Brandon Valley Journal

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Construction is underway on Sure Foundation Lutheran Church, which is located at the intersection of Redwood Boulevard and Pasque Trail.

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BV’s Beckett Rehorst won the 120-pound title at the Floyd Farrand Invite on Dec. 31, winning three matches by technical fall and one by pin in 42 seconds.

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Evie Hoff (34), Julia Ask (52) and Brooke Burnett (44) surround Watertown’s Grace Corey with suffocating defense. The full-team effort led to the 58-23 ESD Conference win on Friday in Brandon.

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The BV IceCats Mini Mites finally took to the ice over the weekend. As shown above, there’s more than one way to stop pucks from sliding into the goal.

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BV’s :Landon Dulaney dropped in 14 points Friday against Watertown to lead the team in scoring.

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Brandon Valley Hockey Association has been working for years to fundraise for an indoor rink, and it’s coming to fruition this year as the building nears the final stages towards completion. The structure is located in the southern end of Aspen Park.

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Eight sisters help complete the Brandon Valley girls basketball roster. They include (left-to-right): London Geiver, Maddie Geiver, Gwen Lease, Amanda Lease, Liv Padgett, Ava Padgett, Anika Pedersen, Autumn Pedersen.

Brandon Valley Intermediate School will be represented in the Regional Online Spelling Bee by Pleroma Otang, after taking top honors of the school-level spelling bee prior to the winter break. Ryson Brouwer claimed runner-up honors, and Jaxen Steinmetz placed third. In no particular order, these are the other finalists who competed in the school spelling bee finals: Ryson Brouwer, Evie Juhl, Casey Cutrer, Harmony Connot, Grayson Henrich, Kolten Kathman, Jackson VanRiper, Carson Hardin, Owen Hengeveld, Jameson Sickinger, Jaxen Steinmetz, Enid Peterson, Pleroma Otang, Mia Topolinski, Caleb Hsu, Asja Lear, Griffin Joachim and Ethan Bell.

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