Basketball is a rising priority for us all as we approach the month of March. That, and keeping up with the ever-accumulating snow. We're getting numb to the snow. As for the basketball, it surely makes our winter seem shorter.
MACA fans can feel delighted with how our prep squads did Thursday night! The girls story was an 83-55 win over the Falcons of ACGC. Maddie Carrington gave prime fuel toward the winning "mo." Maddie was in the zone to make three 3-pointers. Emma Bowman, Riley Decker and Mackenna Kehoe each made one long-ranger.
The win was No. 14 for coach Dale Henrich's crew. ACGC is floundering this season with a record well below .500.
Carrington's 3's helped her build up her team-best 22 points. Malory Anderson had a prime role with her 19 points scored. Bowman's ten points put her in the double figures circle as well. The rest of the scorers: Decker (9), Meredith Carrington (6), Kylie Swanson (4), Sophie Carlsen (4), Kendra Wevley (4), Kehoe (3) and Jordann Baier (2).
I checked the roster on Maxpreps and this confirms that Sophie's last name is spelled "Carlsen" with an 'e' and not the 'o' that is seen in the Willmar paper. Also, I'm good at spelling Jordann's name as she has been my occasional waitress at DeToy's. The Willmar paper omitted one of the n's.
ACGC's Wilner girls, Rachel and Pailey, found the range from 3-point land with Rachel making three and Pailey one. Jeana Denton found the range to make one '3'. I wonder if Jeana is related to my old high school contemporary Craig Denton. These days, I wonder not if a certain athlete is a son or daughter of an old contemporary, but if the kid is a grandchild!
The Wilner girls each put in 13 points for the Falcons. Denton's contribution was ten points. Here are the others: Lindsey Minnick (8), Brittney Schultz (6), Erin Roemeling (2), Shayna Hobson (2) and Brooke Schroeder (1). Minnick grabbed 12 rebounds. She and Rachel Wilner each had two assists, and Minnick stole the ball three times. The Tigers led 31-28 at halftime.
Boys: Tigers 69, Parkers Prairie 68
A victory by one point blessed our orange and black male hoopsters Thursday night. It was a win building considerable confidence, as our opponent Parkers Prairie had high standing with its record. By virtue of our 69-68 win, we came out of the night with a 15-8 record, while Parkers Prairie's record stood at 18-4.
Congratulations to Jaret Johnson on scoring his 1000th career point! Jaden Maanum made two essential three-point shots. Every field goal was essential in this tight game. Camden Arndt and Jaret Johnson each made one '3'. We had to overcome Parkers Prairie's one-point lead at halftime, 32-31.
In the end, it was Arndt leading the way in scoring for our guys with his 25 points. Johnson was a cog with his 17, and Jackson Loge joined those two in double figures with his ten. Maanum put in eight points, Zach Hughes seven and Kevin Asfeld two. Loge led the charge in rebounding with eleven while Arndt collected six. Maanum and Arndt were top assist producers with four and three respectively. Arndt, Loge and Johnson each had two steals.
Let's look at the Parkers Prairie scoring. Here we see three players in double figures led by Travis Yohnke with 16 points. Alex Koep put in 15 and Andrew Warren eleven. Adding points were Noah Koep (9), Josh Helling (8), Preston Yohnke (6) and Eli Simonson (3).
Girls: Tigers 48, Montevideo 42
The Tuesday story was bright for our girls team as we got past Montevideo in a 48-42 outcome. Riley Decker was on a tear with her shooting eye. Riley connected four times from 3-point land. Liz Dietz made two 3's and Maddie Carrington one.
Decker ascended to No. 1 on the scoring list with her 17 points. Malory Anderson was No. 2 with nine points. Then we have Maddie Carrington (7), Dietz (6), Emma Bowman (5), Jordann Baier (2) and Sophie Carlsen (2). Anderson went up to collect ten rebounds and she was complemented by Bowman who had six. Decker had five assists followed by Bowman with three. Anderson executed six steals.
Three Monte Thunder Hawks each made two 3-pointers: Maddie Kilibarda, Tenley Epema and Avery Koenen. It was Koenen leading the T-Hawks in scoring with 14 points. Epema put in ten points. Other scorers: Kilibarda (8), Sydney Zindel (5), Kori Douglas (2) and Jasmyn Kronback (1). The individual totals add up to 40, not 42, and this is an old problem with info from the Willmar paper.
The Tigers broke away from the 21-all tie at halftime.
Sour or stinking grapes
So our former coach Jerry Kill has an ax to grind now against his former very generous employer, the U of M. I always thought the U bent over backward to accommodate coach Kill and to even line his pockets by the time he left here, largesse-style, as the U has been known to do, ahem.
Kill went on a verbal tirade against the current coach of the Gophers recently, as reported on page 5 of the Strib sports section. The article was plugged on page 1 of the section. Considering the sharpness of Kill's remarks, the article might have been put on page 1 of sports or page 1 of the whole damn paper. Nothing like our U of M making more notorious news, dirty linen style.
What was the gist of Kill's remarks, spoken on a radio show? I guess the substance isn't that important, as it all came across as personal, even with a reference to the coach's "first wife" (if you're counting). It makes me wonder if coaches have a depth chart for assessing marriages.
Wasn't Kill able to acquire a nice lake home in Cardondale IL as a result of the U's famous generosity? He's a long way from the U of M now. He should just focus on what he's doing there.
Aren't you all sick of the testosterone-infused world of football? Maybe these guys have just hit their heads too often. Maybe they're done in by painkillers. I am sick of the self-importance they project. We all must move on from football in our culture.
Remember those dudes running across our football field with the "Jerrysota" flag? I thought that was asinine. We shamelessly "pad" our W/L record each year with three games that are calculated to be automatic wins (without being real bad blow-outs). How scheming. Then, all the gullible fans observe our W/L record at season's end and think it's really legitimate. There's a sucker born every minute. Don't bother "rowing the boat."
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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