MACA boys build win skein to ten

High school sports resumed on Friday as we all deal with this late-winter blow. The Tigers took to the home court for BBB action. It was a hard-fought game that had the Tigers prevailing 67-65. The opponent: CMCS. 

The non-conference success pushed our overall won-lost to 18-6. In conference we own 8-4 numbers. 

We trailed by two at halftime, 35-33. Riley Asmus the freshman gem made 10 of 16 shots as he led the team in scoring: 25 points. Drew Huebner made 8 of 12 as he finished with 17. Then we see Tyler Berlinger with a point total of 15 on 6 of 11 shooting. Charlie Hanson put in eight points and Jack Tollefson two. 

The team shooting numbers were 28 of 53, 53 percent. We made half of our 3-point attempts: 7 of 14. Here we were led by Asmus who made four of six. Hanson was perfect at two-for-two, and Huebner likewise was dead-on at one-for-one. Berlinger made three of his seven freethrow attempts. Asmus had our other freethrow make. 

Rebounds! We had 21 total rebounds with six coming offensively. Huebner and Kyle Fehr led, each with five. In the assists category, Berlinger was tops with five of our 13 total. In steals the pace-setters were Berlinger with five and Asmus with four. We stole the ball 14 times. Huebner had our only blocked shot. Our turnover total was 12. 

All the success has led to bright news in seeding. On the heels of our ten-game winning streak, we're designated No. 1 in 3AA-North. Looks like we'll be playing Minnewaska, a team that has really stumbled through the season. Not sure what has befallen that program in Laker country. But the Lakers are 1-22. 

Looks like we could breeze through round 1 which will be at home. We'll be playing the Lakers at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 4.

 

Boys hockey: W-DC 4, Storm 3

MBA boys hockey had a heartbreaking end to the season with a double-overtime loss. Evan Lunde dashed the Storm's hopes for playoff success in this 6A quarter-final game. The site was Wadena. We skated vs. the W-DC Wolverines. Our season is done. 

The Storm fueled hopes with a pair of goals that erased a deficit. We were down 3-1 with under 12 minutes left. Trevor Buss and Blake Bruns each got the puck in the net to draw the Storm up even, 3-3. This set the stage for OT. Initially the teams were stalemated. 

Bring on OT No. 2. Let's let Brett Miller describe what happened: "Lunde ended it with a blast off a faceoff that snuck just inside Chris Danielson's left pad and into the back of the net." 

Ryan Tolifson had a goal for the Storm. Conner Goff, Kaleb Breuer and Brady Pederson had assists. Danielson in goal had 46 saves. 

The curtain comes down with our won-lost record at 15-10. 

Lunde was joined in the goal-scoring category for the Wolverines by Conner Davis, Jaeger Petit and Peyton Mithun. Their Gunner Olson had 34 saves in goal. 

The Storm had a mighty satisfying season with a won-lost of 15-10.

- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com