The skates glided along the ice and MBA notched a satisfying 6-3 win over Prairie Centre on Thursday. Wow - six different players scored our goals in this share-the-wealth evening. MBA fans cheered at the Benson Civic Center.
Our fortunes took off after the 1-1 first period. We got the night's first goal as Tim Blume did the job unassisted at 10:03. Eli Fletcher of Prairie Centre answered at 10:14 of the period, assisted by Zach Deters and Andrew Bick.
MBA seized the momentum in period #2. Mathew Tolifson scored the first of our three goals. He got the puck in the net at 8:33 with assists from Blume and Brady DeHaan. Then it was Reece Kuseska putting the Storm up 3-1 with his goal at 10:18, assist from Kaleb Breuer. The surge grew as DeHaan found the net at 13:03 assisted by Blume. Prairie Centre's Brady Cline scored at 15:50, assisted by Jacob Zollman.
We finished up business in Period #3 with a 2-1 advantage. Will Breuer scored assisted by Jack Riley and Brady Goff at :46. Prairie Centre's Jacob Zollman scored unassisted at 11:10 on the power play. The night's final goal put the victorious Storm up 6-3. Zach Bruns enjoyed this success and it had a Will Breuer assist (13:22).
Congrats to the Storm boys who had Brady Backman wearing the goalie mask. Brady saved nine of 12 shots. Prairie Centre had Isaiah DeFoe working in goal and he saved 23 of 29.
Girls hoops: Tigers 47, Montevideo 25
The MACA girls sure shut down the Thunder Hawks of Montevideo Tuesday (12/17), holding them to an anemic 25 points. A stellar defensive effort in this 47-25 Tiger triumph at the orange and black court. The tone was clearly set in the first half: a 25-9 scoring advantage. The Tigers applied finishing touches in the second: a 22-16 edge.
Meredith Carrington and MacKenna Kehoe each made two 3-pointers. Emma Bowman made one shot from beyond the three-point stripe, and this Tiger topped the team's scoring with 15 points. Carrington had ten points to show for her night's work. Kehoe's 3's made up her scoring as she posted six points. Malory Anderson and Kendra Wevley each put in six. LaRae Kram and Kylie Swanson each added two to the mix.
The Thunder Hawks didn't have much impact on the offensive end of the court. Avery Koenen and Greta Rongstad propped up their scoring, each with eight points. Livia Gades put in five points while Tenley Epema and Rose O'Malley each had two. Gades and Rongstad each made a three-pointer.
Boys: Tigers 74, New London-Spicer 47
Jackson Loge was the main story in the MACA boys hoops win Tuesday (12/17) at New London-Spicer.
Loge and his mates ensured an upbeat holidaytime mood for the orange and black crowd. Indeed, this 6'7" fellow with the superlative basketball lineage scored 44 points - fantastic. Plus he used his rangy frame to pull down 15 rebounds and block two shots. He put on a clinic for fans of both teams to appreciate at the Wildcats' court. Ho ho ho!
All those pluses helped widen the margin and create the final score of 74-47.
Loge is just a sophomore. Not sure if the word "just" is needed but you'll have to consider my historical bias here: When I first started writing for the Morris Sun Tribune newspaper, the Morris athletic department had a policy of no one younger than junior playing varsity. I confronted the coach once about a very promising sophomore who seemed sculpted to play basketball, last name of Libbon, and the comment I got about his prospects of playing varsity were: "We don't do that here." We obviously do now.
I began making comments about this and the various policies or decisions at the time, and thus I ended up becoming branded as a troublemaker in the eyes of many. Let's just say our athletic program through many of those years, lacked the best accountability to its constituents.
Ahem, let's move on with our game summary for the 74-47 win. It feels nice to type that score. And now let's stay in the year 2019. Oh, soon to be 2020. Soon to be Christmas and New Year's. We're living in impeachment times. Loge made 18 of his 22 field goal attempts, 82 percent. He focused close to the hoop, nothing outside the three-point line. He complemented these stats with eight-for-12 in freethrows, 67 percent. He helped us build a 33-23 lead by halftime. We poured it on with our 41-24 advantage the rest of the way.
Both our three-point makes were by Cameron Koebernick.
I'm getting in the habit of associating "Gonnerman" with Morris rather than Benson. Benson's loss is our gain as Toby Gonnerman scored nine points in the win. Durgin Decker scored seven points and Koebernick had six. Jaden Maanum put in four followed by Bradley Rohloff and Brandon Jergenson each with two.
Loge's 15 boards put him on top there. Decker and Jergenson each dished out four assists. Thomas Tiernan stole the ball twice. Loge was boss in blocking.
I'm not quite old enough to have covered Jackson's grandfather. His grandfather would have played in the old gym that was part of what came to be known as the "old elementary auditorium." It's now razed. We didn't call it "elementary" in the old days. I did watch some varsity games there: the Paul Kelly days. His body was mainly sculpted for football.
The New London-Spicer scoring was topped by Peyton Coahran with 15 points. (We have an impulse to think "Cochran" but it's "Coahran.") Christian Lessman and Mason Toutges each scored eleven points. Levi Streich scored seven, Jaden Zylstra two and Nick Hubbard one. Coahran built his point total with three 3-pointers while Lessman and Toutges each made one. Three Wildcats each had six rebounds: Coahran, Wolzen Holland and Toutges. Streich set the pace in assists with five. Toutges was tops in steals with three. Lessman and Jaryn Ommodt each had a blocked shot.
Christmas is nigh but first: the winter solstice. Don't forget St. Lucia Day.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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