Their most recent success was Tuesday at Barrett. Barrett is of course home to the West Central Area Knights. And the Lakers were able to take care of business in the minimum three games. The Lakers swept the Knights 25-22, 25-11 and 25-18. Now they're ranked sixth in Minnesota AA.
They may face an obstacle in our Tigers of MACA. MACA is the only team to take the Lakers to the full five games. I haven't been to an MACA match but I know our Tigers have height as an attribute. One of these tall girls is my next-door neighbor. The other one I have come to know at DeToy's Restaurant. Actually both of them put in weekend hours at DeToy's. We're talking about Addie Cihak and Morgan Harstad.
I have been writing about Minnewaska regularly this fall as if they were my "home" team. It's not hard for me to have that attitude about them. Actually the reason for this is that I have access to timely match details for 'Waska but I do not for my own MACA Tigers. And I bemoan that very much. But I make lemonade out of lemons by "adopting" the very talented Minnewaska Area Lakers.
Well it's Wednesday morning on this day when signs of fall are surely advancing. A very gray morning this morning, you might say dreary. But let's try making lemonade. I strive to do that even with the dark clouds hanging over this nation with the government shutdown.
How can the Federal government shed so many employees without having it affect us in a damaging way? The shutdown rolls on. A big Republican leader is John Thune from right next to us in South Dakota. Interesting how Minnesota can be such a blue state and South Dakota is totally contrary. And here in West Central Minnesota, it seems we really blend in with the flat-Earthers of the Dakotas.
I fear we may be on the verge of seeing really bad things happen as a result of the prolonged shutdown. Actually what I fear most is a surprising new burst of inflation due to the Federal Reserve "cutting rates" over and over under the great pressure from DJT. The president is supposed to leave the Federal Reserve alone. DJT breaks rules and norms all over the place.
If the USA literally collapses, will y'all have misgivings about how you let the GOP have so much power? I have had a fundamental respect toward Republicans all my life, but today's Republicans are not the conservatives of old. They are radical and dangerous and built on the aspirations of one man who reportedly shits in his pants, and who has been found responsible for sexual assault. His supporters don't care about any of that, so why would we think they'd care about what's in the "Epstein files?" All they have to do is call it a "hoax." What does all this say about our educational system in America?
Let's move on to a review of the 'Waska Lakers' most recent success.
Minnewaska 3, West Central Area 0
Two of the Lakers came through with three serving aces against the Knights. These were Avery Lewison and Berlynn Green. Eliana Marthaler had two and Emma Poegel one.
Haillie Schulz is the Lakers' cog in setting and on this night she put up 27 assists. Kyra Nelson had two and these Lakers one each: Green, Marthaler, Poegel and Mya VanLuik.
The crowd-pleasing hitting category saw Green at the fore with 11 kills. Here's the rest of the list: Lewison 8, Emma Hellerman 6, VanLuik 4, Schulz 2, Marsthaler 1, Michela Johnson 1, Piper Barsness 1 and Taylor Schulz 1.
On to ace blocks: VanLuik 3, Hellermann 2 1/2, Lewison 1 1/2, H. Schulz 1 and Green 1. Poegel led in digs with ten followed by Barsness 9, Green 7 and Marthaler 5.
What a sterling W/L record the Lakers own with the tournament so near. It is 21-0! All the success coincides with the referendum talk in the Minnewaska school district. I heard many years ago that lakeshore property owners get a little excited about these, like maybe these people carry too much of the burden. I'd be surprised if a referendum ever passed easily in Minnewaska Area. Things might go better if they had a "Glenwood High School" instead of "Minnewaska Area High School."
Does anyone care much about the old Glenwood-Starbuck rivalry or schism anymore? Or is that seen as petty and dated now? I remember a friend saying back when Minnewaska was being planned, that it was a case of "the tail wagging the dog." In other words, Starbuck had too much power. I know a lot of people saw it that way.
Who cares any more about the "power" of one community vs. the other? Seems depressing.
"Minnewaska" is not a town or community, it is a lake.
Tigers 3, Montevideo 0
Yes those Tigers of MACA where I live have shown they can challenge the 'Waska Lakers. A post-season showdown would be most interesting. I would not attend a match unless I was with someone. A 70-year-old man with white hair sitting alone would not be cool IMHO.
We can congratulate the Tigers on their 3-0 win over Montevideo Tuesday. The success ended our regular season. The West Central Tribune of Willmar is nice enough to inform us that Janie Miller of Monte led the squad in hitting with ten kills and two ace blocks. Also, Raegyn Glady had 14 digs and two ace serves for the T-Hawks. But the West Central Tribune does not report any details about MACA. What jerks.
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| Lewison with eight kills |
Two of the Lakers came through with three serving aces against the Knights. These were Avery Lewison and Berlynn Green. Eliana Marthaler had two and Emma Poegel one.
Haillie Schulz is the Lakers' cog in setting and on this night she put up 27 assists. Kyra Nelson had two and these Lakers one each: Green, Marthaler, Poegel and Mya VanLuik.
The crowd-pleasing hitting category saw Green at the fore with 11 kills. Here's the rest of the list: Lewison 8, Emma Hellerman 6, VanLuik 4, Schulz 2, Marsthaler 1, Michela Johnson 1, Piper Barsness 1 and Taylor Schulz 1.
On to ace blocks: VanLuik 3, Hellermann 2 1/2, Lewison 1 1/2, H. Schulz 1 and Green 1. Poegel led in digs with ten followed by Barsness 9, Green 7 and Marthaler 5.
What a sterling W/L record the Lakers own with the tournament so near. It is 21-0! All the success coincides with the referendum talk in the Minnewaska school district. I heard many years ago that lakeshore property owners get a little excited about these, like maybe these people carry too much of the burden. I'd be surprised if a referendum ever passed easily in Minnewaska Area. Things might go better if they had a "Glenwood High School" instead of "Minnewaska Area High School."
