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  • B-B-E football opens season on Thursday at home

    Randy Olson|Aug 28, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team opens the 2025 season with New York Mills in a non-district game. The Jaguars are coming off a successful 8-2 season that began a year ago with 8 returning starters in last year’s total group of 15 seniors. Two of this year’s seniors, linemen Noah Kampsen and Nate Geer, return as third-year starters. The team has a total of 8 seniors, including Cameron Loe, Kameron Hiltner, Toby Hanson, Ian Szczesniak, Jesse Niklaus and Eli Wold. With those 15 sen...

  • B-B-E volleyball team wins season opener in four sets (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 28, 2025

    The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team defeated visiting New London-Spicer in four sets on Tuesday, August 26 to begin the new season. The attached video features action early in game two against the Wildcats....

  • Elrosa Saints fall in state opener (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 21, 2025

    The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team faced Windom in the Class C state tournament opener on Saturday, August 16 in Hutchinson. The Pirates took an early 2-0 lead and later broke a 2-2 tie on their way to a 6-2 win. Pitching for Elrosa were Ethan Vogt, Weston Gjerde (Norway Lake-Sunburg draftee) and Will VanBeck. Attached is a video from the top of the fourth inning that afternoon....

  • Elrosa Saints earn 12th state tournament berth

    Randy Olson|Aug 14, 2025

    The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team is returning to the Class C state tournament after having a rough 0-2 trip at regions a year ago. Thanks to late-game heroics by Jackson Peter, the Saints overcame a 2-1 deficit in the top of the 9th inning, as the 2020 B-B-E graduate launched a three-run home run over the centerfield fence at Spring Hill’s Chargers Stadium on Saturday, August 9. Elrosa’s defense held in the bottom of the 9th for a 4-3 win over Starbuck to earn one of Region 8C’s four...

  • Elrosa Saints split opening games of Region 8C (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 7, 2025

    After trailing 1-0 going into the second inning today against New Munich, the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team put up a 5-spot in the top of the second inning and stayed alive in the Region 8C tournament with a 10-4 win. Elrosa faces Starbuck on Saturday in Spring Hill with first pitch at about 1:30 p.m. depending on the pace of the 11 a.m. game that day. The winner of that 1:30 game goes home, while the winner earns a trip to the state tournament. The Saints hosted the opening games of Regio...

  • B-B-E American Legion 17-U fastpitch runners-up in Sub-Regions (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 7, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 17-U fastpitch team competed in the American Legion's West Central Sub-Region for playoffs in the last week of July. After a 5-2 regular season, the Jaguars earned the No. 2 seed out of 5 teams. They defeated No. 3-seeded Albany 9-2 on Thursday, July 24 at Minnewaska Area. That win put the Jaguars in the championship game, which was set for Friday, July 25 at Minnewaska. In the Sub-Region championship game, the Jaguars battled top-seeded Melrose Area. Their season...

  • B-B-E 16-U Babe Ruth baseball wins State opener!

    Randy Olson|Jul 24, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Babe Ruth 16-U Jaguars opened the state tournament on July 24 with a 7-0 shut out win against Detroit Lakes. The state tournament is hosted by New York Mills. The Jaguars continue state pool play at 5 p.m. back in New York Mills on Friday, July 25 against Sebeka. A final pool play game is on Saturday. Aiden Mueller started and pitched 5 innings to earn the win, and Walker Winter was closer with 2 innings on the mound. Mueller was stellar and held Detroit Lakes to...

  • B-B-E Babe Ruth baseball team wins State Championship (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jul 24, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 16-U Babe Ruth baseball team defeated Sebeka 6-0 on Sunday, July 27 to claim the state championship. Playing under heavy humidity with calm conditions at Russ Jacobson Field in New York Mills as thunderstorms were flaring up across rural Minnesota, the Jaguars and Trojans battled through a well-played game that featured just one error. The win came on a 5-3 win by the Jaguars on Sunday morning in the state semifinals against Pine River-Backus/Menahga. The Jaguars...

