MACA football improved to 2-0 with a win over Montevideo Friday at Big Cat Stadium, score of 30-14. It was our first home game. An enthused crowd filled the stands to cheer an overall good game and an effective Tiger passing game. I cover this game on my "Morris Mojo" podcast. I invite you to click on the permalink below. Thanks. - BW
Cross country at Holdingford
The site was Holdingford on
Thursday for cross country action involving the MACA Tigers. Hailey
Werk led the girls team with her 14th place showing. Meredith Carrington
arrived at the finish chute 16th. Werk is a sophomore while Carrington
is a senior. 
Tennis prevails
Then
we see Isabel Fynboh in 21st and Caryn Marty 30th. The MACA girls were
runner-up as a team. St. Cloud Cathedral took No. 1. The girls champion
was Sara Daleiden of Royalton.
Our
boys team was led by Charlie Hanson: 31st place. Jacob Buhl arrived at
the finish chute 40th. Hanson and Buhl are both freshmen. Our boys team
finished eleventh. As with the girls, St. Cloud Cathedral garnered No.
1. Top individual was Brandon Kampsen of Sauk Centre. The MACA boys team
was less than full strength due to injuries.
Tennis
action was mighty pleasing with MACA/WCA on the winning end over
Montevideo. Our MACA athletes are combined with West Central Area. The
outcome was 6-1 as we swept singles.
Let's
take a look at singles where we see Abbigail Athey turning back Emily
Brace 6-1 and 6-3. Our No. 2 singles player was Kassidy Girard and she
turned back Cameron Myers of the Thunder Hawks, 6-0 and 6-2. At No. 3
singles it was Catherine "Cate" Kehoe wielding the racket and she
defeated Brooke Lindeman 6-3 and 6-4. No. 4 singles athlete Claire Stark
downed Lauren Dehne 6-2 and 6-4.
The
doubles story had Breanna Schmidgall and Lakia Manska getting bested at
the No. 1 spot by Tyra Sandven and Mathea Jorgenson, 5-7 and 2-6. Our
No. 2 performers Kjersten Nibbe and Hope Sperr defeated Brooke Hilden
and Annie Marquardt, 6-3 and 6-4. The No. 3 team of Lydia Fynboh and
Elizabeth Pollard was on the winning end over Ashley Klaassen and Gwyn
Smiens, 6-2 and 6-4.
Volleyball: loss to Melrose
Well
my goodness, there is a dearth of media info on the MACA volleyball
team's Thursday match. Usually when all else fails, your can learn
something from the fine kmrs-kkok site. But this morning all we learn is
that the Tigers were defeated by Melrose 0-3. So it was a disappointing
night.
It
has been a disappointing season thus far for the Tigers who have yet to
win. These things happen. The team will now strive to set goals for
improvement the rest of the way. In the meantime, certain people need to
get a little more fired-up about media attention/coverage. And I'm not
pointing fingers at any media professionals. I suspect the coaching
staff has been reluctant to do much if anything, based on the losing
skid thus far.
This
is faulty logic. I remember when the late Dennis Rettke was an
administrator here (held more than one role) and he wrote a column for
the newspaper saying that when a team is struggling, that is precisely
when the media should be generous. Obviously it's not to "rub it in" but
to send a message that we all appreciate our student-athletes even when
the going gets rough.
Although
it sometimes seems we worship at the shrine of winning, it should not
be so. Winning is the goal, yes. The overall experience takes
precedence. What matters is that the opportunities get opened up wide
and the programs are managed well.
Rettke
worked here in Morris when the whole athletic program went through some
(shall we say) unique adversity. Sure wasn't the kids' fault. The
coaching staff alone didn't bear the blame although there were
definitely issues. Strange times. Our whole school staff became unpleasant and ossified for a time. You had to have been here to really understand.
At
present, even with losses accumulating sometimes, our athletic program
and overall school district is in 100 percent better shape, based on
what I can ascertain. So congratulations.
Now
let's do what it takes to get a little more media attention for MACA
volleyball, regardless of the on-court fortunes. I'm betting those
fortunes will improve.
Volleyball vs. BOLD
My
summary of the Tuesday home match vs. BOLD is on my companion blog
"Morris of Course." MACA had a strong start before fading vs. the
Warriors. Here is the permalink:
Swimming/diving vs. Albany
The
swimming and diving scene has been active too. MACA is combined with
Minnewaska Area in this sport. Pool action Tuesday had our team on the
short end vs. Albany, 69-116. The site was Glenwood.
Shannon
Dougherty excelled by taking first in the 100 and 200 free. Melena
Longtin was No. 1 in the 50 free, and Audrey Dorweiler was tops in the
100 butterfly. Dougherty, Longtin and Dorweiler were joined by McKenzie
Luetmer for the 200 and 400 free where they took No. 1 in both.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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