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The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team earned a thrilling 3-0 shutout win against Dumont in the Class C state tournament on Saturday, August 29. They play in the Elite 8 round on Saturday, September 4 in Shakopee at Joe Schleper Stadium. First pitch is at 7:30 p.m. against Glencoe. Game updates on Saturday night will be posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's Jaguars Sports blog: http://bbejaguars.blogspot.com. The Elrosa Saints hold a 25-8 overall record heading into Friday's...
The state-ranked Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars volleyball team lost a tough 3-2 match at New London-Spicer to open the 2026 season. It was also the debut of new head coach Holly Breitbach, who takes the reigns of the program from Brittany Borgerding, who was head coach for the past two seasons. In game five, the Jaguars lost 15-9 after a late comeback fizzled out. Next: the Jaguars host MACCRAY on Tuesday, September 8....
Fairmont won the Class C amateur state baseball title with a 5-4 win over Elrosa on Saturday, September 6 at Memorial Park Stadium in New Prague. The stadium seating was packed, which made for an incredible environment to see a high-stakes amateur baseball game play out. Elrosa started Norway Lake-Sunburg draftee Jared Cortez on the mound. Cortez, a K-M-S Class of 2024 graduate, is one of the top pitchers at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. This past spring, Cortez earned First...
Back-to-back wins in the Class C amateur state tournament have moved the Elrosa Saints into the town team state quarterfinals. The Saints faced the Pierz Brewers on August 23 in the first round of state. Utilizing a powerful offensive attack, Elrosa won 10-5 while racking up 19 hits against four Pierz pitchers to advance to the Sweet 16 round. Back in New Prague on August 29, Elrosa faced Dumont and won 3-0 behind a complete game performance by starter Ashton Dingmann. An RBI-triple by Jackson...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars fastpitch team is fresh off of its best regular season since 2009, which was the last year the team finished with an above-.500 record. This year, the Jaguars went 11-8 overall with a 7-7 mark in the Central Minnesota Conference. The .500 record in the CMC was good for fourth place behind Kimball Area, Holdingford and Eden Valley-Watkins. The Jaguars have a handful of close losses this spring, including the last game of the regular season on Tuesday, May 12 wh...
On Tuesday, May 5, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa fastpitch softball team defeated Paynesville Area 9-2 on Tuesday, May 5 in home Central Minnesota Conference action. Brielle Worms, a freshman, pitched the complete game win. The attached video features the end of the game....
For a lineup featuring just 2 starters who are seniors, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa baseball team has given some strong performances across the first half of the regular season. With a recent Central Minnesota Conference series split at Kimball Area, the Jaguars hold a 6-6 record heading into a home game on Tuesday, May 5 against Paynesville Area. The Jaguars were terrific in game one and defeated the Irish 3-0. Baron Breitbach, an 8th grader, got his first varsity career win and went the...
This video was recorded prior to the Minnesota Timberwolves game on Saturday, March 7 at Target Center. Their opponent was the Orlando Magic. The Bonanza Valley Voice publisher accompanied youth from Big Grove/Crow River/Grace and Trinity/West Lake Johanna churches to Minneapolis for this N.B.A. game. The youth group picture was published in the March 12 issue of the newspaper....
At Canby high school on Saturday, seven members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team competed in the individual Section 5A tournament. Once the dust settled, freshman Noah Jensen earned his second trip to the state tournament by winning the 114-pound title. At 139, freshman Noah DeRoo took third place as the other high finisher for the Jaguars. Two additional freshmen, McCoy Detloff and Jace Mueller, each placed 5th. At state last year at 107 pounds, Jensen took third place and...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team suffered their first Central Minnesota Conference loss of the season last Friday, January 30 at Kimball Area. Mighty offensive struggles across the first half was too much to overcome in a 53-51 loss. A late comeback by the Jaguars fell short in the closing minute. Down 53-48 with under 2 minutes to go, Tiffany DIngmann cashed a three-pointer in the closing minute. Multiple possessions in the last 30 seconds went empty in the tough loss. Now...
On the home court in a Central Minnesota Conference game on Tuesday, January 27, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team used a late burst of offense before halftime to carve out a 59-41 win over Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. The night prior at Maple Lake, the Jaguars won a turnover-plagued game by a 72-50 score. B-B-E now holds a 14-4 overall record with a 9-0 CMC mark. The last time the Jaguars won 9 straight CMC games was in the COVID season of 2020-2021. This Friday, January 30, the Jaguars have key date with their first meeting...
Tenacious defensive rebounding proved key for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball game at Royalton on Tuesday, January 6. Facing a physical, fleet-footed Royals team that went 14-0 in the Central Minnesota Conference last season, the Jaguars snared 35 boards on the defensive end to hamper Royalton's 63-points-per-game offense in what was a rowdy, hostile environment. After trailing 32-29 at halftime, the Jaguars played intense, lights-out defense down the stretch in a 58-53 win. "This...
A career-high 28 points by senior guard Taylor Pieper helped the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team claim third place in the Red Bracket of the Old National Bank Holiday tournament on Tuesday, December 30. The Jaguars evened their record at 3-3 with the win. In the first of back-to-back border battles at Willmar's Big Red Gym on Monday, the Jaguars lost 68-62 to New London-Spicer. The game to follow featured the host Cardinals taking on MACCRAY, which resulted in a 69-42 win for...
