The MACA girls came on strong Thursday evening to prevail over Benson at Tiger Center. The success pushed the season won-lost over .500 to 11-10. The Tigers surged to a 35-14 lead at halftime. A 32-17 advantage in second half play put the final score at 67-31. A nice confidence builder as we enter the home stretch of regular season play.
The weather outside has turned back to winter-like today. We have only been teased by the spring-like conditions of late. However, the temperatures look to remain relatively mild by the standards of February. Theoretically we are in mid-winter.
The Benson girls are struggling. Their W/L coming out of Thursday was 6-13. I wonder what the status of their "Braves" nickname is, as we speak.
Kaylee Harstad was at the fore of the MACA scoring in the triumph: 24 points. Two of her teammates each put in ten: Cate Kehoe and Hana Schutz. These Tigers also contributed: Brenna Jorgenson 5, Addison Cihak 4, Samantha Konz 4, Makenzie Konz 3, Callie Koser 3, Chloe Fehr 2 and Leah Berlinger 2.
Four Tigers each made a 3-pointer: Makenzie Konz, Schutz, Jorgenson and Koser. The West Central Tribune has "N/A" for the other stat categories but I greatly appreciate seeing the amount of info that was provided.
So now let's look at Benson. Their top scorer was Kaida Helgenset with 16 points. Then there's a dropoff to Presley Nygaard 6, Elle Kletscher 4, Kaylin Grube 3 and Norah Hilleren 2. Helgenset and Nygaard each made two 3-pointers.
Shall I abstain from using the term "Braves" with Benson summaries? We might remember the 1991 baseball World Series when the Star Tribune newspaper covered the whole thing without ever using the term "Braves" in connection with Atlanta. The Twins beat Atlanta of course. Thing is, it seemed nobody even noticed the paper's avoidance of "Braves." That's what the paper's management told us after the fact.
Our Tigers have had mixed results in recent play. Last night's results were quite encouraging, along with the 46-39 win in the previous game over Montevideo and the Jan. 30 success versus Melrose, 69-37.
Losses to West Central Area and Hancock have tempered the exuberance just a little. Losing to Hancock seems rather like crime, death and taxes for MACA GBB. Well we can feel happy for our neighbors in Hancock.
Looks like there are only four games left in the regular season. The opponents will be Minnewaska, Lac qui Parle, Sauk Centre and BOLD. How will the Tigers be seeded? Looks like the remaining games will weigh in quite a bit.
Let's keep an eye on the weather too. Looks like yours truly will don his long underwear again for the daily walk today. TGIF. Actually "TGIF" doesn't mean much to me any more. But I will have my weekly classic chocolate shake at Don's Cafe tonight (Friday)!
The "Minnesota Scores" site tells us that MACA sits at 11-10 overall, 4-2 in section, 4-4 in conference and 7-6 at the home court. We're at a pivotal stage.
Boys: Tigers 68, Minnewaska 47
More good news for the orange and black: The Thursday night boys' success on the road versus Minnewaska. Our W/L got elevated to 14-7. Frankly the Lakers are having a quite struggling campaign. Our 68-47 win set back the Lakers to a 2-19 record.
We led 37-26 at halftime. The second half story was a 31-21 advantage. Took care of business quite nicely.
Unfortunately for me as a scribe I see "stats not available" for MACA in the West Central Tribune. Happens rather often. As stated in the girls coverage here, I was happy to have some MACA details available! Did Dale call in to the WC Trib or was the data provided maybe by the Benson coach? Well, the paper got it from somewhere. I would not bet on Dale calling in very often, just judging from experience. If he did, that's great.
Just one Laker scored in double figures. That's Owen Meulebroeck with 11 points. Connor Frey scored eight followed by Marc Gruber and Alex Panitzke each with seven. Luke Danielson's contribution was five points. Others joining in: Levi Johnson 2, Dylan Alexander 2, Tenzin Dahl 2, Carter Meyer 2 and Jack Majerus 1.
Three Lakers each made a '3': Gruber, Panitzke and Frey. Alexander's eight rebounds topped the list. Gruber, Panitzke and Dahl each dished out two assists. Ryland Martin had two steals.
The "Minnesota Scores" site tells us that MACA sits at 14-7 overall, 5-2 in section, 6-4 in conference and 5-4 at the home court. I invite you to compare my coverage of MACA hoops here with what you see on the Stevens County Times website.
Joe Biden's mental acuity
Let's be careful about throwing stones. I'm talking to Republicans. Below is a comment I posted with a Yahoo! News article early this morning. The article reported on special counsel Robert Hur's conclusions about President Joe Biden. I doubt the guy is a neurologist. And who among us would want to be "quizzed" on anything?
So Ben Hur or whatever his name is notes that Biden doesn't remember the years when he was VP? Look, I'm a very "wonky" type of person who follows the news but if someone asked me point-bank the years when Biden/Obama were in power together, I might not be able to instantly recite those years. Put yourself in a position of answering this type of question. For one thing, it's in the past. You think a president doesn't have enough to think about in the present? I remember when Mark Halperin had Trump himself in the studio and asked him "of the last three presidents, who do you think was best?" Incidentally Trump responded "Clinton" and you can verify that. But Joe Scarborough "helped out" Trump by reciting the last three names before Trump answered. Would not surprise me if Trump had struggled to remember, because we just don't need this past info at the tip of our tongues. We're not thinking about it, not the "for the record" details. I'd have a hard time reciting the three names at a moment's notice, and believe me I am not cognitively impaired.
Super Bowl on Sunday
Are you all in step with Taylor Swift and the "Swifties" for the Super Bowl on Sunday? It appears Republicans are scared that the game is "rigged" for the Chiefs and that the singer will endorse Joe Biden right after.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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