The Tigers made the trip down I-94 to play this game at Melrose. The team is on a roll with six wins in their last seven games. Melrose was a competitive crew with a won-lost well over .500. The Dutchmen were left at 11-5. Meanwhile the Tigers' stock is certainly rising.
Success makes it easier to live with our winter that just rolls on - too cold. Maybe a reprieve on Saturday? That's the word. Man, I could use some fresh air from a nice walk.
Thanks again to the MACA coaching staff for posting stats on "Maxpreps." You'll be asked to sign in as a member but there are no obligations. MACA sports ought to see to it that all reporting and PR be on free-access sites. Let's give our Morris radio station credit for being free-access: no paywall or special sign-in required.
I have recently found there is a log-in requirement for MAHACA wrestling on Facebook. I do not choose to be a member of Facebook. Is it true that the coverage of MACA on the West Central Tribune site is spotty? It's hard for me to know because I run into their paywall. A couple of my old tricks for getting in no longer work.
Is MACA still out of the West Central Tribune's official coverage territory? We were removed a couple years ago, so we did not see Jackson Loge on All-Area. I'd just like to suggest here, there ought to be consistent coverage systems for the benefit of MACA sports and its fans, on free-access sites on the web. In theory at least that would be great.
Has the Morris newspaper changed its philosophy recently? I have basically stopped checking there. No attempt at real timely sports coverage at all, last I checked. The problem with the print newspaper is that it only comes out once a week. The paper presumably has someone paid to cover sports. That person ought to share more online in a reasonably timely way IMHO. I mean, why not?
Isn't it fun to generate this coverage? Isn't it fun to consume it? The more the merrier - that's how I distill my thoughts on this chilly Wednesday afternoon in Motown. Relax and have fun. And what could be more fun than to write about a win with a 3-pointer at the buzzer?
Asmus scored 18 points on 8 of 19 shooting. Second-high was Drew Huebner who put in 14 points on 6 of 14. Then we see Drew Storck with ten points on 5 of 8. Charlie Hanson scored five points, and Kyle Fehr and Rylan Larson two each. Our team shooting numbers were 23 of 49, 47 percent.
The dramatic Asmus game-winner was one of two successful 3's by this Tiger. Hanson made one of his two long-range tries, and our team numbers were a cool 3 of 14. We sure hit paydirt when we needed it!
Huebner had our only freethrow attempts and he made two of eight.
Rebounds! Here we see Storck with his six leading the way, three offensive. Asmus and Huebner each had four. Huebner stood out in assists with three. Fehr had an aggressive stance and he was tops in steals with four. Huebner and Storck each blocked a shot. The Tigers had seven turnovers. We trailed at halftime 25-22.
Our won-lost record: 12-6.
Girls basketball
What an exciting turnaround in fortunes for our MACA girls basketball squad. We still have the disappointing W/L mark of 5-12. But spirits among the fans jumped considerably with our decisive win over Melrose Tuesday. The fans at Tiger Center enjoyed.
The game had a quite different complexion from our Saturday loss to Hancock at UMM. So on Tuesday the winning score was 58-29 over Melrose.
Brett Miller of kmrs tells us Kaylee Harstad topped our scoring with 18 points. We also learn this Tiger had eleven rebounds and four steals. Maddy Grove supplied punch with her 15 points and seven steals. Maddie Fehr put in ten points and Brianna Marty executed eight assists.
It would be nice to find a more comprehensive stat report IMHO. When will the Morris newspaper report on the Tuesday night MACA hoops? Or the Saturday games either? Well, following standard form, I guess it'll be in next week's print issue. Too long to wait.
It would cost more for the paper to put out two issues a week. They are grooming their profit margin the American way.
Addendum: I just checked the Morris newspaper website. Click on "sports." I don't know why they bother. Seriously, could you contest me on this point? What a non-timely charade of an effort. If I was at the paper and had to answer for this, I'd face a barrage of pointed, tasteless criticism. Could drive me to take drugs. Let's make that Dr. Pepper.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
No comments:
Post a Comment