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BBE Jaguars aim for a return to state Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa must replace 5 key seniors who finished 3rd in Class A BY JOE BROWN
points and 4.0 rebounds per game en route to All-CMC honors last season. “She had a breakout junior season,” BELGRADE — Belgrade-Brooten-Elsaid BBE head coach Kristina Anderson. rosa will try to get back to state while “(Brooklyn’s) a great all-around player trying to replace five key seniors from with a solid in/out presence.” last season’s squad. The other returning starter is 5-5 The Jaguars were 27-5 and won the Section 5A championship with a 76-50 senior guard Anna Jaeger. She put up 1.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals win against Barnum. In the Class A state tournament, BBE finished in third per game in ‘22-’23. “Anna’s a gritty, quick defender who place after beating Hayfield 65-54. is continually expanding her outside Gone from that state squad is Abby shot,” Anderson said. Berge, a Class A All-State selection A pair of juniors are looking to make who is playing at Division II Minnestrides in BBE’s lineup in 5-5 guard sota State University-Moorhead. She averaged 20.1 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.9 Bree Thieschafer (3.7 ppg) and 5-8 forward Adley Hagen (2.4 ppg). steals and 2.1 assists per game. Along “(Bree’s) a great defender who will be with Berge, two other All-Central Minlooking to take the next step offensivenesota Conference players are gone. Tiyana Schwanghammer (12.7 ppg, 5.2 ly this year,” Anderson said. “(Adley’s) got great touch around the rim.” rpg) and Harley Roering (10.4 ppg). Photos by Macy Moore / West Central Tribune Allie Dingmann and Ella Halvorson also Over 11 seasons, Anderson has Left: BBE sophomore Bree Thieschafer drives the ball down the court during the graduated. coached the Jaguars to a 217-103 Class A semifinal against Mountain Iron-Buhl at Williams Arena in Minneapolis record. She has also led BBE to state Hoping to keep up the Jaguars’ high on Friday, March 17, 2023. Right: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa junior guard/ standard is a pair of returning starters. appearances in 2020, ‘21 and ‘23. BBE forward Brooklyn Fischer launches a 3-pointer against Underwood in the Class has a record of 87-28 over the last four The first is 5-foot-10 senior forward Brooklyn Fischer. She averaged 10.7 seasons. A quarterfinals on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis. West Central Tribune
BBE head coach Kristina Anderson cheers on her Jaguars from the sideline during the Class A semifinal against Mountain Iron-Buhl at Williams Arena in Minneapolis on Friday, March 17, 2023.
BBE JAGUARS Girls Varsity Basketball 2023/24 Tuesday, December 5
Game 7:00PM ����������������������������������Maple Lake Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School (Big) Gym
Game 7:00PM �������� Central Minnesota Christian Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School
Game 7:00PM ������������������ Royalton High School Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School (Big) Gym
Game 7:00PM ����������������������������������������������Upsala Upsala High School
Game 7:00PM ��������������������������Paynesville Area Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School (Big) Gym
Game 7:00PM ��������������������������������Kimball Area Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School
Game 6:00PM������������������������������������� Sauk Centre Sauk Centre High School
Game 5:30PM �������������������������������Paynesville Area Paynesville Area High School
Game 7:00PM �������������������������������������Kimball Area Kimball High School
Game 7:00PM ������������������������Minnewaska Area Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School (Big) Gym
Game 7:00PM ��������������������������������������Holdingford Holdingford High School
Tournament 11:00AM ���������������������Cass Lake-Bena St� Cloud Apollo High School
Game 7:00PM ���������������������������������������Browerville Browerville High School
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Tuesday, January 16
Game 7:00PM �����������������������Royalton High School Royalton High School
Friday, December 29
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Tournament 2:15PM ������������������������������������ Hawley St� Cloud Apollo High School
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2024
Game 7:00PM �������������������� Eden Valley-Watkins Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School (Big) Gym
Game 7:00PM ��������������������������������� Holdingford Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School (Big) Gym
Game 7:00PM ���������������������������������������� �Osakis Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School
Game 7:00PM �������������������������Eden Valley-Watkins Eden Valley Watkins High School
Game 7:00PM ���������Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School (Big) Gym
Game 7:00PM ������������������������������������� Litchfield Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School
Game 7:00PM ���������������������������������������Maple Lake Maple Lake High School
Game 7:00PM �������������Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City ACGC High School
Game 7:30PM ��������������������������������������������������KMS KMS High School (Kerkhoven)
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