There really can't be much of the season left. And it gets crammed in with many other events that mark the end of the school year. Shall we say it gets hectic?
Our MACA baseball Tigers split a doubleheader with Melrose. The success was in the first game, score of 2 to 1. The score stood 1-1 in the sixth. Ozzy Jerome supplied the difference-maker for the Tigers. He singled to drive in a run.
Our pitcher Drew Huebner was up against a capable mound opponent. That was Devin Orbeck. The two locked horns with good form. Backed by Jerome's clutch hit, Huebner emerged the winner with these stats: eleven strikeouts, two hits allowed, one walk and the one run. He pitched for 6.1 innings and gave way to Jackson Hallman who closed things out for the save.
One of the runs that Orbeck allowed was unearned. He allowed two runs on three hits, walked two and fanned six.
Game 2: Melrose 4, Tigers 3
So, there was a one-run difference in the second game as well. Melrose the visitor carved out the win at Chizek Field. Melrose seized on MACA fielding miscues. The Dutchmen plated three unearned runs.
Riley Asmus was our pitcher for five innings. The freshman gave up four runs but just one was earned. He struck out six batters, walked three and allowed five hits. At the plate we saw Andrew Marty and Johnny Kleindl each rap two hits. The orange and black came out of the day at 4-3.
Softball: Tigers 10, Litchfield 7
MACA softball took another step forward with a ten-run outburst at Holmberg Field. I wonder if enough fans could find decent enough position to enjoy watching. It's tough out there. I did not stop by, so I don't know if fans positioned themselves out by the outfield fence. Bringing their own chairs of course. Wells Park would have been better. But oh well.
Lauren Hottovy and Kortney Sanasack were offensive cogs in this 10-7 win over the Dragons of Litchfield. I wonder what the visiting fans think when they discover the seating arrangements are so lousy. Hottovy had hits in all four of her at-bats. She drove in three runs and scored one. Sanasack likewise knocked the cover off the ball with four hits in four at-bats. One of her hits was a triple. She drove in two runs and scored three. Most significantly she delivered a single that drove in the tiebreaker in the fifth.
Kenzie Anderson drove in a run with a double. Kaylin Steen racked up a couple RBIs.
The pitching circle had Haley Kill showcasing her arm for just over four innings. She was not involved in the decision. Nora Boyle was credited with the pitching win as she worked for 2.2 scoreless innings.
The Dragons had their highlights as Grace Holmgren went three-for-three. She drove in three runs.
The Tigers owned a 5-1 record at day's end. Coach Holmberg appears headed to a career win total that the late Willie Martin would describe as "astronomical."
Track/field
Yours truly had a habit of referring to this sport as "track" until a parent got ahold of me and insisted it was "track and field." And in a most assertive way. I remember that when I was a kid, my peers would talk about "going out for track." Apparently that is insufficient.
So our track and field Tigers were in something called the Region 3 Northwest Subsection. Never heard of it before. But it was a day of highlights for our track and field squad. Including: three champions, as reported by Brett Miller. And these were Lydia Fynboh in the 100 meters, Hailey Werk in the 1600 meters and Maddie Fehr in the discus. So it's "Hailey" in track/field and "Haley" in softball.
Werk was runner-up in the 3200m. Heika Hall was No. 2 in the 300m hurdles, and Hazel Hall achieved second in the triple jump.
Blake Bruns of the boys was No. 1 in the 400 meters. Our 4x800m relay also flashed championship form. On a team basis, our girls took first and our boys fourth.
Golf: big doings too
I'll write about golf in a limited way because I have a hard time understanding how some of these meets are set up. But surely our Charlie Hanson is a headliner. Brett Miller tells us that Hanson set a conference record with his 31 at Sauk Centre. This was on "the back nine," whatever that is. I am not a golfer but I did enjoy the movie "Caddyshack" with Bill Murray. "The squirrel is the friend of the gopher."
Hanson showed his heroics at Greystone Golf Club. The MACA boys enjoyed the team win. Hanson was joined in the MACA performance by Mason Erickson (43), Landon Wolf (45) and Lincoln Schneider (46).
Wait a minute, there was a "front nine" too. The site was Melrose, Meadowlark Country Club. The Tigers took third. Hanson was runner-up in this phase with his 39. Other Tigers sere Carter Pew (43), Mason Erickson (46), Lincoln Schneider (47) and Jaxon Hilbrands (48).
Let's move on to the girls phase. Isn't it neat to see an eighth grader having some impact? Our Katlin Gibson had the team-best 62 in the "front 9." Other Tigers were Emily Jacobson (65), Yavonne Van Horn (67) and Braelynn Hamling (67). The "back nine" had our Emily Jacobson posting a 60. She was followed in the MACA effort by Alice Mahoney (61), Katlin Gibson (62), Braelynn Hamling (62) and Yavonne Van Horn (63).
Band concert!
There was a good turnout at the MAHS concert hall for the Monday band concert. The turnout was made bigger by the fact that these were two concerts spliced together. The grades 5-8 phase was originally planned for a separate night. The other phase was jazz. And why did the two phases end up bunched together? Well, sports of course. Sports is probably the reason why our schools exist in the first place. Nothing gets in its way. Band by comparison can be an inconvenience, apparently.
I have spoken my piece on this.
Jazz I was removed from the jazz portion of the night. That would have included grade 12, and in that case admission would be charged. The grades 5-8 parents might not appreciate that.
I was in attendance and found the concert enjoyable enough. I enjoyed hearing the rendition of "Aladdin." I'd like to see more of this: arrangements of catchy melodies from pop entertainment. Do you remember the James Last band/orchestra/chorus? Last's stock-in-trade was the very full arrangements of pop melodies. I love it.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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