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For the third time in team history, the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team is heading to the Sweet 16 round of the Class C state tournament. In the Round of 32 at state, Elrosa beat Blue Earth by a 1-0 score on Saturday, August 27 in Hutchinson to improve to 19-14 overall. The Pirates, who were competing in their 14th straight trip to the state tournament, beat St. Joe 6-0 in the opening round of state last weekend. They had won 12 of their last 14 games and entered the state tournament with close to 30 wins. As of July 26, Blue Earth had a...
Strictly from a baseball fan's viewpoint, the game that played out between Elrosa and Regal could not have been scripted any better. In the Region 15C amateur baseball tournament finals, the Saints and Eagles went at it for nine stellar innings of baseball on Sunday, August 14 in Paynesville. With fans chanting, shouting and cheering from start to finish, Regal had the upper hand early with a 2-0 first inning lead. The Saints got one run back in the second inning and took a 3-2 lead in the botto...
The Regal Eagles amateur baseball team is heading to the Class C state tournament for the first time since 1997 and 12th time in team history. From 1985 to '97 they made it to state 11 out of 13 years and now, with an entirely new group of players, they are gunning for some state hardware once again. The Eagles were Class C champions in 1991 and runners-up in 1997. Starting with a 5-2 win over Meire Grove on August 6 in the first round of the Region 15C tournament, the Eagles marched their way...
The Elrosa Saints won two games to begin the Region 15C amateur baseball tournament, both in come-from-behind fashion, as they clinched a berth in the Class C state tournament for the first time since 2013. Against Farming, the Saints got perhaps the toughest first-round draw of the tournament when they faced starter Brad Mergen on Saturday morning. Mergen cuffed the Saints for seven full innings, not giving up a hit until Pat Illies earned a single in the bottom of the sixth. The Flames got an...
Shown is a video of player introductions and also the National Anthem prior to the championship game of the Stearns County League Little Dipper teams from Regal and Elrosa. Members of the Lake Henry Legion were on hand and provided a U.S. Flag and American Legion Color Guard. Read the August 4 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice for a story on the game and also a team photo of the champions. NOTE: an online photo gallery will be uploaded as soon as possible that includes game p...
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team earned a spot in the Region 15C tournament with a 2-0 win today (July 30) over New Munich. The Silverstreaks had defeated Elrosa twice in the regular season series, winning 4-2 on May 15 in New Munich and then by a 2-0 score last Sunday (July 24) in Elrosa. Defensive errors by the Saints contributed to both losses, something they knew they had to clean up in order to punch a ticket to regions. In the first meeting, Austin Imdieke and Austen Hadley pitched...
A total of 58 runners enjoyed and/or endured the Bonanza Valley Days Walk/Run event held on Saturday morning, July 9, 2016. The course covered two miles, starting and ending on the southeast corner of the lot of the former Brooten and B-B-E Senior High school. The event was organized by members of the B-B-E Jaguars Wrestling Club as a fundraiser. Shown is video of the finish line with a bulk of the runners/walkers finishing up. The weather was "absolutely perfect" for the event. Very little humidity, a cool breeze and temperatures in the upper...
The last undefeated teams in the Stearns County League met for a great baseball game in Elrosa on Wednesday, June 29. The Elrosa Saints hosted the Farming Flames in a Little Dipper contest, in which the Flames overcame a 4-2 deficit in the third inning to come out with a 5-4 win. Farming improves to 7-0 in the SCL standings, while the Saints fall to 5-1. Elrosa trailed 2-1 after the first inning but scored three times in the bottom of the third. Will Van Beck led off with a single, and Blaine Fi...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 14-U fastpitch team hosted Sauk Centre in a West Central League doubleheader on Tuesday this week. In two well-played contests, the Jaguars came out on top by 3-2 and 11-5 scores in two five-inning games. Read the full story in the June 23 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Bonanza Valley Days 3-on-3 basketball tournament, a fundraiser in support of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars boys' basketball program, will be held on Saturday, July 9 at the elementary school gymnasiums. Check-in times are at 8 a.m., and games start at 9 a.m. that day. Who: Boys and Girls Ages 10-Adult Awards: Top 2 finishers in each age division will win awards. Rules: High School Basketball rules apply. See attached rules form. Registration: $50.00 for teams that pre-register by June 24th. $60.00 per team registering on site....
Here's video from the National Anthem, sung by Samantha Wiener of Elrosa, prior to the Stearns County League vs. County Line League All-Star amateur baseball game held on Friday, June 24 in Elrosa....
For the second year in a row, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' golf team fell just short of a trip to the Class 1A state golf meet. At Benson for the Section 5A state-qualifying finals on June 1, the Jaguars went toe-to-toe with Minneota for top honors. It was a barn-burner over the two-day affair, and when the dust settled the Vikings held a two-stroke lead on day one and then beat the Jaguars by one stroke on day two. Final Section 5A girls' golf playoff standings: 1st) Minneota 722 2nd)...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's 29 track and field athletes had some outstanding performances up and down the lineup at the Sub-Section 6A-21 meet held at the University of Minnesota-Morris on Thursday, May 26. Overall, 14 of the 29 team members punched tickets to the Section 6A meet by placing fifth or better in individual events or by being part of first- or second-place relay squads. Moving on to the Section 6A meet are the boys' 4x800 and 4x100 relay teams. Also moving on in individual events are...