It was not pretty, but the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team survived a late comeback attempt by host Melrose Area after building a 17-point lead in the second half. A buzzer-beating three-pointer by the host Dutchmen made the final score 59-56 on Friday, December 19. In another border battle on the road, the Jaguars traveled to Swift County on Monday, December 22 to Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg. The Fighting Saints (5-2) entered the night averaging 72.6 points per game. In spite of a...
At the Parkers Prairie triangular on Thursday, December 4, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team fell to 2-3 overall with a 61-9 loss to Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg followed by a 54-24 loss to Parkers Prairie/Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale. In the other dual, K-M-S defeated PP/BH/V 34-32 after the Fighting Saints earned 18 points from 3 forfeits in the top 3 weights (189, 215, 285). The wrestling team's next action is on the home mats on Friday, December 12 with a Central Minnesota Conference...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team brought home bronze medals after finishing with a win at the Class 1A state tournament on Saturday, November 8. At Grand Casino Arena, formerly the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, the Jaguars defeated upstart Ada-Borup West in grand fashion, a 3-0 sweep, to finish an incredible season with a 26-6 record and a third-place showing at state. The Ada-Borup West win marked the first time in 8 trips to the state tournament when the Jaguars finished on a...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team is heading to St. Paul and the Class 1A state tournament after earning a 3-0 sweep against No. 2-seeded Parkers Prairie on November 1 in Fergus Falls. Facing a loaded, experienced Parkers Prairie team, the Jaguars won 25-17 in game one before grinding out two close wins over the Panthers for a Section 6A championship sweep. The No. 10-ranked Jaguars earned an incredible 25-23 comeback win in game two after they trailed 23-21. In game three, they built...
It had the makings of a David vs. Goliath-style fight, and at times there were glimmers of hope, but the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team suffered a 54-12 loss at the hands of Upsala/Swanville Area on Friday, October 31 and finish second in Section 5A. Their final overall record was 6-4. In their third straight appearance at the FargoDome for a state qualifier, the Jaguars had 26 players suited up for the game, and they were warriors from start to finish. The Jaguars fell behind 8-0 in the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team won their Class 1A state tournament opener on Thursday, November 6 in St. Paul. Facing No. 5-seeded Cleveland, the Jaguars won 25-22, 24-26, 25-15, 25-17 to earn a spot in the state semifinals. In the first set, the Jaguars were out-hit by a razor-thin margin: 21.7 percent to 21.3 percent. In spite of that, they prevailed 25-22. In game two, the Jaguars had to work to overcome a deficit as wide as 7 points. They pulled it to a 24-24 tie before the...
In a game that went down to the wire, the outcome not decided until the final minute, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team defeated Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 6-0 on Saturday, October 25 to move on to the Section 5A championship. NEXT: the Jaguars have a rematch with Upsala/Swanville Area on Friday, Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. at the FargoDome. The final score was also the halftime score, and B-B-E's overall record improved to 6-3. This brings the Jaguars to the section championship game for the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team, ranked No. 10 in the final coaches association state polls, will play for a state tournament berth on Saturday, November 1 in Fergus Falls. The Jaguars earned this by defeating Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in a 3-0 sweep on Tuesday, October 28 at Kennedy High School in Fergus Falls. In the Section 6A championship on Saturday, B-B-E (23-6) faces Parkers Prairie in a rematch from September 8. First serve at Kennedy High School's Gold Gymnasium is at 7...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' tennis team awards banquet was held last Monday at the elementary cafeteria with the 12 players, family members and head coach Kristine Bents and assistant coach Sarah Schrantz. Coach Bents spoke about her appreciation on what she called the "true dedication and determination" of the players. "The girls had a lot of fun this year," she said. "It is a super special group." In the attached video, the team is shown in a post-match huddle at Long Prairie-Grey...
The last game of the regular season went down to the wire, but the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team made the necessary plays to squeeze out a huge road win last Wednesday, October 15 at Brandon-Evansville high school in Brandon. When the chips were down, the Jaguars displayed a tremendous level of heart on the game's final play to thwart a potential game-tying conversion attempt and preserve a 30-28 lead for the final score. After posting a 18-0 halftime lead with a dominant running game,...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team has the top seed out of 21 total teams that make up Section 6A. The Jaguars, who finished the regular season as Central Minnesota Conference champions, take a 20-6 record into the postseason that begins with a first-round bye. The attached video features the final points scored in game 2 of the CMC match with Eden Valley-Watkins on October 11. Additional coverage of the section tournament can be found by clicking over to the newspaper's Jaguars Sports...
A great week of practice, time spent on game film and an outstanding effort all came together to hand the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team a statement 30-0 shutout win against visiting Browerville on Friday, September 19. This improves their overall record to 3-1, and they sit in a 5-way tie for second place in the Mid-Northwest Gold District with a 2-1 record. B-B-E also also won 3 of their first 4 games in the 1988, 2013, 2017 and 2022 seasons. They started 4-0 in the 2023 season. In...
