Larea Kram performed 16 set assists. Maybe that really is the correct spelling of her first name. It's spelled "Larae" on the Maxpreps roster page. The Willmar paper persistently spells it "Larea." So I'll shrug and go with it. Liz Dietz had nine set assists.
Two Tigers each chalked up three serving aces: Bailey Marty and Riley Decker. Kenzie Stahlman batted two serving aces. Here's another spelling issue. On Maxpreps this Tiger's last name is spelled "Stahman." But repeatedly it has been spelled "Stahlman" after both home and away matches. I am tired of writing "corrections" about this. I'll go with how the local press handles it. Dietz achieved two serving aces in the Tuesday win. Kenzie Hockel and LeAndra Horman each had one serving ace.
The "Horman" name is spelled "Hormann" on Maxpreps. But again, I have seen the one "n" version repeatedly in the area's print media. I have seen the Willmar paper spelling carry over to the Morris paper's website. I assume the Morris paper just "pirates" the Willmar material much of the time. It's not really piracy because the two papers have the same owner. When I was at the Morris paper, we always had an exclusive with my coverage. I'd like to think that coverage was more dynamic. Times change though.
Yes, looking back
I did lots of writing with a promotional flair for the "new" Prairie Pioneer Days many years ago. I interviewed Catherine Huebner in that process. We thought it was such a big deal for Morris to get its own bona fide summer community festival. Prairie Pioneer Days carried on from the previous Fall Festival which had a limited scope - a fall event by necessity is going to be smaller because we cannot count on ideal weather.
So what has happened now? I guess the longstanding PPD is gone with the wind. Is our community experiencing spasms of decline? We all must wonder. I talked with a city council person who is especially concerned about how the Chamber of Commerce is going to be perceived after all this. It's the Chamber's decision to abandon summer, apparently on the belief that too many people are "gone" to places like the lake. But this is nothing new, is it?
In fact, if there's a perception of Morris being too "slow" in summer, what better reason to have a festival like PPD to liven things up? That's exactly the reasoning of my city council friend. I suggested that other interests might step forward to fill the summer void now. I have heard the suggestion for a bluegrass music fest. Nice idea, but my friend is concerned about interests other than the Chamber being in charge. He feels it's important for the Chamber per se to make a statement about this. It represents the Morris business community after all.
I hope Morris is not passive in accepting this new decision, that voices will be heard to put the brakes on it. Alas, there tends to be too much apathy in Morris for people to really dig in, eh?
Spikes add to winning mix
Lexi Pew pounded nine kills in the sweep of ACGC. Hockel had seven kills and Sophie Carlson had six. The Maxpreps roster has Sophie's last name spelled as "Carlsen." Is it possible that the Maxpreps spellings are all cockeyed? I'm puzzled. I do know that sports parents considered proper spelling important when I was at the Morris Sun Tribune. The paper of today is hardly a shadow of what it was when I was there. Does this decline parallel the situation we're seeing with Prairie Pioneer Days? Are we becoming a whistle stop type of town? Does anyone care?
Marty pounded five kills at the Falcons and Jen Solvie had three. Hockel, Pew and Carlson each had one ace block. The digs category saw Marty and Decker each with eleven. Kram had seven digs while Dietz and Hockel each had six.
You know what? Even with pretty powerful reading glasses, I sometimes have trouble reading the fine print stats/boxscore material in the Willmar paper. One of these years I might not be able to handle it any more, sorry. The type is small because of the limited space available in the print product. There is no such limitation online. I was amused in the early days of the Internet reading a commentary about how some newspapers continued using some awkward abbreviations even when putting material online!
ACGC's Shayna Hobson had two serving aces against the Tigers. Rachel Wilner had eleven set assists. Lindsey Minnick led the Falcons in kills with five. Hobson went up to perform three ace blocks. Jeana Denton performed nine digs.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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