MACA picked up its second win of the young session Friday (12/14), as they came at the host Sauk Centre Streeters with depth in scoring. Indeed, the orange and black had four players score in double figures in an impressive road win, 63-43.
We burst forward in the second half after the contested halftime score of 30-28, MACA with the edge. That edge gave way to a rout the rest of the way. The Tigers outscored the Streeters 33-15 in the second half.
Zach Hughes found the range to make three shots from beyond the 3-point stripe. Joseph Kleinwolterink made two long-rangers and Jackson Loge made one. The four double figures scorers were Jaret Johnson (20 points), Hughes (13), Kleinwolterink (12) and Loge (11). Jaden Maanum put in four points and Kevin Asfeld dropped in three. Loge snared 14 rebounds to lead the charge there. Johnson collected nine rebounds. Loge was the top assist producer with four. Johnson was tops in steals with two.
We owned a 2-3 record coming out of the game. Sauk Centre sat at 1-3.
New London-Spicer 60, Tigers 52
Thursday action (yes, the night before the Sauk Centre game) had the Tigers matched against the always-tough New London-Spicer Wildcats at our court. The Wildcats emerged on top in this renewal of a Section 3AA rivalry.
Brandon Adelman was a nemesis for the Tigers, as this NL-Spicer standout scored 21 points. NL-Spicer was up 26-20 at halftime. In the end it was the Wildcats up by eight, 60-52.
Adelman was complemented in the NL-Spicer attack by Ryan Wyganowski whose point output was 17. Ander Arnold and Brandyn Harlow each scored eight points, and Jake Poole added six. Wyganowski had the hot hand from long-range with his five 3-pointers. Arnold made two long-rangers and Adelman one. Adelman with his seven boards led there while Harlow had four. Adelman passed crisply to accumulate seven assists, while Jake Schmidt had four. Adelman stole the ball four times.
Three MACA Tigers each made one 3-point shot: Zach Hughes, Jaden Maanum and Connor Koebernick. We had two double figures scorers: Jackson Loge with 16 points and Jaret Johnson with ten. Maanum and Cade Fehr each scored seven points. Hughes and Koebernick each scored four points. Eli Grove and Joseph Kleinwolterink each contributed two. Loge attacked the boards to collect 13 rebounds. Johnson had four assists and Loge three. Maanum, Hughes and Johnson each had a steal.
Girls: Tigers 61, ACGC 20
The Tigers buried the Falcons of ACGC in December 11 GBB action. Coach Dale Henrich had to be smiling as he watched his team shoot out to a 39-9 halftime lead en route to the 61-20 final at the home court.
Yes, lots of reason for the home court fans to cheer, like for the five 3-point shots we made. Riley Decker made three of the 3's and Maddie Carrington had the other two. Our scoring was characterized by balance. Here's the list: Malory Anderson (11), Carrington (10), Sophia Carlsen (10), Decker (9), Kylie Swanson (9), Kendra Wevley (8), Emma Bowman (2) and Lexi Pew (2).
Our rebound leaders were Anderson with nine and Swanson with five. Three Tigers each dished out three assists: Carrington, Makenna Kehoe and Swanson. Steal leaders were Bowman with four and Carrington with three. None of the Falcons broke into double figures scoring. Here's their points list: Jeana Denton (7), Rachel Wilner (5), Lindsay Minnick (4), Pailey Wilner (2) and Alexis Schmidt (2). Denton and Rachel Wilner each made a '3'.
The Tigers climbed above .500 to 3-2 with the win. ACGC's W/L: 2-5.
Boys hockey: Storm 4, Willmar 2
MBA hockey got a feather in the cap with a 4-2 win over Willmar in December 11 boys puck action, here. Success came despite Willmar having the advantage in shots, by 12. Key momentum was seized in the first period. The Storm "stormed" to a 3-1 advantage in the opening period. Neither team scored in period No. 2, then the teams traded goals down the stretch.
Peyton LeClair was a cog in our winning effort, working in goal and making 36 stops.
Zach Bruns was instrumental in getting our early momentum. Bruns got the first goal with an assist from Tyler Buss at 3:53 of the first. Bruns also got our second goal which came at 5:25. This time it was Kolby Goff assisting. Jack Riley put us up 3-0 by getting the puck in the net at 8:54, assisted by Bruns. Then it was Willmar getting on the scoreboard as Nate Spencer scored assisted by Eldridge DeKraai at 10:04.
Mike Halvorson scored a power play goal for MBA at 8:15 of the third period, assisted by Goff and Brady Loge. The night's final goal was by Willmar's DeKraai, a power play job at 16:27 with assists from Adam DeJong and Ashton Gregory.
Willmar's goalie was Gunnar Banks who had 22 saves.
Wrestling: Grant County Invite
MAHACA wrestling was among nine teams in the Grant County Invite held on Saturday, Dec. 8. Our Tigers had a middle of the pack showing in fifth place, while BBE was on top, lifted by five champions. Ottertail Central was the second place team. Those five BBE Jaguar champions were Walker Bents, Canon Swanson, Tyler Jensen, Tyler Bents and Michael Doubek.
BBE carved out an eight-point advantage over Ottertail Central. The Tigers were behind fourth place United by a mere one point. Our point total was 158.
Davin Rose of the Tigers was champion at his weight of 113 pounds. Davin turned away all three challengers. It was ditto for Ethan Lebrija at 120 pounds who blazed through at 3-0. Another Rose in the lineup, Dalton, had a 3-0 day for No. 1 at 160 pounds.
Our 132-pounder was Jed Feuchtenberger and he carved out a 2-1 day to take second. At 152 pounds we had Gideon Joos in action and this Tiger had a 2-1 day to place second. Matt McNeill at 195 pounds won three bouts and lost one but had to settle for third.
There's another Rose to follow on the wrestling mat this winter: 106-pounder Caden, and Caden went 2-2 to place fourth. Tristan Raths carried the MAHACA banner at 182 pounds and placed fifth with a 2-2 showing. Hunter Messner chalked up a win at 138 pounds. Ben Travis got a win under his belt at 145. Kylen Runninghawk was our big guy at 285 pounds.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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