Tigers and Lakers get in groove with volleyball

Tigers 3, Sauk Centre 1

The new volleyball season is getting pretty well established, in this atypical fall of 2020. We hope it's all for the better. "Better" describes how the MACA Tigers performed Monday night at home. Fans could enjoy on the school's YouTube channel. We hope this remains a free service. When I was in high school, music concerts were free and no one could have dreamt of having to pay. The MAHS auditorium did not exist then. 

Today the school's varsity athletic facility is called the Tiger Center. A few fans were present, probably with limited access. YouTube expands the fan base! Fans of the Tigers had to enjoy the Monday action as the Tigers downed the visiting Streeters of Sauk Centre 3-1. Scores were 28-26, 25-22, 22-25 and 25-22. We now have seven matches under our belt, three of those with W's. Sauk Centre's record is 2-2. 

LaRae Kram performed five serving aces vs. the Streeters. Sophia Carlsen and Brianna Dybdahl each had two, and Emma Bowman and Liv Lebrija each had one. Kram shouldered most of the load in setting where she achieved 15 assists. Dybdahl complemented her with seven assists while Courtney Lehman had one. Kram also helped set the pace in hitting with her eleven kills. Also with eleven was Carlsen, and the list also includes Dybdahl (9), Sydney Dietz (8) and Maddy Grove (8). 

Carlsen contributed two ace blocks and Grove had one.

 

A busy 'Waska squad

So much seems tentative in the current sports scene, so Minnewaska Laker fans were delighted seeing matches on back-to-back nights, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29 and 30. And the Lakers won too! they turned back the West Central Area Knights 3-1 in the Thursday action at Barrett. Then it was on to Friday when the story was a 3-0 win over Morris Area Chokio Alberta at home. 

The story at WC Area: In the 3-1 success vs. the Knights, scores were as follows: 25-19, 25-11, 23-25 and 25-20. The match was a last-minute scheduling arrangement. Like I said: tentative. Four Lakers had set assists in double figures: Haley Shea 24, Rylee Metz 17, MaKena Panitzke 13 and Brecklyn Beyer 11. The list continues with Brooklyn Larson 8, Avery Hoeper 8, Kristen Glover 4, Avery Fier 2 and Ana Chevalier 2. 

Let's look at the hitting department with kills, and here Panitzke set the pace with 13. Beyer pounded down eleven kills. Then it was Larson 8, Hoeper 8, Glover 4, Fier 2 and Chevalier 2. Panitzke topped the serve aces list with six. Metz produced five, Hoeper 2, and Glover, Shea and Fier one each. Hoeper led the digs performance with her 14. Fier was right behind with 13. Glover had 12, Panitzke 10 and Metz 6.

The Lakers defeated the MACA Tigers on Friday by scores of  25-23, 25-21 and 25-23.

- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com