Tyce Anderson manned the 106-pound spot and he won by fall over Tanner Kantz in 1:15. Grayson Gibson was our 113-pounder and he had his arm raised via forfeit. Jeremiah Schmidgall was assigned the 120 position and he lost by fall to Brady Kiecker in 1:16.
Dallas Walton at 126 pinned Trey Zamarron in :53. Our 132-pounder was Ethan Lebrija and this Tiger pinned Gavin Hammerschmidt in 1:22. Caden Rose was a forfeit winner at 138. David Rose was assigned the work at 145 and this Tiger decisioned Austin Kiecker 5-4.
At 152 pounds, Hunter Massner won by fall in :57 over Neil Young. At 160, Dain Schroeder won by fall in 1:49 over Elijah Swenson. Our Connor Olson lost by fall in 4:44 to Connor Plumley. Asher Malek was unchallenged at 182. Forfeit wins were also awarded to Hunter Gibson at 195 and Brock Marty at 220. Levi Kellenberger won by fall in 4:52 over Xavier Basaldua in the battle of the big guys at 285.
Action was at Olivia.
The "Minnesota Scores" website identifies our team as "Morris Area Tigers." And to that I say "amen and hallelujah!"
Girls hockey: Storm 2, Prairie Centre 2
Overtime failed to produce a winner in the girls hockey contest Tuesday at Sauk Centre. The Storm scored two goals and so did the host Prairie Centre squad. MBA surged to get the score tied in period No. 3. This was with goals by Taryn Bent and Karlie Burns. But we couldn't quite get over the top, and the final horn sounded with the 2-2 deadlock.
Prairie Centre has the nickname "North Stars" just like the old Minnesota pro team that played at the Met Center, Bloomington.
Our goalie was Ava Breuer who had 17 saves.
Prairie Centre had the only first period goal. This was by Natasha Ledwig, assisted by Faith Zigan at 15:57. The second period was scoreless as Breuer and her goalie rival Kennedy Lemke kept the door shut. Bent got MBA on the scoreboard at 4:03 of the third. Her goal was assisted by Kortney Sanasack.
The North Stars struck with a Maddy Koltes goal, assists from Kyra Swanson and Zigan. Burns got the score tied with an MBA goal at 15:57, assist from Bent.
Lemke's save total was 44.
Boys hockey: Litchfield-DC 7, Storm 2
The weather was howling Tuesday night - a frigid temperature too - but the skaters of MBA and Litchfield-Dassel-Cokato were able to vie in hockey action here. It was not a winning night for our Storm. It was the Dragons of Litchfield-DC gaining the win in the 7-2 final.
Just one goal was scored in the first period, then the pace of scoring picked up. Unfortunately for MBA this was to their disadvantage. Litch scored three goals each in the second and third periods. Litch's Daniel Estrada got the first period goal at 8:36, short-handed. Grant Grochow assisted.
Litch went up 2-0 at :29 of the second period as Zachary Zwilling scored unassisted. Things got worse before they got better for the host Storm, as Connor Taber scored at 5:57 with assists from Jaxon Gustafson and Gavin Hanson. Then at the 10:57 mark, MBA's Tim Blume scored unassisted. But LDC kept going with an Estrada goal at 15:32, assist from Grant Haataja.
Bring on the third period! LDC's Wyatt Larson scored at 3:15, assists from Zwilling and Gavyn Lund. LDC kept pulling away with a Zwilling goal, with assists from Ryan Schutz and Lund. MBA's Ian Rajewsky scored with a Brady Peterson assist. One more goal was left to be scored on this night, and it was by LDC's Lund, unassisted.
An entertaining night of hockey, even if a losing one for the Storm at their Lee Center. Christopher Danielson was our goalie and he had 30 saves in 37 attempts. His goalie foe was Travis Halonen: eleven saves, 13 attempts.
Boys basketball: Tigers 56, Sauk Centre 42
The teams took turns getting hot Tuesday night at Tiger Center. Fans gathered on another night when the weather might be best described by "Yukon Cornelius" of the "Rudolph" story: "It's not fit for man or beast." Have you all ever seen such a protracted combination of extreme cold with wind? How many of our residents might think of moving south permanently?
The fans who gathered at Tiger Center saw a game with a quite back-and-forth complexion. The orange and black got hot to close out the first half: a 10-0 run. This pushed us to a 30-12 lead. But this would not be a prelude to the rest of the game. Because, Sauk Centre seized the momentum to open the second half. The Streeters came at us with an 11-2 run. They got to within seven points of the Tigers.
MACA fans cheered as their team decisively seized the momentum after that. Indeed, we went on a huge 17-2 run. How can anyone explain the pendulum swinging like this? We won the game 56-42.
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| Thomas Tiernan (undated image from "hudl") |
Brandon Jergenson supplied ten points. I hope the fans didn't chant "let's go Brandon." This is America in the year 2022.
Cole Wente provided four points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals, according to the reliable kmrs-kkok site. Thanks Brett. "Let's go Brett!"
It was Jay Neubert leading the visitor in scoring with 13 points. Matt Warring had ten rebounds. MACA proudly owns a 14-0 record now. Wow! It is getting state notice. Sauk Centre sits at 8-4.
Bear with me some
The harshness of this winter has impeded yours truly some. There's a spot in front of the soils lab where drifts build up rapidly whenever there's a northwest wind. Recently during a spell of real inclement weather, the roads out and around looked open - I saw headlights - so I chanced a trip downtown to maybe get a frozen pizza. I hadn't eaten since breakfast.
I didn't quite make it to the end of Northridge Drive. I had to race back to get a shovel. There is a happy ending as I eventually got out, but it was work, but worse than that I feared the embarrassment of being noticed there. Someone driving a 4-wheel drive pickup night notice me! I remember years ago when my old neighbor, the late Bert Ahern, got stuck in the same spot. So I'm in good company with this episode, with a UMM professor!
In my haste while shoveling out, I shoveled without gloves on for a couple minutes, ended up with blisters on two fingers. It is healing properly but I do not feel 100 percent for typing yet.
Problem No. 2: During another spell of the godawful weather, I walked to town 3-4 times over a weekend, as I had decided to put off clearing my driveway. Fine, I was comfortable enough, but I had my reading glasses in my jacket pocket. The extreme cold must have caused them to become brittle. They came apart when I was indoors.
I bought a new pair but these don't function quite the same as the previous, so more adjusting is called for. I require maximum-strength reading glasses. My writing at this time is a little more labored, but I stick with it, and please bear with me. It's hard for me to get along without doing some writing.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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