Fans could feel upbeat through game 1 of the Thursday volleyball match at MAHS. The Tigers took the opening game of the match against West Central Area, score of 25-15. It would not be a preview of things to come. The WCA Knights picked up steam. They took the second through fourth games by scores of 25-20, 25-23 and 25-17.
The outcome left the orange and black at 0-2 going into Labor Day weekend. Both of the Tigers' matches to date have had the promising start. They need to keep it together after that.
Against WCA it was Brianna Marty leading the team effort in kills with nine. She was followed by Maddy Grove and Taylor Kill each with seven. Whitney Bruns was busy in set assists where her total was 25. In serve aces: Lauren Hottovy with two.
The visiting Knights evened their record at 1-1 on the young season. Their Macy Grosz was a cog with 36 set assists and 28 digs. Mya Foslien came at the Tigers with 23 kills.
BOLD 3, Tigers 2
The Tigers' season opener was in Morris too. The day was Tuesday. Fans were excited to see the new prep sports campaign get going from Tiger Center. MACA fans were buoyed to see their team get up 2-0 over the BOLD Warriors. Just one more win would wrap it up. Alas, it slipped out of reach. BOLD found the winning approach in games 3 through 5, thus it was BOLD that went home happy.
A review of the scores with the MACA numbers first: 25-22, 25-22, 14-25, 12-25 and 6-15.
Our kmrs site points out that the tipping point was in game 3. The score stood 10-10 during that game. Then you might say the bottom fell out for MACA.
Maddy Grove fueled the MACA attack with 14 kills and seven digs. Brianna Marty powered 12 kills and dug up the ball eight times. Kaylee Harstad was a factor with her seven kills. In assists it was Whitney Bruns with 30. And Lauren Hottovy came through with ten digs. The BOLD kill leaders were Mari Ryberg with 19 and Mackenzie Visser and Adyson Knake each with 11.
Cross country: Appleton meet
Appleton was the site for the Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd Invite on Thursday. Is there really a "valley" over there? Anyway, it's a nice place to visit as I was reminded over the summer when I took in the Swift County Band performance at the Appleton park. Nice little community. I did not notice if they still have the "do not pick up hitchhikers" sign. The place used to have a prison.
Remember at the start of covid? Remember the major belief making the rounds that the former Appleton prison would be converted to a major covid treatment center? Always be skeptical of rumors, I guess. That got nixed. We were all so consumed with anxiety back then - I was worried if a south wind might bring covid here from Appleton.
Remember how at the start of covid, you didn't dare cough even softly if you were close to other people? We all have to cough sometimes, even if we're healthy.
Hailey Werk has been a prime performer for MACA cross country in the early-season. At Appleton she was No. 4 to the finish chute. The MACA girls were third on a team basis. Kendal Fischer was tenth to the finish chute for the Tigers. Hanna Shutz took 13th and Alayna Perkins 15th.
Minnewaska Area had the top two female runners: Lauren Ankeny and Kierra Wilmes. 'Waska exceled with three runners in the top 10.
The MACA boys had Gavin Stallman take seventh, then we see Matthew Giese in 21st and Jacob Buhl in 26th. MACA was fifth in the boys team standings. The individual champion was Maeson Tank of Minnewaska. LQPV-DB had the No. 1 team and 'Waska was second.
Tennis: MACA 5, Sauk Centre 2
I'm proud to say my neighbor Britney House coaches the MACA tennis Tigers. House's squad impressed in its early-season win over Sauk Centre, 5-2. Oh no! The match review on the kmrs site does not specify which players are Tigers and which are Streeters. I'm sure I could recognize some of the Morris names. Still, it's not good to assume stuff like this. Some new names are always on the way up.
Looks like Tiger athletics will be without the talents of Cate Kehoe for a while. I'm told it's the torn ACL bugaboo, always heartbreaking.
I invite you to compare my coverage of MACA sports with what you see on the Morris newspaper website.
It's Labor Day weekend
Is Labor Day observed in any official way locally other than for people to get a three-day holiday weekend?
The significance of the holiday? Well, mostly it seems a "goodbye to summer" and a signal that school is starting. Varsity athletic events are held in the week leading up. When the Tigers take the field at Big Cat, you know that "school days" are on. The Tigers had a heartbreaking first game, losing by two points as time ran out on them, excruciatingly. Did time really expire? Well, in the judgment of the referees it did.
I noticed some protest - it was to no avail. We had to accept the outcome, which is more than you can say about Donald Trump accepting the outcome of the 2020 presidential election! Rimshot, I guess. Yes, we had to get a little political.
Adults like Trump are supposed to set an example for young people: accept the official results which are overseen by the proper authorities. Is Trump really an adult? You laugh. Hey, the guy might make another serious run for president. But hey, isn't it a slam-dunk that he could be charged with criminal offenses now? Seems to be consensus on that.
The conventional wisdom (CW) has it that formal charges against political figures should not be made just before an election, to affect the election. We have the mid-terms coming up where there are a lot of Trump-endorsed loony, crazy MAGA candidates. So whether or not Trump is charged would seem to be impactful. Here's my question: Would the failure to charge Trump affect the election in an unacceptable way? I mean, what if this Mastriano in Pennsylvania wins? America might start tilting toward Third Reich territory. Just though I'd mention it.
Addendum: The Swift County band which performed in Appleton is directed by Wanda Dagen. She's the MAHS director for the new school year, has held the spot for a very long time now. She has been dealt rather a wallop by covid. We hope she's progressing toward a complete recovery. Maybe there could be a Stevens County band someday that could have her with baton. I'm rooting for that.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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