MACA volleyball kept rolling forward with a Thursday (9/7) win over BOLD. The Tigers' record is now 4-0. They did get dinged with a loss in one of the games. Here are the scores: 25-16, 25-14, 16-25 and 25-22. BOLD was the match host.
Jenna Howden zeroed in for three serving aces. Bailey Marty executed two serving aces. Karly Fehr and Jenna Larsen each had one. Fehr went to work performing 32 set assists. Larsen added one assist.
In kills it was Howden clearly setting the pace with her 20. Other Tigers with kills were: Marty (7), Fehr (6), Jen Solvie (3), Larsen (2) and Kenzi Hockel (1). Howden showed her prowess with six ace blocks. Fehr and Solvie each went up to perform two ace blocks, while Marty, Hockel and Larsen each blocked one. Riley Decker was the digging whiz with 34 digs. Marty had nine digs, Larsen had eight and Fehr came through with seven.
For BOLD, Taylor Sagedahl had the team-best in kills with 14. Ashley Trongard and Makayla Snow co-led the Warriors in ace blocks with three. Brenna Weis pleased the home fans with 25 digs. Snow contributed 17 set assists and Sagedahl had 15. Snow batted two serve aces.
Tigers 3, Benson 0
Fans at the home court enjoyed another of the Tigers' (frequent) sweeps on September 5. Coach Kristi Fehr had to be satisfied as she saw her orange and black show a balanced attack. The balance led to winning scores of 25-7, 25-8 and 25-14 over the Braves of Benson.
Balance was exhibited in hitting where these kill stats can be reported: Jenna Howden 7, Bailey Marty 6, Kenzie Hockel 3, Jen Solvie 3 and Jenna Larsen 2. Howden executed smoothly at the net with her three ace blocks. Karly Fehr and Larsen each blocked one.
Riley Decker showed a flourish with 13 digs, followed by Hockel (12), Marty (10) and Fehr (9). On to serving aces: Hockel (4), Marty (2) and Decker (1). Fehr put up 23 set assists while Decker had one.
For Benson, Courtney McNeill and Abbie Mitteness each had one serving ace. Mariah Arndt and McNeill led Benson in set assists with seven and six, respectively. Anna Gosson had four kills to lead. Lizzie Staton had one ace block. It's always reassuring to see the name "Staton" continue to be in Benson sports reports. I'm sure I covered some of the parents in my Sun Tribune and Hancock Record days. Leah Molden contributed 26 digs.
Cross country: meet at Appleton
I was surprised to see the MACA cross country team have another meet so soon after the Morris Invite on August 28. The runners' assignment on August 31 was to perform at Appleton, perhaps with a diminished gas tank. Oh, but youth can overcome that, right?
Lac qui Parle/Dawson-Boyd won the boys division in their own invitational. Our MACA Tigers placed third behind runner-up Benson-KMS. There were seven teams.
Keiser Freetly of LQPV-DB was first to the finish chute, time of 16:53.78. Jonathan Tostenson of Benson-KMS was second at 18:17.75. Two Morris Area Chokio Alberta runners achieved in the top five: Noah Stewart in third (time of 18:19.01) and Tate Nelson in fifth (18:30.56). Zeke Sather of LQPV-DB placed fourth (18:21.50). Joining Stewart and Nelson in the MACA arsenal were: Tyler Reimers (19:19.20), Bradley Rohloff (21:06.91), Solomon Johnson (20:01.83), Micah Aanerud (23:11.77) and Judah Malek (23:01.01).
On the girls' side, we notice the absence of Maddie Carrington. I'm wondering if she was given a rest for the meet so soon after the Morris race. If it's an injury issue then I'm quite disappointed. I'll have to ask grandpa Tom about this early some morning at DeToy's. The two of us get there shortly after 6 a.m. most mornings.
A different Carrington, Maddie's sister Meredith, finished in the top five. Her time was 17:42.53, good for fifth place. The other Tigers were Malory Anderson (18:02.16), Madelyn Siegel (18:56.32), Kaylie Raths (18:58.47) and Crystal Nohl (19:08.24). As in the season opener, we were reminded of quite the nemesis that LQPV-DB is. Jordyn Sterud of the Eagles was No. 1 with her time of 16:03.19, and the runner-up was teammate Isabel Schirm (16:29.59). No. 3 was Carissa Vanderwal of Ortonville (17:18.19), and No. 4 was Reegan Duininck of CMCS (17:38.87).
We were the runner-up team behind those Eagles. Montevideo was third, BOLD was fourth, Ortonville fifth, Benson-KMS sixth and YME seventh.
More re. the referendum
My previous post was about the upcoming referendum - what's the date for it? - that was puffed in a breathless, urgent way by that slick pamphlet with color photos that got sent around. I was surprised. I wasn't aware of any urgent issue that would require a referendum.
How much will the whole package cost? Is that figure in the "informational" pamphlet? I suspect that by law, the school cannot have any direct advocacy statements in such a flyer. However, they come so close as to be actually appearing to cross the line. An example: "Our students deserve a clean, safe and functional space to learn." Really?
The referendum appears like a gun pointed to our head, because of course the stated problems need to be solved. They should have been addressed all along through a regular part of the school's budget, right? But maybe the Morris Area school district is playing us for suckers. They know that in the recent past, it has been a slam-dunk for school-related referendums to pass. It's a cup of tea, right? Unless we start asking some hard questions.
We have voted yes to a school campus that increasingly appears rather monstrous. So if you're impressed by that sort of thing - large commons areas etc. - fine. But will trends change in education? Will it become fashionable for schools to be built as tidy, comparatively small structures that serve their purpose just fine? They could be tucked into neighborhoods instead of being out on the edge of town, often looking like prisons (like the KMS school, for example). The late Laura Carrington made the "prisons" comparison.
I consider our gym space to be excessive - I'm tempted to type "obscene." Do kids even need physical ed. class? If physical ed. classes are so effective, why do we see so many obese kids? Why do varsity sports teams have to travel so far so often? The late Les Lindor, chairman of our school board, was perplexed by this.
Now we have a referendum coming at us for what appears to be essential infrastructure expenses. The pamphlet is so graphic I might throw up. I'm not sure I'd want to set foot in our high school building. Is this trickery engineered by the superintendent? Maybe he has earned the nickname "Sick Rick" as he has been given by a regional blogger.
Addendum: Maybe you don't even know about the 1991 gym. It's way off on one end and you have to wind through hallways to find it.
-Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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