Fastpitch hits the road today, baseball hosts EV-W

The Central Minnesota Conference game at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City high school later today will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood. The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team takes on A-C-GC with first pitch at 4:45 p.m. The pregame show will begin at about 4:30 p.m. The Jaguars have fallen to 7-7 overall and need to come out firing today to shake their current five-game losing streak. The Jaguars have been outscored 65-11 in their last 5 games. It is time to right the ship! Losing is not an option!

The Falcons, a Section 4A team, are 4-11 overall with a 3-8 CMC record. In their latest action, they earned a CMC split at Maple Lake last Thursday with a 15-7 loss in game one and then a 9-8 win in game two.

In the latest Minnesota-Scores QRF rankings, the Jaguars have fallen to No. 44 in Class 1A. They are currently the No. 9-ranked team in Section 3A out of 16 total teams. In Sub-Section 3A-North, they are in the No. 3 spot behind Lac qui Parle Valley (QRF No. 18) and Yellow Medicine East (QRF No. 30).

For fans who cannot make the trip to Grove City, the game will be carried on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood, which is found on your radio dial at 107.1 FM. They also stream online: https://www.kmgk1071.com. Thanks, Brady!

Shifting to baseball news...
At home in Elrosa, the B-B-E Jaguars baseball team hosts Eden Valley-Watkins in another game with big conference implications. The Jaguars need to win in order to keep their Central Minnesota Conference title hopes alive. First pitch from Saints Field is at 4 p.m.

In the latest Minnesota-Scores QRF rankings, the Jaguars have climbed to No. 6 in Class 1A, which also puts them in the top spot in Sub-Section 6A-South. Parkers Prairie (16-3 overall) stands at No. 3 in Class 1A and is the leader in Sub-Section 6A-North.

Some non-sports news...
The Syttende Mai celebration is coming to Sunburg this weekend, Sunday, May 18. A video with additional information on this event has been posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://shorturl.at/WCmNT. If you click on that link, you'll be able to watch a short video clip from the prize drawing for the Sunburg Trolls Car Club raffle winners at Syttende Mai one year ago.

Jaguars are batting at first-place Holdingford

At halftime in Holdingford tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team trails the Huskers 43-35. The game is being broadcast on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood, who streams online at https://www.kmgk1071.com.

Holdingford has 15 straight wins and held an 18-2 overall record coming into the game. They are tied for first place in the Central Minnesota Conference with an 8-1 record along with Kimball Area.

Update: with 10:50 left in the second half, the Huskers hold a 66-46 lead. Later, with 8:18 to go, the Huskers are ahead 75-57.

Final score: Holdingford 98, B-B-E 80. When all was said and done, the Jaguars could not overcome 56 percent field goal shooting by the Huskers.

Luke Illies poured in a career-high 33 points to lead the Jaguars, whose points totaled a season high.

Central MN Conference boys' basketball scores on February 6:
Paynesville Area 80, Eden Valley-Watkins 70
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 70, Royalton 64
Kimball Area 81, Maple Lake 36

Area boys' basketball scores on February 6:
Brandon-Evansville 80, Underwood 70
Albany 75, Melrose Area 34
Alexandria 96, Willmar 43
Upsala 73, Swanville 71
Rothsay 76, Ortonville 64

TONIGHT! GAME NIGHT! (VIDEO)

Tonight is game night TIMES TWO in a unique way...we have a girls/boys double header coming on our home court at B-B-E high school in Belgrade. Both varsity games will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood. The varsity girls' basketball game starts at 6 p.m. against Sauk Centre. The boys' basketball game will follow at about 7:30 p.m. **The Train 106.5 is also here!!

Preliminary game start at 4:30 p.m. at both the high school and elementary.  

**Halftime: the girls' basketball team has a 32 to 25 lead after they trailed 7 to 0 out of the gate.

*Here's a short video clip from early in the first half:

**In the boys basketball game with 4:19 to go, the game is tied 20 all. **Halftime: this game is tied 28 to 28.

More to come *in a new blog post. Video is uploading.