  • B-B-E Babe Ruth baseball team wins twice at state

    Randy Olson|Jul 17, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars earned two convincing wins at the Babe Ruth state tournament in pool play games played in Urbank on Thursday, July 17. In game one, the Jaguars defeated Frazee 10-0 in 5 innings. Baron Breitbach pitched a complete game "No, No" with no hits given up. Coach Kaden DeRoo reported that he pitched remarkably well as part of what is a talented pitching battery for B-B-E. In the second pool play game, B-B-E's Babe Ruth team defeated Ottertail Central Black 13-3 in 6...

  • B-B-E Babe Ruth baseball is STATE Final Four-bound! (*VIDEO added)

    Randy Olson|Jul 17, 2025

    Note: on Saturday night, a video was added to this web article from Henning. In an incredible performance against a neighboring rival, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Babe Ruth baseball team overcame a late comeback bid by the Paynesville Area Bulldogs while earning a 5-4 win in the state tournament quarterfinals. The Elite 8-round game was played under full sunshine at Henning on Saturday afternoon, July 19. The team is made of players who will be entering 8th and 9th grade this fall at B-B-E; they...

  • Elrosa Saints edge New Munich on Peyton Winter's Sac Fly-RBI for walk-off SCL win

    Randy Olson|Jul 10, 2025

    With Spring Hill clinching the regular season Stearns County League North title, the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team had a huge home game with New Munich on Sunday go their way in a 10-inning walk-off 4-3 win. As the top seed was snapped up by the Chargers, Elrosa’s win over the Silverstreaks put them in the driver’s seat for the runner-up spot in the division and the playoff’s No. 2 seed. Last Wednesday in an exhibition game at home with Raymond, the Saints out-hit the Rockets 14 to 11 bu...

  • White Bear Lake graduate speaks out on state's transgender policy (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 12, 2025

    This Alpha News video includes views provided by Kendall Kotzmacher, a 2025 graduate of White Bear Lake high school. She is doing so as an adult who can provide her First Amendment-protected rights without repercussion from her high school or from the Minnesota State High School League. Kotzmacher stated her desire to speak out and support younger female student athletes who currently have their views restricted and oppressed by authority figures both in the school system and in state...

  • B-B-E Jaguar baseball starts strong in playoffs (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 29, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa baseball team successfully opened the Sub-Section 6A-South tournament with a 12-2 in in 6 innings. The opponent was No. 7-seeded West Central Area. Seniors Luke Illies and Brett DeRoo split pitching duties for the Jaguars, who are looking to return to the Section 6A championship game for the sixth straight season. The Jaguars (14-6) now advance into the double-elimination part of the Section 6A tournament. They play at 11 a.m. in Morris on Thursday, May 29. Further...

  • Elrosa Saints start new season with 2 wins (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 1, 2025

    The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team got off to a solid start to the 2025 campaign. Thanks to multiple outstanding pitching performances on April 26 and 27, the Saints defeated Starbuck 7-0 and then Lake Henry 3-0. In the Stearns County League opener at Lake Henry on Sunday, Will VanBeck started and pitched 5 innings while surrendering just 1 hit and 2 walks to go with 8 strikeouts. Ethan Vogt then pitched 3 innings (2 hits, no walks, 6 strikeouts), and Wyatt Steffensen earned the save as clo...

  • B-B-E girls' basketball awards banquet (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Mar 20, 2025

    On Tuesday, March 11 at the Padua Pub, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team held their 8th-12th grade 2024-2025 season awards banquet. In the attached video, you can listen to part of head coach Kristina Anderson's season review with her varsity team. The full story from the banquet, which included the varsity team and individual awards, was published in the March 20 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....

  • Boys' basketball Jaguars drop close battle in playoff opener (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Mar 13, 2025

    The No. 5-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team saw their season conclude in the quarterfinals of the Sub-Section 6A-South tournament on Thursday, March 6. The No. 4-seeded and host Brandon-Evansville Chargers overcame a 21-15 halftime deficit while claiming a 49-43 win over the Jaguars. B-B-E came within a second of going into halftime ahead 21-12, but the Chargers got a buzzer-beating three-pointer on an off balance shot from the right corner by senior Tanner Riedel. In the...

  • Four Jaguar wrestlers advance to state individual tournament

    Randy Olson|Feb 27, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team will send four student athletes to the Class 1A state individual tournament. Three of the four earned Section 5A titles, while the other was runner-up at the state-qualifying tournament held on Saturday, February 22 at Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls. Advancing to state as section champions are seniors Brett DeRoo (160 pounds), Carson Gilbert (215) and Hunter Laage (285). Noah Jensen, an eighth grader, advanced to state as the Section 5A...

