We wait patiently for the springtime weather to get more stable. It can happen suddenly. Weather cooperated for the Thursday, May 2, prep action. This was good news for the softball Tigers and their fans. The softball story was a 10-0 win over Melrose.
We came out of the starting gate strong with two-run rallies in the first and second frames. Then came three each in the fourth and fifth to put away this impressive win. Melrose couldn't assert itself offensively. The line score for the orange and black was ten runs, ten hits and one error. Melrose's numbers were 0-1-2.
Two pitchers share the credit in the shutout performance. Liz Dietz worked on the pitching rubber for two innings, walked one batter and gave up a hit. Kenna Kehoe gained the pitching win by going three innings and striking out three batters, while walking none and allowing no hits. Melrose also had two pitchers working: Makiya Luetmer (the loser, four innings) and Lexi Kvistad (2/3 of an inning).
Jen Solvie's bat resonated with a double in the fifth that proved to be the game-ender. She had three RBIs on the day. Dietz was a perfect three-for-three including a double, and she drove in four runs. Carissa Oberg also had the perfect 3/3 line. LaRae Kram's bat resonated with a triple. The hit parade also included Katelyn Wehking and Bailey Marty. Luetmer produced the only Melrose hit.
Baseball: Tigers 5, ACGC 0
The Thursday weather allowed our Tigers of the baseball world to face the ACGC Falcons in not one but two games. Our highlight was the 5-0 win. It was Jaret Johnson showcased on the pitching mound. He was one out shy of a shutout performance. Austin Berlinger strode out to the mound at the end. Johnson's stats: 6 2/3 innings, two hits, no runs, two walks and six strikeouts.
The Falcons had Josh Kinzler pitching almost the whole way. Chase Litzau also pitched.
We scored all the runs we needed in the third: four of them. An insurance tally was added in the seventh. Nice job, Tigers. Our line score was 5-8-2 compared to 0-2-2 for the Falcons. Kinzler was the only ACGC player to hit safely: a nifty two-for-two.
Michael Halverson wielded an effective stick for the Tigers: two-for-four including a double, two RBIs and a run scored. Johnson had impact with two hits in four at-bats and a run scored. Brandon Jergenson added to the mix with a hit. Zach Bruns went one-for-three and crossed home plate twice. Cade Fehr was 1/4 and drove in a run. Colton Scheldorf had a hit and pushed a run in.
ACGC 9, Tigers 5
The story of this game was not so positive for MACA as it was the foe getting the advantage, 9-5. Josh Kingery of the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Falcons got the pitching win as he worked 5 2/3 innings. Josh was overpowering much of the time as he set down 13 Tiger batters on strikes.
Kingery is a prominent baseball name from over in those parts. Congratulations to the talented family. Josh walked three batters and allowed three hits and two runs (one earned). Chase Litzau was the other ACGC pitcher for a short stint. Litzau struck out one batter.
ACGC won despite some struggles in the field: six errors. Their hit total was ten. The orange and black line score was 5-4-2. Cade Fehr had a 2/4 boxscore line for the Tigers. Jaret Johnson socked a double, drove in a run and scored one. Jack Riley went 1/4 with an RBI and a run. Zach Bruns crossed home plate twice.
We had a good start with a run scored in each of the first two innings. But ACGC pitching throttled us for the next four innings, before we rallied for three runs in the seventh. ACGC fans had to wait until late in the game to relax. Eight of their team's runs came home in the sixth.
Josh Kingery made noise with his bat as he went two-for-three with an RBI and two runs scored. Connor Barker had a double as part of going three-for-four. He drove in two runs and scored one. Zach Bagley had a hit, an RBI and a run. Nate Essendrup went 1/4 with an RBI and a run. Michael Trebil scored two runs while going 1/3. Chase Litzau had a hit, an RBI and a run scored. Ryan Peterson's contributions were a hit, an RBI and a run. Josh Kinzler tallied an RBI.
ACGC went on the attack against MACA pitcher Austin Berlinger who took the loss. Zach Bruns also pitched.
Distance runners doing great
I don't attempt thorough summaries of MACA track and field performances at the various meets, as it's too hard to ferret out all the MACA info from the extensive small-print summaries in area media. However, I do wish to recognize the distance runners in the MACA effort these days. I often see Tom Carrington in the early morning hours at DeToy's Restaurant. I'm sure he's delighted with granddaughter Maddie Carrington and her track exploits for the Tigers.
Maddie took first place in the 1600 meters in the Little Crow Invitational, held Thursday in New London. She reached the finish line first with her 5:33.52 time. Taking a look at the boys, let's laud Noah Stewart on his championship effort in the 1600 meters, achieved with a time of 4:36.09. Benjamin Hernandez took fifth with his time of 4:54.53.
In the longer 3200-meter challenge, it was our Solomon Johnson arriving at the finish line first with his time of 10:39.06. Bradley Rohloff took third with his 10:59.74 time.
Girls golf team in meets
Athletes of the golfing links traveled to Minnewaska Area for a Tuesday meet. The host Minnewaska/BBE golfers took No. 1 while MACA was No. 3 among the seven teams. Madi McGinty of the host team was No. 1. Here's a review of the golfing Tigers: Hannah Zimmel (43), Peyton Hennen (56), Miranda Hesse (52), Mackenzie Stahman (48), Chloe Mogard (60) and Shayla Kill (61).
Another meet on last week's slate had the golfers vying at our Pomme de Terre Golf Club. BOLD led the way in this affair. Jacqueline Gossen of 'Waska/BBE was top individual. How the Tigers fared: Hannah Zimmel (51), Peyton Hennen (49), Miranda Hesse (51), Mackenzie Stahman (61), Chloe Mogard (59), Shayla Kill (59) and Megan Lindahl (70).
The Morris newspaper
We're all wondering how the already-retrenched Morris newspaper is going to fare without the weekly Shopko circular. Also, it seems there are fewer display ads for Heartland Motors than in the past. Valu Ford? Do they run any? Remember when Morris Auto Plaza ran big ads?
So, I'm looking at the current Motown paper at the Morris Library Saturday and I'm wondering about the feature article on page 2. It says the humanities building on the UMM campus used to be part of the WCSA. That is not my understanding. My understanding is that the HFA was built long after the WCSA went out of existence. I looked at the photos and couldn't even be sure where they were taken.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding some terminology or whatever. I'm getting distant from local institutions.
The new Heartland Motors even confuses me a little. I am getting the impression that if you use the service department, you're supposed to do so through a front desk which is away from the garage. Well, I'm 64 years old and I'm in the habit of going more into the garage area directly and talking to the nice folks there like Mark. Maybe I'm so detached or hopeless I should cease driving a car. Seriously, I'm thinking of that.
Item No. 2 from the Morris paper: The editorial page says we need a spring pickup day by the city for stuff you want to get rid of. Well, my first reaction: Wasn't this done once? And then it was ended? There were reasons given for ending it. What I heard, is that people would put stuff out only to find that a lot of it wouldn't be taken. The people who came along to collect would say "oh, we don't take that. We don't take that" etc. So, the city manager eventually wrote publicly that if you have stuff to get rid of, just contact Engebretson's and they'll make arrangements. That system is always in place.
In theory the annual pickup is a great idea. Maybe government needs to pay a little extra to make it work. Sometimes we need government to do things.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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