Secondly, we're having another awful morning of weather as I prepare this post. I started when it was still dark out. Now that the sun is up, it isn't any better: cold as heck and windy. I got the car warmed up and went to DeToy's where they have the biscuits and gravy special on Wednesday morning. I will "plug" this along with the Monday jazz concert. I think Bo DeToy has done great managing his business through the unusual circumstances of the past couple of years.
The coverage below includes the doubleheader played by MACA boys/girls hoops Tuesday at home. I invite you to compare my coverage with what you see on the Morris newspaper website. They have someone paid to do this.
Boys: Tigers 96, Melrose 50
Was this just too one-sided? Well, MACA fans will certainly accept the result. It was a 96-50 win over the Melrose Dutchmen. Indeed, the Tigers were a scoring machine.
Melrose is a conference foe. I am always reminded that Melrose was dynastic in boys basketball when I was in high school. They had superstar Mark Olberding who was destined for the Gophers and then the pros. They had lots of other talent too. But on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, Melrose basically got creamed by our Tigers at Tiger Center. We owned a 44-30 lead at halftime. Our momentum grew through the second half.
Abundant opportunity to cheer, to be sure. But suspense? None! Three Tigers scored in double figures. Jackson Loge added another superlative game to his creds: 32 points on 11-of-24 shooting. Brandon Jergenson supplied 19 points on 8-of-14. Then we see Thomas Tiernan with 13 points, 5-of-6.
Lots of players got in the act. Continuing with scoring: Sam Kleinwolterink 7, Tyler Berlinger 7, Toby Gonnerman 6, Cole Wente 5, Trey Hunt 3, Kyle Fehr 2 and Brenden Hardy 2. The Tigers were good on 37 of 67 shots, 55 percent.
We were productive from 3-point range. I have gotten out of the habit of writing "3-point land." Loge made four shots from 3-point land in ten tries. Tiernan is often at the fore in this department, and he sank three long-rangers in four attempts. Three Tigers were each one-for-one: Berlinger, Hunt and Kleinwolterink. And, Wente was 1-for-2, so our team numbers were 11 of 24, 46 percent.
From the freethrow line we were 11-for-14, 79 percent. Loge attacked the boards for 17 rebounds of which seven were offensive. Second-high was Jergenson with five, two offensive. The Tigers had 38 total rebounds, 14 offensive.
Loge excelled in assists too with his team-leading seven. Jergenson had four assists and our team total was 23. Jergenson had four of our team total 16 steals. Our turnover total was eight. Loge had all three of our shot blocks. The Tigers are ranked No. 3 and retain a perfect won-lost : 16-0.
Girls: BOLD 57, Tigers 45
It was a doubleheader night but our teams did not have a common opponent. So for the girls, they faced off against BOLD. The girls did not fare as well as the boys, as the outcome was a 57-45 defeat. The Tigers were up by two at halftime, 27-25. The loss put our record at 5-11. The BOLD Warriors are on the other side of .500 at 10-7.
Maddy Grove buoyed our cause with 25 points. Meredith Carrington put in eight and had four assists. Kaylee Harstad added to the mix with six points and seven boards. Cate Kehoe and Sydney Dietz each scored three. Carrington made two 3-pointers and Grove made one.
The Warriors outscored the Tigers 32-18 in the second half. The BOLD won-lost is 10-7. They had three big guns in the scoring department: Mari Ryberg with 22 points, Lainey Braulick with 17 and Leslie Snow with ten. The three were complemented by Abby Meyers with four, Lidia Plass with two and Anna Moorse with one. Braulick made their only three-point shot. Ryberg collected ten rebounds and Meyers had seven.
Snow with her five assists led there. Ryberg and Braulick had four and three assists respectively. Meyers blocked two shots.
Wrestling: Tigers 38, Lakeville North 37
Indeed it was a close match as MAHACA vied with Lakeville North at New Ulm. There was lots of high-caliber wrestling but forfeits helped too! So, a review of the dual shows Tyce Anderson at 106 and Grayson Gibson at 113 both getting their arms raised in forfeits. Every little push helps!
Alex Sperr strode onto the mat to face Hunter Flen at 120 pounds. Sperr was on the short end of a fall.
Dallas Walton achieved an 8-2 decision win over Aidan Johnson. The Tigers gave up some points via forfeit at 132 pounds. The Lakeville North wrestler at 132 was Brekken Obitz. Davin Rose at 138 dropped a major decision to Jore Volk. Caden Rose at 145 won by fall over Riley Forar in 4:48.
Hunter Massner got pinned by Zach Hanson at 152. Dain Schroeder at 160 lost by fall to Kley Krause. Connor Olson at 170 was decisioned by Blake Krause. Asher Malek was our 182-pounder and he prevailed by technical fall over Logan Campbell, 18-2. Hunter Gibson took care of business with a fall win over Brayden Cerutti in :32.
Then at 220, Brock Marty won by fall over Michael Anderson in 3:06. Our big guy was Levi Kellenberger at 285 and he was bested by Conor Popp, a fall in 5:08.
The local media reports that the mayor has covid. The fellow has been quoted in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis saying he voted for Donald Trump, so maybe he has not been vaccinated? Republicans are more likely to be vaccine skeptics. "Meat Loaf" was an anti-vaxxer.
News flash this a.m.: Brianna Keilar of CNN is blasting Fox News for "killing people with anti-science B.S." Our own state representative went on local radio to say he hadn't gotten the vaccine. He sounded none too enthusiastic about getting it. These politicians need to realize how influential their words can be. The likes of Jeff Backer could end up killing people. He will brainwash himself that it isn't his fault.
A lot of "red state" people here need to start waking up. If Marshall of the radio station had "pushed back" on the state rep, the rep would have slammed the door on doing any more interviews with the guy. Then, Marshall might fear for his own job security. Never mind that he is right. Being right is often not a cover in the news media. If you know what's good for you, sometimes you have to put your finger up in the wind. But people are dying in the pandemic.
I can sleep well at night, knowing I respect the best sources for health advice. Maybe it's best at this time that we walk away from the Christian faith, seriously. The "evangelicals" have done so much damage to the U.S. There are plenty of intelligent Christians out there, people who will not join in on the "let's go Brandon" chant.
Republicans will not want you thinking about the issues I raise here. They want you thinking about the green M&Ms. Or, to have you calling in on Governor Youngkin's "tipline" re. errant public school teachers. How crazy, because I thought Republicans and libertarians wanted local control of schools.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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