Jackson Loge took on a more complementary role in scoring in the Thursday night game. The top MACA scorer in the home win was Thomas Tiernan. He and Loge were forces as the Tigers downed the BOLD Warriors 86-66.
I don't know how many fans were at the Tiger Center to cheer. Also don't know if masks are continuing to be worn by players. The situation can be fluid. But it surely was an upbeat night for the fans of the orange and black.
Our offense was robust as we scored 48 first half points, double the BOLD total. We coasted to our fifth victory with 38 second half points, actually fewer than BOLD's 42.
So we sit at 5-0. Tiernan was a force from outside with four three-pointers, team-best. Brandon Jergenson made three long-rangers, Cole Wente two and Sam Kleinwolterink one.
Important as Tiernan and Loge were, the attack had a total of four double figures scorers. Tiernan's long-range eye helped put him on top of the list with 20 points. Loge put in 17. Then we see Jergenson with 15 and Wente with 12. Toby Gonnerman added eight points to the mix and Kleinwolterink five. Completing the list: Riley Reimers 4, Andrew Olson 3 and Durgin Decker 2.
Loge snared 12 rebounds to lead. Jergenson was tops in assists with seven. Loge led in steals (5) and blocked shots (3).
Two BOLD players handled most of the scoring load: Drew Sagedahl with 27 points and Cole Visser with 17. Jack Gross and Max Marks each scored six. Other Warriors: Avery Herdina 4, Braeden Tersteeg 3, Ethan Sullivan 2 and Noah Boen 1. Visser led the way in long-rangers with five 3's. Then we see Sagedahl with three, Marks two and Gross one.
Sagedahl attacked the boards for six rebounds. Tersteeg was assist leader with seven. Sagedahl's seven steals was tops. BOLD came out of the game winless for the season.
Girls: Tigers 70, Melrose 62
The Friday story for the MACA girls hoops team was a win by eight, 70-62, at Melrose. We escaped the four-point deficit we had at the halfway mark. We charged out for second half play with a sharper style, surely putting a smile on coach Dale Henrich's face. So the reward was our second win of the season against three losses. Melrose likewise came out of the night at 2-3.
Sydney Dietz topped our scoring list with 18 points. Plus she collected seven rebounds. LaRae Kram was a cog with 16 points and six rebounds. Then we see Emma Bowman with 14 points and Maddy Grove with nine.
Boys hockey: Red Lake Falls 3, Storm 2
Things looked hopeful in the opening period when Zach Bruns scored the game's first goal (at 7:01). Assists were from Cole Blume and Kaleb Breuer. But the Bruns goal was not an indicator of the game's outcome. Playing at the home Benson ice, the Storm came out on the short end versus Red Lake Falls 3-2 on Friday.
The Bruns goal was followed by three straight by the opposition. The onslaught began with Ty Kennett scoring unassisted at 7:37 of the first. Zak Kennett struck with an assist from Blake Arlt at 11:48. Following a scoreless second period, the Kennett boys got busy again, first with Zak scoring with assists from Ty and from Evan Girdler at 8:44 of the third.
We got the night's final goal: Brady DeHaan with the success, assists by Hunter Blume and Will Breuer, at 11:48.
Our goalie was Peyton LeClair who had 31 saves in 34 attempts. The Red Lake Falls goal was guarded by Andrew Johnson: 27 saves in 29 attempts.
End of January is here
Dreariness, yes. Some might use the term "winter blahs." I remember when a member of the Vikings was making a stink about his contract and someone said he had the "winter blahs." It's hard to describe but we're all familiar with it.
I'm reminded of some commentary about the movie "Fargo." It's a movie I generally do not like. Shows too much of the dark side of human nature. I wonder why the bad guy husband had to be a car salesman. But the commentary was about our winter atmosphere here in Minnesota. It rings most true at these end of January times with cloudy skies. We look to the distance. The commenter who was from Minnesota said "you look in the distance and the horizon is this shrouded blue line."
Not well defined. I'm looking to the north from my residence along Northridge Drive. And yes, I do not see a well-defined horizon. I do not mean "blue" as in blue sky. Blue sky and sunshine would be most welcome. I guess the days are very slowly getting longer as the solstice was in late December. But the process is too slow. We are lacking sunshine and we need this for our collective state of mind.
The patience is strained especially in these times of the pandemic and its forced restrictions. I worry what will happen to us all, if some real relief does not come.
Was the U.S. capitol invasion a manifestation of our miserableness? How much worse could it get? Do any of you seriously believe you'd be living better over the next four years if Trump had won? I realize most of you revere Trump, who played golf while so many people suffered and felt stress. For the life of me I don't understand these things.
With Biden we now have transgender people welcome in the military again. What's next? Dogs and cats sleeping together? Just try to forget about it.
I look out my picture window facing to the north and am delighted to see rabbits. As our feelings of isolation build, we might welcome rabbits as real companions. I find myself thinking that way. I used to tell my mother "there's Mr. Rabbit!" Sometimes we'd see Mr. Squirrel and even Mr. Fox. Last summer for the first time I saw a beautiful red fox lying in our back yard for a minute or two. Surprising, as usually these creatures are seen fleetingly as they dart by. Often they look not well. The one lying down looked healthy, a nice sight. I suppose they might take a few of the rabbits. That's the ecosystem at work.
Let's all tough it out through February.
Addendum: I don't know why Trump hasn't scheduled any new "rallies" yet, but when he does, I look for his "movement" to go full Nazi. Look at the attitude from that Cornerstone Church in Alexandria. At first the "salutes" will be discouraged, but then we all will have to accept it. I mean, when you cannot stop something. . .
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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