Friday Night Lights III: Jaguars give Patriots all they wanted, rain doesn't help, in first loss of season

In one of the most memorable games played on the home field, the B-B-E Jaguars football team dished out everything they had - and more - in a 28-7 loss to Upsala/Swanville Area. Both teams entered the game with 2-0 records. Something had to give.

B-B-E led 7-0 after their second possession of the game. That was short-lived, however, with U/SA scoring on their next series on a 42-yard touchdown carry. Their conversion was good for an 8-7 lead. They scored one more time in the first quarter to take a 16-7 lead.

To get that initial touchdown, the Jaguars were outstanding on their first defensive series. The Patriots gained 7 yards on 3 plays and had to punt with 8:35 left in the first quarter. On the punt, Tyler Myers blew through the line and blocked the ball. It brougth a resounding thud sound as the ball bounced off of his pads. Boom! With 8:28 left, the Jaguars had first down on U/SA's 30-yard line.

Two incomplete passes and one rushing play for no yards brought 4th-and-10. On that play, Noah DeRoo hauled in a touchdown in the endzone. With 7:40 left, the Jaguars lined up for the PAT kick. That kick sailed straight through the uprights! B-B-E 7, U/SA 0.

On the next series of the game, U/SA had the ball for their second possession. That drive started on their 40-yard line. They used 6 plays to get to 4th-and-1. On the next play, Cal Leners ran for a 41-yard touchdown carry. He also ran in the conversion play, and with 5:24 left, the Patriots held an 8-7 lead.

U/SA then scored on their third possession of the game on a 48-yard drive. On a 7-yard touchdown carry, the Patriots led 16-7 with 58 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Patriots did not score on their fourth and fifth possession. On their sixth possession, U/SA scored on a 32-yard drive after recovering a B-B-E lost fumble with the drive finished off by a 10-yard carry. The conversion was stopped short, and with 49 seconds left, they led 22-7.

More to come. Additional video is uploading.

A few other football notes...
In the September 16 Associated Press state rankings, U/SA was ranked No. 4 in Class 1A. Their team features 19 seniors. Meanwhile, B-B-E had just 20 total players dressed and in uniform for the game. Two players remain on the injured reserve list.

Let that sink in! A team with 19 seniors and a roster with 60+ players...against a team with just 2 seniors and 20 total players.

Here's a video from the first quarter tonight:


The Jaguars trailed 22-7 at halftime. On the final play of the first half, Aiden Mueller was stopped one yard short of the end zone. Had he gotten in, the Jaguars may have trailed either 22-15 or 22-13 at that point. The first two quarters were wild.

The Patriots were only able to score one more time in the second half. You really can't say enough about the effort given by B-B-E's players. They were warriors to the end.

Some game statistics: U/SA totaled 489 offensive yards. Of that total, 462 yards came on the ground. The Patriots had 25 first downs compared to 8 by the Jaguars. U/SA was 7-of-14 on third down conversions and 3-of-4 on fourth down tries.

Mid-Northwest Gold District Week III scores on September 18:
West Central Area 14, Browerville 8
Benson 30, Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 14
Maple Lake 40, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 0

Area Week III football scores on September 18:
Pierz 60, Minnewaska Area 0
Sauk Centre 34, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 21
Royalton 30, St. Cloud Apollo 8
Rothsay 34, Ortonville 12
Albany 41, Melrose Area 16
Willmar 27, Marshall 14
Glencoe-Silver Lake 31, Montevideo 22
MACCRAY 27, Yellow Medicine East 0
St. Cloud Cathedral 7, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 0
Parkers Prairie 42, New York Mills 8
Minneota 65, Canby 14

Game night at HOME! It will be a Mud Bowl

An early-season Mud Bowl is soon underway on the home gridiron, as the B-B-E Jaguars football team puts their 2-0 record up against the Upsala/Swanville Area Patriots, who are also 2-0. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. It is STILL raining as of 6:30 p.m., although it is lightening up. My home rain gauge is past 1.5 inches for the day.

Game updates to follow...probably not until halftime.

The Jaguars led 7-0 in the first quarter.

At halftime, U/SA is ahead 22-7.

*Hit refresh to see the final score.

Time to head to Lucky Shots in Brooten! The local Lutheran youth group is sponsoring an event there.