Radio coverage on Saturday

Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood will carry tomorrow's girls' basketball game at No. 1-ranked Minneota. The varsity game starts at 1 p.m. Please pass the word! (Thanks, Brady!)

Also, I learned that 106.5 FM The Train will carry tomorrow's game at Minneota.

Also, a quick reminder, tonight! The Belgrade V.F.W. will hold a meat raffle fundraiser that starts at 6 p.m. You can also see that advertised on page 2 of this week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Please remember! Advertising in the newspaper by groups such as the Belgrade V.F.W. contributes to the ability to operate The Voice's sports department, which also operates this sports blog.

More to come.

Volleyball on the radio

 Tonight's home volleyball match is on Smooth Magic 107 FM.

B-B-E won the first set, but the Huskers won the second set 25-23.

**Update: the Jaguars won game three 25-22 on an ace block by Kailey Fischer.

And the Jaguars won 25-22 in game four to clinch the match. Updates to follow in a new blog post.

Graduation

The B-B-E Class of 2020 will hold a private graduation event on Wednesday, May 27 at 7 p.m. that will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood.

For those not in the coverage area, you are invited to listen online via their website (kmgk1071.com) or Smooth Magic's TuneIn app on your Smartphone.

https://www.kmgk1071.com

Radio coverage

Tonight's boys' basketball game in Benson will be carried by Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood.

Final scores for the varsity basketball games will be posted here later tonight.

Final score at Benson: Benson 73, B-B-E 56. Next for the boys' basketball team is a home game on Friday against Hancock.

Final score on our home court: B-B-E girls' basketball 43, Parkers Prairie 33. Next for the girls' basketball team is a road trip to Minnewaska Area on Thursday this week. Tonight in Barrett, the Lakers were defeated by West Central Area 59-55 to suffer their fourth loss in a row.

I saw this as noteworthy...the Minnewaska Area boys' basketball team defeated a very good Melrose squad tonight by a 56-44 score.

That's it for updates for the evening. Time to finish up this week's issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice.

Tuesday playoffs

The winner's bracket final game on Tuesday will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood.

First pitch at Minnewaska Area's Marthaler Field stadium will be at 5 p.m.; the game will feature the B-B-E Jaguars baseball team and the New York Mills Eagles.

• I just read this story tonight while browsing the West Central Tribune website. So heartbreaking. We lived through this same type of nightmare in Jaguar Country two years ago when we lost Austin Young.

(short link) https://bit.ly/2JS8RDv

Radio

Please pass the word!

Tonight's boys' basketball game in Hancock will be broadcast on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood. They stream online and on the radio at 107.1 FM.

Thank you, Brady!

Radio coverage, Dig Pink night!

Some quick announcements on what is my "press day" - 
Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood will air these three upcoming games: both the October 4 and the October 11 home volleyball matches against Holdingford and then Maple Lake. The match this week Thursday is also Dig Pink night for the volleyball program. Smooth Magic will also broadcast (web stream and radio at 107.1 FM) this Friday's Homecoming football game against New York Mills.

Enjoy the day! And may you ##ConquerEveryDay

Doubleheader

The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team won game one tonight 6-2 in the home doubleheader over Holdingford. In game two, the score was tied 4-4 through three innings before the Jaguars pulled away for a 9-5 win for the series sweep.

At Holdingford in CMC action, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team lost 10-3 in game one after being out-hit by a 14 to five margin. In game two, the Huskers won 8-2 after out-hitting the Jaguars 12 to six in the contest. Also hurting the Jaguars were five errors compared to none by the hosts.

*A reminder: Tuesday's fastpitch game at Hancock, if not rained out, will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood.

Radio

From the desk of Bill Dean at Lakeland Broadcasting in Willmar:
Tonight's girls' basketball playoff game in Foley will have a special audio stream only cast on http://www.1065theTrain.com. IAgain Jaguar Girls Basketball fans can hear the game by logging on to the Train Website http://www.1065theTrain.com.  You can also access this site by going to http://www.willmarradio.com and then click on stations and then choose The Train.

