i love morris: Tigers sweep to start 3AA play

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Tigers sweep to start 3AA play

We're off and running in the post-season for fall sports. An adrenalin rush for a great many of us. Our MACA Tigers are seeded first and so hopes are high. The team lived up to that status Friday night here at Tiger Center. The Tigers swept Montevideo. Monte was at the bottom of the heap.
So now it's on to the next round of play which is presented on Tuesday. Tiger Center will be the site again. Match-time is 7 p.m. for the Tigers vs. the Falcons of ACGC.
The overall MACA won-lost actually isn't as good as what I would expect. We're 13-9. We can put those numbers aside for the post-season anyway.
We would not be the No. 1 seed if we were in the same sub-section as Minnewaska Area. The 'Waska Lakers have yet to lose a match! But the Tigers have shown potential to seriously challenge the Lakers. We're the only team to have taken the Lakers to the full five games! Without a doubt there is potential for an upset. Maybe I wouldn't put my money on the Tigers. But there is potential. I personally know two of the team members.
The Tigers swept Monte Friday by these scores: 25-19, 25-14 and 25-20. What does the West Central Tribune report about this match? It has the scores. It's always nice to get more than that. The WC Trib gives stat details about the Montevideo Thunder Hawk players. As for MACA, the WC Trib has "stats not available."
Over a period of many years I was able to blog with a fair amount of details about MACA teams. Not only was info available from the WC Tribune, there was the very nice service provided by Brett Miller of kmrs-kkok. All of that is gone now. I lack access to timely info about the MACA volleyball team.
At least I can report on the Monte T-Hawks from Friday. I enjoy staying connected to high school sports. It's sad that I cannot report on my friends with the MACA volleyball team. Is it asking too much?

Taryn Stenson

Taryn Stenson had six serving aces for Monte against the Tigers. Janie Miller had three and Reagyn Glady two. Miller put up nine set assists and Stenson had four. Then we see these T-Hawks each with one: Jillian Magnuson, Anika Brown, Ellie Steinbach, Jenna Schultz and Cali Janke.
On to hitting: Here we see Magnuson clearly standing out with 15 kills. Megan Koosmann had three and Glady two. Miller performed two ace blocks while Magnuson and Schultz each had one. The digs list: Glady 20, Olivia Sachs 19, Anika Arends 12, Magnuson 6 and Payton Howell 5.
Is the kmrs-kkok site helping us out this morning? As I complete this first draft of the post, the answer is "no." Brett Miller is gone but we have DeeDee there.

Minnewaska 3, St. Cloud Cathedral 0
No surprise here: The high-flying Lakers of Minnewaska dominated St. Cloud Cathedral to begin what they hope is a quite extended run. Fans at Minnewaska enjoyed seeing their team take care of business by these scores: 25-14, 25-21 and 25-20. The Lakers now sport a 27-0 record! Fabulous.
All this excitement comes as the 'Waska school district readies for another referendum for $.
I am happy for the Lakers, football too. But I do not root for the referendum. No prediction here. But I will say this to the "vote no" crowd: Even if your side wins, expect the other side to scheme by lobbying the state so the system changes and these things don't have to go to a vote anymore. Hell, they'll just bypass public sentiment. Anything to just get the money! I think y'all know how it is.
School districts will never claim they have enough money. Here in Morris, it seems automatic for referendums to pass - it has been that way for years. I'm age 70 and I remember when the situation was the complete opposite: the 1960s.

Let's do a deep dive on 'Waska. So we see Eliana Marthaler and Emma Poegel each with three serving aces. Piper Barsness had two while Berlynn Green and Hallie Schulz each had one.

It was Schulz propelling the Lakers in the setting department with 33 assists. She was complemented by Barsness 2, Green 1, Marthaler 1 and Poegel 1.
Avery Lewison and Mya VanLuik supplied prime fuel in hitting, each with nine kills. Here's the rest of the list: Green 7, Taylor Schulz 6, H. Schulz 4, Marthaler 2 and Emma Hellermann 2.
In blocking we see Lewison, Hellermann and VanLuik each with an ace block, and Green with 1/2. The four leaders in digs: Poegel 17, Marthaler 10, Green 9 and Barsness 8.
A final reminder to the referendum skeptics in Minnewaska: You may win this time, but watch out for certain "tricks" that might be played down the road. Do schools ever have enough money? I think it's especially hard for the Minnewaska school to get true community support because the school does not represent a community, it represents a lake! And I heard long ago that lakeshore property owners get screwed in matters like this. Also remember: "Figures lie and liars figure."