What an exhibition of stellar play by Kannegiesser: ten 3-pointers! He was a complementary player too as he racked up five assists. When Noah wasn't busy burning the nets, Bennett Nienhaus had impact as this Owl scored 17 points. Kannegiesser and Nienhaus scored all but seven of the Owls' points. Daniel Milander scored three points while Connor Reese and Peyton Rohloff each scored two.
Kannegiesser with his ten 3's was followed in that department by Nienhaus with three and Milander with one. Rebound leaders were Rohloff with nine and Kannegiesser with six. These three Owls each had a steal: Nienhaus, Milander and Koehl. Hancock was up 42-34 at halftime.
The visiting Saints of KMS had four players score in double figures: Weston Gjerde (15), Josh Peterson (13), Ethan Hauge (12) and Regan Carlson (11). Brandon Rasmusson scored five points and Noah Thorson two.
Unfortunately there's another problem with info in the Willmar paper. Those individual KMS totals add up to 58 points, not 68. It's unfortunate how often this happens.
To resume: KMS was pretty proficient from long range with four players hitting 3's: Gjerde and Carlson each with two and Hauge and Rasmusson each with one. Hauge snared five rebounds to lead. Rasmusson and Gjerde each had five assists. Three Saints each had two steals: Isaac Call, Gjerde and Carlson.
The Owls entered the weekend with a sterling 20-2 record. Terrific memories are being made, certainly. All that's missing is the electric guitar music of the late Roger Clarke's son!
Hancock girls: Owls 39, Brandon-Evansville 29
The game had quite a low-scoring complexion when the Owls took the court to play Brandon-Evansville in GBB action. The Owls scored 39 points but that was enough to win. The defense came to the forefront in this game with a 39-29 final score.
Fans at the home gym enjoyed on Thursday, Feb. 22. The win was No. 13 for the HHS crew. The halftime score was 23-17 with the Owls up. B-E is having a .500 type of campaign.
Lexi Staples topped the Owls' scoring list with 13 points. Here's the rest of the list: Tess Steiner (8), Haley Mattson (6), Ashlyn Mattson (5), Rylee Hanson (3) and Morgan Kisgen (3).
These totals from the Willmar paper add up to 38 points, not 39.
Ashlyn Mattson and Staples each made a three-pointer. Ashlyn with her ten rebounds led in that category. Steiner was the top assist producer with four. Plus, she led in steals with four. None of the B-E Chargers scored in double figures. Here's their list: Sara Jacobson (7), Madison Quinn (7), Allie Satterlee (6), Megan Lauthen (3), Kristin Kokett (2) and Mikenra Pattrin (4). Jacobson had the Chargers' only '3'.
MACA boys: Tigers 62, Benson 38
Benson didn't put up much of a challenge against the MACA Tigers in Thursday BBB play. The orange and black shot out to a 32-18 lead by halftime. Then the Tigers outscored the Braves by ten in the second half, 30-20, so the game's final score was 62-38. The action was here in Motown.
My, Benson is having a winless campaign. It seems in general, Benson has had tough sledding in sports over the recent past. We hope they can right their ship a little. As for our Tigers, the won-lost mark is 11-13, not quite as good as what fans would like.
We had three players in double figures scoring: Camden Arndt (13), Jackson Loge (11) and Tate Nelson (10). Jaret Johnson scored six points followed by Connor Koebernick and Chandler Vogel each with five. Kyle Staebler and Kevin Asfeld each put in four points. Wrapping up the list are Tyler Reimers and Judah Malek each with two. Nelson and Johnson each made two 3-pointers while Koebernick made one.
Loge snared seven rebounds to lead. Arndt and Vogel each dished out four assists. Arndt and Nelson each had four steals.
The Benson scoring list was topped by Austin Ose and his 13 points. Sam Lundebrek scored eight points followed by Eric Hoium and Hunter Gonnerman each with six. Matt Goossen scored three points, and Jonas Habben and Kaden Schmidt had one each. Goossen made the only 3-pointer for the Braves. Lundebrek was tops in rebounds with five. Devon Liles had Benson's only assist. Ose and Gonnerman each stole the ball twice.
Click on the link below to read about the MACA boys' loss to Sisseton on Feb. 19. This post also covers the Hancock girls' win over Rothsay. The post is on my companion website, "Morris of Course." - Thanks for reading.
What about school safety?
The media are full of talk about preventing school violence. Good causes are easy to pinpoint. Solutions get awfully complicated and nuanced. Kids can make outlandish statements because, well, they're kids. We intervene with the proper resources. Make counselors and psychologists available. But where do we draw the line for pulling kids away from the flock and isolating them, so as to not risk a terrible incident?
Hindsight is so easy as with the Florida madman (or kid) who went on his rampage. But law enforcement people will say that kids with issues are common, kids who might be said to be threatening. But what ones are truly threatening? What ones are just blowing off steam or venting because of the anxieties of youth/adolescence.
I will predict tight now that a large number of kids who are basically innocent are going to be caught in the web of a crackdown. That's what always happens with these crackdowns as with child molestation in the early 1980s or the current situation with elder abuse. Cases where guilt is clear must be aggressively addressed. But of course there are other cases in a gray area or where innocence can be easily pronounced. TV documentaries have been done about the innocent people caught in the web of the molestation thrust. Elderly people present a number of issues that are difficult to judge. Heaven help us if we think we can set some sort of standard of perfection for nursing homes. What about drugs that are administered just to make certain seniors easier to manage? Is that practical or ethical? See the issues we get into?
What about kids who say silly, impulsive things but who do not intend to do anything bad? Some of these kids, if treated harshly, could have the whole future course of their lives altered.
Teachers with guns? Forget it. We now hear there was more than one deputy in Florida that stayed outside the school during the carnage. Was it an easy solution for all those law enforcement dudes to race into the building with guns brandished? I would suggest that the more guns that are present, the more risks. The shooter is not going to cooperate in getting shot.
The AR-15 simply has to be banned. The deputies had inferior firepower.
I'll repeat my suggestion from earlier: let kids age 15 and older just do their studies from home, using the Internet.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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