MACA is up on the nine-win plateau thanks to the neat win it carved
out Friday (1/11) over Benson, here. Bad weather seemed to be looming.
No matter, fans at our MACA varsity gym saw the Tigers shake some first
half problems.
The weather turned out to be not that bad. It's just Minnesota.
The basketball game ended with the Tigers on top of the Braves 60-48. We trailed at halftime 31-26.
The first half problems were a bit of a surprise because Benson
came here with a quite struggling look. The Tigers came out of Friday at
9-2, Benson at 2-10.
Austin Dierks was at the fore when the Tigers embarked on their
decisive stretch. Dierks would finish this night with a double-double in
the stat report: 20 points and 16 rebounds.
It was the first third of the second half when Morris Area Chokio
Alberta punched down on the accelerator and excelled. Much of this was
actually done on defense. The Braves fell into a drought. The Tigers
outscored the Braves 34-17 in the second half.
Dierks was one of three Tigers finishing the night in double
figures scoring. Chandler Erickson put in 12 points and Jacob Torgerson
ten. Torgerson made three 3-pointers while Erickson had two. The team
numbers in long-rangers were five of 17. In total field goals the
numbers came in at 22 of 51. In freethrows: 11 of 20.
Dierks' 16 rebounds put him on top in that category. Jacob
Torgerson and Erickson led in assists, each with four, and Tom Holland
was the top steal producer with two.
Dierks, Erickson and Torgerson were followed in scoring by Logan
Manska who had seven points. Then we have Tyler Henrichs with four
points and Lincoln Berget with three. John Tiernan and Holland each
scored two.
Matt Ahrndt of Benson showed a keen eye with his long-range
shooting, making four 3-pointers. He finished with a team-high 20
points. Daniel Lee made two 3-pointers for Benson, and Colin Ose one.
Boys hockey: Storm 4, Prairie Centre 1
The MBA Storm boys continued a skein of success with their 4-1
triumph over Prairie Centre on Thursday, Jan. 10. Action was at the Sauk
Centre Civic Arena.
Kyle Kennedy worked in goal and picked up 17 saves. The success
brought the Storm boys up to .500 in won-lost, at 6-6. The Storm scored
one goal in the first period, two in the second and one in the third.
Each team scored a goal in period #1. It was Prairie Centre
striking first with a power play goal at the 10:41 mark. Tanner Picht
answered for the Storm with the first of his three goals on the night.
Picht put the puck in the net at 16:17.
The Storm seized the lead in period #2 as Mac Beyer scored at 3:27 assisted by Picht. Picht scored at 7:13 of the second period, assisted
by Beyer.
Picht scored his third goal in the final period and this was an empty-net job, finishing things off nicely in this 4-1 win.
Kennedy's rival in goal was Clay Deters who had 26 saves. This was a non-conference game.
Boys hockey: Storm 8, Redwood Valley 0
Tuesday night, Jan. 8, was a time for MBA Storm boys hockey to
really shine. The night's outcome was a shutout win. The Storm dominated
Redwood Valley at the Benson Civic Center.
Three goals in the first period, two in the second and three in the
third buried the visitor. The 8-0 win was the Storm's fifth.
Tanner Picht was at the fore of MBA's productive attack with a hat
trick. By night's end he owned 22 goals for the season. And, 14 assists.
He scored the evening's first goal at 2:54 of the opening period,
assisted by Jordan Staples. Then came a goal by Riley Blake, assisted by
Corey Goff and Corey Storck at 7:55. Picht struck again for a goal at
15:19 with assists from Brody Gimberlin and Bo Gullickson.
On to the second period: Picht got the puck in the net with an
assist from Mac Beyer at 4:59. Storck scored the other MBA goal of this
period which came at 6:10 with assists from Riley Blake and Eric
Johnson.
The Storm polished things off with three third period goals, the
first coming from Beyer with assists from Picht and Staples at 4:29. The
onslaught grew with Beyer scoring at 7:47. Then came a shorthanded goal
by Storck assisted by Blake at 9:39.
Two MBA athletes worked in goal to share credit for the shutout: Austin Crow with seven saves and Kyle Kennedy with nine.
Boys hockey: Storm 11, Worthington 4
Fans at our Lee Community Center got to enjoy lots of highlights supplied by the home team on Saturday, Jan. 5.
The MBA Storm boys took the ice with an aggressive and determined
stance. Their assignment was to play Worthington from southern
Minnesota.
Brody Gimberlin scored shortly after the game started. This
goal would be the first of eleven for the Storm. Tanner Picht and Mac
Beyer assisted on that goal. It was the first of four goals by MBA in
the opening period en route to the 11-4 win.
Worthington was able to tie the score at one-all. Worthington then
took the lead 2-1 before MBA's Picht got the puck in the net at 7:45 assisted by Bo Gullickson. Tanner Mikkelson put the Storm up 3-2 with a
goal at 10:44. Then it was Bo Olson scoring for the Storm with assists
from Taner Gimberlin and Beyer at 11:56.
Worthington scored the last goal of the period.
Morris Benson Area dominated the second period, outscoring
Worthington 3-0. Picht scored on the power play at 3:05, assisted by
Riley Blake and Beyer. Andrew Rentz put the puck in the net at 5:45.
Lincoln Pahl wrapped up the Storm's second period scoring with a goal at
8:05 assisted by Taner Gimberlin and Darion Helberg.
The Storm's flurry of goals continued into the third period. Beyer
scored the first of four Storm goals in the period, assisted by Brody
Gimberlin at 1:48. Worthington followed with its only goal of the
period.
Picht struck with a goal at 11:42 with an assist by Brody
Gimberlin. Beyer got the puck in the net at 14:40 with assists by
Rentz and Nate Vipond.
It was Brody Gimberlin scoring the Storm's 11th
and final goal at 16:13 of the third, assisted by Beyer and Picht.
Austin Crow worked in goal for the Storm and picked up 22 saves. His goalie rival was Alex Purdy.
Viva MBA Storm hockey for the winter of 2012-13!
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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