Tiger volleyball prevailed in a five-game battle at BOLD High School. The action was on Thursday, Aug. 29. An even complexion developed in this West Central Conference action. BOLD treated their home fans to a 31-29 win in the first game. The orange and black evened things up with a 25-22 win in game 2.
The pivotal game 3 went the way of the Tigers: a 25-21 score. But BOLD bore down to extend the match, as they took game 4 in a 25-18 final. The stage was set for the deciding game 5, and MACA rose to the occasion to prevail 15-12.
The spiking of Lexi Pew contributed much to our victory. Pew pounded down 25 kills. Emma Berlinger had a kill total in double digits too - 10 - and then we have Kenzie Hockel producing seven. LaRae Kram and Sophia Carlsen each had five, and the list concludes with Emma Bowman's three.
The go-to setter was Kram who achieved 17 assists. Pew, Macee Libbesmeier and Hockel also helped out in this department. Pew sent six serving aces over the net. Jaden Ross came through with four, while Hockel and Libbesmeier each had one. Pew was a force at the net in multiple ways as this Tiger had five ace blocks. Emma Bowman and Carlsen each went up to perform two blocks, and Hockel and Berlinger each had one.
Libbesmeier was the go-to in digs with her 34, then we have Hockel with 25, Ross with 21, Pew with 16 and Kram with 15.
BOLD's top spiker was Ashley Trongard with 13 kills. She was sharp in all phases as she produced three ace blocks and four serving aces. Makayla Snow was the setting bulwark with 38 assists. Snow likewise excelled in digs with her 16. Brenna Weis had 14 digs and Mari Ryberg 13.
New London-Spicer 3, Tigers 0
The story wasn't so rosy for MACA volleyball in the August 27 home match that had New London-Spicer as the opponent. Fans knew the night would spell a difficult challenge. NL-Spicer rolled here with four wins under their belt. It was No. 5 for the Wildcats by night's end, via sweep. They downed our Tigers 25-21, 25-18 and 25-10.
NL-Spicer often has formidable girls teams.
Lexi Pew and Emma Bowman each sent four kills at the Wildcats. Emma Berlinger and Sophia Carlsen each had three, while Kenzie Hockel and LaRae Kram had two and one, respectively. Carlsen and Pew each executed two ace blocks - Bowman and Berlinger each had one.
Kram and Macee Libbesmeier had eight and seven digs, respectively. Let's look at serving where we had Pew achieve two aces followed by Hockel and Libbesmeier each with one. Kram was busy in setting where she put up 14 assists. Some help in setting came from Libbesmeier, Carlsen, Berlinger and Pew.
Cross country hosts invite
The Morris Area Chokio Alberta cross country invitational is always a big and colorful spectacle at the start of fall sports. You know it's on when you drive close to the golf course and see cars parked all over the place. I have often thought it dangerous for strings of cars to be parked on the highway shoulder, with people perhaps darting out from between them. Just exercise caution.
The invite had its 2019 edition on Monday, Aug. 26. The MACA girls team placed second among ten teams, trailing only Rocori. And my, the Rocori girls sure showed a dominating air. Their uniforms were clustered at the front of the pack. (I remember when Marshall came here for this event, the Tigers, and it was confusing because their orange and black could be confused with us!)
Rocori swept the top five with Ava Larsen taking No. 1 with her 21:20.0 time. Meredith Theis was second (21:29.0), Carley Kremer third (21:30.0), Laina Viere fourth (21:36.0) and Selma Dingmann fifth (21:37.0). Rocori sure knows how to spoil everyone's fun. Just kidding! We congratulate them. They're from Cold Spring where my good friend Greg Cruze lives.
Our Maddie Carrington was in good form with her seventh place finish, achieved with a time of 22:09.0. Meredith Carrington covered the course in 22:40.0, good for ninth. Hailey Werk was No. 17, timed at 23:40.0. Then it was Katya Lackey arriving at the finish chute 21st with her 23:59.0 time. Malory Anderson was No. 31 at 25:12.0.
The MACA boys placed fifth among 12 teams. The champion team was Lac qui Parle Valley. Jacob Bright of West Central Area was the individual champion with his 16:22.0 time. His teammate Jack Van Kempen - son of Morris native John? - was second at 17:19.0. Noah Stewart led the MACA effort as he placed eighth with his time of 18:02.0. He was joined in the MACA effort by: Thomas Tiernan (19:51.0), Jared Boots (20:54.0), Reid Tolifson (22:13.0) and Cole Hawks (22:48.0).
Football gets going
Please click on the link below to read my post on "Morris of Course" that includes a review of the MACA football opener which brought victory, 28-20, over the Braves of Benson on Friday. Thanks for reading and God bless.
https://morrisofcourse.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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