MAHACA had a nice start vs. highly-touted BBE, the No. 2-ranked team in 'A'. The Tigers assumed a 15-6 lead but succumbed to the Jaguars. This was triangular action hosted by the Tigers. The Jaguars prevailed 49-20. The victor came on strong with five pins.
We got a win at 106 pounds where it was Tyce Anderson vying on the mat. Anderson decisioned Brett DeRoo 6-4 in overtime. Our Andrew Marty lost by fall in the 113-pound position. Marty was pinned by Jaguar Tanner Viessman in 3:17.
Dallas Walton was on the winning end 3-1 over Ryan Jensen. Ethan Lebrija was another victor for the Tigers: a 4-3 decision over Walker Bents at 126 pounds. Davin Rose likewise worked to victory: a fall in 1:58 over Wyatt Engen. Forfeit woes took over for the Tigers at 138 and 145. Tyler Jensen had his arm raised unopposed at 138, while Ben Waller was the 145 winner.
Dain Schroeder lost by fall in 5:16 to Blaine Fischer. Our Hunter Massner was on the short end of a 5-1 decision versus Maximus Hanson. (That's a neat name: "Maximus.")
Asher Malek - that's a new name for me to type - was the Tigers' 170-pounder. Asher lost by fall to Dylan Kampsen in :54. Toby Messner at 182 was pinned by Cooper Wold in 1:58. We got a win at 195 where Hunter Gibson pinned Mark Jenniges in :43. Brock Marty at 220 lost by major decision to Ethan Spanier, 16-3. Carter Gibson was on the short end by fall versus Bryce Feuerhake (1:55).
A footnote: MAHACA lost one point due to unsportsmanlike conduct.
A novel pep band approach
We all feel distress over how school life cannot be 100 percent normal. So unfortunate that our youth are deprived of some of the fulfillment we'd like to take for granted for them. Schools are doing all they can to try to achieve some semblance of normalcy (normality?) or some echo of it. It's a virtuous cause.
Let's salute the KMS school for what it's doing with music, specifically pep band! Music is handicapped these days by the basic needs of performing: singers standing side by side, band musicians blowing air through instruments in tight quarters.
Del Sarlette informs me that "most games this winter have crowd size limits that don't allow for a pep band, but the KMS band director did something neat." We're talking the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg school.
Let's let Del continue explaining: "She had the band record the school song, 'run in' music and the national anthem. Then they set up photos of the pep band kids in the bleachers and played the recorded songs at the appropriate times over the P.A. I heard that it went over very well."
Del shared a photo, seen below. The kids shown in color photos are the seniors. Kudos to: Pam Diem, KMS band director and UMM alum!
Well, Thursday night was big for the MACA girls basketball Tigers. Our three-game losing skid came to a stop. This was to the tune of a 51-34 win over the Melrose Dutchmen.
Is there some sort of dispute going on between our girls basketball program and the West Central Tribune newspaper? Just asking. If you're paying for an online subscription, you're getting ripped off. A reminder: check out the "incognito" system for getting past online newspaper paywalls. I use it often. You'll still be asked to "register" but you'll get past the subscription.
Our KMRS-KKOK site reports that LaRae Kram led our scoring in Thursday's win, putting in eleven points. She also collected eight rebounds. Then we see Sydney Dietz with nine points and eight rebounds. Cate Kehoe came through with eight points/eight rebounds. Maddy Grove scored seven as did Emma Bowman. The win was our fourth against eight losses.
Redwood Valley 75, Tigers 46
I report on the Friday girls basketball game on my podcast, "Morris Mojo." I'm also happy to report in this episode that I got my vaccination shot Friday! Here's the permalink:
Other news from KMS country
Not all of the news coming out of the KMS community is so rosy. We learned not long ago that the city council of Murdock voted to allow a whites-only religious organization to use a vacant church. I immediately communicated with Murdock native Mary Holmberg about this, and as you would expect, she was as opposed as anyone could be.
You never know what kind of bizarre news item is going to come at you, like the South Dakota attorney general thing. I guess it's the strange stuff that keeps me involved in journalism, my lifelong passion. "The news media don't go out to the airport to cover all the successful takeoffs and landings."
But when a state AG wipes out and kills a pedestrian at night? Or a small and (usually) peaceful small outstate town opens the door for a whites-only group? Well, that's novelty. Murdock is a town of fewer than 300 people, yes rather Mayberry-like. Their council passed a conditional permit to allow use of a church building bought by the "Asatru Folk Assembly."
Well, it takes all kinds I guess. In Morris we have a gay-bashing church (just outside of town). That seems almost like small potatoes compared to the Murdock phenomenon. Murdock! Fasten your seat belt, coach Holmberg. I wonder if Mary still allows her student-athletes to address her just as "Holmberg." The late Rick Lucken and I once wondered how Ron Masanz, the old drill sergeant P.E. teacher, would have reacted if a kid had walked up to him and said "hey Masanz." Hoo boy.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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