First, the BOLD misfortune: the high-flying Warriors were taken down a notch by a team most familiar to our local orange and black fans. That team is Minnewaska Area. In fact, our orange and black has shown that it has the tools to beat the Minnewaska Lakers.
How valid are comparative scores? We could go back and forth on that one, particularly as we weigh prep sports. We're reminded of the wisdom of Al Hendrickson, the late and revered coach of Tiger wrestling. He said "the only thing predictable about high school athletes is their unpredictability."
The Lakers surely took the court as the underdog Thursday. Not only that, they were in BOLD's neighborhood, in Bird Island. BOLD entered Thursday as the top-ranked Minnesota team in Class 'A'. They're the team of the Sagedahl boys. The Tigers have experienced their share of frustration vs. the Warriors.
But on Thursday, those Lakers were quite unfazed and worked to a road win, score of 78-66, yes a margin of double digits. BOLD's offense had its wings clipped some. The Lakers clearly asserted themselves in the first half as they outscored the host 39-24. Wow! BOLD righted its ship some when play resumed. Gavin Vosika of BOLD made a jumper that put the margin to seven, 48-41.
The Lakers kept their poise against a trapping stance that was employed in the hoped-for catch-up scheme. The poise revealed itself in a 7-0 run, opening up a bulge to 57-43. Sam Hested made an inside shot that gave some breathing room. But BOLD answered as Matt Moorse made a '3' to finish an 8-0 run.
BOLD kept things interesting as fans saw the margin whittled to five on several occasions. It's not over yet. A Vosika layup got the Warriors as close as they were going to get, score of 68-63.
Minnewaska's Aaron VerSteeg was pinpoint from the freethrow line down the stretch. Teammate Luke Barkeim induced a charging call. The time left: 1:39. The Lakers were en route to this most savory victory. The stats show Peyton Johnsrud as having done much to lift 'Waska's fortunes. Johnsrud led all scorers with 28 points as he made nine of 13 field goal tries and seven of eight in freethrows. The junior guard led his squad in 3's with three.
The Lakers shot 68 percent from the field. VerSteeg had the team's other '3' and he was team-best in rebounds with 15. Jensen had a total point output of 16. VerSteeg put in 15 points and Barkeim 12. Three other Lakers added to the mix: Sam Hested 3, Drew Nelson 2 and Brady Hoffman 2. Jensen dished out three assists. Barkeim had two steals.
The Sagedahls certainly weren't quiet on this night for BOLD. We see Jordan with 24 points and Drew with 18. Vosika came through with 14 and Moorse with ten. That's it, just four players scoring for BOLD.
The three-pointer story had Drew Sagedahl with three makes, Moorse with two and Jordan Sagedahl with one. Drew snagged four rebounds and also led in assists with seven, while Vosika had five assists. Jordan Sagedahl had four steals. The loss for BOLD was their first blemish of the season. Meanwhile the Lakers of Minnewaska Area forged ahead with confidence high, owners of a 13-6 mark.
The Tigers defeated Minnewaska 67-60 on January 21 at 'Waska. We lost to them 57-43 on December 5 at home. On Thursday we played Melrose and it was not encouraging.
Our offense turned pretty cold for Thursday night BBB action at home. The West Central Tribune described the game as a "blowout" as the Tigers came out on the short end against Melrose. We were held to 23 points in the first half and 26 in the second, and were dealt defeat in the 72-49 final.
Melrose gained its 15th win against five losses. The Tigers' record: 10-8.
Here's our individual scoring: Jackson Loge 19, Jaden Maanum 12, Toby Gonnerman 6, Cade Fehr 5, Durgin Decker 2, Thomas Tiernan 2, Dalton Koehler 2 and Bradley Rohloff 1. Maanum made two 3-pointers and Fehr made one. Loge was top rebounder with eight. Brandon Jergenson led in assists with four and he had our only steal. Loge had the only blocked shot.
We're not alone with school threats
The specter of school threats must be becoming a distraction. On the heels of our messy situation in Morris, regarding such extraordinary measures in response - dogs brought here from elsewhere? - other schools are dealing with threats.
Here's an email I received this afternoon regarding a situation in YME:
I heard on the radio this AM about a bomb threat at YME HS (Granite Falls). Apparently the perp was immediately identified via security camera footage and the situation was settled and normalcy restored quickly. There it didn’t sound like the FBI or other criminal investigation units were summoned, so I don’t know why MAHS went to all that trouble – or maybe we don’t have good enough camera coverage? Or, it could be the location of the written threat, and the timing of the discovery – the YME deal was in a restroom, and I think the MAHS one in the conference room so less coverage? Who knows.
From the KMHL (Marshall) website:
There were a few tense moments in Granite Falls Wednesday evening when a custodian at the Yellow Medicine East High School discovered a possible bomb threat.
According to the Granite Falls Police Department, the custodian found the threat shortly after 7 p.m. Surveillance video showed a person of interest – police say the student admitted to writing the threat, and told authorities there was no bomb.
According to authorities, the suspect is a minor and there will not be further information made available.
Lac qui Parle too
Here's an item from a newspaper regarding Lac qui Parle and its little incident.
According to the Granite Falls Police Department, the custodian found the threat shortly after 7 p.m. Surveillance video showed a person of interest – police say the student admitted to writing the threat, and told authorities there was no bomb.
According to authorities, the suspect is a minor and there will not be further information made available.
Lac qui Parle too
Here's an item from a newspaper regarding Lac qui Parle and its little incident.
MADISON — The threatening message written on a door of a bathroom stall at Lac qui Parle Valley Schools in late January was the work of one individual and the matter is no longer considered a threat to students or the school, according to a news release from the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office.
The release said an individual student has confessed to writing the message. The student, who is cooperating, has been removed from the school, pending discipline and/or prosecution. The student is a minor, so no information about the juvenile will be released, the news release said.
The investigation into the matter was a partnership of the Sheriff's Office, the Lac qui Parle County Attorney's Office, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and school staff.
So, what to do? Will cameras have to be set up to cover every inch of a school building, all the time during school hours? Will it get to the point where people will be paid to be live monitors of the video cams, perhaps seated in a "boiler room" situation? But wouldn't this create a whole lot of unpleasant tension? It would seem caricature.
Nevertheless, for legal reasons I suppose schools have to pull out all stops. Will we reach the point where we realize school itself might be more trouble than it's worth, I mean if schools take on the atmosphere of prisons, which I feel is pretty close to happening anyway? Hey teachers leave those kids alone - yes it's song lyrics.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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