Boys take command in 64-47 hoops win

The Tigers play defense vs. the Falcons in the Friday game. The Tigers in the foreground are #10 Brody Bahr and #34 Logan Manska. The driving Falcon is #22 Dylan Hoerchler. (B.W. photos)
Austin Dierks uses his height to put up a shot over the ACGC defense. The Tigers won 64-47.
Brody Bahr swiftly advances the ball up the court during the win over Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City.

Fans flocked to our airy Morris Area High gym, where it might be fun sometime to test for an echo, to see more West Central-South Conference basketball. The boys of Morris Area Chokio Alberta hosted ACGC Friday. It was a night for the Tigers to shine.

The orange and black crew notched win No. 9 of the season overall, 64-47 over the Falcons. MACA led 23-15 at halftime.

The Tigers had a quite solid night shooting from long range. The numbers there were seven of 17, part of 27-for-60 overall field goal stats.

Jacob Torgerson and Logan Manska each made three 3-pointers. Tyler Henrichs made the other.

Austin Dierks with his 18 points was tops on that list. Manska's 3's helped build his total to 15. Jake Torgerson's 3's helped him get into double digits too, at 11 points scored.

From there the scoring list includes: Lincoln Berget (4), Chandler Erickson (4), Brody Bahr (3), Henrichs (3), Daniel Nelson (2), Tom Holland (2) and Riley Arndt (2).

The top ACGC scorers were Trevor Heining (17) and Jacob Belgum (16). Belgum made four 3-point shots.

The Tigers made three of ten freethrow shots.

Dierks cleaned the boards for six rebounds, leading the Tigers. Erickson led in assists with seven. Bahr topped the steal list with four.

The Tigers came out of the night with a 9-2 overall record and 3-0 in conference.

Girls basketball: loss to the Eagles

Jen Kack and her LQPV mates had too much firepower for the MACA girls on Tuesday, Jan. 10, here. This WCC-South game had a grim look for the Tigers as they went down to defeat 49-31.

Lac qui Parle Valley can boast of considerable success this winter. Their Tuesday win was their ninth overall and fifth in conference. The Tigers are languishing below .500.

Kack scored 14 points and accomplished a double-double with her eleven rebounds. She dished out six assists and had six steals, so she was a force all over the court.

The Eagles led 25-12 at halftime.

The Tigers struggled in long-range shooting, finding success on just two of 16 three-point tries. This hurt. Hats off to Katie Holzheimer who had both of the makes.

Holzheimer and Beth Holland both scored ten points to share team-best scoring honors. MaKenzie Smith scored four points and led in rebounds with nine. Smith had two assists as did Cassey Hickman.

Three Tigers each scored two points: Hickman, Holly Amundson and Nicole Strobel. Tracy Meischner scored one point.

The Tigers were 12 of 58 in total field goal shooting. In freethrows: five of 12.

Three Tigers each had three steals: Holland, Courtney Gades and Holzheimer.

- Brian Williams - morris mn Minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com