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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...
In Clarissa for the final week of the Section 6A playoffs, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa baseball team battled their way into the championship series after falling to Parkers Prairie 10-5 in the winners bracket final and then defeating Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 13-3 in five innings in the losers bracket final. The loss to Parkers Prairie took place across both Tuesday and Wednesday after the weather halted the game in the second inning on Tuesday. B-B-E's 13-3 five-inning win took place on Thursday...
In a fitting beginning to the playoffs for the 2024 season, the Sub-Section 6A-South opener for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa baseball team was rained out on Thursday, May 30 in Morris. By mid-afternoon, storm clouds were passing through Stevens County, and the second round of the playoffs were postponed by one day. For the Jaguars, they will open the playoffs on Friday, May 31 at 11 a.m. at Chizek Field in Morris. The opponent will be No. 5-seeded Hancock (9-10), who beat No. 4-seeded Benson 7-4...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars fastpitch team has won the playoff opener in Sub-Section 3A-North on Thursday, May 23. They defeated Ortonville 7-2 to advance to the double elimination format of the postseason. In the attached video, the Jaguars are facing the Trojans in the bottom of the sixth inning, during which they scored four runs to break open what was a tight game to that point. The game was scoreless through the first four-and-a-half innings before the Jaguars plated three runs in...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa baseball team went 2-2 with four competitive games taking place across three days. On Wednesday, May 1 at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud, the Jaguars earned a split with Holdingford with a 9-8 loss and a 10-4 win. On Friday, May 3 in Elrosa, the Jaguars had one tough inning in an 8-5 loss to No. 5-ranked Paynesville Area, who is currently leading the Central Minnesota Conference with a 9-1 mark. At Kingery Field in Atwater on Monday, May 6, the Jaguars picked up a big...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team was one of 56 teams at the Great Northern regional competition in Grand Forks. The regional was held on March 6-9 at the Alerus Center. B-B-E's team pulled off a thoroughly impressive comeback on Friday and Saturday as they endured tremendous adversity. While competing in North Dakota for the third straight year, the robotics team had to contend with unforeseen and nearly impossible-to-predict mechanical failures that cost them a smooth...
The attached video features Maximus Hanson in his state championship match on March 2 in St. Paul. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team's final dual at the Class 1A state tournament was not for the faint of heart. With their backs truly to the wall in the third-place match of the Class 1A state tournament on Thursday, February 29 at Xcel Energy Center, the Jaguars came alive with a full-throated roar in the upper weights after trailing 31-12 through the 152-pound match against No....
This is a big week for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team, as they are competing in their only regional of the 2024 season. They are in Grand Forks this weekend (March 6 to March 9) for the Great Northern Regional at the Alerus Center. This year's F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competition is titled "Crescendo" with a playing field set up with a nod to music. The theme's description says the purpose is to "Orchestrate engineering skills...
Five members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team earned spots in the upcoming Class 1A state individual tournament, which runs Friday and Saturday this weekend (March 1-2) at Xcel Energy Center. Three Jaguars have earned Section 5A titles at the individual tournament that was held on Saturday at Canby high school: Ryan Jensen at 139 pounds, Maximus Hanson at 172 and Carson Gilbert at 215. Earning section runner-up finishes with state berths were Tanner Viessman at 145 and Brett DeRoo...
After two outstanding team performances in the Section 5A wrestling Final Four on February 17 in Minneota, the No. 3-ranked Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars are heading to the Class 1A state tournament for the fourth year in a row. The attached video features action from the championship match between B-B-E and top-seeded Canby, who the Jaguars defeated 39-21 to earn the state berth. Individual results from the Canby dual are posted below. The Jaguars avenged one of their two regular season...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team took it on the chin against visiting Paynesville Area last Thursday, February 1. After playing a mostly strong first half as they were attempting to avenge a 79-30 loss on December 15, the Jaguars fell cold just before halftime. The Bulldogs capped the Central Minnesota Conference series sweep with a 74-51 win as they kept pace with No. 4-ranked Eden Valley-Watkins. The Eagles are 8-0 in the league, while the Bulldogs are one game back at 7-1....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team improved to 10-1 in dual meets with three dual wins on Tuesday, January 16 at Eden Valley: 48-24 over LeSeuer-Henderson, 42-12 over Eden Valley-Watkins and 46-15 over Osakis. On Friday, the No. 2-ranked Jaguars battled in the 10-team New London-Spicer Invitational and were unable to overcome an open weight at 285, and they ultimately took second place behind the host Wildcats. This Friday, the Jaguars travel to Canby for a triangular with the host Lance...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team suffered their first loss after a 3-0 start last Thursday, December 7 on the home court. Central Minnesota Christian of Prinsburg overcame a 7-point deficit in the second half in a 58-56 win, their fourth in a row. The Jaguars got back in the win column with a 60-51 section win at Upsala on Tuesday, December 12. This week the Jaguars (5-1, 2-0) hosted Kimball on Thursday and earned a 61-46 win. Next is a trip to Paynesville on Friday, December...