Girls' tennis does battle at conference tournament, volleyball sweeps Huskers (VIDEOS)

The B-B-E Jaguars girl's tennis team traveled to the massive 10-court complex at Osakis high school today for the Prairie Conference tournament. At No. 1 doubles, Hannah Wurm and Harper Herickhoff played the match of their life in their tournament opener. After holding leads of 3-2 and 4-3 in the first set, they suffered a tough 7-5 loss. In the second set, they came on strong after holding early leads of 2-1 and 3-2 to win convincingly by a 6-2 score and force a tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker, a Pro 10 set, the game was a neck-and-neck all the way to the end. The St. John's Prep doubles team came away with a 11-9 win to advance to the winner's bracket semifinals.

Here's a video from early in the first set of that doubles match:


Here's action from late in the first set of that No. 1 doubles match:


Hannah Wurms, a junior, and Harper Herickhoff, an eighth grader, ultimately finished with fifth place at the tournament.

Other tennis information is forthcoming. Also, additional football and volleyball videos are being uploaded to be shared. Next: the girls' tennis team hosts Yellow Medicine East next Monday at 4:30 p.m. in a non-conference match.

In volleyball news...
At Holdingford, the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team evened their record at 5-5 with a 3-0 sweep of the Huskers in Central Minnesota Conference action. They're now 2-0 in the CMC, in which they are currently a five-time defending champion.

Game scores at Holdingford were 25-19, 25-17, 27-25. The Jaguars had 14.5 percent hitting with 37 kills on 131 attacks. Junior outside Macey Roering had 12 kills on 23 percent hitting, and Laken Anderson powered over 10 kills o 27 percent hitting. Kamie Fischer (20 set assists) and Reese Kampsen (11 set assists) guided the offense.

Next: the volleyball team travels to Sauk Centre next Monday for a big border battle with the state-ranked Mainstreeters.

Here's a video from the 3rd quarter of the WCA game last week:


The B-B-E Jaguars football team hosts Upsala/Swanville Area tomorrow night for Week 3 action.

Get a load of this! Tonight, Holdingford hosted Eden Valley-Watkins in their Week 3 game. The Huskers were all over the Eagles and won 24-2 to improve to 3-0 this season. EV-W, who lost last week 55-0 to Minneota, is now 1-2. Holdingford, who went 12-1 last season and lost in the Class 2A state semifinals, has now won 11 straight regular season games.

ON FRIDAY: I have to travel to Glenwood for my 9:30 a.m. radio show and then attend the annual Waterfest activities with B-B-E's Class of 2033 students. That event is hosted at the Pope County Fairgrounds. It will be wet!

As for the football game...it is currently in limbo, and a decision will be made this afternoon (Friday) on whether or not it will be played tonight or tomorrow. The game may have an 11 a.m. kickoff on Saturday. Stay tuned.

Central MN Conference volleyball scores on September 17:
Kimball Area 3, Royalton 2
Paynesville Area 3, Maple Lake 0

Area volleyball scores on September 17:
Redwood Valley 3, Eden Valley-Watkins 1
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 3, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 0

Jaguars in three! (VIDEOS*)

Wednesday night: this blog post was updated with an area scoreboard...see below...

The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team moved one match under .500 with a 3-0 sweep against defending Prairie Conference champion Swanville. Game scores were 25-17, 25-23, 25-17.

Early leads of 5-2 and 10-5 got the Jaguars off to a good start in game one. Macey Roering's ace serve brought an 8-4 lead, and Teagan Dingmann's kill started a 5-0 run that culminated with Kamie Fischer's ace serve for a 15-6 lead. The Bulldogs fought back to close it to 17-13, but an ace block by Kamie Fischer sparked a 4-0 run. Roering's kill made it 22-14, and the Bulldogs could not narrow the gap with B-B-E winning 25-17.

Here's a video from the middle of game one tonight:


Here's a video featuring the conclusion of game one:


In the third set, the Jaguars trailed 7-6 and 11-10 before getting a better block in place. Jaylee Jensen's kill made it a 15-14 lead, and Jaguars opened up a 19-15 lead before Swanville called a timeout. An ace block by Laken Anderson gave the Jaguars a 22-15 lead. Jensen's kill made it 23-16, and Laken Anderson's kill achieved game and match point with the 25-17 win.

