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Friday, October 16, 2026
Dig Pink (VIDEO)
One week ago, the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team hosted Dig Pink night, a cancer awareness night, before their conference match with Royalton in Central Minnesota Conference action. This was one event of many that filled out B-B-E's 38th annual Homecoming week.
Here's a video featuring the Dig Pink night presentation:
More to come this evening. I hope you can make tracks to North Fork Township or Bangor Township tonight! The destinations include Big Grove Lutheran Church for their fall supper and live auction fundraiser or to Heidi's Bar in Sedan for their meat raffle fundraiser. These events were published in this week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.
*Saturday update: here's some coverage at the newspaper website regarding the Big Grove Lutheran event last night: BigGrove2026auction. It was a grand time! A new blog post on Sunday will feature more coverage. This blog post is a wrap.
Dig Pink night is tomorrow, tennis heading to section individuals (VIDEOS**)
The Dig Pink cancer awareness night for the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team is set for tomorrow night, Tuesday, when Royalton visits our place for a Central Minnesota Conference match. The Royals are currently tied for third place with a 3-2 record along with Paynesville Area. In the latest QRF rankings, the Jaguars (13-8) have climbed to No. 14 in Class 1A while also moving up in the Section 6A standings. They are currently No. 2 in Section 6A behind Underwood, who is ranked No. 14 by the QRF.
The Royals are 10-10 overall. They compete in Section 6AA in the postseason.
Additional Dig Pink night information:
All proceeds from the evening will go to the Joslyn and Brandon Deters family. Two gift baskets are being raffled off, and a free will donation will be accepted. Raffle tickets are $20 each. You can see more about the Deters family and Joslyn's battle with cancer by clicking over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: ElrosaFireSteakFryNight.
As stated in that web article, a marvelous showing of support for the Deters family took place on Saturday night in Elrosa. It should warm everyone's heart!
For six members of the B-B-E Jaguars girls' tennis team, their season continues with the Section 6A individual tournament, which is held on Wednesday, October 14 at the Rogers Tennis Club. This spacious, indoor facility features 7 hard courts, and both a singles and a doubles bracket will be in play that morning. The six Jaguars competing are Ellan Fischer, Hannah Wurm, Olive Olson, Kwynn Quade, Harper Herickhoff and Jena Borgerding.
Here's a video from Long Prairie-Grey Eagle six day ago:
The girls' tennis team season concluded last Tuesday in the Section 6A play-in round. Of the 10 players competing in the varsity lineup, just one was a senior: Ellan Fischer.
Let's back up a few days to last week...
Here's a video from the finish line of the Color FUND Run last Wednesday:
The forecast for the weather is remarkably cold this week compared to what we've had across the first 11 or so days of October. The temperatures should be in the low 50s for Wednesday's football game at Long Prairie.
Here's a video from game two of the Paynesville volleyball match held one week ago:
After the Jaguars won a back-and-forth battle in game one, they won 25-14 in game two.
The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team took on Holdingford on Homecoming night and Dig Pink night this past Thursday. Below is video from the pre-match introductions and also part of the match:
Next for the Jaguars (18-3 overall) is a road match at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Tuesday night.
