We have another MACA tennis win to report. The outcome was 4-3 for the Tigers against the MACCRAY Wolverines. The Tigers had a 2-2 split in singles play. Cate Kehoe at No. 1 showed her winning flair against Tayte Nokleby, 6-2 and 6-3.
MACCRAY had the winning edge at second and third singles. The No. 2 Wolverine Greta Meyer defeated Chloe Zimmel 6-2 and 6-2. At No. 3 it was Erika Pieper winning in a three-set battle over our Heidi Seales, 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3.
Our Ellen Reed at No. 4 singles prevailed vs. Mackenna Burnett, 6-3 and 6-2.
On to doubles, where we took two of three. Our No. 1 unit was a victor. This was made up of Ashley Koehl and Nora Meek. The Tiger pair turned back Alex Dirksen and Ella Kienitz, 7-6 (5) and 6-2. The MACCRAY No. 2 team of Addie Plaggie and Iris Donner downed Grace Hauglie and Izabell Hoffman, 7-6 (5), 5-7 and 6-4.
Another three-set match unfolded at No. 3 doubles. Here, the Tiger team of Molly Wayne and Ava Breuer stopped Mia Shubert and Ava Janssen 6-3, 5-7 and 6-0.
Hailey Werk a champ
The running Tigers of MACA headed west for Monday competition. Weather remains favorable for the stimulating sport of cross county.
MACA has a headliner this year in Hailey Werk. Werk ran to No. 1 in the Ortonville Invite. Her champion time was 20:48. The second place runner was Julia Schmidt of Border West. Am I correct that Border West covers Clinton, Graceville, Wheaton and Herman? And they're called the "Buccaneers?" I used to think Ortonville was a part, but I guess no.
Our Kendal Fischer was the No. 4 runner at Ortonville. The Tigers had a bunch of runners come in after that. Five straight place finishes were recorded by Anya Fehr, Hannah Schultz, Alayna Perkins, Kassidy Vlaminck and Macy Seales.
Our MACA boys unit had five in the top ten. The charge was led by Ethan Koehler: fourth place. Truett Richards and Grady Stallman arrived at the finish chute fifth and sixth. Then in No. 8 and 9 were Carlos Rivera and Wesley Richards. The champion boys runner was Caden Vanderwal of Ortonville.
The Minnewaska Area Lakers are sailing along nicely in 2023 volleyball, owner of an 8-5 record. The W/L is reported on the "Minnesota Scores" site, which also tells us the Lakers are 5-4 in conference, 1-1 in section and 3-1 at home. Yes, home is a comfortable place for 'Waska volleyball. The school overlooks beautiful Lake Minnewaska.
The assignment on Tuesday, Sept. 26, was to go on the road vs. Montevideo. Monte used to have a Native American nickname. They had a beautiful mural at their gym, as I recall, that had a silhouetted Indian. Today Montevideo is the Thunder Hawks? I can never memorize whether that's one word or two. Think I'll just start guessing on that. It's like "Silver Steaks" for Osakis.
The Lakers not only won versus the T-Hawks, they did so by sweep. Scores were 25-6, 25-9 and 25-12. Hey, a freshman had a major role in the Lakers' winning effort. That's Haillie Schulz who plays right side hitter and setter for coach Michele Johnson. Schulz came at the T-Hawks with ten kills. Plus she performed 13 set assists. Monte is struggling with a 2-12 record.
We are waiting to see if Benson can keep its "Braves" nickname. Benson is trying to get approval from several Native organizations to see if the old controversial imagery can be permitted into the future. The state has a new law on this. Was it a couple weeks ago that Benson submitted its request for a waiver? I'm wondering why the answer could not have come forward more quickly and routinely. The answer should be "no."
To be called the "Braves" with a symbol that includes feathers is exactly what the new state laws are designed to prevent. We'll see.
Schulz was complemented by several teammates in the hitting department Tuesday. Avery Fier had eight kills followed by Dreya Barsness and Dacia Fleury each with seven. Then we see Addy Kath and Miaya Guggisberg each with three. Barsness had an ace block. Emma Poegel dug up the ball 14 times. Barsness and Fier had seven and six digs, respectively.
Three Lakers each sent three ace serves over the net: Fier, Berlynn Green and Barsness. Poegel and Haley Shea each had one ace. Shea was the setting whiz with 19 assists, followed by Schulz with her 13. Other Lakers with assists were Poegel 3, Barsness 2 and Fleury 1.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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