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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

Friday, December 8

Tuesday, December 12

Thursday, December 14 Friday, December 15

Thursday, December 21

Go BBE JAGUAR Athletes!

Make this your best season ever!

Belgrade-BrootenElrosa Schools

Our Mission is to create a safe and caring climate & culture in which we prepare, engage, educate, empower, and inspire all learners in partnership with their surrounding community to be successful in today’s and tomorrow’s society.

320.254.8211 www.bbejaguars.org

Tuesday, January 16

Game 7:00PM �����������������������Royalton High School Royalton High School

Friday, December 29

Saturday, December 30

Tournament 2:15PM ������������������������������������ Hawley St� Cloud Apollo High School

Friday, January 19

Tuesday, January 23 Friday, January 26

Tuesday, January 30 Friday, February 2

Saturday, February 3

Thursday, February 8

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)

Tuesday, January 2 Friday, January 5

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Thursday, January 11

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Girls Basketball Preview 2023-2024

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Paynesville returns plenty of experience

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Lots of new faces for Montevideo Thunder Hawks

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Optimism abounds for Minnewaska Lakers

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Foundation is set for a big year at MACCRAY

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Young Litchfield Dragons are optimistic

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LQPV banks on its size and strength

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KMS banks on its athleticism for another big year

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Blackjacks bank on 3 returning starters for improvement

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Experienced CCS bumps up its schedule

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CMCS has high hopes for ‘23-24

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BOLD has a tough act to follow

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Year 2 of Benson’s rebuild is underway

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BBE Jaguars aim for a return to state

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Almost everyone’s back for ACGC Falcons

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NLS stays up-beat about a state repeat

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Cards hope to pick up where they left off

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