  • Boys' basketball Jaguars build 3 game winning streak

    Randy Olson|Feb 20, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team is riding a three-game winning streak, and they are playing their best ball of the season as winners of 5 of their last 6 games. On Tuesday, February 18 in a border battle at their neighbors to the south, New London-Spicer, the Jaguars had an outstanding second half in a 61-54 win to cap a four-game road swing. Last Friday at Maple Lake, the Jaguars held the Irish to just 16 first-half points in a 68-34 win. B-B-E is currently in 5th place in...

  • B-B-E wrestlers compete at Section 5A tournament

    Randy Olson|Feb 20, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team sent 12 athletes to the Section 5A individual wrestling tournament at Yellow Medicine East high school on Saturday, February 22. Out of those 12, three of them earned first or second place finishes to advance to the Class 1A state tournament at Xcel Energy Center on February 28 and March 1. They are Noah Jensen (107 pounds), Brett DeRoo (160), Carson Gilbert (215) and Hunter Laage (285). Results are as follows by weight division. 107: Noah Jensen...

  • B-B-E wrestling team seeded No. 5 for playoffs

    Randy Olson|Feb 13, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team concluded their regular season with a 7-12 overall record. In the Central Minnesota Conference, they finished in third place with a 4-2 record behind Holdingford and Paynesville Area. On Monday, February 10, the Section 5A seedings were released for the upcoming playoffs. The Jaguars earned the No. 5 seed and open with a quarterfinal match at Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg high school on Thursday this week (February 13) at 7 p.m. They face the No. 4-seeded...

  • Girls' Basketball Jaguars win 5th straight (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 9, 2025

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team made it 5 wins in a row when they defeated Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 57-48 on Friday, January 10. This improved their overall record to 9-5 heading into a road game at Maple Lake on Tuesday, January 14. The Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's sports section features additional coverage. Fans can also follow along with near-daily updates on B-B-E varsity sports at the newspaper's Jaguars Sports blog: https://bbejaguars.blogspot.com. The attached...

  • Heartbreak in Fergus Falls: volleyball team suffers season-ending loss (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Oct 31, 2024

    In a heavyweight battle between Top 10 teams in Class 1A, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team had revenge on their minds with No. 8-ranked West Central Area as the teams squared off on Tuesday, October 29 at Kennedy High School in Fergus Falls. At stake was the Sub-Section 6A-South championship and a berth in the state qualifier. The Knights, who entered the night ranked No. 12 in Class 1A by QRF, faced a Jaguars team that was No. 2 on that same scale. Both teams bring back a long list...

  • Heartbreak in Fargo: Jaguar football suffers tough loss to Patriots (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Oct 31, 2024

    The game was not for the faint of heart! Not by any means. Facing No. 5-ranked (Associated Press) and undefeated Upsala/Swanville Area, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team battled for 48 minutes of hard-hitting and highly entertaining Section 4A championship action at the FargoDome on Friday, November 1. The Jaguars led 6-0 after the first quarter, but the teams were tied at 6-6 going into halftime. The Jaguars trailed 12-6 in the fourth quarter before they scored on their 14th possession...

  • B-B-E football team seeded No. 2 for playoffs (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Oct 17, 2024

    The No. 7-ranked Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team maintained second place in the Mid-Northwest Gopher Gold District standings with a 54-7 win over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle last Friday, October 11. Parents Night was also held prior to kickoff in what was the last regular season home game. The Jaguars built a 42-0 lead after the first quarter. At halftime, they led 48-0. Big achievements: in the second quarter, Jack Lundberg surpassed 1,000 season rushing yards. Later in that same quarter,...

  • B-B-E Hall of Fame to induct 8 in Class of 2024

    Randy Olson|Sep 19, 2024

    A total of eight men and women will be inducted to the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school's Hall of Fame on September 28. Ticket sales for the HOF banquet run through the end of the business day on Friday, September 20. You can order your tickets by contacting either office in person or by telephone (320-254-8211). The new B-B-E HOF class features three graduates from both the former Brooten and Belgrade high schools plus two who made an impact with the B-B-E Jaguars athletic program. Additional HOF...

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