The Lakers looked comfortable at the Sauk Centre court as they built a 20-point halftime bulge. The score at that time: 35-15. The margin stayed the same as each team scored 35 points in the second half. So the score at the final horn was 70-50. It was victory No. 6 for Minnewaska Area compared to three losses. Sauk Centre's record: 5-5.
Scoring balance was a Minnewaska strong suit. We can list ten players in the scoring column. The list is topped by Sam Hested and his 16 points. Peyton Johnsrud and Grant Jensen each dropped in 12 points, and Aaron VerSteeg joined the double figures list with his ten. Mitchel Gruber and Brady Hoffman each scored five, and Luke Barkeim had four. The other three Lakers with points were Drew Nelson (3), Mason Stewart (2) and Connor Johnsrud (1).
Balance certainly describes the Lakers' 3-point shooting effort: five individuals each with a make! These five were Peyton Johnsrud, Gruber, Jensen, Hested and Nelson.
Rebound leaders were Peyton Johnsrud with eight and VerSteeg with seven. Peyton set the pace in assists with four. He and Hoffman each had two steals.
Sauk Centre got down on the scoreboard despite having really good three-point shooting. Here we see Jay Neubert and Macoy Thiesen each with two makes followed by Riley Gritz, Logan Suelflow, Nolan Ziemer, Austin Schuster and Isaiah Hornick each with one.
Despite the long-range success, only one Streeter scored in double figures: Neubert with 12 points. Hornick scored nine and Thiesen eight. Then we see Suelflow (7), Gritz (5), Ziemer (3), Schuster (3) and Marcus Schmiesing (1).
Sorry, but the individual totals for Sauk Centre add up to 48 points not 50, and the discrepancy is from the West Central Tribune of Willmar.
Girls: Lakers 57, Litchfield 48
The Lakers of girls hoops turned on the jets in second half play vs. Litchfield. They decisively left behind the stalemated score at halftime, of 22-all. So they surged to their seventh win against five losses by a final score of 57-48. Litch's W/L numbers: 4-7.
The 'Waska second half advantage was by 35 to 14. The coach must have cooked up some special second half strategy. Two Lakers shared team-high in scoring, each with 13 points: Emma Thorfinnson and Avery Hoeper. Maddie Thorfinnson and Alexis Piekarski each put in seven points. Hannah Hoffmann had six followed by Michele Stai with three, and Addy Randt and Isabella Ortendahl each with two.
Sorry, but the individual totals which I obtained from the West Central Tribune add up to 53 points, not 57. It's too bad these discrepancies happen.
Three-point shooting saw Hoffman and Emma Thorfinnson each make two while Maddie Thorfinnson and Stai each connected once from beyond the stripe. The rebound leaders were Thorfinnson (first name N/A) and Hoeper each with five. It was Maddie Thorfinnson getting credited with an assist. She led in steals with three followed by Piekarski with one. Maddie blocked a shot.
Let's take a look at Litchfield and here we see Sydney McCann as top scorer with ten. Kamri Driver scored nine points and these three Dragons each had six: Janessa Olson, Lily Osterberg and Neriah Lara. Morgan Kaping and Katelyn Cruze each had four points and Izzy Pennertz added to the mix with three.
Driver was the Dragons' main driver in 3's with three. Olson, Osterberg and Lara each made one. Three Dragons each had four rebounds: McCann, Greta Hansen and Lara. Driver and Lara each had a steal.
Erratum
A subhead in the Friday West Central Tribune had ACGC beating Minnewaska 51-1 in wrestling! Obviously a screw-up by the paper. It happens to all of us. Minnewaska actually has the third-ranked team in the state.
The subhead pertained to the MAHACA Triangular, I guess. The article was just three paragraphs. I guess ACGC beat MAHACA 51-15. MAHACA went on to beat Benson 50-30.
I always found the wrestling triangulars and quads to be confusing and boring, frankly, because it was hard to figure out what was going on at any time. It seemed rather like mass confusion. You hear a crescendo of cheers from one part of the gym and wonder what the heck just happened. Buzzers would be confusing so you'd see little kids dash out to the refs and tap them to indicate a period was done.
Such an event was not my cup of tea, hardly, for appreciating high school sports. You'd have to be a parent, I guess, to feel real enthusiasm, and they would not appreciate me saying that.
Wrestling is a disturbing sport IMHO: Kids feel too much pressure to lose weight, the losers end up looking overly humiliated, and the forfeits really take luster from the entertainment. I have heard parents refer to an allegedly weak wrestler as a "fish." I say kudos to the kids who stick it out when they might have attracted this moniker. That's more than I could do. All I ever was, was a writer. No risk of concussion.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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