Also, the game will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood!

Halftime updates

The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team is ahead 31-26 at halftime against the visiting Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Fighting Saints. The game is being broadcast on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood.

Final score: B-B-E 58, K-M-S 46! The Jaguars are 14-5 overall heading into Friday's home game against Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted. K-M-S falls to 4-16 overall heading into a home contest on Thursday against A-C-GC (played at the Murdock gym).

Also in a home game, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team defeated Holdingford 62-55 tonight. The Jaguars (7-10) led 28-23 at halftime. Holdingford falls to 10-7 overall and 3-4 in the Central Minnesota Conference, now tied with B-B-E in fourth place. Next: the Jaguars travel to Eden Valley-Watkins to take on the second-place, state-ranked Eagles.

Volleyball playoffs begin!

The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team hosts fifth-seeded Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (6-15) in the Sub-Section 5A-South quarterfinals tonight (Friday).

Last night, A-C-GC defeated No. 4-seeded Benson 24-26, 25-14, 26-24, 26-24.

The game will be aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood. But if you are nearby, I sure hope you make it in and cheer on our Jaguars in person!

(Radio) Baseball playoffs

Today's playoff baseball game will be on Smooth Magic 107 of Glenwood! Streaming at their website and on TuneIn....pregame at approximately 2:15 p.m. at Minnewaska Area high school. The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team takes on Hancock in an elimination bracket contest in the Section 6A tournament.

With a win over the Owls, the Jaguars would play another elimination game at about 5 o'clock.

Good luck Jaguars!!! Keep it rolling!!

Radio Friday at the Voice

The Bonanza Valley Voice has expanded into radio broadcasting...sort of...the newspaper has partnered with Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood to bring you "The Voice on KMGK" where the newspaper publisher and B-B-E Jaguars sports reporter/editor will visit with radio sports broadcaster Brady Erdmann for a 10 to 15-minute period each Friday morning.

The first show was on March 10, and the second one is on Friday, March 17 starting at about 9:15 a.m. This arrangement was set up back in February, and with the difficult March we've had so far, the promotion of the radio show fell by the wayside.

This is a terrific extension of the radio station, and we will do our part to help promote the programs on Smooth Magic 107 FM that promote B-B-E and Brooten-area activities.

You can tune in with the "TuneIn" app on your SmartPhone, listen on your radio if you live close enough to Glenwood or use their website to listen in = http://www.kmgk1071.com

Radio

Tomorrow night's (Tuesday) home game between our B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team and the Hancock Owls will be broadcast on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood.

To read all the upcoming dates for radio coverage, look at page eight of the February 2 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

Doing damage in Pioneer territory

At Pierz on Friday night (January 27) in a Central Minnesota Conference game, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team won for the third time in a row with a 63-52 win. The Pioneers fell to 5-11 overall and 1-7 (seventh) in the CMC.

B-B-E is now 11-6 overall and 6-3 (third) in the CMC. Next: a game at Browerville/Eagle Valley at the Browerville high school on Saturday, January 28 with a 3 p.m. tip-off. It's a girls'/boys' doubleheader, with the boys' basketball varsity game to follow. The Tigers are 4-14 overall and 3-3 (fourth) in the Prairie Conference.

Both varsity games will be broadcast on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood.

By the way, a few more galleries have been posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's online photo albums in the 2016-17 winter sports season album. Here's the link to check them out: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/BBE-Jaguar-winter-sports-1617

Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on Jan. 27:
Eden Valley-Watkins 66, Holdingford 45
Kimball Area 68, Paynesville Area 38
Maple Lake 45, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 40

Area girls' basketball scores on January 27:
Hancock 51, West Central Area 36
Zimmerman 67, Willmar 38
Henning 70, Brandon/Evansville 39
Melrose Area 56, Montevideo 42
LQPV 50, CMC-Prinsburg 46 OT
Milbank (SD) 62, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 52
MACCRAY 69, K-M-S 54
YME 62, R-T-R 50
Renville County West 56, Dawson-Boyd 52 (this was RCW's first win of the season)
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 59, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 22