Holy mackerel, there is confusion already as I try to piece together the facts from online news sources. The "Minnesota Scores" site reports that the game was played at Bird Island. The West Central Tribune has the game played here in Morris. If I were to have the info wrong, critics of mine would be out in force. Do I have the score right? Can I count on anything from the other media?
One thing is for sure, we sure can't count on the West Central Trib for highlights that pertain to MACA. The newspaper has "stats not available" for MACA. So we're singing the "stats not available" blues yet again.
What really does that mean? Does it mean that the WC Trib wanted them but our coaching staff would not oblige? Would not pick up the phone? That's the impression that might be easily gained.
But not at all sure that's the explanation. Look, it's not as if the WC Trib isn't reporting about the game, as it most surely is with a heading that has the score. If it is reporting about the game and has all the BOLD stats nicely reported, wouldn't they want a nice full report with both teams? Especially considering that MACA was the winner in such an impressive way?
Why should we as Morris fans not feel "stiffed" or insulted by this? Is there anywhere else I can find the MACA stat highlights today (Wednesday)? Biscuits and gravy day at DeToy's, always special. Sometimes I get waited on by Kaylee Harstad of the MACA girls basketball team. I haven't watched the team in person but I sure assume she plays post!
The WC Trib has a four-sentence "article" about the Tuesday night boys game, so we learn that the Tigers led 40-18 at halftime. Turn out the lights, the party's over.
The second sentence? It gives us two standouts for the BOLD Warriors, the loser. So we learn that Jack Gross scored 17 points and also had seven assists. Also, that William Penkert had 16 points. We don't see any scoring list for the victorious Tigers. Who made our 3-pointers? Would be fun to know.
In theory the Morris newspaper could report such highlights on its website. The odds of that happening? You tell me. It would be child's play for the Stevens County Times to do this. What if I were still with the paper and fans were holding me responsible for these shortcomings? Well, I sure don't have to worry about it.
I enjoy continuing to be involved in trying to give some media attention to the Tigers. The opportunities are becoming steadily more rare. The West Central Trib in effect gives us the finger. To repeat: it's not as if the West Central Trib is not covering the game. It is. But it cares 100 percent about the BOLD highlights only. I can think of some choice words.
Yours truly has been covering the Tigers in the local media since 1972.
On no!
Well, this is a first. Just checked the kmrs-kkok site and now I see they report the two scoring leaders for BOLD. But they have no details for MACA! This is beyond belief.
Kmrs reports Gross with his 17 points and Penkert with 16. That's it! And this is from Morris-based media? "Alice through the Looking Glass," indeed. Does anyone here give a rip? I do, but how much weight does that carry?
Sterling record
The Tigers now have a 17-8 won-lost record. I have missed so many of the wins in terms of being able to report about them. Water under the bridge I guess. BOLD sits at 13-13.
Vosika put in ten points. Daylen Weber scored six, then we see Kaufenberg with five and Jacobs and Owen Baumgartner each with four.
Baumgartner with his nine reobunds led there. Gross had the team-best seven assists. Vosika picked up three steals.
"Stats not available" for MACA. The WC Trib does not even refer to our team correctly. They have us as "Morris/CA." Go sit under a cow, WC Tribune. It's owned by Forum Communications which once owned the Morris paper until they left ignominiously amid well-founded rumors that they were going to close the Morris paper. They did close the Hancock paper.
"Minnesota Scores" tells us that the MACA boys have one remaining game in the regular season, against Montevideo next Monday here. At least that's what they say.
Congrats to the Tigers. Just before clicking on "publish" for this post, I did a quickie check with the Stevens County Times site just to see if they might "surprise" sometime with at least a cursory timely effort to report on the Tigers. Way too much to ask. And this town just yawns about such things. I looked at the headlines on the site and it's 100 percent typical: all about UMM. I have tried wringing my hands about this. The norm drones on.
No dice
I submitted a comment to Yahoo! News this a.m. that was "rejected."
"Community standards?" It happens. What I wrote:
Trump continues to have the media eating out of his hand. Well, media would say the voters have put Trump in position to be taken seriously. Chicken or the egg? Media built up Trump disproportionately in the first place. Think back to 2016 and how even "Joe and Mika" suckered for his rallies and showed clips that helped Trump reach viewers with his demagogic skills which are enormous. But he is a demagogue. Now the media gives Trump a platform for all his spurious claims about the legal judgments against him having no merit. All along, most of us should have just wanted to laugh at him, to see him as an offbeat curiosity. But he's on his way to the presidency again.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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