The host Thunderhawks led at halftime by four, 30-26. But the Tigers turned on the jets for second half play, to outscore the purple squad 37-22. So we prevailed. The Tigers upped their conference mark to 3-0 with this 63-52 triumph.
The Willmar newspaper continues to refer to us as "Morris/CA." We of course are "Morris Area Chokio Alberta." Today they refer to one of our players as "Tyler Berling." Of course it's Tyler Berlinger. Tyler was a key player coming off the bench for our win over Hancock at UMM.
The soaring success of the unbeaten Tigers puts us at No. 3 in the state AA picture. Will we get all the way to the summit? Stay tuned. Monte's coach felt heartened by how his team performed in a losing cause. The T-Hawks are 5-4.
Jackson Loge and Thomas Tiernan were a 1-2 punch with their offensive prowess. Loge made ten of 16 shots to post the team-best scoring total of 21. Tiernan was six of 13 and scored 18 points. Durgin Decker and Berlinger each came through with eight points. Brandon Jergenson scored six points and Cole Wente two.
Our team shooting stats were 26 of 51, 51 percent. Tiernan made four 3-pointers and Jergenson made two. I hope fans are not chanting "let's go Brandon." I would view that as being in poor taste. We were six of 19 in our team 3's, 32 percent. The freethrow stats were five of 12, 42 percent, with Berlinger and Tiernan each making two.
Rebounds: here it was the rangy Loge pulling down eleven to lead, four offensive. Decker was No. 2 with seven boards, two offensive. We had 27 total rebounds, nine offensive. Wente led in assists with four. Three Tigers each had two steals: Decker, Berlinger and Tiernan. Our turnover total was ten.
Loge was quite the presence around the basket with six blocked shots. Such a performance is par for the course for this Augustana-bound athlete. We're 12-0 now!
Three Monte T-Hawks had a point total of ten: Justin Collins, Andrew Van Binsbergen and Mason Jerve. Also scoring were Kaden Boike 8, Hunter Strand 7 and Bradyn Schultz 7. Collins made two 3's while Strand and Schultz each made one. Strand and Collins each collected six rebounds. Van Binsbergen led in assists with six, followed by Schultz with three. Van Binsbergen and Boike each had two steals. Collins blocked a shot.
My coverage of the Hancock game is on my "Morris of Course" site. Thanks always for checking in. Here's the permalink:
Wrestling: tough opponent
This is a rare opportunity for yours truly to write about MAHACA wrestling. I'm not a fan of the "MAHACA" name - yes, pronounced that way - but sometimes in life you have to accept things you don't like. How about "Morris" as a name? Wouldn't that be novel?
Anyway, while I relish the opportunity to type these kids' names, it was not an upbeat night for Tiger wrestling on Thursday. We were up against the No. 1-ranked team in Class A, the Jaguars of Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa. The site was Belgrade. The Tigers fell to the Jaguars 58-9.
Jeremiah Schmidgall wrestled at 113 pounds and lost by technical fall. Alex Sperr prevailed in a 13-7 decision at 120 pounds. Dallas Walton bowed in a 3-1 outcome at 126 pounds. Ethan Lebrija was edged 7-6 in the battle of 132-pounders. Davin Rose won by fall in 3:15 at 138. Caden Rose was defeated in a 9-3 decision at 145. Hunter Massner bowed in a tech fall at 152. Dain Schroeder lost by fall in :37 at 160. Asher Malek lost by fall in 3:31 at 182.
Then it was Hunter Gibson dropping an 11-4 decision at 195 pounds. Brock Marty was pinned in 5:16 in the battle of 220-pounders. Javon Johnson lost by fall in :43 in the showdown of the big guys.
Boys hockey: Willmar 4, Storm 3
The skating athletes took to the ice at the Willmar Civic Center Thursday: MBA vs. Willmar. Fans enjoyed a hard-fought contest. In the end it was the Cardinals of Willmar prevailing by one goal, 4-3. The MBA record was left at 5-6-1. The Willmar numbers: 4-7.
The Cardinals got the only first period goal which was by Cullen Gregory, with assists by Henry Mickelson and Jason Malmgren.
The second period was a 2-2 standoff. Willmar's Malmgren scored unassisted. The Storm struck for the first time as Brady DeHaan got the puck in the net with assists from Trevor Buss and Hunter LeClair. Then it was Willmar asserting itself as Dylan Staska scored unassisted. MBA's Cole Blume scored with Charlie Goff's assist.
The third period was a 1-1 standoff. Willmar's Ethan Stark scored unassisted. MBA's Ian Rajewsky scored the evening's final goal with assists from Sam Thompson and Goff.
Our goalie was Christopher Danielson who had 29 saves in 33 attempts. Willmar's Braxton Heid had 30 saves in 33 attempts.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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