The Tigers met the Owls in a Saturday showcase. It was the Tigers of MACA prevailing in this January 6 affair. They dealt the Hancock Owls their first loss of the season. The winning margin was nine points, 65-56.
Jaret Johnson gave lots of fuel en route to the Tigers' victory. Johnson made two 3-pointers and finished with 27 points. Connor Koebernick made two shots from 3-point land. Koebernick had a point total of 13. MACA had four players total score in double figures. Camden Arndt put in eleven points and Jackson Loge scored ten. Tate Nelson and Kyle Staebler each added two points to the mix.
MACA led by twelve at halftime, 38-26.
Hancock's biggest offensive producer was Noah Kannegiesser with 35 points. Noah connected four times from three-point range. Four other Owls scored: Connor Reese (9), Peyton Rohloff (6), Bennett Nienhaus (4) and Kaleb Koehl (2). The top Owl rebounder was Kannegiesser with nine followed by Koehl with seven. Daniel Milander contributed three assists. Reese and Nienhaus each had two steals. (Note: The rebound, assist and steal data were not reported for MACA in the West Central Tribune.)
MACA is trying to scratch and claw its way to .500 - the Tigers came out of Saturday at 3-7. Hancock's quite sterling W/L numbers were 6-1. The West Central Tribune described this game as a "renewed rivalry match" but really the Tigers don't play the Owls very often. I heard this game was played at UMM but it's only word of mouth.
I wouldn't even care about this, except that Ron Lindquist of the Starbuck paper sort of "felt me out" as if I might be somehow involved. I wasn't aware of the whole incident until Ron brought it up with me. Then I looked up Norman's column. Ron said he'd heard that "a reporter from Morris" was involved but this is very vague terminology. Ron said "maybe it was the radio station" but hey, there's another theory: the Willmar paper often uses the word "reporter" to describe anyone who calls in game information. So when the paper wants to announce a changed deadline, they might say "attention game reporters."
It was a very mysterious episode and maybe I shouldn't have even written about it, but you know me, I did. After that I got a threatening anonymous phone call one evening at the shop. So the matter may have become quite sensitive. Prompting me to wonder: do you suppose a coach, perhaps getting a phone call from the paper after he'd gone to bed - just a theory - got ticked off and fabricated stuff as a prank? I never could pin down any facts about this.
Years later I floated this episode for John Stone, Glenwood newspaper operator, and he knew nothing. He reminded me that Ron Lindquist had once been pranked or punked on another matter. So many years have passed now, but if anyone out there is aware of what happened, I'd still like to know, so please contact me. My email address is at the bottom of each post.
The telephoned threat probably came from a Tiger sports insider who was a card-carrying member of the clique that ruled with an iron fist in those days, a clique even with the power to intimidate our superintendent. They were perhaps "protecting their own" and they would likely mutter obscenities or profanities about me.
Good for you, you a------s.
Boys hockey: Storm 4, Worthington 4
The teams scored in a flurry in the third period of this January 6 hockey game on the southern Minnesota ice of Worthington. The MBA Storm outscored Worthington 3-2 in the third period but we had to settle for a 4-4 tie in the end. The battling goaltenders were Chase Engebretson and Preston Thavixay.
Worthington took a 1-0 lead in the first period when Anthony Fogelman scored with an assist from Carter Ponto. Each team scored a goal in period No. 2. Ashford Swenson got MBA on the board with a goal assisted by Parker Klemm. Then Worthington answered with a Fogelman goal assisted by Colby Nickel.
Bring on that wild period 3. Nickel of Worthington scored with assists from Tommy Bauman and Zach Ahrenstorff. Then Zach Bruns of the Storm struck with a goal assisted by Tyler Buss. MBA skater Kolby Goff scored with a Bruns assist. Worthington's Ryan Newman scored, assisted by Bryce Olsen and Nickel. Then MBA finished up the night's scoring with a goal assisted by Bruns and Buse. Engebretson of the Storm accumulated 39 saves.
Wrestling: Tigers 45, Benson 30
A flurry of wins by fall were instrumental in MAHACA winning on the wrestling mat. The January 5 match was at home versus Benson. Davin Rose at 106 pounds was part of that pinning flurry for MAHACA. Rose won by fall in :17 over Preston McGee. Dylan Rose at 113 pounds won by forfeit. Jed Feuchtenberger won by fall over Colby Hogrefe in 1:46.
Ethan Lebrija got Kaden Kurkosky's shoulders pinned to the mat in 2:47. Ben Travis was on the short end of a decision outcome vs. Michael Nagler, score of 9-6.
How about those Roses in the MAHACA lineup? It was Dalton Rose winning by a 3-0 decision over Adam Koosman. Most everything was coming up roses for MAHACA on this night.
At 145 pounds it was Benson's Aaron Zosel winning by forfeit. At 152 pounds, Gideon Joos of the Tigers was on the short end of a 13-10 decision vs. Brady Ascheman. MAHACA grappler Bradyn Cardwell won by fall over Wyatt McGee in 4:25. Christian Dodd lost by fall to Jared Knutson in the battle of 170-pounders, time of 1:43. Bain Laine lost by fall to Dylan Stewart in 0:42.
MAHACA's Tristan Raths won by forfeit. Benson's Alden Sylte was the forfeit winner at 220 pounds. The big guy Gage Wevley pinned Grant Evenson in 52 seconds.
The Lynch matter at the 'U'
I squinted to read the front page headlines early this morning in front of DeToy's. All was dark outside. But I could make out the large top headline in the Star Tribune. Regardless of the substance of the headline, I'm tired of notorious U of M athletic scandals getting so much of our attention. This whole pattern had reached parody even before the current mess which focuses on this Lynch fellow.
There is only one reason why Mr. Lynch is commanding lead story attention in our state's premier newspaper - it's because he has a talent for playing basketball. I'm tired of this, aren't you? We are so mesmerized by sports, we keep feeding this big-time system involving big bucks. We are pathetic if we are so dependent on sports entertainment.
We feed a system where young men play football and subject themselves to the very definite risk of future cognitive impairment. Do we really want to condone this system anymore? Someday we may look back and be ashamed of ourselves, just as we look back and feel ashamed at how we allowed the air in restaurants and bars to be turned blue by cigarette smoke. I hope this Lynch fellow straightens out. Other than that I really don't care about him, least of all his basketball talent.
- Brian Williams - morris mn Minnsota - bwillyh73@yahoo.com
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