Malory Anderson and Maddie Carrington were a 1-2 punch for MACA girls basketball in its January 15 home win. Home fans cheered as Anderson put in 22 points and Carrington scored 19. Carrington made two 3-pointers while Riley Decker and Liz Dietz each made one.
Here's the rest of the scoring list: Kendra Wevley (8), Emma Bowman (5), Dietz (5), Sophia Carlsen (4) and Decker (3). Anderson and Bowman were top rebounders with 14 and eight respectively. Decker was the assist whiz with seven. Anderson stood out in steals with eight.
The Tigers improved to 8-5 with the 66-52 final score. We were up at halftime 40-25. Wheaton-Herman-Norcross came out of the game at 4-8.
Isabelle Schmidt was WHN's top scorer with 21 points. Maycee Tolifson achieved double figures too with 13. Other Warriors who scored: Brylie Schultz (7), Haley Johnson (4), Mackenzi Stafford (4) and Ellisa Rinke (3). Tolifson, Rinke and Schmidt each made a '3'.
Boys: Tigers 57, ACGC 55
The Morris Area Chokio Alberta boys' assignment on Jan. 15 was to visit Falcon country of ACGC. It was hard work but we got our record evened at 6-6. Will the .500 plateau be a jumping-off point for increased success? Orange and black optimism is high at mid-season. The host Falcons fell to 4-9.
Coach Mark Torgerson's Tigers assumed a 31-26 lead at halftime. Camden Arndt was in the groove with his play at the Grove City gym. Arndt came at the Falcons with 26 points. Jackson Loge and Jaret Johnson complemented him with eleven and ten points respectively. It was a night when just five total Tigers scored but they got the job done. Jaden Maanum scored nine points and Joseph Kleinwolterink added one to the mix.
Arndt made two 3-point shots and Maanum connected for one. Arndt showed his prowess in rebounds too with his team-best 13, followed by Loge with nine and Johnson with five. Johnson led in assists and steals with six and three respectively. Arndt stole the ball twice.
The game-high scorer was ACGC's Steven Lawver with 27 points. Like the Tigers, the Falcons showed an "iron man" look with just five players scoring. Here are the other four: Dawson Miller (13), Brayden Hedtke (11), Shelby Shoen (2) and Jordan Schumacher (2). Three Falcons each made a 3-pointer: Hedtke, Lawver and Miller. Lawver snared eleven rebounds while Miller grabbed eight. Schumacher and Lawver led in assists with six and five, respectively. Hedtke led in steals with four while Miller had three.
Boys: Tigers 72, Lac qui Parle 68
The winter sports schedule can be pretty intense. Games can appear on the schedule for Saturday. Such was the case this past Saturday, Jan. 12, when the home gym was the site for boys and girls action versus Lac qui Parle Valley.
The boys game was a thriller for the home fans as our team bounced back after a deficit of ten points at halftime. We seemed on the ropes for a time, due in large part to LQPV's Austin Bonn and his sharp long-range shooting. Bonn was a force with 21 points in the first half, a time when he made six 3-pointers among ten total by his squad. Quite an onslaught by the Eagles but not a sign of guaranteed victory, as it turned out.
The Tigers were resolved to change the game's complexion in the second half. The defense was going to have to step things up. And it did! It clamped down on Bonn who was limited to five points in the half. He still finished with the impressive harvest of 26 for the game.
The win got us to 5-6 while LQPV came out of the day at 9-4.
Saturday revived memories of Kevin Loge as Kevin's son Jackson played a big part in the MACA resurgence. Jackson scored 27 points to mirror his rival Bonn. Jackson achieved his seventh double-double of the campaign. His points-per-game is 17.7 and he's making field goal attempts at a 57 percent clip. We have a team shooting percentage of 44.
Loge was joined in the double figures scoring category by three of his mates: Zach Hughes (14), Jaret Johnson (13) and Camden Arndt (10). Eli Grove scored four points while Durgin Decker and Jaden Maanum each put in two. Hughes got bursts of cheers from the partisan home crowd with his four 3-pointers. Loge and Johnson each got the refs to signal '3' once.
Loge completed his double-double with 16 rebounds. Arndt snared five boards. In assists it was Johnson leading the way with eight while Arndt had five. Loge stole the ball twice and he blocked five shots.
Girls: Tigers 55, LQPV 51
The girls got focused for their Saturday assignment, resolved to beat the Eagles of Lac qui Parle Valley. (Where is the "valley" over there?)
It was a showcase day for hoops at our fine local facilities. Our hoops teams showed a superior quality indeed. The orange and black showed a flourish in the girls game by turning back a LQPV Eagle team that came here undefeated! Our 55-51 win finally put a blemish on the Eagles' record. The Eagles left here at 11-1 while our team climbed to 7-5. We led 25-21 at halftime.
Riley Decker put on a 3-point shooting clinic as she succeeded five times beyond the magical line. (I used to write "3-point land" like it was an Oz type of place.) Decker poured in 19 points for the game. Maddie Carrington made one three-pointer and was No. 2 on the scoring list with eleven. Malory Anderson came through with nine points while these other Tigers scored: Kylie Swanson (6), Emma Bowman (5), Sophia Carlsen (3) and Liz Dietz (2).
Anderson was a force on the boards with her 18 rebounds. Carlsen came through with six rebounds. Anderson set the pace in assists with four while Swanson and Decker each had three. Carrington and Anderson each had three steals.
What a day for Tiger hoops! So far the signs seem quite positive in the post-holidays phase of the schedule.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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