The Jaguars now have one practice available before making the trek north into Morrison County to face the conference rival Holdingford Huskers. More to come. Video is uploading.

Area volleyball scores on September 15:
Benson 3, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 0
Willmar 3, Sauk Rapids-Rice 1
Melrose Area 3, Montevideo 1
Osakis 3, Upsala 0
Maple Lake 3, Sebeka 0
Central MN Christian 3, Renville County West 0
Underwood 3, West Central Area 0
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 3, Yellow Medicine East 0
Royalton 3, Pierz 0
Kimball Area 3, Litchfield 0
Barnesville 3, Henning 1
New London-Spicer 3, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 0
Border West 3, Rothsay 0
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 3, Battle Lake 1
MACCRAY 3, Lakeview 1
Hancock 3, Brandon-Evansville 1
Minnewaska Area 3, BOLD 0
Sauk Centre 3, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 0

Swanville putting up a fight

After they were dispatched 25-18 in game one, the Swanville Bulldogs gave the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team a battle in game two. After closing a 22-18 deficit down to 22-21, the Bulldogs served long for game point, as B-B-E won 25-23 for a 2-0 set lead.

More to come.

Volleyball Jaguars at Southwest Minnesota Challenge (VIDEOS)

The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team went 0-2 at the opening night of action at the Southwest Minnesota Challenge tournament in Marshall. In one of the matches, they split the first two sets. In the tiebreaker set, they held a 13-11 lead but lost 16-14. Other details are being sought out.

The Jaguars finished with a 1-4 record at Marshall. They lost by a 2-1 set margin to Class 4A Prior Lake in their first Friday match. In the last match last night, the Jaguars lost 2-0 to Sioux Falls Christian.

Today, the Jaguars faced Sioux Falls Roosevelt and earned a 2-1 win. They finished with 2-0 losses to No. 3-ranked Mayer Lutheran and Class 4A Eastview. Next: the Jaguars (3-5 overall) host Swanville in a non-conference match on Tuesday, September 15. The Bulldogs, 24-3 overall a year ago, are defending Prairie Conference champions and Section 5A runners-up.

How about the B-B-E football team!
And back to last night's thrilling win...the scoreboard for last night's games has been updated in the previous blog post. It includes the other 3 Mid-Northwest Gold District final scores.

Here's a video featuring the final plays of B-B-E's first scoring drive last night:


Also, a video from the second quarter of last night's football game was just posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website. That can be found by clicking here: BBEvsWCAfootball2026.

The Jaguars improved to 4-0 in the past four meetings with West Central Area.

Here's a postgame interview with Coach Moscho last night:


I'll repost that at a future date.

After studying the scores of the first two games with teams that the Jaguars face, I have a declaration: if the football team can draw 3 to 5 more players, consisting of players who quit the team this summer, I have full confidence that the Jaguars can have a 7-1 or 6-2 regular season. It is possible, but they have to have more depth. How can we make it happen? Playing with 22 players leads to having too many players going both ways. It's not the way you want to grind through a regular season of football. Think about it: the Jaguars have the talent this season to have another very special season!

Update: I learned that MSHSL rules suggest that if a player joined the team now, they would not be eligible for the postseason. That's a perfectly reasonable rule. I believe a kid can always join a team, but whether or not they can enjoy the spoils of that team's success is a different matter.

More to come later tonight. Tomorrow will be a busy day with the Bluegrass Festival at Terrace and the Fall Festival at Trinity Lutheran in Grove Lake. I hope you can make it to one or both of those events!

Friday Night Lights II: Jaguar football is 2-0! (VIDEOS)

It is a VIVID and EXCITING MEMORY! It was 20 years ago this night! (Technically, it was Friday, September 8, 2006) The B-B-E Jaguars football team improved to 2-0 early in the 2006 season with a 27-0 beat down of Class 3A Rockford on the home gridiron. In the 2006 season opener, the Jaguars traveled to Ogilvie and won 36-22. That season had a final record of 3-7, however, as the Jaguars did not win again until the playoff opener in Belgrade. It was during THAT football season that this sports blog was born. (More on that, later.)

