The MACA boys made the trip to Minnewaska Tuesday for a renewal of a WCC rivalry. How would the Tigers fare this time around? Quite favorably, as they wore the road warrior mantle well in a 67-60 triumph. We jumped out front 31-21 by halftime.
The win upped our W/L mark to 7-5 while 'Waska was left at 9-4. Nothing can be taken for granted in future contests vs. the Lakers, to be sure. Maybe in post-season? That's still a ways off.
We held on in the second half, a half that saw the Lakers with a 39-36 advantage. Our scoring was spurred by Jackson Loge and Toby Gonnerman: 17 and 16 points respectively. Durgin Decker and Brandon Jergenson each put in ten. Three other Tigers appeared in the scoring column: Thomas Tiernan (8), Jaden Maanum (4) and Cade Fehr (2). Decker and Tiernan each made a 3-pointer. Loge with his eleven rebounds led there. Decker chalked up five assists. Maanum had two steals and Loge had two blocked shots.
The 'Waska scoring leader was Aaron VerSteeg with 18 points. (I'm never sure if "VerSteeg" should have the two syllables separated by a space.) Peyton Johnsrud and Sam Hested fueled 'Waska's attack, each with 13 points. Grant Jensen added nine points to the mix while Luke Barkeim had five and Brady Hoffman two.
These three Lakers each made a 3-pointer: Hested, VerSteeg and Barkeim. VerSteeg corralled six rebounds. Hested dished out two assists, VerSteeg had three steals and Barkeim blocked a shot.
Girls: Sauk Centre 59, Tigers 47
The task was daunting for the MACA girls Tuesday as they hosted the top-ranked Class AA team in the state: Sauk Centre. The Streeters kept their sheen as they worked to a 59-47 win over the orange and black. They improved to 15-1. The Tigers sat at .500 with 8-8 numbers at night's end.
It was not a blow-out for the elite visitor. The scoreboard showed a difference of seven points at halftime, 27-20, and then we played closer the rest of the way, getting outscored by just five in the second half.
Tori Peschel topped Sauk Centre's scoring with 12 points. Michaela Dammann broke into double figures with her ten. Then we see Maddie Nelson with nine points followed by Julia Dammann and Megan Klaphake each with seven. McKenna Westby put in six points, and Kayle Trisko and Audrey Zenzen four each. Nelson stood out in 3's with her three makes while these Streeters each made one: Westby, Klaphake and Julia Dammann.
The Tigers had three score in double figures: Kendra Wevley (13), Malory Anderson (11) and Meredith Carrington (10). Also scoring were MacKenna Kehoe (5), Emma Bowman (3), LaRae Kram (3) and Kylie Swanson (2). We did fine in three-point shooting where Carrington had two makes followed by Bowman, Kehoe, Kram and Anderson each with one. Wevley attacked the boards for eleven rebounds. Anderson picked up five assists. Kram stole the ball twice and blocked a shot.
I am pleased to have this blog update on Tiger basketball posted Thursday morning. With the newspaper's website having been effectively phased out, fans can no longer use that resource. The radio station is doing great with timely updates. Here's a toast to them. And at the same time, hopefully my writing is adding a dash of spice.
Can't we all just get along?
My post of Sunday was about the poor Cottage Grove church that is now attracting an avalanche of attention. Just in the last 24 hours, the media scrutiny has accelerated, like even with the Washington Post. Wow!
My post was rather strongly worded based on my reaction to the original reporting which I believe was in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. I saw "Bob Shaw" in the byline. If this is the same Bob Shaw with whom I've been familiar for a long time, for sure he got his story right. And what a story it was, about a Methodist church in Cottage Grove that now appears much like a bear with boxing gloves.
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Sure sounds nice. Thing is, we all get old. I use the word "hip" here which is a clue as to my generation. My formative years were the '60s and early '70s. Even then, we heard that the young were drifting away some from organized or mainstream religion. And I do believe the term is "mainstream" and not "mainline," the latter which I consider a drug-use term. However, "mainline" has caught on. Similarly I wonder about the terms "imply" and "infer." Might there be confusion there too?
Kamala Harris asked Bill Barr if President Trump might have "inferred" something, when I think the intended word was "implied," because Trump was speaking and Barr was listening. Adventures in the English language. Edwin Newman wrote books about this. Mentioning Edwin's name is another indicator of my generation.
Yes, I'm in the generation that appears to be the whipping boy now of churches that feel they need the pews filled with those young families, people of more vitality I guess. Well, how can I not be offended by that? I went on Medicare on the first of the month. I need to try to use that program some before the Trump-led Republicans phase it out. Social Security too. I'm glad I started taking mine at age 62.
All this stuff is endangered with Republicans in charge. We may all wake up too late for that.
The media seem to be sniffing around for stories about the decline of religion. Our Star Tribune has had an "un-churching" theme with a series of articles. The more strident denominations of Christians have given us Donald Trump. They have made their bed and now we all have to sleep in it. I write this as impeachment efforts are at their apex. I am scared that the forces for good are not going to win this one.
Chief Justice Roberts, he of the always-pursed lips that must mean something, scolds the two sides on toxic rhetoric or something like that, but then the next morning Trump calls Adam Schiff a "sleazebag." Will Justice Roberts scold Trump too? Warning: Republicans are going to burn the whole house down if you give them a chance. Mark my word.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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