Tigers 28, Osakis 14
One night it was fireworks and then on Friday it was the P.A. system at Big Cat Stadium. Things are happening in Morris even with the pandemic still unfortunately hovering. The fireworks were a surprise (or shock) for me. On Friday I surmised quickly the sounds were connected to home football.
We hope the school activities proceed with little if any risk health-wise. We pray everyone can have their health safeguarded. But we sure want normal events again. So, fans had lots to feel excitement about Friday. Fans of the Tigers cheered the orange and black in a 28-14 win.
Visiting fans couldn't cheer a win but the weather was most pleasant for this early November night. Early November can spell some unpleasantness. I personally took one of my long walks on the biking/waking trail in the afternoon. Wonderful conditions. So it was likewise for the game.
I'm writing my first draft of this at 10:30 a.m. Saturday as word has officially come out: Joe Biden is president! It's official. We just got done electing a Republican congressperson from our district. But I think Biden will be quite palatable for y'all. He will not be nutty and unpredictable like the outgoing slob. God bless this nation.
The Tigers' opponent on Friday was Osakis, the Silverstreaks. Yes, it's one word not two - I've had to look it up. I have always loved that nickname. The Tigers clawed at the Silverstreaks pretty good.
There is a problem with information from the West Central Tribune, Willmar. A sentence above the stats says we took a 14-0 first half lead. However, the score-by-quarters report shows six points by us in the first quarter, none in the second. According to that report we scored our second touchdown in the third quarter and picked up steam in the fourth with 14 points.
The final score was 28-14.
Big plays were a big part of our scoring formula. First it was Durgin Decker breaking loose on a 51-yard run for six. The PAT was no-go. Kenny Soderberg caught a 51-yard TD pass from Zach Bruns for our second score. Bruns ran for two. Osakis was able to answer with a five-yard run by Isaac Hetland. The Tigers stopped the conversion run try.
Ethan Lebrija turned on the jets on an 80-yard kickoff return for our third score. Bruns kicked the PAT. Bruns wrapped up our scoring with a four-yard run and he kicked the PAT. Osakis added a score as Hetland ran from 22 yards out. He also carried the football on a successful conversion.
Sorry, I cannot totally square the contradictions in the Willmar paper's report, but hopefully the MACA scoring plays are reported correctly here. Morris people are historically harder on my reporting than the reporting in the Willmar paper. Not sure why that is.
Unblemished record!
MACA upped its record to 5-0. Our success was with ten first downs. Decker's big scoring run was part of 83 total rushing yards on seven carries. Bruns covered 51 yards with the running game on 13 carries. Tristan Raths added six yards.
The passing game saw Bruns complete four of eight attempts for 132 yards with one interception. Soderberg had two big catches for 77 yards. Brandon Jergenson gathered in a pass for 32 yards, and Jackson Loge had a catch for 23.
There are several "N/A" abbreviations (for "not available") in the stat report in the Willmar paper. And the paper sometimes tries to charge for reading online? Remember, any time you run into a "paywall," you should be aware there are tricks for getting around it. A common one, one that I have found works with the Willmar paper, is "incognito." I used this to read Dana Milbank's column in the Washington Post last night. You can call up Google and type in: bypass newspaper paywall.
Osakis' Hetland had a huge night with the running game: 200 yards even on 29 carries. But he wasn't totally dominant, as Duncan Vandergon was a complementary piece with 102 yards in 18 carries. Bauer Klimek contributed 38 yards on eight.
Klimek operated the aerial attack for the Silverstreaks: four completions in ten attempts for 48 yards, no interceptions. His favorite target was Carter Watnaas: three catches, 46 yards. Tyson Hagedorn had Osakis' other catch. We see still more "N/As" in the stat report.
The Tigers have a short rest before playing Royalton on Wednesday. It'll be destination Royalton for the 7 p.m. game. Back in the '70s there were some "Burma Shave" signs close to the community along the highway. Those were dated even back then.
Volleyball: Tigers 3, BOLD 1
Fans here in Motown saw the orange and black prevail on the volleyball court Thursday. Success came by a 3-1 outcome over the BOLD Warriors. The success put our W/L at .500, 4-4.
BOLD started out with a winning flair but we owned the rest of the night. A review of the scores: 14-25, 25-21, 25-14 and 25-23.
Our hitting attack was led by Sophia Carlsen who delivered ten kills. Brianna Dybdahl pounded nine. The rest of the list: LaRae Kram 6, Emma Bowman 5, Sydney Dietz 4, Maddy Grove 4, Camryn Ostby 2 and Brianna Marty 1. Grove executed two ace blocks and Kram had one. The MACA coach is apparently not reporting digs.
Carlsen led in serve aces as well as kills. This Tiger came at the Warriors with six aces. Marty was sharp with her five aces, and also on the list were Hottovy (2), Ostby (2) and Bowman (1). Kram contributed six set assists and Dybdahl five.
BOLD's serving department showed Emily Salinas with three aces, Leslie Snow with two and Delaney Tersteeg with one. Tersteeg was the workhorse setter with 18 assists. In hitting it was Caylee Weber leading with six kills followed by Mari Ryberg and Abby Meyers each with five. Three Warriors each had one ace block: Meyers, Weber and Ryberg.
The BOLD coach compiles digs, and here we see Tersteeg with ten, Weber with eight and Snow with seven.
The pandemic still looms but we're still getting our share of rich memories from MACA school activities.
I hate it when there is contradictory or wrong info in the Willmar paper. I try plowing through to patch things up as best I can, but I feel a little discouraged or demoralized. Again, critics in this community will pounce on me much faster than on the Willmar paper. Well, I can feel buoyed today by Joe Biden's success. Congrats, America! But it's scary how close Trump came.
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| Congrats to Joe! |
I'm sure Claudia Conway is elated.
It was Valu Ford that gave us the fireworks on the recent night. Hope it didn't give anyone a heart attack. I can think of a better reason to have fireworks: Joe Biden being elected president, Donald Trump being shown the door! Let's raise a toast!
My September 7 podcast
I invite you to click to listen to my "Morris Mojo" podcast on this historic day. I react to the fresh news that Joe Biden is officially president. I also wonder why the election was so close.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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