Fast forward to tonight: while hosting the Mid-Northwest Gold District opener on the home gridiron, the Jaguars faced West Central Area. With 20 players dressed for the game, the Jaguars battled with all kinds of heart until the final horn while recording a 20-14 win. It marks just the 8th time in B-B-E history that the football team has a 2-0 start to the season. The first time was in 1997, and the second time did not occur until the 2006 season. Under Coach Chris Moscho, the Jaguars started 2-0 in the 2013 season. The fourth 2-0 start in school history was in 2021. At this point, B-B-E now has four straight 2-0 starts to the football season. I find this a terrific accomplishment!

Next: the Jaguars host Upsala/Swanville Area in Week 3.

How the first half played out:
The WCA Knights were the superior team in the first quarter and led 8-0 at the first break. They took a 14-0 lead on a fumble recovery and roughly a 35-yard return for a touchdown. This occurred with 8:44 on the clock in the second quarter. The two-point conversion pass was tipped in the end zone, and WCA held a 14-0 lead at that point.

The Jaguars responded in the exact fashion they needed to. They failed to score on their first four possessions of the game. The fifth possession started at their own 30-yard line. Two carries by Lance Radermacher and then an 8-yard catch by Radermacher moved the chains. Aiden Mueller then ran a 29-yard quarterback keeper to WCA's 28. On 3rd-and-3, Austin Berge got a 3-yard catch to move the chains a third time. On the next play, which was the drive's 8th play overall, Berge hauled in an 18-yard touchdown reception from Mueller. Mueller then ran off left tackle for the two-point conversion, and now the Jaguars trailed 14-8 with 5:06 on the clock.

WCA's next drive lasted just two plays. On the second play, Tyler Myers knocked the ball loose from a WCA ball carrier, and Baron Breitbach was Johnny-on-the-spot with a fumble recovery. With 4:55 to go, the Jaguars were in business again, and they had the ball starting on WCA's 39-yard line.

B-B-E needed just 2 plays to score again. On 2nd-and-9, Mueller threw a bomb to the endzone, and Noah DeRoo caught the ball in the endzone for a 38-yard reception. It was a jump ball play, and WCA's defender was in the exact right spot. DeRoo tipped the ball but kept running. He managed to catch the ball and land in pay dirt. Tie game! 14 to 14! The PAT kick was blocked. With 4:08 left before halftime, the Jaguars and Knights had battled to a draw. That score stood to halftime.

Here's a third quarter video tonight:


Here's a video from early in the fourth quarter:


I still have a massive amount of notes to comb through.

Here's a video showing the game in the balance in the latter part of the fourth quarter tonight:


A few game statistics:
The Jaguars outgained the Knights 254 yards to 181 overall. WCA had 100 rushing yards to 122 for the Jaguars. Turnovers were a draw: each team had one interception thrown, and each team had one lost fumble. This was a very even game, but the Jaguars managed to outplay WCA in the second, third and fourth quarters to earn the big district win.

One statistic jumps out at me: WCA's talented senior quarterback, Owen Gruchow, carried the ball two times tonight. On those two carries, the Knights had a net loss of 18 yards. That made a huge difference in the game.

Mid-Northwest Gold District Week 2 scores on September 11:
Browerville 20, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 8
Upsala/Swanville Area 52, Benson 7
Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 28, Maple Lake 22 (A/BE Bolts improve to 2-0)

Week 2 area football scores on September 11:
Border West 46, Hancock 0
Albany 20, Pequot Lakes 19
Willmar 42, Westonka 0
Rock Ridge 50, St. Cloud Apollo 6
Osakis 22, Minnewaska Area 21
Otter Tail Central 28, New York Mills 6
Hills-Beaver Creek 46, Renville County West 6
Minneota 55, Eden Valley-Watkins 0
Monticello 22, Alexandria 6
Kimball Area 24, Paynesville 14
Hutchinson 26, Becker 20
Dawson-Boyd 41, Yellow Medicine East 0
MACCRAY 40, Canby 0
Holdingford 9, Royalton 8
Lester Prairie 28, BOLD 8
Melrose Area 40, Sauk Centre 32
Redwood Valley 64, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 14
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 49, Montevideo 6

More to come. Video is uploading.

