Pretty low-scoring game in our second time out Tuesday. We're talking boys basketball. We're into a new coaching regime. Same last name of coach though. It'll probably be "Torgerson" for the rest of my natural life. And maybe far beyond.
Right now the system looks a little low-scoring. Unless the Tuesday game will be an aberration. The Tigers scored just 33 points. Is it fair to say that's anemic? I'd guess the fans would get bored if this is a sign of things to come. One thing can compensate for that, at least some. And that's winning! After all this is America. One political party, the Republicans, have decided that losing is their thing right now. They have a hard time recognizing the hole they've fallen into.
The Tigers did show promise for victory Tuesday. The scoreboard showed a 31-28 score with the orange and black on top. We did not stay on top. We missed our last six shots, according to the kmrs write-up. Thank God for the timely news service of kmrs-kkok radio. It is effective even if many summaries are rather brief. And thank the Lord there is no paywall.
I'm waiting for the fans to turn on the West Central Tribune because of this. If you are happy to jump through their hoops and pay some, you should know that everyone is not going to be on board with you. These sports programs benefit from good PR. Just thought I'd mention it. Kudos to Brett Miller who I've never met. And to Deb Mattheis my old high school contemporary.
While the Tigers fell into their 0-for-6 funk, the Melrose Dutchmen got going with an 11-2 run to finish things off. So Melrose was the 39-33 victor at our Tiger Center. We're 1-1 now. Melrose was playing its first game.
I will never forget how Melrose had a major college prospect on the court when I was high school age. The name is etched in my memory: Mark Olberding. He went on to not only play Division I, he was a pro.
Our new coach at MACA could bemoan some turnovers toward the end. The winning Dutchmen had Conner Engelmeyer put in 14 points. His teammate Gor Ruey scored ten. Our Owen Anderson scored ten points and had nine rebounds. Drew Huebner contributed ten points, and Tyler Berlinger had nine.
Girls: Tigers 54, Melrose 45
The MACA girls bounced back from their two season-opening losses to win Tuesday. As with the boys, Melrose was the opponent. So it was destination Melrose via I-94 for coach Dale Henrich's squad. Henrich had to feel pleased seeing his team coming forward with a winning personality. Our loss to New London-Spicer had been a bit stunning, but of course the Wildcats have a long track record of winning ways.
It was the Tigers with the winning flair vs. Melrose at the Melrose court. Maddy Grove led the charge with 24 points, eight rebounds and five steals as the orange and black won 54-45. Kaylee Harstad was sharp with her ten points and nine boards. Maddie Fehr came through with eight points/eight rebounds.
Both teams sported a 1-2 record coming out of the game.
It was hockey night in Morris Tuesday. I'm remembering the Minnesota sportscaster of many years ago (in other words, my youth) who'd start out by boisterously proclaiming "it's hockey night in Minnesota!" Those were the J.P. Parise days. The North Stars!
On Tuesday our MBA girls hockey team treated fans to winning form, 6-5 over Detroit Lakes at Lee Center. It was an overtime thriller. Karlie Bruns was the OT hero with her goal at 4:32. It was her second goal of the evening. Her earlier goal put us up 4-2 early in the third period.
MBA had trouble putting this one away, as Detroit Lakes got the puck in the net twice in a 66-second span, Brett Miller reports.
It looked momentarily like MBA would win in regulation - that's because Kortney Sanasack scored for MBA. This was her second goal of the game. DL fought back with a Haley Stattelman goal. Stattelman scored with 51 seconds left. Bring on overtime! BTW yours truly spent one summer in Detroit Lakes when I was young, and I learned that "DL" is a common reference.
The Bruns goal in OT did the job. Bruns and Sanasack each had two assists in the game. Charli Erdahl picked up three assists along with her goal. Aubrey Ramirez got the puck in the net. In goal we had Ava Breuer whose save total was 26. The Storm achieved their fourth win of the season against six losses. That's a lot of games to have in by the second week of December, n'est-ce pas?
Leaders for DL included Kaydence Thorsteinson with two goals and Talyn Anderson with 42 saves in goal.
Onward to more MBA victories, we hope!
Media note: The popular "Minnesota Scores" website seems to assume that all home games are at "Benson Civic Center." They aren't attuned, I guess, to how we have two home ice places. Maybe someone could give them a heads-up on this. I hope I haven't been fooled on this in my own writing in the past, but I may well have been.
Free at last! We rejoice Brittney Griner, free at last from Russian detention!
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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