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Monday, April 20, 2026
Spring returns
Spring has returned after taking a three-day break in the Bonanza Valley area.
On Friday, the weather turned cold, and the cold stuck around across Saturday and Sunday. Things warmed up considerably today, and highs reached into the mid-60s for part of the afternoon.
Back to sports news...
The B-B-E Jaguars girls' golf team and the B-B-E Jaguars boys' golf teamopen the Central Minnesota Conference schedule with a joint meet at Atwater tomorrow. They begin at 4:15 p.m. at Island Pine Golf Club.
The B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams host an 8-team invitational at 4 p.m. Teams invited are Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Holdingford, Paynesville Area, St. John`s Prep and West Central Area.
I am getting caught up on the A-C-GC track and field results, and I noticed that the Jaguar boys had a strong showing with a 7th-place finish out of 10 teams. They defeated the host A-C-GC Falcons, Paynesville and Willmar Community Christian. They were led by a first-place finish by senior Kameron Hiltner, who won the 100 open with a time of 12.39 seconds. Hiltner also earned a stack of points by placing third in the long jump (18'9"). Taylor Pieper, another B-B-E senior, placed fourth in the long jump (18'1.5").
The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team resumes CMC action with a game at Kingery Field in Atwater at 5 p.m. against the A-C-GC Falcons.
The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team resumes CMC action with a home game at 5 p.m. against Eden Valley-Watkins.
On Sunday afternoon, a few more notes were added with fastpitch plus area fastpitch scores on April 16; I have not had a moment's rest all weekend...run, run, run! On Saturday, I was in Farmington with my daughter's West Central Wildcats AAU team. I finally posted additional high school spring concert coverage: https://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com.
From the top.
The B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams competed at a 10-team invitational at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. The winds from the south at Falcons Stadium was incredible, and not in a good way. It was literally breathtaking as it blasted across the southern end of the football field. Those running down the back stretch were hit with a strong 20-30 mph wind, which helped counter the 80-degree heat. The Jaguars had some terrific performances in spite of the conditions. For example, seventh grader Brooklyn Breitbach almost matched her Morris time in the 1600 run. At Morris on April 10 (one week ago), Breitbach ran a 6:11. At A-C-GC yesterday, with much tougher conditions, her time was approximately 6:10. (Video coming)
And here's a video at the end of the 1600 run for the girls' division yesterday in Grove City:
In the high jump, freshman Laken Anderson took second place (4'10") behind a senior from Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg.
Here's Laken Anderson in the high jump at a height of 4'4" at A-C-GC:
The full set of results from A-C-GC won't be reviewed until later this evening.
At the home diamond, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team settled for a series split against Holdingford. They won 7-4 in game one before losing 1-0 in game two. The Jaguars are now 2-3 overall and 1-2 in the Central Minnesota Conference.
Here's a video from the April 10 game against Upsala:
A few more fastpitch notes from the Holdingford doubleheader:
Mya Worms started and pitched 5 innings for B-B-E in game one; she had 2 strikeouts with 3 walks and 6 hits with just one earned run. Brielle Worms closed for the save with 2 innings pitched; she had 2 strikeouts, one walk, two hits and one earned run. Brielle Worms pitched 6 innings in the 1-0 loss. She had 5 strikeouts and 2 walks with no earned runs and just one hit.
In the 1-0 loss, B-B-E was held to 4 hits. In game one, Mya Worms led the team by going 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs. Overall, the Jaguars had 8 hits while earning 4 walks and being struck out 8 times.
Central MN Conference fastpitch scores on April 16:
Maple Lake 8, Paynesville 3
Paynesville 6, Maple Lake 5
Kimball 12, A-C-GC 2
Kimball 5, A-C-GC 0
At Holdingford, the B-B-E Jaguars baseball team lost a tough one in the first game by the 10-run rule by a 10-0 score in 5 innings. They fell behind 7-3 in game two before battling back across the last 4 innings. However, the teams ran out of daylight, and the game was called after 7 innings. At that point, the score was tied 11-11. This game will resume at a later date.
In golf news...
The B-B-E Jaguars girls' golf teamhad two varsity events this week. They began with a neighborhood dual "Battle for Regal" meet at Koronis Golf Club in Paynesville on Tuesday. The meet featured a total of 9 girls, including 6 Bulldogs for the home team. B-B-E's three varsity girls' golfers this spring are Kragen Wiener, Olive Olson and Marlie Schlangen.
At Paynesville, B-B-E freshman Kragen Wiener took second place with a 40 behind first-place Peyton Roeske, a Paynesville freshman. B-B-E freshman Olive Olson took fourth place with a 43. B-B-E sophomore Marlie Schlangen, who golfed in 8th grade but not last year, shot a 57.
On Thursday this week at the Little Crow Golf Club, New London-Spicer hosted an 18-hole invitational. B-B-E's girls' golf team competed and was led by Kragen Wiener's score of 108 (tie for 30th place). Olive Olson shot a 111 (tie for 39th place), and Marlie Schlangen had a 132.
The B-B-E Jaguars boys' golf team also competed in the Battle for Regal on Tuesday. B-B-E had 5 scorers and were led by tri-champion Jaxxon Koetter, a freshman, who shot a 5-under-par 30. He was joined in a three-way tie for first place with Paynesville's Colin Fleischhacker and Reuben Christensen. Other B-B-E scorers: Owen Roering and Walker Winter (9th place tie) 35 each, Cash Lehner 40, Dylan Roering 47, Treyson Nemmers 49.
