But it was the Lakers of Minnewaska winning the Tuesday GBB game at Osakis. The final margin was ten, 59-49. So Minnewaska outscored the Silverstreaks 30-18 in an impressive second half.
Once again, Lauryn Ankeny had a prime role in the success. She put in 17 points. Kendall Danielson also impressed with her 13 points. Here's the rest of the list: Berlynn Green 8, Nori Song 7, Allie Mrnak 5, Olivia Danielson 5 and Alia Randt 4.
Kendall Danielson led in 3-pointers with her three. Ankeny sank two of these while these teammates each had one: Song, Mrnak and Olivia Danielson.
Randt topped rebounds with nine while Olivia Danielson had five. Ankeny, Song and Randt each had two assists. Green was the steal leader with eight while Ankeny had three. Green and Aubrey Polzin each blocked a shot. 'Waska upped its season record to 14-2.
Boys: Lakers 64, Sauk Centre 53
The home gym was the site for this Laker success on Tuesday. The Laker boys fared much like the girls team, in this case winning by 11. Marc Gruber played like a marquee player with his 24 points. The final score was 64-53 as Minnewaska bested the Streeters of Sauk Centre.
Like the girls, the 'Waska boys depended on a very strong second half. So the Lakers, who trailed 33-27 at the half, turned on the jets for second half play to achieve a 37-20 scoring advantage. Wow!
Luke Danielson accounted for 15 of the Lakers' points. Tristan O'Neil put in ten. Other Lakers scoring: Cavin Thorfinnson 5, Caleb Kath 4, Drew Bleick 4 and Connor Erickson 2.
Gruber got fuel for his team-leading point total with four 3-pointers. O'Neil, Thorfinnson and Danielson each had one '3'. Danielson set the pace in rebounds with nine. And he also topped assists with three. He and Erickson co-led in steals, each with two. Danielson swatted aside two shots.
The 'Waska boys sport a fine record just like the girls: 8-4.
The MACA girls game of Tuesday night would normally get the headline for this blog post. I am after all a Morris-oriented person. I live next door to a top MACA player. I am delighted to see the team win as they did on Tuesday. I cannot make this story No. 1 for today's blog post because I lack game data for MACA. You guessed it, I'm relying on the West Central Tribune website.
So true to form, the opponent gets detailed attention and Morris gets shafted. What a bunch of pissy ants at the West Central Trtibune. The paper is owned by Forum Communications. How much do you wanna bet the Forum holds a grudge against Morris because they had a bad experience owning the Morris newspaper? I'd put my money on that. I hope local fans are hassling them. They give us the score for Tuesday's game, 69-28.
So it was a romp by my neighbor Addie Cihak and her Tiger teammates over the T-Hawks. A romp. And the WC Trib's article starts out by giving the top Montevideo point scorer. Well congrats to Megan Koosmann who scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds. Her teammate Jill Magnuson put in 11 points and had seven boards. This is the prime news as reported by the Willmar paper. And it's for the team that got outscored by 41 points! How about a nice middle finger peace sign for the WC Trib? On and on it goes, it never changes. There was a time when the WC Trib did report on Morris. Something happened.
Would you believe only three players scored for the T-Hawks? Koosmann and Magnuson were joined by Brooklyn Shourds who scored two points. Koosmann made the only 3-pointer. Magnuson and Koosmann had seven and six rebounds respectively. Magnuson, Koosmann and Brianna Johnson each had one assist. Johnson had two steals. Magnuson and Koosmann each blocked a shot.
I suppose the MACA coach prepares info and "sends it to the newspaper," the Morris or Stevens County paper. Well fine, and then we have to wait a week to see it in the paper which we have to BUY. People operate on old habits so much. The newspaper is not the default way for things to be reported anymore. We are deep into the Internet age.
Of course the Morris newspaper has a website. If you have visited there, you know it's futile for finding timely Tiger sports info. If you don't like this state of affairs, say something to the appropriate parties. I imagine they have gotten complaints about the website.
Comic relief: A Viking in a bathtub is pursued by ICE officers in Minneapolis!
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwillhy73@yahoo.com
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