The score Friday; 68-56.
So all that adds up to lots of satisfaction. It helps us cope with the long and arduous winter. I have about had it. But things are getting milder starting today (Saturday), so they say. Pretty soon Sharon Martin will be joined by others out along the biking/walking trail. Sharon is more hardy than I. Her dog "Goldy" is resilient too.
We often get our hopes up too high for March, alas. But hope ought to spring eternal. We are getting hints today of more pleasant conditions on the way. Not on the thermometer as of Saturday morning, but nigh, it is said.
Yours truly has been thinking some of the spring softball season. Ahem, on Thursday I put up a post on my companion blog about the "inflatable dome" at the St. Cloud State "Husky" stadium. Mind you I'm not talking about a domed stadium, just an inflatable "cover" for the playing field. The playing field is just like what we have at Big Cat.
What a dream this must be for St. Cloud: area softball teams can hit the turf running to play under perfect conditions right after basketball season, before the end of March. Think of some of the miserable springs we've had here lately. Sometimes a team will work in a game when conditions are just not hospitable. Cold, mud, wind etc.
And look at what they have in St. Cloud. Considering how early the MACA girls basketball team tends to lose in post-season, hey these players could get right out for softball pronto! And I repeat: under perfect conditions. My blog post gives background and also tries to apply spurs for getting this idea explored for Morris: an inflatable dome or cover for the Big Cat playing field.
Think big! Dream big! The "softball complex" is not the answer IMHO.
You may read my blog post by clicking below, and thanks.
The girls basketball Tigers are having more downs than ups. They certainly had an up versus Melrose on Tuesday, a 58-29 win here. But the doldrums returned Friday with a 70-42 loss to West Central Area at Barrett.
The sense of being on spring's doorstep might be countered by the specter of Donald Trump heading toward the GOP nomination again, as he most surely is. And, being on the way to being U.S. president with consequences that ought to make us all shiver. Such a scenario does not spell hope, it ought to spell panic. But it won't, not out here in rural western Minnesota.
The Morris paper and sports
Last Saturday the MACA boys beat Hancock at UMM, 55-50. Then on Tuesday was the unforgettable game at Melrose, won by the Tigers 51-49 on Riley Asmus' buzzer-beating 3-pointer! Wow! Has our Morris newspaper shared any details of that game with us yet? Or, even of the Hancock game?
Oh I know the paper publishes once a week (not twice like when I was there) but the paper has a website that is at least set up to report news and sports. There is a sports link. Find anything about our last three games there? Doesn't the paper have someone paid to write sports?
Oh I know the paper is determined to monetize everything it does. But it needn't be so extreme on this. A sportswriter ought to be anxious to get to the keyboard after a game like the Melrose one. It should be instinctive, irresistible. It is for yours truly.
You'll find coverage in this post about the Friday win over WC Area. If we can't have sheer fun with all this stuff, heaven help us.
Are the paper people afraid no one will buy the paper anymore? I wonder if that fear is really well-founded. One might suggest that a little more dedication with the website would be good PR for the business.
A person finds out quickly that the sports link on the newspaper website is basically value-less. Lots of links about Cougar sports, just like on the kmrs-kkok site. But. . . Everything you could want in Cougar sports coverage - the whole nine yards - is on UMM's own website.
The GBB Tigers are having more downs than ups. They certainly had an up vs. Melrose on Tuesday, a 58-29 win at Tiger Center. But the doldrums returned Friday with a 70-42 loss to West Central Area at Barrett.
Our MBA boys hockey team sits nicely at 11-7. Not so rosy for the girls: an 8-12-1 record.
Want to put aside thoughts of Donald Trump? Grimacing because I'm writing about it? Here's a fresh headline from today, Saturday: "Prosecutors feared they'd have to prove Trump wasn't legally insane, book says." File that away, oh but you won't. Your church pastors are probably telling you to "vote Republican."
My church of First Lutheran is a haven for progressives or at least for people who just believe in stressing the gospel.
Boys hoops: Tigers 68, WC Area 56
MACA boys basketball keeps on accumulating victories. Momentum builds, optimism for post-season builds obviously. The latest chapter of this winning machine was on Friday: a 68-56 win over the Knights of West Central Area. Action was at the WC Area court, Barrett. We were up at halftime 33-21. We cruised in the second half which was a 35-all standoff.
Riley Asmus again had a key role, this time with his team-leading 20 points. The freshman put up 17 shots, made seven. The "Drews," Huebner and Storck, tied for second-best on the team with eleven points each. The Drews were quite pinpoint in shooting: Huebner made 5 of 6, Storck 4 of 5.
Four Tigers each put in six points: Tyler Berlinger, Owen Anderson, Charlie Hanson and Kyle Fehr. Rylan Larson put in two.
Our team shooting numbers were 26-for-46, 57 percent. Hanson and Fehr each connected twice for 3's. Our numbers there were 4 of 13.
Asmus led the charge in freethrows with his perfect 6-for-6 numbers. Anderson was a perfect 2-for-2. Storck made three of four from the gift line, and Huebner had one make. Our team freethrow stats were 12 of 15, 80 percent. Storck led the way in rebounds with seven of our team total 23. Two of Storck's rebounds were offensive.
Storck and Berlinger each produced four assists. Asmus picked up three. In steals we see Berlinger with his usual major impact: four. Fehr made his mark too with three steals.
Storck came on strong with his five blocked shots. Asmus blocked one. The Tigers had 13 turnovers.
The Tigers' winning ways add to the joy we all feel with the temperature outside getting more pleasant. At least that's what the forecast suggests. I have never been so down because of winter. Hey, the politics weighs on me.
The MBA Storm hockey boys are rolling along with quite winning ways. Recent play has seen our skaters win ten games over a span of eleven! Our season record is 11-7.
Thursday action had the Storm skating on the road vs. Prairie Centre. Our goalkeeper Chris Danielson was perfect - he stopped 28 shots in this 4-0 Storm triumph.
The kmrs-kkok site reports that "Ryan Tolifson, Trevor Buss and Charlie Goff each had a goal and assist." I surmise from Brett's writing that Tucker Blume scored our other goal. I guess I can't be 100 percent sure and I don't want people to pounce on me. Blake Bruns had two assists. Prairie Centre's Carter Holeman had 35 saves as goalkeeper. Prairie Centre has a 5-14 record.
The Storm's previous game had them turning back Wadena-Deer Creek. It doesn't get more exciting than a 6-5 score. It was hockey night in Morris Tuesday as the W-DC skaters came to town. A pair of pretty evenly-matched teams on the ice. MBA chalked up a section win.
Cole Blume sent the puck in the net twice. His second goal broke a tie and made the score 5-4. Brady Peterson followed up on that with a most critical goal that put the home team out in front by two. The W-DC Wolverines scored with mere seconds remaining. The Storm lead held. Final score: 6-5.
Ryan Tolifson scored a goal and supplied two assists. Other goals were from Zach Wrobleski and Charlie Goff. Other assists were from Tucker Blume, Conner Goff and Hunter LeClair. Working in net was Chris Danielson: 25 saves. The W-DC W/L numbers were left at 11-5-1.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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