GAME NIGHT! Gridiron home opener (VIDEO)

The B-B-E Jaguars football team is facing their home opener tonight as they play West Central Area with a 5 p.m. kickoff. The Knights are in the hunt for their first win of the season after losing 28-14 last week at their home stadium against Lake Park-Audubon. WCA has a big, beefy front line that will challenge the Jaguars, according to head coach Chris Moscho.

Here's a video from Hudl with action in the final minutes of the second quarter last week Thursday:


The Jaguars played at New York Mills in the season opener 8 nights ago.

Game updates to follow here. A storm is supposed to hit Jaguar Country by 9 p.m. tonight.

**After quarter number one: WCA 8, B-B-E 0.

Halftime: B-B-E 14, WCA 14. The Jaguars overcame adversity and won the second quarter!

After 3 quarters: B-B-E 20, WCA 14.

To see the final score, hit refresh to read the Friday Night Lights II blog post.

After 8 p.m., rainfall blasted part of the area. Fortunately, by that point, the stadium was empty.

Volleyball wins at Kimball, football game is at 5!

The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team won the Central Minnesota Conference opener at Kimball on Thursday night. 

The Jaguars utilized outstanding 34.5 percent hitting to sweep the Cubs by scores of 25-15, 25-18, 25-11. The top hitters were Macey Roering with 11 kills and McKinley Haider with 8 kills. Kamie Fischer racked up 6 ace serves, and Kimball Area struggled to put up an attack. Mya Worms and Teagan Dingmann each had 2 solo blocks.

A weather-related announcement: the B-B-E Jaguars football team's home opener will have a 5 p.m. kickoff tonight. Please spread the word. Also, the game will be aired on Smooth Magic 107.1 FM. 

Central Minnesota Conference volleyball scores on September 10:
Royalton 3, Maple Lake 1
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 3, Holdingford 1
Eden Valley-Watkins 3, Paynesville Area 1

Here's action from the state championship game on Sunday night in New Prague:


The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team completed the season with a 27-8 record after losing a nailbiter 5-4 in the Class C state championship game on Sunday. Coverage of the state tournament is in print this week and next week in the Bonanza Valley Voice.

Here's a link to the newspaper's SmugMug gallery featuring pictures from the Fairmont game: ElrosaSaints-vs-Fairmont.

In other news...>
Time to put humpty-dumpty back together again and re-start the newspaper's sports department. It has been a hellish week. On Tuesday, a major cocaine bust took place in downtown Brooten. This was mentioned on page one of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Additional crime coverage is forthcoming online and in print. On Friday afternoon, a web article was posted to the newspaper's website regarding the arrest: BrootenCocaineBust9-8-26.

I am hoping to plow through a mountain of work this afternoon and make it to the football game on time. Fingers crossed.

Jaguars win in five! (VIDEOS!)

An incredible ending handed the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team an improbable 3-2 win over MACCRAY tonight in their second straight non-conference match. The Jaguars were in tough shape late in game five as they faced a steep, uphill climb in the form of a 14-11 deficit.

The Wolverines had a 4-1 run that lifted them ahead 6-5 in game five, but Macey Roering's kill tied it at 6-6. MACCRAY got traction in the form of a kill, an ace serve and an ace block to go up 9-6. Out of a B-B-E timeout, MACCRAY served long for a huge side out. The Wolverines got a kill, but Teagan Dingmann's kill made it a 10-8 score. MACCRAY's hitting error made it 10-9, and head coach Tory Brouwer called her first timeout of the set. Laken Anderson's kill tied it at 10-10, and Mya Worms had a kill to tie it at 11-11. MACCRAY then got two kills and an ace block to go up 14-11.

Roering buried a left side attack for a kill and a crucial side out that staved off defeat. On the next volley, Roering knocked an attack into a MACCRAY block attempt. The ball sailed out of bounds, but the referees held a conference to discuss whether or not the ball got across the net for an attack. The call held, and the Jaguars then trailed 14-13. Out of MACCRAY's final timeout, Roering hit another ace attack for a 14-14 tie.

On the next volley, Kamie Fischer knocked a direct attack over to the right corner. MACCRAY's pass was shanked, and the hitter was unable to recover it for an attack. This lifted the Jaguars in front 15-14 with four straight points scored. Teagan Dingmann then finished the match with an ace serve after she served the last four points of the night.

