It's a feather in the cap to defeat a "big school." Willmar would appear to be in that category. Well, our Tigers of MACA got the job done vs. Willmar in softball. The game was played on Friday at Willmar.
Willmar gained the 1-0 advantage in the second inning. But that's the only scoring they would enjoy on this day. The Tigers, after being blanked over the first three innings, plated one run each in the fourth and fifth. The offense was pretty limited in this game. We won the game 2-1 with five hits and we committed one error. The Willmar line score was 1-6-2.
Willmar's errors cost them like in the top of the fourth when the Tigers got the sacks full. Riley Decker hit a ground ball that was misplayed. Kenzie Hockel came across home plate. The fifth inning story had a passed ball with two outs doing damage for the host Cardinals. Bailey Marty crossed home plate and now MACA had an advantage that would stick.
Willmar scored its run in the second when pinch-runner Isabelle Kienholz was able to score on a fielder's choice.
Kenna Kehoe pitched for the win and Liz Dietz got the save. Kehoe's work covered six innings in which she struck out a batter, walked none and allowed five hits. Dietz set down two batters on strikes, walked none and allowed one hit. Willmar had sophomore Mackenzie Jones in the pitching circle. She could be quite impressive as shown by her 12 strikeouts. She walked three and allowed five hits in her route-going performance.
LaRae Kram had a multiple-hit game for the Tigers with her 2/3 boxscore line. She stole a base. Katelyn Wehking socked a triple. Bailey Marty scored a run and stole a base. Jen Solvie had one hit in three at-bats. Hockel went 1/3 with her run scored.
These Willmar Cardinals went one-for-three: Ashley Prahl, Jones, Edyn Saulsbury, Carlie Berskow and Bentley Sjoberg. Adelyda Perez went 1/2. Angela Espinoza drove in a run.
Monday: success continues
The new week began with two more nifty wins by the orange and black softball crew. The twin bill sweep was versus Sauk Centre. The action got going with a decisive 10-2 triumph over the Streeters. The Willmar paper reported that "Kenna Kienholz" was the winning pitcher. That may well be, but I know that one of the prime pitchers for MACA is Kenna Kehoe. Hmmm. Wonder if this is an error. So I go to the MACA roster page on Maxpreps and do not find a Kenna Kienholz.
So, I'll report that Kenna Kehoe posted these stats: 5 1/3 innings, five strikeouts, no walks, five hits and two runs (earned). I'm always delighted to report on the Kehoe/Hofland family. Maddie Nelson pitched all seven innings for Sauk Centre and had some control issues with six walks. She fanned a batter and allowed eight hits and the ten MACA runs of which seven were earned.
Coach Mary Holmberg was pleased to see her Tigers start out with three runs in the first inning. We enjoyed a big fourth inning with five runs coming in, and we polished things off with two in the seventh. Our line score was ten runs, eight hits and four errors, while Sauk Centre had 2-5-3 numbers.
Carissa Oberg was the only Tiger with a multiple-hit game and she went two-for-three. These other Tigers hit safely: Bailey Marty, Emma Bowman, Dietz, Kenzie Hockel, LaRae Kram and Katelyn Wehking.
The Willmar paper has two Streeters reported with one hit each, but the line score has five hits for them. Must have been a bad day for the West Central Tribune writer. The two Streeters are Megan Klaphake and Nelson.
Tigers 6, Sauk Centre 4
Game 2 was a little closer but it certainly went into the win column for our surging Tigers, score of 6-4. We scored two runs in the first inning, one in the third, two in the fourth and one in the fifth. Our six runs were scored on a robust 13 hits and we committed one error. Sauk Centre's line score was 4-5-0.
The "Keinholz" name appears again in the game summary. She's down as getting the save with 2/3 of an inning. She struck out a batter and walked a batter. Congratulations to Kenna Kehoe. Kehoe allowed no hits. The winning pitcher was Liz Dietz who pitched 6 1/3 innings and fanned four batters and walked five. She allowed five hits and allowed the four Sauk Centre runs, earned.
The story with the bats had five Tigers recording multiple hits, a nice display of hitting prowess. Bailey Marty rapped two hits in four at-bats. Emma Bowman doubled as part of going two-for-three. Dietz came through with two doubles and she drove in a run. Kenzie Hockel drove in a pair of runs while going 2/4. Jen Solvie's bat resonated with three hits in four at-bats, including a home run and double. LaRae Kram and Carissa Oberg also had hits with Oberg's a double.
The West Central Tribune writer tells us that two Streeters each had one hit, despite the fact the line score tells us Sauk Centre had five hits. Oh my. Anyway, Maddie Nelson and Alyssa Denk each hit safely.
Well, Kienholz and Kehoe both begin with the letter "K". If I had slipped up like this in my newspaper career, people would be questioning the size of my brainpan.
What does the Stevens County Times website report on the Kienholz/Kehoe thing? It's mixed as we see Kehoe's name reported for game 1, an apparent correction, but in game 2 it's "Kenna Kienholz."
I'll remind you that occasionally my Tiger sports updates are on my companion site which is called "Morris of Course." Here are two links to very recent posts there. I'm delighted to continue writing about MACA Tiger sports.
Link #1:
http://morrisofcourse.
Link #2:
http://morrisofcourse.
Mother's Day 2019
A friend tells me there were many cars parked around Stone's Throw Cafe in Morris Sunday. It was Mother's Day and the Cafe had a brunch it was promoting. All it cost you was $25.
I'm not sure how to generalize about the kind of crowd that likely turned out. I have described the place as a "hippie restaurant" and that's probably not on the mark except remotely. A friend advised me that "hipster" would be a more precise term. Let's keep our thinking cap on a little longer. How about "the NPR crowd?"
Seems like fair speculation, but I might suggest some hypocrisy on the part of these people. They are politically progressive by instinct. I am too, but not exactly by the same stripe. I find the cost of $25 for the meal unacceptable because it's out of reach as a practical matter for a lot of people. Political progressives are supposed to be more sensitive on these issues.
I have deep concern that a big turnout for a $25 meal might have the effect of "normalizing" this kind of price.
The NPR crowd is probably complemented by those wonderful older people who circulate in the community at church suppers and the like: retirees who are probably treated generously by Social Security. Who no longer have bills to pay raising kids. It's nice they can live so comfortably, but maybe they shouldn't flaunt it. In other words, don't get people thinking that maybe Social Security is too generous.
It's fascinating because in the days before Social Security, older people were an oppressed segment of society, living in fear much of the time. We want the best for them, but I'd like to suggest they go to DeToy's for Mother's Day in the future, where for about half the price, maybe less than half, they can enjoy meatballs, chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, salad and pudding. It's all you can eat and I got most filled up. I napped the rest of the afternoon.
The sad part is that my mother is gone now. She has been gone a little over a year. My late parents would faint at the cost of $25 each for a special occasion meal, I'm sure.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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