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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team has moved into sole possession of first place in the Central Minnesota Conference. With their 3-0 win over Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City on September 19, plus Royalton's five-set loss to Paynesville Area on the same night, the Jaguars are 3-0 in the conference with a one-match lead over Maple Lake, Paynesville and Royalton (2-1 each). The Maple Lake Irish were tagged with a five-set loss by Royalton on September 12 at home. The attached video features...
After a successful sweep earned in the season opener on August 27, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team added three more wins to mount a 4-0 start. Last Thursday at home in an early season sub-section battle, the Jaguars won 3-1 against Parkers Prairie. Last Friday in a non-conference match played in Belgrade as part of a day promoting support for tennis, volleyball and football, the Jaguars earned a statement win by a 3-0 margin against MACCRAY. On Tuesday, September 3, the Jaguars made quick work by defeating visiting...
After Friday's game with Roscoe got rained out (July 5), the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team made the short trip east to New Munich for a Stearns County League North division battle on Sunday, July 7. A four-run second inning, which featured a solo home run by Derek Wiener, fueled a 7-3 win that secured a regular season sweep over the Silverstreaks. Earning two hits each were Jackson Peter, Peyton Winter and Gavin Kampsen as the Saints tallied 10 total hits. Will VanBeck started and went...
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team kept their playoff hopes alive with a thrilling walk-off 7-6 win in 10 innings against visiting Richmond on Friday night. The game was played across two days, as it began on May 24 but was halted after the third inning due to the weather. It was an incredible game that saw 24 runners stranded by both teams. In the bottom of the 10th, Will VanBeck led off with a walk, advanced on a two-out intentional walk issued to Jackson Peter and then scored on Derek Wi...
For the third straight season, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa baseball team advanced to the Section 6A championship game. The Jaguars earned that feat by defeating Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 13-3 in five innings in the elimination bracket final on June 6 in Clarissa. B-B-E's appearance in the section finals marked the fourth time in the past five seasons that they made it to the championship game (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024). With the win over LP-GE, the Jaguars advanced to face once-beaten Parkers...