'Waska's fourth quarter score was accompanied by a most critical PAT play. Drew Nelson focused to attempt the point-after kick. It was good! That point made the difference as 'Waska won 7-6.
Focus on the passing game: Ryan Amundson passed for 108 yards for the Lakers, on eight of 18 in completions/attempts. He had one picked off. The orange and black was limited to 17 yards passing on two of six. As with 'Waska we had one picked off. Jaret Johnson did our passing. The two receptions were made by Mace Yellow and Colten Scheldorf.
Our scoring was limited but Camden Arndt was not held back. This Tiger raced 62 yards in the opening quarter to score our lone TD. He ended the night with 26 carries for 127 yards. Matt McNeill had eleven carries for 36 yards. Scheldorf had four carries good for 14 yards, and Johnson had four carries that produced eight.
Little did our fans expect that our missed PAT kick in the first quarter would be costly.
Jack Riley made our interception. We had ten first downs while the Lakers chalked up 13. Luke Barkeim of the Lakers had three pass receptions for 36 yards. Jack Blevins made two catches for the victor, picking up 33 yards. Grant Jensen clutched the ball for two catches good for 26 yards, and Joe Piekarski had one catch for 13.
Carrying the football, Blevins rumbled for 24 yards on six carries. Amundson had 22 yards on 16 carries. Barkeim's contribution: 21 yards on four carries. Other contributors were Tyson Meyer and Cade Fish. Amundson made the interception. The Lakers' fourth quarter score was by Amundson, and most critical was that PAT kick by Drew Nelson.
'Waska climbed above .500 to 3-2 with this win. Our record is a still-sterling 4-1. I'm sure the halftime presentation of royalty was wonderful. Better luck next week with our gridiron exploits.
Volleyball: Tigers 3, Benson 0
Homecoming week included a quite satisfying sweep win by the Tigers over Benson. We got our ninth win with these scores: 25-15, 25-10 and 25-11.
The hitting department saw Kenzie Hockel at the fore on this night. Hockel produced ten kills. Lexi Pew and Bailey Marty each came at the Braves with seven. Jen Solvie contributed three kills, and these three Tigers each had two: Sophie Carlsen, Emma Berlinger and LaRae Kram.
Riley Decker batted five serving aces at the Braves. Bailey Marty had four serving aces, while Kenzie Stahman and Kram each had one. The setting department saw Kram set the pace in assists with 16. Liz Dietz had eight assists and Decker had two. Three Tigers each performed one ace block: Hockel, Berlinger and Solvie. Decker was tops in digs with eleven, followed by Marty with eight.
Two Benson players each had a serving ace: Zoe Doscher and Ellie Moesenthin. Mariah Ahrndt led the Braves in set assists with 12. Claire Ricard was the top kill producer with nine. Ahrndt had an ace block. Abbie Mitteness had the team-best eleven digs.
The match was played on Thursday, Sept. 27, in front of the home orange and black fans.
Tennis: Tigers 4, YME 3
Tuesday was a most upbeat day for Tiger tennis. The tennis Tigers marked Homecoming week 2018 with a 4-3 win over the YME Sting. We dominated the doubles category. First doubles saw Abbigail Athey and Greta Hentges prevail over Cherish Hammer and Ashley Nienmeyer, 6-0 and 6-3. At second doubles it was Lakia Manska and Hannah Watzke getting the upper hand over Emilee Speh and Allie Virnig, 7-6 and 6-4. Then at third doubles, our team of Ireland Winter and Kassidy Girard downed the YME tandem of Brynn Cherveny and Tiana Rupp, 2-6, 6-2 and 6-3.
We got one win in the singles division and it was at No. 3 where Katelyn Wehking defeated Chelsea Hoernemann 4-6, 6-4 and 6-4.
At first singles, Sting player Whitney Tennis defeated Lea Asmus 6-4 and 6-3. At second singles, Sting player Emily Johnson beat Ryanne Long 6-0 and 6-3. The No. 4 YME singles player, Macie Sik, beat Katie Messner 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4. Congrats to the tennis Tigers.
Volleyball: Montevideo 3, Tigers 2
The Tigers settled for a split in Homecoming week as they were edged Tuesday at the hands of the Montevideo Thunder Hawks, 3-2. A big force for the victor was Jasmyn Kronback: 19 kills. Cali Christianson pounded 16 kills for the Thunder Hawks who were the night's host. Sydney Zindel had seven kills and Madalyn Kilibarda had six.
Noelle Sulflow added to their winning mix with three serving aces. Sulflow scurried all over the court to produce 38 set assists. Zindel went up to produce three ace blocks. Christianson was most busy in digs, producing the team-high figure of 30.
On to the Tigers' stats: It was Alexis Pew getting the team-best kill figure of 13. Bailey Marty produced ten kills. The list continues with Mackenzie Hockel (8), Sophie Carlsen (4), Jen Solvie (3) and Emma Berlinger (1). Hockel led in ace blocks with two while Berlinger and Pew each had one.
I see a new name in the Tigers' stat report: Macee Libbesmeier who had 12 digs. Marty and Hockel each dug up the ball 12 times. But it was Decker coming through as she often does with the team-best stat in digs: 24. Dietz had eight digs and Kram had five.
Game scores were 23-25, 25-19, 25-17, 14-25 and 11-15.
Final thought:
Is it biased for me to start this post with the football review as if football should be prioritized for Homecoming week? Our traditional attitude in America is that football rules with Homecoming week, right off a Saturday Evening Post cover (a la Norman Rockwell).
Let's just say I arranged the teams arbitrarily for this post. It's all here. I am aware of the issues involved.
Did you know that Ridgewater football suspended the whole rest of their schedule? That's pretty drastic. It must be sort of a scandal on campus. It affects opposing teams on the schedule who'll have an open date. Anyone know the back story? Right now I'm assuming it's the normal mess of conflict and issues with the coaching staff, but for this to get bad enough to cancel remaining games? That's astounding. Administration must be held to account.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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