Game scores were 20-25, 26-24, 18-25, 25-8, 16-14. Hitting percentages for B-B-E across all five sets: negative 2.5 in game one, 24.5 in game two, 10.3 in game three, 36 in game four and 32 in game five.

Earlier in the match...
After getting demolished in game three and losing 25-18, the Jaguars regrouped and took it to the Wolverines with a 25-8 win that tied the match at two sets each.

Here's action featuring the final points scored in game four tonight:


B-B-E had small early leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 4-2 in the fifth set. After falling back 14-11, the Jaguars stormed back to claim a thrilling, roller coaster-like 16-14 win and even their record at 1-1. It also marked head coach Holly Breitbach's first career varsity win.

Here's the full video of game five:


B-B-E had 18 percent hitting tonight, which marked a significant improvement from the 4 percent hitting they had one week ago at New London-Spicer.

Next: the Jaguars travel to Kimball this Thursday for the Central Minnesota Conference opener. The Cubs are 4-1 overall after beating neighborhood rival Dassel-Cokato 3-2 tonight at D-C high school.

The Wolverines (1-2) now have back-to-back 3-2 losses heading into their Camden Conference opener, which is next Tuesday, September 15.

Business announcement: the last day of the season for the Jenniges Meat Chuckwagon is Friday, September 18. Please spread the word!

MACCRAY Wolverines causing trouble

A well-tuned MACCRAY Wolverines team is causing havoc for the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team, and the visiting team has a 2-1 set lead tonight in Brooten. Earlier this evening, the JV football team won 54-0 against Benson in Belgrade.

The Wolverines took it to the Jaguars and won game three by a 25-18 score. B-B-E trailed by 6 to 9 points for a large chunk of that set.

Game four: B-B-E 25, MACCRAY 8. We are going to a 5th set. This final set should start at about 8:36 p.m.

In game five, the score is tied 5-5. To see the outcome of the match, hit refresh to see a new blog post.

The dream is cut short: Elrosa baseball suffers one-run loss in state finals (VIDEOS*)

I don't use this phrase often, but I think it's fitting to include it. The game was not for the faint of heart!

With their backs to the wall late in the Class C state tournament amateur baseball championship, the Elrosa Saints baseball team rallied and battled and hung in there after falling behind 5-1 to Fairmont. Three runs plated in the bottom of the 7th inning were not enough, however.

Final score on Sunday, September 6 in New Prague: Fairmont 5, Elrosa 4. The Saints finish an incredible season with a 27-9 overall record. It was an incredible ride. Thanks for the memories! This is just the third time in the history of the Stearns County League that one of our teams has played in the state championship game. The first was in 1998, when Richmond lost in the state finals by a 6-4 score to Glencoe. In 2017, Lake Henry lost 6-4 to Kimball in the Class C state finals.

Here's a video from an action-packed bottom of the second inning on Sunday night:


Time to rest up and recharge the batteries! It's Labor Day. Don't forget this event in rural Villard: BreakfastOntheFarm2026.

Monday afternoon update: I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to, and the time spent at Breakfast on the Farm in rural Villard. The Reichmann family is wonderful! One of their daughters-in-law is Tara Reichmann, who is the Minnewaska Area boys' and girls' head tennis coach. Her brother is former B-B-E superintendent Patrick Walsh.

Alas, it's time to get back to some very important sports writing.

And now back to baseball...
The Elrosa Saints finished 27-8 overall after completing a terrific 4-1 record at the state tournament. This is remarkable!

Here's a video from the bottom of the fourth inning against Fairmont:


The Saints had numerous players earn post-tournament awards. I'm getting that compiled tonight to write about.

Some additional coverage is being posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: StateFinals6thInning.

Here's a video featuring action in the bottom of the 7th inning:


Peyton Winter, batting No. 8 in the lineup, is shown batting at the plate with three runners on with zero outs. At that point, Elrosa trailed 5-1.

Elrosa's dreams were gashed in the bottom of the ninth inning, when they left the tying run stranded at third base.

Community event announcement!
The Honebrink family and all the friendly staff of Brink's Beer Joint in Swift Falls invites everyone to the annual Turkey Fest celebration, which is on Saturday, September 19 in the scenic village of Swift Falls. Other details to follow in The Voice...the Turkey Fest parade starts at 5:30 p.m.!