FOR FRIDAY:all after school competitions were canceled or postponed due to the violent winds we're enduring. It's nasty out there! Temps in the 30s and winds gusting over 30 miles an hour. We are going to suffer with this through the weekend, but it looks like spring returns for good on Monday. Thank God!
Area girls' fastpitch scores on April 16:
Yellow Medicine East 2, Minnewaska Area 0
Alexandria 4, Willmar 3
K-M-S 8, MACCRAY 4
MACCRAY 14, K-M-S 9
BOLD 11, West Central Area 3
West Central Area 2, BOLD 1
Melrose Area 15, Montevideo 1
Melrose Area 12, Montevideo 2
The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team was cuffed at the plate on Monday at Paynesville Area in the Central Minnesota Conference opener. Held to three hits in a complete game effort by Paynesville senior Reed Johnson, the Jaguars lost 11-1 in 6 innings to fall to 1-1 overall. Johnson fired 4 strikeouts with no walks.
B-B-E sent Aiden Mueller and Lance Radermacher to the mound, and they gave up a combined 11 hits against 9 strikeouts.
They travel to Holdingford on Thursday this week for a CMC doubleheader that starts at 4 p.m.
In other news...
A video featuring the first 40 minutes of the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Donatus Catholic Church has been posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: StDonatusEasterVigilMass.
Also, the track and field teams will host their only home meet of the season next Tuesday, April 21. It will feature 9 teams, including Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Browerville, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Holdingford, Melrose Area, Paynesville Area, St. John`s Prep and West Central Area.
Here's a video recorded just before the second qualification match at the Granite City Regional last Friday in St. Cloud:
Coverage on the B-B-E Resistance Robotics team will follow in this week's newspaper.
TONIGHT! The grades 6-12 band and choir spring concert starts at 7 p.m. at the Phil and Lucille Olson Auditorium.
The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team dropped to 1-2 on the season after a 12-2 loss to Upsala on Friday. The score was 1-1 in the third inning before the Cardinals began to pull away. They led 3-1 after the fourth inning, but the Jaguars cut it to a 3-2 score in the bottom of the fifth. A disastrous sixth inning followed, with the Cardinals scoring 7 runs in the top of the frame.
Overall, Upsala out-hit the Jaguars 12 to 4. B-B-E had 3 errors to none by the Cardinals.
Here's a video featuring Kenna Lieser scoring after her two-run home run against MACCRAY last Tuesday:
The Jaguars are now idle until next Thursday, April 16, when they host Holdingford in a doubleheader.
Robotics team competing at Granite City Regional (VIDEO)
The B-B-E Resistance Robotics team is having a terrific day so far at the Granite City Regional. In spite of having a 1-2 record in qualification matches, the team's robot is working in excellent fashion. The 7 members on the team have been working diligently at regions, and their next match is at 2:20 p.m. at River's Edge Convention Center.
Here's a video featuring the conclusion of the first qualification match this morning in St. Cloud:
In the third qualification match, which started at 12:57 today, B-B-E's Red Alliance lost 190-166. They held a late lead that could not hold up in the last 30 seconds. They sit in 32nd place out of 51 teams.
UPDATE: in the fourth qualification match of the Granite City Regional, B-B-E's Blue Alliance lost 241 to 86; they fell to 40th place. Their fifth match is set for 3:40 p.m. today in a Red Alliance that includes the New London-Spicer Toolcats plus the Sartell-St. Stephen Light SaBres. NL-S is currently in 4th place out of 51 teams; they are coached by Aric Harrier, brother of Mrs. Mimi Knutson (B-B-E elementary teacher).
Saturday update: the robotics team finished 3-6 and in 42nd place. They won the final match of the Saturday qualification rounds and ended regions on a high note.
I am in Morris right now, and the ground is pure white with about a half an inch of fresh snow that just fell. I am at the college, where Willow has West Central Wildcats AAU basketball practice.
I haven't heard an outcome from Paynesville.
I noticed my short writings about track and field in the newspaper were incorrect. On Tuesday, I was unaware that they have an outdoor meet scheduled for Friday (this week)...this leads me to the decision that it makes no sense to write about upcoming games when I print sports stories in the newspaper. Folks will simply have to go to this sports blog to read about the varsity sports schedule. It's a waste of resources to put that in ink in the newspaper. At least in the front part of April, the weather is too unpredictable!
Update: I heard the tough news that the varsity fastpitch team lost at Paynesville tonight. That's all I have there. On a brighter note, the JV Jaguars defeated the Bulldogs. I'll get a new blog post added on Friday morning featuring a complete report from the game. For the record, senior Kenna Lieser had 112 career hits at the end of last season. Through 2 games this season, she's got 5 hits to add to that number. She's been a varsity player since 7th grade in the 2021 season.
In other news...
The B-B-E Resistance Robotics team traveled to St. Cloud today for the first day of the Granite City Regional. The region tournament is being held at River's Edge Convention Center. This day is reserved for practice sessions. The first day of competition, which includes 51 total teams, is Friday. Action should begin at 8:55 a.m.
B-B-E's first qualification match is set for 9:40 a.m. They are in a Blue alliance with teams from Rocori and Minneota.
