The MACA boys stayed on a roll with a Saturday (1/19) win over
Ortonville on the road, 57-39. It was the eleventh triumph for coach
Mark Torgerson's squad, compared with just two losses. The Tigers rolled
up a 26-17 lead by halftime. The second half advantage was by 31 to 22.
Success came despite making just one three-point shot. Logan Manska
made the lone '3' which came among nine team attempts. In total field
goals the Tigers went 20-for-54. From the freethrow line there were 16
makes in 33 tries.
Austin Dierks vacuumed the boards for ten rebounds followed by
Lincoln Berget with seven. Jacob Torgerson and Manska each produced four
assists. Dierks was the steal leader with three.
Coach Torgerson liked the caliber of his team's defense in this non-conference game.
Manska's '3' helped elevate him to his team-leading total of 14
points. Dierks was right behind with 13, then we have Nic Vipond with
his ten points, making for three Tigers in double figures scoring.
Chandler Erickson and Berget each put in six points. John Tiernan scored
four followed by Tom Holland with two, and Torgerson and Dylan McNally
each with one.
No one reached double figures for the Trojans. James Nitz and Jade
Hasslen each put in eight points for the losing team. The Trojans were
four of 18 shooting 3's and went 14 of 41 in total field goals.
Ortonville came out of the weekend with a 5-7 record.
Boys hockey: Storm 10, Worthington 4
The MBA Storm stormed their way through their Saturday (1/19) road
game against Worthington. The final score was 10-4 as the Storm improved
to 9-7 on the season. Three goals came in the first period for the
visitor. Four came in the second and three more in the third.
Worthington kept pace for a while, scoring three goals in the first
period, but faded after that with only one more goal scored the rest of
the way.
Kyle Kennedy wore the goalie gear for MBA and he accumulated 14 saves.
MBA had to get going after falling into an 0-2 deficit on the
scoreboard. Get going they did, indeed! It was Brody Gimberlin getting
the Storm on the scoreboard with a goal at 11:47 with assists from Mac
Beyer and Tanner Picht. Lincoln Pahl put the puck in the net for score
No. 2. Pahl scored with assists coming from Taner Gimberlin and Jordan
Staples at 14:48. Tanner Mikkelson scored the Storm's third goal at
16:27 of the first, assisted by Corey Storck.
The score wouldn't stay tied 3-3 for long. Beyer scored with
assists from Brody Gimberlin and Picht at 5:16 of the second period. It
was Riley Blake scoring the Storm's fifth goal, working well with Storck
and Darion Helberg who got assists. That goal came at 6:18 of the
second.
Following a Worthington goal, Beyer went to work to guide the puck
into the net at 10:38 assisted by Brody Gimberlin and Picht. Then Picht
showed his scoring magic with a goal at 16:52 with assists from Brody
Gimberlin and Beyer.
The Storm polished things off with a 3-0 scoring advantage in the
third period. Brody Gimberlin got the first of those three goals,
assisted by Beyer and Staples at 1:24. Then came a goal by Blake with
assists from Helberg and Storck at 2:12. MBA got to the ten-goal plateau
thanks to a Picht goal at 16:52 with assists by Brody Gimberlin and
Beyer.
The Worthington goalie was Ryan Scholtes who had 26 saves but was overwhelmed often by the well-oiled MBA offense.
Girls basketball: Milbank 48, Tigers 47
The MACA girls seemed in command through the first half only to
falter in the second, when hosting Milbank SD on Monday, Jan. 21. The
Tigers led halfway through this non-conference affair 23-12, and fans at
the home gym were content and confident. But Milbank proved to have
weapons that could whittle away at that advantage.
The second half was a quite different story as Milbank outscored
our Tigers 36-24. Still, the Tigers nearly survived. It took a
buzzer-beating shot by McKenzie Mertens to sink the Tigers' victory
hopes. Mertens deftly took a pass under the basket and executed in the
clutch. That clutch field goal made Milbank the winner 48-47. Milbank
denied the Tigers their win No. 11.
The Tigers had to be satisfied with the still-quite-fine season
mark of 10-5. Milbank earned its eighth win against five losses.
The Tigers were four of 12 in three-point shooting with Katie
Holzheimer having three of the successes. Beth Holland had the other. It
was Holzheimer leading in rebounds with eight followed by Tracy
Meichsner with seven and Smith and Strobel each with six. Beth Holland
was proficient passing the basketball with her six assists. Holzheimer
and Meichsner each had two assists. Holzheimer stole the ball twice.
In total field goals the Tigers were 16 of 49. In freethrows the
numbers were 11 of 16. Milbank made just one '3' in nine tries and were
20 of 68 in total field goals.
Holzheimer's 15 points led the way for Motown scoring-wise. Beth
Holland had double digits with her ten. Meichsner put in seven points
followed by Nicole Strobel (5), MaKenzie Smith (4), Abbie Olson (2),
Becca Holland (2) and Kaitlyn Vogel (2).
The top Milbank scorer was Kendra Snaza with 19 points.
Girls basketball: BOLD 60, Tigers 35
It was South vs. North in West Central Conference girls basketball
on Tuesday night, Jan. 22, in Bird Island. The Morris Area Chokio
Alberta Tigers came out of the South and vied with the Warriors of BOLD.
It was the home team bringing the North some special pride on this
night at the expense of our Tigers.
The outcome was pretty clear at halftime. The orange and black
trailed 37-14. The second half was pretty much a stalemate but that
still left the Warriors in quite good shape. They won 60-35.
MACA came out of the night with a 10-6 won-lost mark. BOLD is an upper-crust team for whom the Tuesday win was No. 13.
Katie Holzheimer made three 3-point shots for MACA. These were the
only MACA long-range successes. She scored a team-best 15 points. Beth
Holland scored nine points, MaKenzie Smith 5, Abbie Olson 4 and Kaitlyn
Vogel 2.
BOLD was four of 16 in its attempts from beyond the three-point
stripe. Taylor Ebnet made two of these and Carly Sigurdson the other
two. The Warriors were 24 of 61 in total field goals and eight of 13 in
freethrows. Sigurdson was BOLD's top scorer with 21 points.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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