We got a 7-0 lead by the end of the first quarter and were up 15-6 at halftime. We got breathing room in the third quarter with a 12-0 scoring advantage. The fourth quarter was a stalemate. MACA could tuck away its third win of the season, against one loss. ACGC's record: 2-2. Next we'll be home to play Kimball.
Zach Bruns scored our first touchdown, carrying from the two. Eli Grove applied his toe to kick the extra point. Our eight points in the second quarter did not come on a touchdown and conversion. First we got a safety for two points. Then it was Jack Riley taking care of business with a TD run from the three. The conversion was no-go.
ACGC got on the scoreboard in the first half when Luke Trebil passed 37 yards to Josh Kinzler. The PAT try failed. The next two scores were by the Tigers. Riley broke loose on a 21-yard run for six. We tried a pass on the conversion and were stopped. The Willmar newspaper reported that the Tigers scored on a 19-yard pass from Grove to Riley. But Grove's name does not appear in the passing stats, so could be an error. The conversion failed on a pass.
ACGC struck with a 32-yard pass that had Trebil throwing and Dawson Miller catching. Steven Lawver kicked the PAT. The night's final score had Riley carrying from the five for the Tigers. So, win No. 3 accomplished. We had 25 first downs on the night.
Riley had a monster night carrying the football: 140 yards on 19 carries. Bruns covered 57 yards in nine carries, and Kenny Soderberg had 47 yards in eleven. Other rushing yardage was chalked up by Grove, Ross Marty, Colten Scheldorf and Tristan Raths.
Bruns put up effective passing numbers: eight of 16 for 140 yards and no interceptions. Three Tigers each had two receptions: Riley (for 28 yards), Soderberg (28 yards also) and Toby Gonnerman (24). For a long time I associated the Gonnerman name with Benson. We welcome the name in orange and black country. Scheldorf had a big catch for 44 yards. Josh Rohloff made a nifty catch for 16 yards. We recovered one fumble.
Josh Kinzler had 77 yards on 15 carries for the host Falcons. Cael Blom rushed 57 yards on eleven carries. Trebil had efficient passing numbers of five completions in nine attempts for 76 yards and no INTs. The receptions were really spread around with these Falcons having stats: Kinzler, Miller, Zackary Hinther, Blom and Shelby Shoen. Noah Renne had a quarterback sack for the Falcons.
Volleyball: Tigers 3, Benson 1
Four MACA Tigers each had two serving aces in the 3-1 win over Benson on Thursday. These four Tigers zeroed in with their serving technique: Courtney Lehman, Kenzie Hockel, LaRae Kram and Lexi Pew. Macee Libbesmeier zeroed in for one serving ace. Here are the game scores: 25-16, 25-18, 22-25 and 25-23. The action was at Benson.
Kram was the key Tiger in setting and she chalked up 26 assists. Pew had one assist. The hitting department was marked by balance. Here the contributors were Emma Bowman (seven kills), Pew (6), Emma Berlinger (5), Hockel (5), Kram (5) and Sophia Carlsen (4). The Tigers showed authority at the net with ace blocks. Pew went up to record four blocks. Kram and Carlsen each performed three. Hockel had two, and Berlinger and Bowman one each. Lehman set the pace in digs with 15. Libbesmeier had eleven, Pew ten and Jaden Ross seven.
For Benson, Abbie Mitteness reeled off five ace serves. Ellie Moesenthin performed 18 set assists. Claire Ricard had the team-best 12 kills. Moesenthin showed prowess at the net with five ace blocks. Mitteness was tops for the Braves in digs with 17.
Tigers 3, Montevideo 0
Win No. 4 came in dominating fashion for the MACA Tigers Tuesday (9/17). The four wins compared with seven losses at night's end. The squad strives to close the gap with .500. Monte came out of the night with below-.500 numbers too: 3-7. It was a WCC match.
We prevailed by sweep, scores of 25-10, 25-14 and 25-13.
The dominance was with a balanced hitting attack. Here we see the following stats: Sophia Carlsen (eight kills), Emma Berlinger (5), Lexi Pew (5), Kenzie Hockel (2) and Emma Bowman (1). Pew surged to send three ace blocks back at the T-Hawks. Three Tigers each had one ace block: Berlinger, Hockel and Carlsen. Courtney Lehman set the pace in digs with ten. Jaden Ross had seven and Macee Libbesmeier five.
LaRae Kram filled the setting role and responded with 15 assists. Carlsen got in position to provide one. And in ace serves Hockel and Pew each had two. Fans at the home gym cheered on the orange and black.
Avery Koenen led the T-Hawks in kills with six. Then it was Megan Anderson with four, Livia Gades and Cali Molde with two each, and Lexi Brockmoller and Jasmyn Kronback each with one. Four Thunder Hawks racked up set assist stats, led by Gades with 13. Tenley Epema had five, and Brockmoller and Tegan Marty one each.
Morris Area Chokio Alberta football and volleyball will be showcased this next week for the MAHS 2019 Homecoming. The parade will be big on Friday!
Addendum: team PR
My football coverage today includes the suggestion that an area paper, not the Morris paper, could have made a mistake in the scoring summary. We all make mistakes so the point in citing this is not to beat up on anybody. The point is to repeat a suggestion that I have oft made, that sports teams be pro-active and get their game details, stats and schedule info posted on sites of their own creation.
Find a student in the hallways who is strongly interested in communications and set that student up as communications specialist for the team. He/she could work closely with the coach. It would enrich the student greatly and be a good service to fans. And beyond that: public relations and outreach. All these school programs need to sell themselves.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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