MACA volleyball is making some progress from the pattern of setbacks over most of the season to date. Fans at Tiger Center cheered the progress on Tuesday. The Tigers gained their fourth win. Unfortunately their loss total stands at 17. But a win is always heartening, and the manner in which MACA won was particularly savory.
Actually, things looked bleak for the orange and black midway through. They had allowed the Thunder Hawks to achieve a 2-0 lead in games, so just one win away from taking the match. Filled with resolve, the Tigers were undaunted and summoned winning form the rest of the way. Certainly there was a crescendo of cheers from the MACA faithful.
Here's a complete review of the night's scores with MACA numbers first: 23-25, 23-25, 25-18, 25-21 and 15-10. Monte came out of the night at 10-13.
Kills were important in the Tigers' winning mix. In this department we see Brianna Marty with 15 and Sydney Dietz and Maddy Grove each with ten. Grove also came through with three blocks and three aces. Brienna Dybdahl performed four aces and Dietz had three.
I have access to more detailed stats for the T-Hawks. Taya Weber and Callie Augeson each had two serving aces while Avery Koenen had one. Tenley Epema was the workhorse in setting and she had 27 assists. Avery Koenen was clearly the go-to T-Hawk at the net - she pounded 20 kills. She was complemented by Maren Nelson (3), Avery Williams (1), Augeson (1) and Emmie Koenen (1).
Avery Koenen was quite the force with blocking too where her ace total was seven. Emmie Koenen had one ace. Digs was another department where Avery Koenen led - her total here was 14. Other Thunder Hawks with digs were Teagan Epema (9), Weber (7), Tenley Epema (5) and Augeson (5).
The West Central Tribune reported "stats not available" for MACA. Which brings to mind: the word is that Morris is now "out" when it comes to the WC Trib's All-Area teams, as well as the end-of-year nominations for the award named for Ranweiler and one other dude whose name I have a hard time remembering how to spell. These awards are bestowed by the West Central Tribune staff. I have always questioned somewhat the legitimacy of such awards, as they don't seem to have the proper imprimatur. But people probably have fun with these things.
Along with this change of status for MACA relative to the Willmar paper, comes another consequence, apparently: erasure of our game details from the regular coverage. That's really kind of a downer, never mind that I have reservations about Forum Communications, the big company out of Fargo that owns the Willmar paper. Forum had a shot at owning our paper in Morris. It was a failure here and ended up leaving town.
Forum boasts how it is so up to date with all the trendy ways of the modern business/corporate world. Talk is cheap, guys. The Morris paper has been taken over by the Anfinsons who obviously have more on the ball. They don't just talk big, they know how to do it.
With MACA now being tossed out of bounds by the Forum-owned West Central Tribune, is this related to the Forum having retreated from Morris? Is there sour grapes or bitterness or whatever? A bitter taste?
All things being equal, it would be nice to still see MACA on the West Central Tribune's map, wouldn't it? But they didn't even call us "MACA," remember? They took the liberty to call us "Morris/Chokio-Alberta" all the time, even though we clearly go by "Morris Area Chokio Alberta." I pointed out this discrepancy in my online writing through the years, to no avail. How many people read my blogs? I really cannot be certain. I hope more than a few.
Lyle Rambow shared this interpretation with me: "Likely, they just weren't selling enough subscriptions in our area to warrant coverage here." To those few who still subscribe: why not just discontinue as soon as possible? I appreciate Lyle's input but then I wonder: don't the advertisers in the West Central Tribune want to penetrate the Morris area a little? I might suggest this should be an even more important consideration for them. Advertising is really the straw that stirs the drink.
How about for Schweiter's Chevrolet? I use to love their TV commercials. (At present I do not have TV.)
Lyle and Londa live at a place called "Baycrest" now. They used to live on my Northridge Drive. The MACA tennis coach now lives at their old house: a house of winners!
MACA cross country runners made the trip to Mary Holmberg's hometown of Murdock Tuesday for the Benson-KMS Invite. Our top standouts were Hailey Werk for the girls and Gavin Stallman for the boys. Werk was No. 5 to the finish chute in the girls race. Stallman was No. 11 among the boys.
Our girls team finished fourth and also included Meredith Carrington (7th) and Isabel Fynboh (15th). Our boys placed sixth. Matthew Giese arrived at the finish chute 23rd.
Here's a listing of the top five girls: Olivia Danielson of 'Waska (20:32), Lauren Ankeny of 'Waska (21:22), Amber Collins of Wadena-Deer Creek (21:23), Peyton Dahl of New London-Spicer (21:38) and Hailey Werk of MACA (21:45). This is annoying: the West Central Tribune has "MCA" after Hailey's name. You dumbasses, it's "MACA." 'Waska was the champion girls team.
Here's a listing of the top five boys: Brandon Kampsen of Sauk Centre (17:02), Payton Sterud of Lac qui Parle Valley (17:47), Landon Thompson of Benson-KMS (18:13), Maeson Tank of 'Waska (18:21) and Kaiden Allpress of Lac qui Parle Valley (18:23). Lac qui Parle Valley was the champion boys team.
Cashless in Willmar
Don't bring cash if you want to get admission to a football game in Willmar. Cash is no-go there now. It's an adjustment for a lot of people, I'm sure, especially older people. But such things are inevitable in the world of today, n'est-ce pas?
I got to thinking about our choir and band concerts here at MAHS. I have heard stories about how some people come in with big bills to break, maybe even a $100? Word is, some of these people just get waved in, forget giving the change. People associated with school activities can get in free, I hear, and I hear also that the school can be real "loose" making this judgment. It does not take much of a connection.
The first band concert is coming up on Monday, Oct. 18.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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