The MACA girls began West Central Conference play on a winning note Friday. The Tigers breezed down I-94 to play the Dutchmen of Melrose. We were coming off a Thursday game that had a great first half and a rather disastrous second. That was against Willmar. On Friday the Tigers put it all together for both halves of play.
We outscored the Dutchmen 28-22 in the first half and 33-19 in the second. So the final score was 61-41 to inaugurate the conference slate. The Tigers breezed back on I-94 feeling most satisfied.
I do not have individual stats available for the Tigers, sorry. The Melrose scoring was dominated by Brooke Meyer who put in 18 points. Paige Gruber scored eight and Madison Stusse seven. Four Melrose players each scored two points: Brooke Finken, Vanessa Leukam, Ria Nelson and Courtney Revering. Meyer succeeded three times from three-point range, Stusse once.
Meyer had the team-best eight rebounds and four assists, and she was one of three Dutchmen with a blocked shot. Then we see Gruber with two steals to lead.
Melrose is having a rough road, no wins to date.
I have learned to be a little suspicious of won-lost numbers on the Willmar newspaper website. They have us at 2-2 coming out of Friday, but a check of a more reliable source - "Minnesota Scores" - has us at 3-2. The 3-2 numbers sound better. Is there any hope for getting the Willmar newspaper to refer to our athletic programs properly, as "Morris Area Chokio Alberta." That's the name, whether the Willmar scribes like it or not. There is such a thing as accuracy.
Regarding game stats, I have coach Dale Henrich's email address which means he has mine. That reminds me: I should probably send him a link to my annual original Christmas song from YouTube. My song this year is "Star on the Barn." I will be writing a specific blog post about this soon.
The "midmnsports" YouTube site has video to watch from Friday. Here's the link:
Boys hockey: Storm 3, Willmar 2
Thursday was hockey night in Benson. So the Storm of MBA skated onto the ice to take on Willmar. Suspense was high as game's end neared. The teams had a 1-1 stalemate in each of the first two periods. The dramatic game-winner for the Storm came with 2:54 left. The hero was Brady DeHaan who got the puck in the net. Brett Hanson assisted. So the game goes into the books as a 3-2 triumph.
Willmar's loss continued a skid for them. The Cardinals opened the season with a win, then were turned back four times. "Minnesota Scores" has the MBA won-lost mark at 2-2.
Willmar scored the game's first goal: Ethan Stark scored unassisted at 9:11 of the first period. Hanson of the Storm answered with an unassisted short-handed goal at 12:08. MBA went up 2-1 in the second period as Cole Blume struck with an assist from Tim Blume at 5:18. Willmar answered to create a 2-2 deadlock going into the final period. It was Samuel Beutow scoring Willmar's second period goal, assisted by Stark at 10:17.
The stage was set for the DeHaan goal at 14:06 of the third. DeHaan worked his game-winning magic with Hanson's assist. Quite the air of triumph among the MBA players, parents and fans at the Benson Civic Center. Our goaltender was Christopher Danielson: 24 saves, 26 shots. The Willmar net was guarded by Mason Thole: 36 saves, 39 shots.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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