Right now the Tigers of BBB and GBB are primed to encourage high expectations by the fans. Oh, we never take anything for granted of course.
The GBB Tigers defeated the BOLD Warriors in BOLD's backyard. The site was the "BOLD Bird Island campus," according to "Minnesota Scores." "Minnesota Scores" reports the score was 65-62 as our Tigers improved to 11-8.
I saw my neighbor Addie Cihak at DeToy's this morning (Saturday) but I hadn't checked the scores from last night yet. I need to be more on the ball. I should have said something to her about the game. I can only report here the info I pick up from the media. There is less timely info available than there used to be. We might expect the opposite to be happening, but no.
But on this day, Saturday, our fortunes are better than usual for finding info!
How pleased should we feel about last night's outcome? I have no trouble remembering how BOLD just pulverized Montevideo a while back. It was on Dec. 12 that the Warriors defeated Montevideo 114-21! That game too was at the Bird Island campus. I wrote at the time that in an earlier time, such a score would bring discomfort among many, certainly with calls for the winning coach to apologize. I wondered in my blog headline if "running up the score" was even a "thing" anymore.
I received some background. My Bonanza Valley friend pointed out a couple things. He said the shot clock keeps both teams shooting frequently. Also, the "backup" players of today - let's say the "second five" on a roster - are better players than the backups of an earlier time.
I covered Morris girls basketball in a time when our program was weak. I can remember an old activities director standing out in the hallway and being pretty peeved at what he thought was "running up the score." Times have changed. Let the kids play with intensity and enthusiasm. Or, "let the fans get their money's worth."
The political progressives were the ones getting excited about "running up the score," like they thought "playing hard to win" was some sort of Neanderthal thing. A lot of those people were associated with UMM. But again, "different times" with a different "zeitgeist" if you want to use that term. You probably don't.
Meanwhile my attitude about it all - one that got me in a fair amount of trouble - was that we should push for higher competitive standards for our girls teams. And ironically, it was the progressive "women's libbers" who should have been on board with me. But the opposite was quite true. Morris has been through some strange times. But everything seems quite straightened out today.
Addie and her Tiger teammates now have an 11-8 record. They're 5-3 in section, 6-3 conference and 5-4 at home. Not the numbers of a real power, yet. I repeat, "yet."
The Tigers lost their previous game to KMS. But before that they won four in a row. The Tigers look like a team that is slowly finding themselves. Meanwhile BOLD might have bigger fish to fry than sports. The "criminal investigation" floats out there for the school.
The BOLD School District in Minnesota is undergoing a criminal investigation into a roughly $700,000 to $900,000 budget deficit for the 2025 fiscal year, which emerged following the resignation of its former business manager in September 2024. The investigation, involving local police and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, prompted the school board to search for a new superintendent.
Game data
I should say "Eureka" because of how the West Central Trib of Willmar has the MACA scoring totals in the web article. Very rare to be so blessed. Randy Olson emailed me with a heads-up this morning. I called it up after getting home from DeToy's. He writes on the media angle:
Hello Brian! This is where a media organization needs to have a good sports blog or up-to-date website. Tonight, to not provide a good online breakdown of this game is a disservice to the MACA Tigers girls basketball team.
The Tigers are just one game out of first place! Check out the WCC standings.
"Leah Berlinger" with that last name, that makes me think she's a Chokio-Alberta student.
We appreciate Randy's interest. He covers BBE athletics which regularly ascends high in Class A. BOLD has been receiving Class A votes. But our Double-A Tigers were up to the challenge of turning back those Warriors.
The kmrs website has only the score of the game. Only the score!
I can report that Chloe Fehr topped our scoring with 21 points. Cihak and Samantha Konz each scored ten. Mylie Fehr scored scored eight, Mia Lu Asche 7 and Leah Berlinger 6. Konz made two 3-point shots and Chloe Fehr made one.
Oh no it happened again: the individual point totals from the WC Trib don't add up to the team total. There's a discrepancy of three points. Erratum.
Lily Henriksen was the dominating player for BOLD with 27 points. she thrilled with five 3-pointers. Ky Elfering grabbed 12 rebounds. Ema Flann supplied seven assists. She and Erika Martinson each had three steals. Zoey Lippert blocked two shots.
(Maybe Addie Cihak will be at DeToy's tomorrow morning, Sunday.)
MACA boys
The Tigers of BBB climbed to 18-0 Friday with their 82-65 win over Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial. Action was here at Tiger Center. Why is "Wellcome" spelled with two L's?
Wouldn't it be FANTASTIC if the Stevens County Times website had an article about the hoops wins available for people to read and appreciate before the end of the weekend? Especially the girls' win? Is this asking too much? Well it probably is, for the people currently involved at the place over in west Morris. I don't even get paid to write.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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