Does anyone care much about the old Glenwood-Starbuck rivalry or schism anymore? Or is that seen as petty and dated now? I remember a friend saying back when Minnewaska was being planned, that it was a case of "the tail wagging the dog." In other words, Starbuck had too much power. I know a lot of people saw it that way.
Who cares any more about the "power" of one community vs. the other? Seems depressing.
"Minnewaska" is not a town or community, it is a lake.
Tigers 3, Montevideo 0
Yes those Tigers of MACA where I live have shown they can challenge the 'Waska Lakers. A post-season showdown would be most interesting. I would not attend a match unless I was with someone. A 70-year-old man with white hair sitting alone would not be cool IMHO.
We can congratulate the Tigers on their 3-0 win over Montevideo Tuesday. The success ended our regular season. The West Central Tribune of Willmar is nice enough to inform us that Janie Miller of Monte led the squad in hitting with ten kills and two ace blocks. Also, Raegyn Glady had 14 digs and two ace serves for the T-Hawks. But the West Central Tribune does not report any details about MACA. What jerks.
We do get the scores: 25-23, 25-21 and 25-17. You can see that Monte could put up a challenge.
I just looked up the Tigers' W/L record on "Minnesota Scores" and it's 12-9. I thought it would be better than that. But, keep the faith! And I'll repeat that the Lakers are a world-beating 21-0! You might think they can roll past our Tigers. But as ESPN sports personality Chris Berman is known to say, "that's why they play the game."
UMM Cougars 3, St. Scholastica 2
I learned a new term from the UMN-Morris sports website just now: "reverse sweep." That's how the UMM volleyball team won on Saturday here. I'm pleased to say I attended for much of the match. I will repeat: UMM volleyball is the best-kept entertainment secret in Morris. I have seen no admission being charged.
I'm proud to say I was present but I did not stay through the end, sorry. I left when the outlook didn't look that great. It seemed St. Scholastica had the advantage. But no! Our Cougars surged to thrill the home crowd and notch the win. Super! Here are the scores: 22-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-15 and 15-8.
The success pushed our W/L to over .500 at 9-8.
Mary Cate Ziembiec had 21 kills, one serving ace and one block. Anna Molstad had 12 kills and one block. Tori Scheler had six kills and one block. Ella Johnson had six kills, two aces and one block.
It is Wednesday morning so that means I have been "fueled" by the Wednesday morning breakfast special at DeToy's: biscuits and gravy! I dine at DeToy's twice on Wednesday.
I encourage y'all to attend a UMM volleyball match at Cougar Sports Center.
I just looked up the Tigers' W/L record on "Minnesota Scores" and it's 12-9. I thought it would be better than that. But, keep the faith! And I'll repeat that the Lakers are a world-beating 21-0! You might think they can roll past our Tigers. But as ESPN sports personality Chris Berman is known to say, "that's why they play the game."
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| Mary Cate Ziembiec |
I learned a new term from the UMN-Morris sports website just now: "reverse sweep." That's how the UMM volleyball team won on Saturday here. I'm pleased to say I attended for much of the match. I will repeat: UMM volleyball is the best-kept entertainment secret in Morris. I have seen no admission being charged.
I'm proud to say I was present but I did not stay through the end, sorry. I left when the outlook didn't look that great. It seemed St. Scholastica had the advantage. But no! Our Cougars surged to thrill the home crowd and notch the win. Super! Here are the scores: 22-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-15 and 15-8.
The success pushed our W/L to over .500 at 9-8.
Mary Cate Ziembiec had 21 kills, one serving ace and one block. Anna Molstad had 12 kills and one block. Tori Scheler had six kills and one block. Ella Johnson had six kills, two aces and one block.
It is Wednesday morning so that means I have been "fueled" by the Wednesday morning breakfast special at DeToy's: biscuits and gravy! I dine at DeToy's twice on Wednesday.
I encourage y'all to attend a UMM volleyball match at Cougar Sports Center.
Addendum: I encourage you to look at my post on "Morris of Course" about the very exciting UMN-Morris football win Saturday. It was way down in Missouri! Kind of a fur piece away, n'est-ce pas? Such is the nature of athletics nowadays. The Cougars won with a walk-off field goal as time expired. This was over Westminster College of Fulton MO. Never heard ot it? You're forgiven. In my post I give background about the school, how it was the site for a Winston Churchill speech that gave us the term "Iron Curtain." Pretty fascinating. Here is the link to my post and God bless.
Addendum No. 2: I just learned significant news about our Morris, how our UMN-Morris chancellor is leaving in December! Actually these things happen very often. Thanks to Del Sarlette for sending me this "tip." I shot him a response:
I'm about to leave for DeToy's so I'll get in touch later as well. As far as Janet "Honey I Schrunk the Kids" Ericksen leaving, it is upsetting and disruptive, it has to be. Not sure I'll go out of my way to meet the next one, just like I never went out of my way for Cunningham. Never met her. I paid lots of attention to that Gabel person and then she left pretty pronto. I'm jaded. Amazing how the Morris paper misspelled Schrunk's name in the headline for her inauguration. I would have been tarred and feathered for doing that.
Yesterday I saw article about how Trump and his people are really clamping down on colleges with the woke tendencies, so they really mean business, Trump and Stephen Miller. Sounds like it isn't just talk.
So I would not be surprised to learn that UMM is in big trouble, mainly because the main U will not want Morris to drag down the whole system. Nothing is just "talk" with Donald Trump, so he's trying to get James Comey convicted etc.
News about Janet should be demoralizing here.
I had biscuits and gray this morning. God bless Karrie.
- BW
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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