The MACA girls played with a more upbeat flair than the boys to close out the week. The girls' story was a 71-57 win on Friday. Not only upbeat, it was a turnaround from when the Tigers previously played Melrose: outcome of 29-32 - man, just 29 points! - on January 7. So, fans at the home gym had much to cheer Friday. They cheered our 13th win against eight losses. Melrose came out of the night at 14-7.
The Tigers were in command through first half play. At halftime the score was 38-24. The second half was a 33-all standoff.
The story the previous night wasn't so great as the MACA boys were humbled by Melrose in a rather offense-starved game by the Tigers. (The boys scored 110 against ACGC.)
The MACA girls' offense on Friday had MacKenna Kehoe hitting two 3-point shots. Meredith Carrington and Emma Bowman each made one from that range. Carrington topped the scoring list with 21 points. She was joined in double figures by Bowman (15), Malory Anderson (12) and Kehoe (10).
Other contributors were Kylie Swanson (7), LaRae Kram (4) and Kendra Wevley (2). Anderson and Carrington led in rebounds with seven and six respectively. Three Tigers each had three assists: Carrington, Kehoe and Anderson. Carrington showed an aggressive stance with her seven steals. Anderson and Wevley each had two blocked shots.
The Melrose stats show a dominant force in scoring. This was Makayla Luetmer with 28 points for game-high. But she needed more support from the rest of the cast. Second-high was Kinsey Wensmann with the modest total of eight. Kyja Birch scored six followed by Ashley Rademacher, Audrey Welle and Maddie Rosenberger each with four. Amy Austing scored three points on Melrose's only three-pointer.
Wrestling: MAHACA 57, Benson 21
The MAHACA wrestlers impressed in their dual vs. Benson in the West Central Conference Dual Tournament on Thursday. Tyce Anderson pinned Ed Wah in 3:27 at 106 pounds, putting the orange and black on its way to a 57-21 win over the Braves.
The 113-pound bout had Dallas Walton of the Tigers winning by fall too: a 2:51 job over Macoy Kurkosky. Benson notched a win at 120 where their combatant was Reece Larson. Larson pinned our Caden Rose in 1:16. Bring on the 126-pounders: here it was our Davin Rose winning by fall over Colby Hogrefe in :50.
Roses in February! How about that. Dylan Rose at 132 pounds was in pinning form and his success was vs. Preston McGee (:49). Dain Schroeder stepped forward at 138 pounds but didn't have to work to get his win - he was awarded a forfeit. Toby Messner was in pinning form at 145 pounds. He got Ayden Ehmke's shoulders pinned to the mat in :42.
Noah Amundson likewise came on strong at 152 pounds. Noah pinned Tyler Stewart in 1:26. Josh Rohloff at 160 pounds won by an 11-5 decision over Teagan Hogrefe. Then at 170, Hunter Gibson got the job done vs. Nathan Bolduc: a fall in 1:12. Benson's Thomas Dineen was the victor at 182 pounds with his 8-1 decision vs. Dalton Rose.
Dillon Nelson was unchallenged at 195 pounds so he was awarded a forfeit. Tristian Raths at 220 came on strong to win by fall over Jack Storlien in :47. Bring on the big guys, and here we saw Benson's Alden Syltie pin Carter Gibson in 1:04.
The Tigers would end up in the third place dual of this big WCC affair, where they lost to United in a 55-24 outcome.
Minnewaska Area's stock is rising in boys hoops in this neck of the woods. Indeed, on the heels of the Lakers' huge win over BOLD, they're creating more excitement. The BOLD game was on Thursday and then, not missing a beat, the Laker squad treated their fans to more of same on Friday. The Friday story was a 79-68 win over ACGC at home.
Oh, there was nothing routine about the win, as 'Waska trailed the Falcons at halftime by eight. But the Lakers came out with drive for the second half and they buried the Falcons 50-31, leading to the final score of 79-68 with 'Waska prevailing.
The 'Waska record is now 14-6. ACGC was left at 8-12.
Grant Jensen paced the Lakers in scoring with 27 points. Three other Lakers posted double-digit totals: Peyton Johnsrud (17), Aaron VerSteeg (13) and Luke Barkeim (10). Three other Lakers scored: Sam Hested (5), Drew Nelson (4) and Brady Hoffman (3). Johnsrud and Jensen each made two 3-pointers while Hested, Nelson and VerSteeg each made one.
Hested and Barkeim led in rebounds with ten and eight respectively. Hested dished out two assists. VerSteeg had three steals. Hoffman blocked a shot.
Dawson Miller was the big scorer for ACGC with 27 points. Steven Lawver put in 14 for the Falcons, Josh Kinzler eleven and Braeden Pickle ten. Shelby Shoen added six to the mix. The Falcons were pretty sharp in 3's where Lawver led the charge with three. Kinzler, Shoen and Miller each made a pair of long-rangers, and Pickle made one.
Miller led in rebounds with eight and Kinzler had four. Kinzler and Pickle were top assist producers with six and four, respectively. Kinzler had three steals and Pickle had two.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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