Katie Holzheimer drives for the Tigers against Melrose. (B.W. photos)
Coach Dale Henrich addresses his squad during the 2/10 game at MAHS.
MaKenzie Smith shoots for the Tigers.
Tracey Meichsner wears No. 34 for MACA. She's a freshman.There was a wealth of home action for the MACA girls basketball team as the week wound down. Fans flocked to our spacious Morris Area facilities for games on Thursday and Friday.
They enjoyed the lively and competitive basketball even if they didn't enjoy the outcomes. Victory was elusive for Morris Area Chokio Alberta on these nights.
On Thursday (2/9) the scoreboard difference was a modest three points vs. the BOLD Warriors.
On Friday the visitor carved out a little more of an advantage, ten points. That visitor was Melrose.
Coach Dale Henrich aims to tweak the Tigers' attack with tournament-time getting ever nearer, so as to hopefully reverse these outcomes. The post-season creeps ever closer on the calendar.
BOLD 47, Tigers 44
BOLD came here especially hungry for a win Thursday as they were eyeing first place in conference. The Warriors bore down in crunch time to escape with the narrow win.
Crunch time unfolded with the Tigers having fought to get the score tied at 44-all. The clock showed less than a minute left.
BOLD led at halftime 26-17.
BOLD led at halftime 26-17.
Coach Henrich tweaked things well enough that MACA outscored the Warriors 24-21 in the second half. The Tigers surged to get the score tied but couldn't neutralize the Warriors after that.
A two-point field goal and a freethrow spelled the difference for BOLD at the end.
The Tigers came out of the night at 4-7 in the conference. BOLD owned a 7-3 record in the WCC-South at night's end. The door was opened for BOLD to seize the lead in conference when ACGC lost to Yellow Medicine East Thursday.
The Tigers connected on four of 19 shots from three-point range. Katie Holzheimer had three of those long-range successes which helped lift her to a team-best 14 points. Courtney Gades made the other 3-pointer.
In total field goals the Tigers were 17 of 52. In freethrows: six of ten.
Holzheimer with her smooth shooting set the pace in a balanced scoring attack. MaKenzie Smith scored nine points and also grabbed nine rebounds. Tracey Meichsner topped the rebound list with her eleven. Nicole Strobel collected seven rebounds and Beth Holland had five.
Holland was the top assist producer with four. Meichsner scurried around to get three steals.
Holzheimer with her 14 points and Smith with nine were followed in scoring by Meichsner (6), Strobel (6), Holland (4), Gades (3) and Holly Amundson (2).
Carly Sigurdson topped the BOLD scoring list with 19 points.
Carly Sigurdson topped the BOLD scoring list with 19 points.
Melrose 57, Tigers 47
The Melrose nickname is "Dutchmen" and I'm not sure if this is modified for girls/women's sports. Probably not. Perhaps the name can be explained as "unisex" in the same way as "mankind" denotes everyone.
Well, enough mulling over on that.
When I was in high school, Melrose had one of the greatest players in Minnesota hoops history: Mark Olberding. He became a pro.
As I recall, Olberding played during the transition from one-class to multi-class prep tournament basketball. "Multi" meant two (classes) at the start. It was a little controversial.
But today, we take for granted we need somewhat of a maze (four classes) for tournament hoops. It certainly is fair. The trade-off is that these events no longer rivet the state's attention as much.
Is the new way better? I think so.
The Morris Area Chokio Alberta girls bowed by ten points vs. Melrose Friday (2/10). Jenna Orth was an Olberding-like force for the visitor. MACA couldn't come up with a defense to neutralize this Dutchman, who scored 27 points.
Orth and her mates carved out a four-point halftime lead (24-20) and outscored the Tigers 33-27 in the second half.
It was an awful night for the Tigers in 3's. The Tigers posted a goose egg there in 14 attempts. The Dutchmen were six of ten in 3-pointers with Orth making five and Gabi Sawyer the other.
The Tigers were 22 of 59 in total field goals. Freethrows bring a frown with the three of 12 stats.
MaKenzie Smith was a bright spot with 17 points scored. Smith also led MACA in rebounds with seven. Katie Holzheimer and Tracey Meichsner each snared five rebounds. Beth Holland set the pace in assists with five and in steals with four.
Nicole Strobel joined Smith in double figures scoring with ten points. Holland and Holzheimer each put in six points. Meichsner added four, Cassey Hickman two, and Holly Amundson and Courtney Gades one each.
Melrose gained its 12th win Friday against eight losses. The Tigers' W/L numbers coming out: 6-14.
Invitation to companion site
My newly launched companion website is called "Morris of course" and my current post is on the neverending UND team nickname controversy.
Below is a permalink to that post. I invite you to check it out.
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