One of the longest winning streaks on the gridiron this fall in Minnesota came to a crashing end on Saturday, November 18 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The No. 5-ranked Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team suffered a 63-6 loss to the top-ranked Minneota Vikings in the Class 1A state semifinals. B-B-E trailed 14-0 after the first quarter, but the Vikings put up a 35-point outburst in the second quarter. The Jaguars, who won 11 straight games coming into the state semis, trailed 49-6 at ha...
For the first time in school history, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team will play in the state tournament semifinals. The No. 5-ranked Jaguars earned that feat with a convincing 28-6 win against No. 11-ranked Mayer Lutheran in the Class 1A state quarterfinals on Friday, November 10 at St. Cloud Apollo. After gaining a 22-0 lead through the first half, the Jaguars and Crusaders played even throughout the second half as they each posted one touchdown for the game's final score. The...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars volleyball team was gunning for their sixth straight sub-section championship banner on Thursday, November 2 in Fergus Falls. Facing upstart and No. 2-seeded West Central Area, the Jaguars were in for a battle all night as the Knights used an inspirational performance across the board to earn a 3-1 win. Led by their school's all-time career kill leader, senior Mya Foslien, the Knights took games one, three and four to complete the four-game win. The Jaguars,...
A battle of Top 10 teams played out in favor of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team last Friday morning at the FargoDome for the Section 4A championship. Once the game clock ticked to zero, the dream lived on in a big way. A marvelous achievement was earned just after noon that day when the No. 5-ranked Jaguars put the finishing touches on a 36-12 win against No. 9-ranked Upsala/Swanville Area. The Jaguars built leads of 14-0 and 28-12 by halftime. The second half featured a high level of...
For the first time in school history, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team will play in the state tournament semifinals. The No. 5-ranked Jaguars earned that feat with a convincing 28-6 win against No. 11-ranked Mayer Lutheran in the Class 1A state quarterfinals on Friday, November 10 at St. Cloud Apollo. After gaining a 22-0 lead through the first half, the Jaguars and Crusaders played even throughout the second half as they each posted one touchdown for the game's final score. The...
A supercharged packed crowd on the home floor witnessed a see-saw battle play out across four sets of heated playoff volleyball last Friday, October 27 in Brooten. The No. 1-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars tussled with No. 4 seed Brandon-Evansville before putting the hammer down and cruising past the upset-minded Chargers with a 15-7 fifth-set win. With their sixth straight sub-section championship appearance, the No. 13-ranked Jaguars play in the Sub-Section 6A-South finals on Thursday...
Note: this web article was updated on Monday, October 30. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team survived a stiff challenge from Brandon-Evansville before winning a 3-2 match on Friday, October 27 in the Sub-Section 6A-South semifinals. The Jaguars held a 2-1 advantage in sets before the Chargers picked up a 25-19 win in the fourth set. B-B-E came out strong in game five and recovered from an early 3-1 deficit to win 15-7 and take the match. Next: the No. 13-ranked Jaguars (22-5-1) travel...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team is 6-0 after defeating Browerville by a 42-6 score on Homecoming night on Friday, October 6. This comes a week after the Jaguars upset No. 9-ranked Upsala/Swanville Area by a 14-6 score in come-from-behind fashion. In the Section 4A standings, the Jaguars sit in first place ahead of U/SA and Browerville. A-C-GC and Benson are in the fourth and fifth place spots, while Long Prairie-Grey Eagle rounds out the group in sixth place. Attached to this web...
After achieving the program's first-ever 3-0 start the week before, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team made it four-in-a-row to start the season with a 50-22 thrashing of visiting Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City last Friday, September 22 in Belgrade. The Jaguars initially struck with lightning-like speed while taking 20-6 lead in the first quarter with the first three drives consisting of just 10 plays totaling 215 yards. After posting a 36-22 halftime lead, the Jaguars shut out the Falcons...
With six passing touchdowns on the night, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team picked up their second straight road win to improve to 2-0 this season. After taking leads of 24-0 after one quarter and 30-6 at halftime, the Jaguars defeated West Central Area in Barrett on Friday, September 8 by a 44-14 score. This week the Jaguars host Benson for the home opener at 7 p.m. in Belgrade. Video from the first half at WCA is posted below, which features B-B-E's defense at work while the Knights...
