It isn't over until it's over. The MACA boys looked to be in good shape during overtime of their Tuesday game. The Tigers were in action against ACGC at Grove City. We owned a five-point lead during overtime.
But the determined Falcons shaved the difference down to one point. The clock showed 3.8 seconds left when Josh Kinzler made a 3-pointer that sank our orange and black. The Falcons came away with the 89-87 win.
We were fortunate getting the game into overtime. Credit for that goes to Toby Gonnerman. For a long time I associated the Gonnerman name with Benson. We're happy to have this name in our fold now, and it was exciting to see this Tiger sink a shot as regulation time expired. So, the score was 78-78. But the Falcons righted their ship to outscore us 11-9 in the OT extension.
The loss for the Tigers took some luster from an otherwise monster night for Jackson Loge. Loge poured in 35 points. At first I typed "Kevin," Jackson's father, so you can feel amused by that, but it reminds me of the late Andy Papke who had a stint as Tiger basketball coach, and the genial fellow was known to sometimes mistakenly call a player by the father's name! Coach Mark Torgerson is on his second generation of players now, and maybe someday it will be his third.
Durgin Decker made noise with his 19 points. Gonnerman's last-second dramatics contributed to his point total at ten. Then we see Jaden Maanum with eight points, Cade Fehr with seven, Thomas Tiernan with five and Brandon Jergenson with three. Five different Tigers made 3-pointers led by Decker who had two long-range successes. Maanum, Jergenson, Tiernan and Loge each had one. ACGC led 43-31 at halftime.
Our second half advantage was a pretty impressive 47-35.
ACGC has impressed in early-season play and now sits at 3-1. The Tigers meanwhile still seek win No. 1. Kinzler made two 3-pointers but he was outdone by Steven Lawver who made four. Dawson Miller made two 3's and Shelby Shoen made one.
Lawver's 3's helped vault him to No. 1 on the scoring list with 30 points. Kinzler scored 21 points and Miller 19. Other Falcons on the list: Shelby Shoen (14), Zack Hinther (3) and Ethan Lilleberg (2). Lawver was all over the court and led in rebounds with eleven. Miller snared six. Lawver had the team-best nine assists and Shoen had five. Kinzler and Shoen each had five steals. Lawver and Miller each had a blocked shot. Lawver indeed came through like a marquee player. Any re-match of these teams will be anticipated with excitement.
Girls: NL-Spicer 61, Tigers 43
New London-Spicer is always a formidable opponent in girls basketball. The new season continues the norm. Tuesday saw the MACA Tigers on the short end of the 61-43 score. The Wildcats improved to 4-0. The orange and black hosted the game. Our record slipped to 2-3.
MacKenna Kehoe's name keeps showing up on the three-point shooting list. On this night she made two long-rangers from beyond the stripe. Meredith Carrington also made two 3's. We surely miss seeing Maddie on the court.
Malory Anderson was our top scorer with 14 points. Meredith came through with 12. Other scorers were Emma Bowman (8), Kehoe (6), Kendra Wevley (2) and LaRae Kram (1).
Anderson collected the team-best eight rebounds. Bowman and Kehoe each had two assists. Three Tigers each had two steals: Carrington, Bowman and Anderson. Anderson blocked two shots.
New London-Spicer raced to a 40-29 halftime lead. A very balanced NL-S attack had Erin Knisley scoring 13 points. Grace DeSchepper and Mackenzie Rich each scored eleven, and Emma Hanson had ten. The rest of the list includes Ava Kraemer (7), Payton Mages (4), Avery Rich (4) and Izzy Schmiesing (1). The Wildcats made just one '3' and this was by Hanson. Rebound leaders were DeSchepper and Hanson with ten and eight respectively. The Rich girls each had six assists as did Mages. Mages had seven steals and Avery Rich five. Mages blocked two shots.
BOLD 67, Tigers 54
The MACA girls fell back to .500, at 2-2 on Friday. They were dealt defeat on their home court by BOLD. The Warriors were road warriors on this night as they turned back our Tigers 67-54.
A big night for Warrior Makayla Snow indeed as she reached a thousand points for her career. She's a most familiar name from Central Minnesota hoops. She poured in 20 points, helping carve out the advantage for her talented team. Ashley Trongard showed talent too with her contribution of 13 points. Snow and Trongard helped lift their team to an early-season 3-1 record.
However, that superiority was certainly not evident in the first half. The home court fans admired our orange and black doing awfully well in that first half. We assumed a 35-30 lead. Did the Warriors make adjustments for second half play? Did we fail to make adjustments? Who knows, but in the second half the Snow/Trongard crew turned on the jets. They outscored the orange and black squad in a big way, 37-19.
