The Tigers handled the Streeters of Sauk Centre in sweep fashion. The scores were 25-16, 25-19 and 25-23 in this September 19 road match.
Karly Fehr and Riley Decker each had two serving aces. Fehr was proficient as always in setting, coming through with 44 set assists. Bailey Marty and Decker each had one assist. Jenna Howden was mighty proficient in hitting, coming at the Streeters with 25 kills. Marty had a kill total of eight. Jenna Larsen pounded seven kills, and the list continues with Lexi Pew (5), Kenzie Hockel (3) and Fehr (2).
Howden executed two ace blocks and Pew had one. Decker topped the digs list with her 37. Fehr dug up the ball ten times. Marty had eight digs, Larsen six and Howden five.
Click on the link below to read about the MACA football game against ACGC. It was a big night for Camden Arndt at Big Cat. ACGC prevailed by one point. This post is on my companion website, "Morris of Course." Thanks for reading. - B.W.
Tennis: Montevideo 6, Tigers 1
Ryanne Long got the win for MACA tennis in a 1-6 setback. Long defeated Julia Hamann of the Monte Thunder Hawks 6-3 and 6-0.
Lea Asmus was the first singles Tiger and she was defeated by Kori Douglas 3-6 and 1-6. Lilly Swanson took the second set vs. Alissa Eickhoff at second singles, 6-2, but couldn't duplicate that success in the other two sets which had outcomes of 0-6 and 3-10. Hannah Watzke was the third singles Tiger and she bowed vs. Lauren Kluver, 1-6 and 3-6. Long was the fourth singles Tiger and showed the winning flourish.
On to doubles: here it was Abbigail Athey and Greta Hentges getting defeated by Erica Loose and Andrea Loose, 3-6 and 3-6. Lahia Manska and Katie Messner were dealt 1-6 set outcomes by Elizabeth Padula and Hannah Cushing of the T-Hawks. Halley Jackson and Lexi Gomer were on the short end vs. Taylor Knutson and Emily Brace at third doubles, 0-6 and 0-6.
Tennis: Monte 7, Tigers 0
The home courts were the site for this tennis dual against Montevideo. Lea Asmus wielded the racket for MACA at first singles. She was outdone by Kori Douglas of the T-Hawks, 2-6 and 3-6. Monte took the match 7-0.
I covered MACA tennis for a long time at the paper, and I recall feeling discouraged at sweep losses that seemed to happen too often.
Lilly Swanson was the second singles Tiger and she fell vs. Susie Wamstad, 2-6 and 5-7. Hannah Watzke wielded the racket at third singles and she was defeated by Alissa Eickhoff, 1-6 and 4-6. Ryanne Long was on the short end against Lauren Kluver at fourth singles, 0-6 and 5-7. At first doubles it was Abbigail Athey and Greta Hentges representing the orange and black, and this pair bowed vs. Erica Loose and Andrea Loose, 5-7 and 4-6. At second doubles it was Lahia Manska and Katie Messner vying against Elizabeth Padula and Hannah Cushing of the T-Hawks, and the outcome was 2-6 and 0-6.
Halley Jackson and Lexi Gomer vied at third doubles and they bowed vs. Taylor Knutson and Emily Brace, 0-6 and 1-6.
A little puzzled
Out of simple curiosity I sometimes check the Morris newspaper website. The management there was really talking big about the things to be accomplished there, at the time I departed. Things were changing at the paper so fast, it was dizzying. That degree of chaos, in and of itself, signaled that bad things were likely to happen.
The print edition of the paper has gone through shrinkage that exceeds even my most bleak expectations. We won't be able to consume details about the football game vs. ACGC until Saturday, by which time the Tigers will have played their next game. As for the website, I have noticed the last couple weeks that the paper has token coverage of football: 2-3 sentences maybe. I noticed a photo from the ACGC game, and you can click on the side to see a second photo, so that's fine. I'm wondering why the paper can't copy and paste the West Central Tribune coverage of the game and put it there. A possible answer is that the paper doesn't want to "give away" too much coverage on its site. Web-based coverage cannot really be monetized, and the Sun Tribune is a private business motivated by profit.
A decade ago I heard talk about ads being placed on the website. I don't think that has been developed to an appreciable degree. In fact that's probably an understatement. Remember that whatever the Morris paper does, it has to be justified by the bottom line. The paper isn't motivated by some benevolent desire to serve the public. Serving the public is incidental.
You can go and read about the most recent Tiger football game on a site where money is not a factor, and that is my "Morris of Course" blog where I have extensively covered the last two games. I may cover some games on this site which is my primary one: "I Love Morris." We love Morris and our extracurricular activities. I don't love our administration (or school board?) which is putting this referendum in front of us.
It is fundamentally unacceptable to use the referendum tool to get money for essential maintenance. Referendums are for things that are new and extra, and we oftentimes look favorably on such things.
I asked a retired teacher about the referendum the other day. He shrugged in effect and said "well, I guess the work has to be done."
Of course it has to be done. It should have been done over the summer. It should have been done quietly to protect the image and the PR interests of the district. That notorious referendum pamphlet that was put out by the school, is a tremendous black eye for our school system: an admission of shortcomings that could even have health consequences for our students. Now the district figuratively speaking has a gun pointed to our head, saying we must pass the referendum to do this essential work.
We may rue the day we allowed our school campus to become so vast and sprawling. We don't think enough about the maintenance costs when we create new assets. The new assets seem wonderful on paper. But they are accompanied by huge responsibility. Is our school space excessive? I think it is. I have written before about a past "trendy" thing in education where new schools were built with huge commons areas, such things as gyms, auditoriums and expansive cafeterias. I have thought that such huge spaces like the gym at Lac qui Parle (where you get to the top and then find another gym space) are built to "wow" the public, to show "what their money bought." But if it's excessive, it can be problematic. We very clearly have excessive gym space in Morris. The concert hall can be jaw-dropping when you see it the first time, but have you noticed how a small audience can seem really, depressingly small there? An extra aisle would seem to be needed.
I wouldn't promote such a fuss about all this, were it not for the current scheming whereby our school administration (and board?) is seeking "extra" funds from the public, squeezing the public as it were, to pay for essential maintenance. It's a terrible precedent. The administration needs to pull strings to get the funds without the referendum. The cost estimate for the work to be done would seem excessive. Give any of these public entities a chance to get a little more from the trough, and they will.
I hope the school referendum does not dampen the enthusiasm for the expected upcoming public library referendum. I would vote "yes" on a library referendum even without researching it because I totally trust the library people. My feelings about the school people are quite the opposite. Be sure to press "Sick Rick" on what the heck is going on.
I theorize that we will see a future trend with schools where they will be built by the opposite criteria of today: they will be built as relatively small, tidy structures that simply get the job done for helping kids master the three R's. They could blend into neighborhoods. They wouldn't loom on the edge of town, looking like prisons. Why did we get into this?
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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