Maddie Carrington and Riley Decker were sharpshooters from long range in an MACA victory on the first day of the month. Those 3's were a chief weapon as MACA downed Montevideo at home. Carrington and Decker each made four 3-pointers and Liz Dietz added one.
The barrage was part of this 59-45 win to delight the home fans. We owned a ten-point lead at halftime, 30-20. We entered the weekend with a 12-8 won-lost record. Monte languished with a 4-13 mark.
Our scoring was balanced in a satisfying way. Unfortunately the individual scoring totals in the Willmar newspaper are too generous, as they add up to 64 points when we scored 59. We can live with a little excess I guess. I typed the following paragraph based on the Willmar info. Maybe I should give up doing this. Oh, and the discrepancy is also seen on the Stevens County Times website.
Our four double figures scorers were Carrington (16 points), Decker (15), Dietz (12) and Malory Anderson (11). Adding to the scoring were Emma Bowman (5), Carly Wohlers (3) and Jenna Howden (2). Post standout Anderson led in rebounds with ten followed by Dietz with seven. Anderson showed sharp passing to rack up five assists. She also led in steals with five followed by Carrington with four.
The T-Hawks had two players score in double digits: Sydney Zindel (12) and Emmy Enevoldsen (10). Also scoring were Kamren Saue (6), Greta Rongstad (4), Madalyn Killbarda (3), Livia Gades (3), Molly Reeves (2), Kari Fragodt (2), Tegan Marty (2) and Jasmyn Kronback (1). Monte made no three-pointers.
Boys: Minnewaska 59, Tigers 47
Our MACA boys slid to 9-9 in W/L with a Friday night setback versus conference foe Minnewaska Area. We got down by ten points at halftime, 28-18. 'Waska outscored us by two in the second half, 31-29. So the final score was 59-47 with the visiting Lakers having garnered their 13th win against five losses.
Jackson Johnsrud made three 3-pointers for the Lakers. Ryan Christianson and Matt Gruber each made one '3'. Johnsrud's 3's helped make him co-leader in 'Waska's scoring with 16 points. Gruber also poured in 16 points. Garrett Jensen stoked the surging Lakers with 12 points. Jaeger Jergenson had four points and Ryan Christianson three. Hey, that's only 51 points and 'Waska scored 59! The info is in the very fallible West Central Tribune, sorry.
Gruber got ahold of six rebounds. He and Jensen each dished out four assists, and Jensen had four steals.
The Tigers' Jaret Johnson made two 3-pointers and topped the scoring list with 20 points. Camden Arndt and Tate Nelson each made one '3'. Arndt's point total was ten. Also contributing points were Connor Koebernick (8), Nelson (4), Jackson Loge (3) and Kyle Staebler (2). Loge stretched out to get seven rebounds while Johnson had six. Koebernick with his five assists led there, while Johnson had five steals followed by Koebernick with four.
Boys hockey: Storm 7, Red Lake Falls 0
Our Lee Center was the focus for prep hockey on Friday. Indeed, "hockey night in Morris!" Not only that, it was a winning night for our Morris-Benson Storm. Zach Bruns thrilled fans with his hat trick in a 7-0 triumph. Chase Engebretson wore the goalie gear and he turned back all 12 shots by the opposition.
Our scoring was steady: two goals in the first period, three in the second and two in the third. It was a night for Storm fans to cheer in robust fashion. Bruns got the MBA scoring going with an assist from Kolby Goff. Matthew Tolifson scored our other first period goal unassisted at 5:46.
It was Goff scoring the first of our three second period goals. Jack Riley assisted. Then Bruns put the puck in the net at 7:19 with assists from Goff and Riley. Mike Halvorson notched a goal with an assist from Riley at 9:38.
Bruns completed his hat trick with a goal at 5:31 of the third period, assisted by Michael Ruona and Goff. Kellen Erdahl wrapped up our night's scoring with a goal at 16:06, assisted by Erdahl.
Engebretson's goalie opponent was Brendon Larson who stopped 39 of 46 shots.
Hancock boys: Owls 77, Ortonville 65
We knew this was coming: Noah Kannegiesser making an assault on the HHS scoring record. Friday (2/2) saw him make strides toward that again. The super Owl scored 26 points, leaving him just six points short of the record. Bennett Nienhaus was a force too, putting in 18 points.
The Owls soared to a 77-65 win over the Trojans of Ortonville at Ortonville. Hancock owns a sterling 15-1 record. Kannegiesser made two 3-point shots but was outdone by Nienhaus in this category, as Nienhaus made four. Connor Reese and Cole Reese each made two 3's. Daniel Milander succeeded once from long range.
Cole Reese and Connor Reese scored 12 and 10 points, respectively. Kaleb Koehl came through with eight points. Milander added three. Koehl topped the rebound list with nine followed by Nienhaus and Connor Reese each with six. Cole Reese dished out five assists to lead. Kannegiesser and Connor Reese each contributed four assists. Kannegiesser and Milander each had two steals.
The Owls were one point down at halftime, 36-35, then surged to outscore the Trojans 42-29 in the second half, surely putting a smile on coach Cory Bedel's face.
Davante Edwards won raves for Ortonville with his 24 points scored. Three Trojans each scored 13 points: Tyson Powell, Peter Treinen and Caden Wellnitz. Nathan Strong scored two. Wellnitz made three 3-pointers and Treinen made two.
Let's make way for Noah Kannegiesser standing atop the Owl career scoring list!
Hancock girls: Owls 53, Ortonville 52
The Hancock girls won a squeaker at home over Ortonville on Thursday. The Owls built a lead of six at halftime, 31-25, and then hung on through the second half to prevail over the Trojans. The final score: 53-52.
Each team came out of the night with nine wins on the season. Tess Steiner with 20 points was one of three Owls scoring in double figures. Ashlyn Mattson scored 15 points and Lexi Staples put in ten. Morgan Kisgen contributed four points while Haley Mattson and Taylor Wilson each had two. Ashlyn Mattson connected twice from three-point range. Staples made one long-ranger. Steiner and Ashlyn Mattson each grabbed seven rebounds. Tess Steiner dished out four assists. Tess was tops in steals with eight followed by Ashlyn Mattson with six.
For Ortonville, Jaiden Conroy was a force with four 3-pointers which helped put her atop the scoring list with 23 points. Tyler Peters made two 3's for the Trojans. Madysen Stegner scored 13 points and Peters had ten. Three Trojans each put in two points: Megan Radermacher, Samantha Eerickson and Allison Plathe.
The Stupid Bowl?
The Super Bowl is tomorrow (Sunday). All intelligent people in the media who engage in fun banter about this occasion, actually know better. They do it in a pained way because it's an old habit. Also, their audiences expect it. They know down deep that football is a dangerous and unacceptable sport. It's hard for that sense to come out in the forefront, when people like Chris Matthews can't help but smile and issue some supportive words for his Philadelphia Eagles. Would he want his own sons to play football?
Slowly the skeptical feelings are advancing so they can be expressed without too much fear of pushback. Recently I read about how the sport's observers feel that any day, a district attorney somewhere is going to press charges against parents who have a son hurt badly. It will be a "test case" at the start, sort of like a shot across the bow.
The effects of football can take years to surface. Parents who enjoy the transitory thrills of their sons in football, neglecting the long-term consequences, need to reach deep into their conscience. Super Bowl in Minneapolis? I could not care less.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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