A topsy-turvy, back-and-forth affair played out on Sunday afternoon (May 1) as the Elrosa Saints and Spring Hill Chargers resumed their storied amateur baseball rivalry at Chargers Field. Their last meeting resulted in the end of Elrosa's season last year at the Region 15C tournament, a state-qualifying game no less. Through three innings Spring Hill led 4-2. After seven innings were complete, the Chargers expanded that lead to 6-3. Elrosa got two runs back in the top of the eighth inning while...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa track and field teams kicked off the 2016 season with the indoor Central Minnesota Conference meet last week Tuesday in St. Cloud. The meet was a chance for the athletes to get a taste of competition and also break up the monotony that can creep up during preseason drills. First-year head coach Tina Bauleke has a strong turnout of 30 students on her varsity roster between the boys' and girls' squads. Overall the track and field program has 36 student-athletes between...
A return to varsity action after a three-year hiatus was a success for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars fastpitch team. On Tuesday (April 12) this week, the Jaguars hosted the Upsala Cardinals on the home diamond at the elementary school. Upsala had an early 3-2 lead before the Jaguars jumped ahead with leads of 5-3 and 9-6. In the top of the sixth inning the Cardinals plated three runs to tie it at 9-9. The Jaguars responded by scoring six times in the bottom of the sixth. In the top of the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa track and field teams kicked off the 2016 season with the indoor Central Minnesota Conference meet on Tuesday in St. Cloud. The Jaguars compete next at Paynesville Area on Tuesday, April 12 beginning at 4 p.m. Their timed trial scrimmage at Melrose on April 7 was rained out....
For the third year in a row and the third time in school history, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa youth wrestling Jaguars will compete at the state tournament. To get to state, the Little Jags battled on Saturday (March 12) at Pierz, the host of the Region IV Northland Youth Wrestling Association (NYWA) K-6 tournament. When the dust settled, the Jaguars qualified for state by taking fourth place out of 13 teams. In 2014, for the first time ever, the Jaguars earned a trip to state by placing sixth...
SAUK RAPIDS - The final minute of the game was not for the faint of heart. After trailing for nearly the entire game against Kimball Area, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team had their backs to the wall with 36 seconds left in the Sub-Section 5A-South semifinals on Saturday, March 5. Their defense, battered and bruised all game by a strong post and interior game plus a few key three-point shots by sharp-shooting Cubs guards, shined when it mattered most in the final minutes....
Here's video from the Sub-Section 5A-South championship game held one year ago (March 10, 2015) at New London-Spicer high school. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars girls' basketball team squared off with conference rival Kimball Area and led 48-46 heading into the final minute. The Cubs tied it at 48-48, but senior Kinlee Swanson hit a game-winning bucket for a 50-48 lead before junior Ashley Trustheim iced the win with two late free throws in the closing seconds. The sub-section title was the first for the Jaguars since 2005, when B-B-E...
Four members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team earned trips to the Class 1A state tournament this past weekend. From left: Colby Schramel (152-lb. section champion), Tyler Bents (113-lb. section runner-up), Canon Swanson (106-lb. section champion) and Ben Thompson (195-lb. section champion). They begin state competition on Friday in St. Paul at Xcel Energy Center. See more coverage from the section tournament beginning on page five of this week's Bonanza Valley Voice. Top to bottom,...
Four members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars wrestling team battled in the opening round of the Class 1A state tournament this afternoon (Friday, Feb. 26) at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. At 106 pounds, Canon Swanson defeated Taylor Ludwig of Eden Valley-Watkins by fall (4:53) to improve to 28-5 on the season. He advances to the state quarterfinals, which begin tonight at 6:30 p.m. Swanson's opponent will be freshmen Jeron Matson (41-1) of Kenyon-Wanamingo. At 113 pounds, Tyler...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's senior Colby Schramel has forged a 2-0 record in the early stages of the Class 1A individual state wrestling tournament after outstanding performances today at the Xcel Energy Center. (Friday, February 26) Schramel, seeded No. 8 in the 16-member bracket, trailed 4-0 in the first minute of his state opener after giving up an early takedown and then two near-fall points with 50 seconds left in the first period. Schramel picked up three near-fall points with 30 seconds to...
Riding a strong second-half performance in Saturday's Sub-Section 6A-South semifinal round game in Morris, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars came out on top of a 17-win Hancock Owls team to earn their second straight trip to the subsection finals and third in the last four years (13th overall). Trailing for most of the first half, the Jaguars got key shots from Derek Wiener and Tanner Heinsius in the last 30 seconds. Heinsius knocked down a three-pointer standing three feet beyond the arc...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's senior Ben Thompson, a wildly talented three-sport athlete, earned a bronze medal with a third-place finish at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament this weekend. Thompson, seeded seventh in the 195-pound division, went 1-1 on the first day of the tournament and had to get to the third-place match "the hard way". On Saturday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul in the wrestlebacks, Thompson started with a win by a 1-0 decision over junior Kieran Johnson (27-16) of...