I'll have to consult with Tom Carrington to find out what happened. He doesn't always have full faith in the coaching staff. Well, if we can't banter a little about the coaching, it's less fun, right? For the time being let's just laud the fired-up Warrior crew who sure found the formula for the second half. Congrats to them and their coaches.
Lanie Mages and Brenna Weis each scored nine points for the Warriors. Mari Ryberg put in eight points while Leslie Snow and Abby Meyers each scored four. Mages led the 3-pointer charge with three makes, while Weis nailed two from beyond the stripe.
For MACA, MacKenna Kehoe has shown in early-season play that she can be sharp from long-range. She made two long-rangers Friday. Meredith Carrington and LaRae Kram each made one. Kendra Wevley was our scoring leader with 15 points. Our other double figures scorer was Carrington with 13. Then we see Kehoe with eight followed by Emma Bowman (6), Kram (5), Malory Anderson (5) and Kylie Swanson (2).
Anderson and Swanson led in rebounds with six and five respectively. Anderson provided three assists. Wevley was the steal leader with seven followed by Anderson with six. Wevley had a fine all-around night as she blocked three shots.
Beating Willmar is always cause for satisfaction. I mean, they're the bigger town. And Tuesday action had the skaters of MBA looking mighty good at the Willmar Civic Center. The hat trick by Zach Bruns led the charge. I've always enjoyed that hockey term. I first learned it watching the North Stars of Bill Goldsworthy on TV. Let's not forget Ted Harris and J.P. Parise too. Ah, "The Gumper," Gump Worsley, playing goalie without a mask!
Bruns had two assists to go along with his hat trick in MBA's 9-3 win over Willmar. Will Breuer came through with two goals and two assists. In goal we had Chase Engebretson performing 32 saves. The win was our fourth against one loss.
We gained a 3-2 lead in period #1. Brady Loge scored our first goal, assisted by Parker Klemm at 1:48 of the first. Willmar answered with an Elbridge DeKraai goal, unassisted at 2:23. Willmar then got up 2-1 as Devin Sankey struck with assists from Isaiah Cameron and Tanner Bauman (5:21). MBA's Breuer put the puck in the net with a Klemm assist at 5:40. Then Bruns showed his scoring flair at 1:18, reaching the net with a Jack Riley assist.
We picked up lots of momentum in period #2. But first it was Willmar scoring as Adam Dejong succeeded with an Aidan Donelan assist at 1:17. MBA's Matthew Tolifson scored with assists from Breuer and Bruns at 6:29. Bruns scored at 7:07 using assists from Breuer and Riley. Breuer worked deftly with his goal at 12:37, assisted by Bruns.
We skunked Willmar 3-0 in the third. Riley scored with an unassisted flourish at 3;40. Bruns came through unassisted at 6:25, and finally Tim Blume scored with a Brett Hanson assist at 12:22, getting us up to nine goals. Impressive work on the night.
Wrestling: MAHACA 37, New London-Spicer 35
A very hard-fought dual vs. New London-Spicer ended with the MAHACA wrestlers having the advantage, 37-35. The action was Tuesday, part of the NL-Spicer Triangular. We were 1-1 in the Tri with the loss coming vs. Annandale-Maple Lake, score of 38-32. So we were quite competitive throughout, and the remainder of this post will review the win over the Wildcats of NL-Spicer.
Beating NL-Spicer is always rather satisfying, wouldn't you say? At the start we faltered as Tyce Anderson (108 pounds) and Dallas Walton (113) were defeated. Luke Knudsen beat Anderson by fall in 1:02, and Ty Bisek downed Walton in a 2:45 pin. Caden Rose of the Tigers decisioned Adam Sandau 10-4. Dylan Rose won by fall in 1:01 over Jace Neal.
Ethan Lebrija was a major decision winner over Luke Ruter, 16-3. At 138 pounds, Davin Rose of the Tigers was stopped in a 5-0 decision by Blake Vagle. Lots of well-known wrestling names coming up here, like Vagle, Bisek and Rose! At 145 pounds, our Dain Schroeder lost by decision to Brody Lien 16-13. The 152-pound bout had Hunter Messner losing by fall to Reid Holmquist (4:25).
At 160 pounds, our Noah Amundson pinned Tim Thein in 5:12. Our Jacob Boots at 170 won by fall over Lucas Tuchtenhagen in :49. Hunter Gibson and Tristian Raths gained forfeit victories. Our 220-pounder Dillon Nelson lost by fall to Nick McKenzie in :53. The battle of big guys at 285 pounds had the Wildcats' Marshel Johnson winning by technical fall over Carter Gibson, 17-2.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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