Zach Bruns was a scoring whiz on skates once again in a 7-6 overtime win over Worthington. Bruns got a couple assists too in this February 3 action on the Benson ice.
It was the southern Minnesota skaters of Worthington who got the lead at 2-1 at the end of one period. Ryan Newman of the visitor scored on the power play with assists from Tommy Bauman and Krew Aljets. Colby Nickel scored unassisted at 15:01. Bruns got the MBA goal in the period, en route to his hat trick. His was the first goal of the game and it included assists from Jack Riley and Kolby Goff.
MBA was on fire with its offense in the second period. Riley scored the first of four MBA goals in the period, assisted by Bruns and Goff. Bruns scored assisted by Riley at 5:12. Then it was Riley capitalizing on the power play to score with an assist by Bruns. Bruns was back at it to score short-handed style with a Goff assist. Worthington answered the MBA goals with a flurry of their own, beginning with a Ryan Newman goal, power play style, that had assists by Lance Hibma and Bauman. Eric Heidebrink scored with assists by Aljets and Kipton Jenson. Worthington kept its "mo" going with a goal at 14:24 by a player whose name was not reported in the Willmar paper. The names of the assist producers were reported: Loddy Thepmontry and Zach Ahrenstorff.
Each team scored one goal in the third period. Bauman struck for Worthington with assists from Hibma and Newman. MBA's Matthew Tolifson scored a key goal to get the score tied for MBA, assisted by Riley. Bring on overtime! Hunter Gades scored the game-winner for the Storm, bringing cheers from the home fans at the Benson ice.
Our goaltender was Chase Engebretson who stopped 25 shots. The Worthington goalie was Carter Ponto who had 37 stops.
Boys basketball: Melrose 75, Tigers 59
The Tigers slipped below .500 as a result of their 75-59 defeat at the hands of Melrose. It was a West Central Conference matchup on February 5 at Melrose. Melrose is a steam-rolling type of team this season. Their win was their 18th against two losses. The MACA record: 9-10. Melrose led by just one point at halftime, 35-34. The Dutchmen picked up momentum to outscore the Tigers 40-25 in the second half.
Preston Keaveny was an offensive force for Melrose with 30 points. Melrose had two other double figures scorers: Reegan Nelson with 16 points and Damon Van Beck with eleven. The rest of their list includes: Traeton Keaveny (5), Rowan Nelson (4), Daniel Klassen (4), Grant Moscho (3) and Andrew Johnson (2). Three Dutchmen each made one 3-point shot: Traeton Keaveny, Rowan Nelson and Damon Van Beck.
Reegan Nelson led in rebounds with seven followed by Van Beck with four. Reegan Nelson led in both assists and steals with four and three respectively.
It was Jackson Loge leading the orange and black in scoring with 21 points. Jaret Johnson put in 15 points and Camden Arndt had 14. The list wraps up with Tate Nelson (seven points) and Tyler Reimers (2). Johnson made our only three-pointer. Loge with his eight rebounds led there. Connor Koebernick was tops in assists with five. Arndt stole the ball twice.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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