The MACA boys cruised through the second half of their Friday game at Benson, home of the Braves. This luxury was due to the 20-point advantage we built up by halftime. Indeed, the score was 39-19 at the halfway mark. Our cruising was with a 33-32 advantage in the second half. So, the game's final score was 72-51 with the Tigers getting win No. 4.
We're trying to creep back to .500. Friday's game was encouraging. Jaret Johnson showed a super long-range shooting eye. He stoked our big advantage by making five 3-pointers. Zach Hughes and Durgin Decker each made one '3'. Johnson co-led the orange and black in scoring. He and Camden Arndt each put in 19 points. They were joined in double figures by Jackson Loge whose output was 12. Hughes had a showing of nine points. The rest of the list: Kevin Asfeld (4), Durgin Decker (3), Eli Grove (3), Mace Yellow (2) and Joseph Kleinwolterink (1).
Loge and Arndt were tops in rebounds with ten and six respectively. These four Tigers each produced an assist: Kleinwolterink, Arndt, Loge and Decker. Loge stole the ball twice.
Will Enderson held up Benson's attack pretty well with 19 points. Cole Hedman put in eleven points for the Braves. Other Braves scoring: Austin Ose (7), Matt Goossen (5), Eric Hoium (3), Abe Peterson (3) and Matt Ebnet (3). Enderson sank three 3-pointers to build his total. Ose, Hedman, Hoium, Peterson and Ebnet each made one '3', so Benson was certainly enjoying generous success from outside.
Their rebound leader was Jonas Habben with four. Ose and Hunter Gonnerman each had an assist. Goossen had two steals.
Girls: Tigers 60, Ortonville 44
Friday success was abundant for the MACA girls too! Coach Dale Henrich's squad got past Ortonville 60-44 at Ortonville. The success lifted our record over .500 to 6-5.
As with the boys vs. Benson, the outcome seemed sealed at halftime, a nice luxury for the fans to enjoy. The halftime situation for the girls was a 38-22 score. We marked time through the second half as each team scored 22 points. The Trojans of Ortonville are having a .500 campaign.
Riley Decker was super with her long-range shooting eye as she made four 3's. Maddie Carrington struck twice from 3-point range. Decker's long-rangers helped give her team-best status in scoring with 16 points, while Carrington posted ten. Sophia Carlsen was No. 2 in scoring behind Decker with her 12 points. Malory Anderson added to the attack with eight. Emma Bowman and Kylie Swanson stoked the attack with five points each, and Liz Dietz came through with four.
Anderson from her post spot collected eleven rebounds. Carlsen picked up six. Decker led in assists with six followed by Carrington and Anderson each with four. Anderson's three steals led there.
All this basketball entertainment really livens up the time of year we're in now, the dead of winter! Winning helps too!
Other recent action
Carrington and Decker each made long-rangers in the January 4 win over Melrose, 62-48. You can read about this and other recent MACA hoops contests with the link below. This post is on my companion blog, "Morris of Course." Thanks for reading. - B.W.
Congrats to "Senior Perspective"
I was just informed here at our wonderful public library - what would we do without it? - that Sr. Perspective is showing signs of expanding. I couldn't be happier because I'm an old journalism colleague of Jennifer Bergerson. Jennifer had real human traits which is something you don't come across often among employees of Forum Communications.
I have noted in the past that Sr. Perspective has some real pluses not shown by typical community newspapers. No. 1, Sr. Perspective uses a larger type size than in your standard newspaper. Amen and hallelujah! Community papers like our chain-owned one in Motown would have great difficulty with this because they have gotten so much smaller through the years. The Morris paper is a fraction of what it was when I was there.
Sr. Perspective does not have a sports section. Amen and hallelujah! We're all thankful for our schools offering sports, to a degree as I think there are some minuses, but we needn't see game review articles consuming so much space. Minuses? There is an article in today's (1/12) Morris fishwrap about injuries among the wrestlers including at least one concussion, which I'm told was pretty serious. We have always read about injuries in sports as if our main concern should be the effect they have on the competitiveness of a particular team. A pox on all of us.
Don't you ever stop to think about the long-term effects of injuries on the players? Repeated concussions or even one serious one can have long-term repercussions. All for the sake of a game? I don't think so. I remarked to a library employee how fortunate yours truly is, having never been talented enough to get involved in sports. I may have had psychological issues too. I may have grown up with Asperger's. I heard once that kids with Asperger's are poor at sports. I guess that's why I have trouble even playing beach volleyball, seriously.
But I don't have to worry about early onset dementia as a result of head injuries when young. It's ridiculous how our society continues to tolerate this, especially with institutions for kids. Kids tend to focus on the present. It's up to us adults to guide them better.
Sr. Perspective does not have obituaries. I have heard a pastor say "people don't go to funerals any more." The broader point is this: I think as time goes on, families wish to deal with death on a more private basis without the spectacle of a public funeral. I'm recalling the recent death of my old neighbor, Margie Sherstad. I read this was handled with cremation and with a "family gathering (to be held) in the spring." I'm guessing the family is planning this on their own. No need for anyone to get a bill from a funeral home for something like $10,000. If you have that kind of money available, give it as a memorial contribution to good causes in the name of the deceased. A published obituary in the local paper is not necessary.
Increasingly I think this stuff comes off as an invasion of privacy.
And speaking of privacy, what about the district court news? Sr. Perspective does not have this! No need to read about your neighbor getting a seat belt ticket. I saw in the Morris paper recently where my friend Paul Watzke was charged with driving after revocation but the charge was dismissed. Why does this have to be in the Morris paper, especially considering that it was dismissed? Maybe people in Paul's position should consider suing the paper because if the charge is dismissed, it doesn't qualify as news at all. Paul has been in a profession where public image is important. When you get a minor citation and it's published, you are of course prone to getting teased or hassled about it when you're out and around, like at church.
It's enough to make you want to stay away from church for six months. I got "nailed" because of a seat belt ticket once, in a situation where I'm sure I should have just gotten a warning. As my old coach friend S.W. would say, "piss!"
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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