot rounds of 76, 80, 79, and 75 at Nationals...he carded rounds of 78 and 82 at the 2023 BSC Legends Classic...he scored a 78 at the Tatanka Spring Invite...and he carded rounds of 77 and 74 at the Maverick Desert Classic.
In high school sports news...
Part of Coach Anderson's season review speech for the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team is posted in a video at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's website. This was during the team awards banquet that was held at the Padua Pub on March 11. You can find it by clicking on this short link: https://shorturl.at/ymlBD.
Last Friday night, I enjoyed time out at Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township. The evening featured live music by the Hell Country Truckers band.
Here's a video of part of the concert:
Tonight is home cooking! For our girls' basketball team. More to come.
Also, looking ahead a bit...on Thursday this week, the boys' basketball team travels to Holdingford. That game will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood.
