The February 16 contest saw Riley Decker score 15 points with all of them coming from three-point range. Yes, five successes by this Tiger from beyond the three-point line. Liz Dietz made two 3-pointers and Maddie Carrington made one.
It was anybody's ballgame all the way through as the margin was one point at halftime with Melrose up, 26-25. Then we found the momentum to outscore the Dutchmen 24-21 in second half play. Our attack had an iron man look as just five Tigers scored led by Decker and her 15 points. Dietz was No. 2 with her eleven points and Malory Anderson scored ten. Carrington had a point total of nine and Carly Wohlers had four.
Post player Anderson topped the rebound list with eight. Dietz and Jenna Howden each grabbed four rebounds. In assists it was Carrington and Decker leading, each with three. Decker had an aggressive stance on the court and stole the ball eight times. Carrington achieved three steals.
Let's take a look at the Melrose stats. Here we see just four players making the scoring list. Makayla Luetmer was in the groove to score 19 points. Cassie Klaphake poured in eleven. Then it was Mia Meyer with nine points and Ashley Rademacher with eight. Klaphake made two 3-pointers and Luetmer made one. We steamed out of this game with a 15-9 record while Melrose owned 13-11 numbers.
Some of my recent Tiger sports coverage has been on my companion website, "Morris of Course." Click on the link below to read about the MACA girls' 52-41 win over Sisseton SD. This post also reviews the boys' defeat vs. BOLD, 62-58. Also: the boys' win by three over New London-Spicer in overtime, 69-66. Thanks for reading. I started a second site so that none of my sites would get "clogged" with sports, though I surely enjoy writing about sports.
Boys: Sauk Centre 52, Tigers 50
The Sauk Centre court was the site for this Friday hoops action. Our Jaret Johnson led all scorers on the night with his 19 points. But it was the host Streeters coming out on top, led by the 1-2 punch of the Schirmers boys, Ryan and Casey.
The Schirmers boys came at the Tigers with a combined 30 points, Ryan with 16 and Casey with 14. The two were complemented by these Streeter mates: Cade Neubert (nine points), Alex Kowski (6), Matt Traeger (5) and Jacob Jennissen (3). Ryan Schirmers connected for three 3-pointers while Casey Schirmers made two. Traeger succeeded once from three-point range.
Jennissen and Neubert led in rebounds with eight and seven, respectively. Three Streeters each had two assists: Ryan Schirmers, Kowski and Neubert. Neubert had two steals. Sauk Centre led by four points at halftime, 30-26. The final score was 52-50.
Johnson with his 19 points for the Tigers was followed by these teammates: Tate Nelson (15), Jackson Loge (10), Connor Koebernick (4) and Camden Arndt (2). Nelson made four 3-pointers and Johnson made three. Our top three rebounders were Loge (7), Arndt (6) and Koebernick (5). Chandler Vogel and Kyle Staebler each had two assists. Koebernick and Loge each stole the ball three times.
Hancock boys: Owls 87, WHN 52
The reward was the Pheasant Conference title when the high-flying Owls downed Wheaton-Herman-Norcross on Friday. Noah Kannegiesser scored 29 points but he wasn't dominant as he sometimes is. Bennett Nienhaus came through with 27 points. The two Owls drained 13 three-pointers between them, Nienhaus having seven of those and Kannegiesser six.
Kannegiesser and Nienhaus were part of a big cast of scoring contributors for the Owls. Here's the rest of the list: Connor Reese (7), Daniel Milander (6), Jordan Peterson (4), Tyler Timmerman (4), Cole Reese (3), Mason Schmidgall (3), Peyton Rohloff (2) and Parker Schmidgall (2). Top rebounders were Peyton Rohloff with seven and Nienhaus with six. Kannegiesser with his eight assists topped that list, while Reese (first name not reported in Willmar paper) had four.
Kannegiesser is often a marquee scorer but the stats show him having impact in many ways like in steals where he had eight on Friday.
Hancock was in control at halftime, up 49-22. The Owls' win was their 19th against just two losses. WHN is having a struggling campaign.
The Warriors had just five players score led by Matthew Thielen with 20 points. He was followed by Nelson Schmidt (12), Zach Stueve (11), D. Fuentes (7) and Z. Braaten (2). (The latter two names had first initials only reported in the Willmar paper.) Thielen sank three shots from three-point range. Schmidt and Fuentes each made one '3.' The Owls' conference title is their first in 15 years.
Click on the link below to read about other recent Hancock hoops games, boys and girls. This post is on my companion website, "Morris of Course." Read about Noah Kannegiesser scoring 40 points in a win over Brandon-Evansville. He's now atop the career scoring list in Owl country.
The Trump mystique
The presidency of the U.S. is fundamentally about moral leadership. Don't we all think it's rather bizarre that we're bumbling along with Donald Trump as president with all the illogic and outlandish behavior? Don't we all hear a voice in the back of our head suggesting something is profoundly embarrassing?
I would like to assert that Trump succeeds because of a rare communications trait. Compare Trump to the several garden variety candidates who challenged him in the Republican primaries. Trump stood out, right? Was it because he actually seemed sharper? No. He stood out because he had a rare natural talent to connect with audiences. I might compare this ability to a German dictator of the mid-20th Century but that would be deemed extreme and unreasonable. In my own mind the connection is valid, even though we'd all like to doubt that Trump would lead our nation down the very same path.
Me, I don't rule out anything. But for the time being, let's just be concerned about Trump acting like a crazy uncle at times, causing embarrassment that we then try to tamp down or be in denial about. How much longer can we go on like this? A total economic collapse in the U.S. would change the equation. The Dow flip-flops like crazy, making us wonder. For the time being, we're whistling past the graveyard, n'est-ce pas?
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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