But the "lifers" here are easily adaptable to full-fledged winter. This is what we most certainly have now. And we have basketball to help get us through it all. We juggle that interest with football. I'll be rooting for the SDSU Jackrabbits in football this coming Saturday. They're in the playoffs and they'll be taking on the Montana Grizzlies in big sky country of Montana. Jackrabbits against Grizzlies? Sounds like a mismatch. Just kidding.
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| Love those "Jacks" |
Do we have any real jackrabbits here in western Minnesota? I would guess they're a favored prey of coyotes. We have gotten alerts of late about coyotes in western Minnesota. And about a week ago I saw two or three of these animals walking along just behind the trees at the rear of my property. Word is, they don't attack people. But the word out of Breckenridge is that they aren't bashful at present. Is this why the City of Morris has been widening the open space on both sides of our biking/walking trail? To give you a head start in case you have to run? Am I kidding? Just to a degree maybe.
Tigers 83, NL-Spicer 51
Basketball is underway with the Tigers of MACA looking very impressive. "Tigers" is a properly intimidating nickname! Our opponents had a similar moniker: "Wildcats." So this was a matchup of the MACA Tigers and New London-Spicer Wildcats. The game was Tuesday night at New London. There we kept the home crowd subdued as we worked to an 83-51 victory.
Wow, more than just a win, a real "statement" win. Will this typify our 2025-26 season? I think that's the first time I have typed "26." I have to check to see if my hair is getting whiter.
What a twosome our Alex Asmus and Tyson Grove were. Asmus was in the zone offensively and was most "on" with his long-range shooting. Asmus and Grove are both guards who stand 6 feet-3. Ben Tiernan was a long-range shooting whiz also.
A miracle perhaps?
We might consider the following a miracle: the West Central Tribune has individual stats on the Tigers! I guess the odds are high for this when we play NL-Spicer. I wonder if the NL-Spicer coach supplied the information. If it was the MACA coach, it at least shows that the WC Trib is taking calls from MACA coaches.
Over the past few years we have been outside the WC Trib's coverage territory. I hope some Morris people have been confronting the Forum-owned WC Trib about this. I'd like to know the response they get. The Forum failed when it owned the Morris paper. A little sour grapes maybe? Don't you think Schweiter Chevrolet would like to get some eyeballs from Morris?
As of 11:30 a.m. Wednesday I see no updates on MACA sports on the radio station's website.
A big threesome
We see Alex Asmus with 28 points in the Tuesday win. Tyson Grove put in 18 points and Ben Tiernan 14. The other totals are more modest: Riley Asmus 5, Jonah Huebner 4, Jack Kehoe 4, Drake Asmus 2, Tanner Friesen 2 and Ian Grove 2.
Wait a minute! The individual totals as reported by the WC Trib add up to 79 points, not 83. Erratum. Maybe we should restrain our appreciation for the WC Trib at this point. It was a nice try. The bar was set high when I worked for the Morris newspaper, especially toward the end.
Alex attacked the Wildcats with five 3-pointers. Tiernan attacked with four. Tyson Grove had our other long-range make.
We missed seeing Riley's name in football! Well as everyone knows, this Tiger bypassed football in order to ensure he'd stay healthy for baseball where he has a scholarship. Can't fault the guy. Cross fingers, though, because injuries happen in basketball too! Riley pulled down four rebounds as did Huebner. Riley had two steals as did Huebner. Friesen and Huebner each blocked a shot.
The NL-Spicer scoring leader was a guy with a name familiar to Morrissites. That's the last name of Henjum. I don't know the exact connection if any. I went to high school with Brian Henjum. He's one of my favorite people. Grant Henjum scored 15 points on Tuesday. Zachary Lageson scored 12.
Lageson and Beckett Newman each made a 3-pointer. Henjum swept the boards for five rebounds. He also had a shot block. In steals, these four Wildcats each had one: Lageson, Liam Macik, Newman and Brecken Westby.
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| Pete Hegseth |
Well we're certainly into the heart of the Christmas season. We ought to feel it regardless of what the macro picture reveals for us. The most noteworthy quote in the national news the past few days has been: "Kill everybody!" That's from our defense secretary or as he is called now: department of war secretary. Such bloodlust now.
And Americans are approving? The Republican won in the Tennessee special election on Tuesday. And so America continues to mostly stand with Donald Trump. We're happy paying the substantially higher prices for everything thanks to the Trump tariffs. I don't sense any uproar against this. Maybe the most effective contrary gesture is the lawsuit launched by Costco. Costco is a lifesaver for the most economically challenged Americans.
Can Costco influence America's thinking about this? Can Trump's spell be broken? It hasn't been broken up to now. So what's the basis for optimism?
Stevens County has many churches where I'm sure the members voted 100 percent for Trump and would do so again. And these churches are supposed to represent the foundation of the Christian faith? Not for me they don't. Advent services are tonight (Wednesday).
"Kill everybody!" Pete Hegseth - former weekend morning host on "Fox and Friends."
How would Jesus view all this? Well maybe he'd be a "lib." How would Jesus react to Trump calling Somali immigrants "garbage?"
Oh it's Wednesday! Biscuits and gravy morning at DeToy's Restaurant! I'm afraid the many men who pile into the middle section of the place in the morning are not favorably disposed to the Democrats. Quite to the contrary. You'll hear no shortage of swear words among them. But the biscuits and gravy are to be recommended. - BW
