Busy night at the school as there was also a band concert. Tables set up outside of the gym for a special promo too. Such an abuzz atmosphere at the school. It's a joy of course. We all got rather depressed at the height of the pandemic. We all must take care still with our health. But all things being equal, it's great to see the school be such a lively "people" place. With accent on the kids of course!
The band concert featured the youngest for this program: grades 5 and 6. Neat to see how these kids are beginning to master their instruments. The director is Andrea DeNardo who like me is a regular customer of Caribou Coffee between 7 and 8 in the morning. I was later than usual this morning (Friday) to catch my breakfast there. I recommend the bacon-egg-cheese bagel. Two of those can almost carry me through my whole day. Or maybe it's the coffee that does that!
Senior high band director Wanda Dagen was present for the Thursday doings. She said "hello" to me as I was proceeding from the hallway into the auditorium. That elevates my cheer level considerably as we try to get through the closing stages of winter. My goodness, about ten degrees this morning? We accept it and adapt as Minnesotans, don't we?
So on Thursday night the Tiger Center had our Tigers of MACA winning handily over the Lakers of Minnewaska Area, 76-54. Not a great year for 'Waska boys athletics. Our win was our seventh straight! That cheers me almost as much as Wanda's "hello" and smile. (Almost.)
The Tigers sport a 15-6 W/L mark. Anticipation will be high for the post-season. Alas, 'Waska languishes with a 1-20 record. Hang in there, 'Waska fans.
The Tigers owned a 40-28 lead at halftime. The second half story was a 36-26 scoring advantage. Hanson topped our scoring but there were five in double figures. Hanson led the charge with his 17 points. He was five of eleven in shooting. More importantly he was very sharp from 3-point range. He got the refs to signal '3' on four of his shots, among seven attempts.
Kyle Fehr made three 3-pointers and Riley Asmus one. In 3's the team was 8 of 19, 42 percent. Our overall shooting numbers were 26 of 57, 46 percent.
Let's proceed down the scoring list from Hanson: Asmus 16, Drew Huebner 12, Fehr 11, Tyler Berlinger 10, Owen Anderson 4, Rylan Larson 4 and Jack Tollefson 2. The Tigers were sharp at the freethrow line too, making 16 of 20, 80 percent. Asmus stood out here with seven makes. Rebounds! Here we see Asmus as the standout with 12, five offensive. Huebner had five rebounds and Tollefson four. The Tigers had 31 total rebounds, 15 offensive.
Asmus dished out five assists and Berlinger and Fehr four each. Our assist total was 17. Then in steals we see Berlinger leading the way with five of our 17 total. The Tigers asserted themselves with blocked shots: six total. Anderson had two of those. Our turnover total was ten.
It was great to hear the fifth grade band because these kids are just in the discovery process for their instruments. The Thursday concert had the wrinkle of some Christmas-themed tunes. The fifth graders played "Jingle Bells" at the very start. I'm sure kids at the fifth and sixth grade levels progress a lot from the fall to the winter concerts and on to spring!
I hope the band program has its ice cream social with the spring concert to follow tradition. Spring! I guess we can only have visions of it now. The weather was good enough recently to get out for a hike or two. Of course we always get "teased" with some nice late-winter or early-spring weather.
I finally made it as far as the first bench along the biking/walking trail. Snow wasn't yet moved from around the bench so I couldn't sit on it. Looks like snow removal gets done to a degree along at least part of the trail. But it's not down to the pavement. I see lots of footprints in the snow, indicating that the allure is year-round.
Look for MAHS faculty member Sharon Martin and her dog "Goldy" out along there. She has friends with their own charming canine companions. Two in particular I will name: "Jack" and "Midge." Jack is a small white dog that absolutely charms me. That was my late father's favorite type of dog.
I'll remind you that my coverage of the MACA girls game against Montevideo is on my companion blog "Morris of Course." The permalink:
Girls hockey: River Lakes 12, Storm 0
The end of the road for MBA Storm girls hockey in '23: a loss at Paynesville to River Lakes. It was a shutout for the River Lakes skaters in this 6A quarter-final game. The Storm could not contain Sofia Hess who got the puck in the net four times. Madi Wendlandt scored two goals and supplied an assist. Abby Storms added to the mix with two goals.
In goal for the victor was Kaydence Roeske who turned away all 15 shots that came at her. The scoreboard told a 12-0 story. So the Storm retire their skates for this winter. Their final W/L is 8-14-1.
Our goalkeeper Thursday was Ava Breuer and she had 28 saves.
A celebration for MBA Storm skater Karlie Bruns who got her 100th point. The photo was posted on January 13, a day after the Storm won 8-5 at Windom. (twitter image)
Boys hockey: Northern Lakes 4, Storm 2
The boys game was closer Thursday night but we were on the short end against Northern Lakes. Brett Miller of kmrs-kkok tells us about the hat trick achieved by Logan Verville of the victor. Fans at our Lee Community Center cheered as Cole Blume and Trevor Buss each put the puck in the net. Bryce Lehman and Ryan Tolifson each contributed an assist.
Our goalkeeper Chris Danielson stopped 19 shots. Northern Lakes has the "Lightning" nickname. They came out of Thursday at 8-13 while the Storm are 12-9.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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