Minnewaska Area is having quite the season in volleyball thus far. Coach Mitch McGuire's Lakers own a 7-2 record as this week begins. The Lakers are 1-1 in section, 4-1 in conference, 3-0 away from home, 3-1 neutral and 1-1 at home. So, look for more wins to be recorded.
Last week's results? Not just two wins, but two wins by sweep. The first of these had our Morris Area Chokio Alberta Tigers on the losing end. Fans at Tiger Center watched. Then came Thursday and a match vs. the BOLD Warriors at 'Waska. The Lakers put away BOLD 3-0. The scores vs. BOLD were 25-17, 25-10 and 25-17.
Dacia Fleury and Haillie Schulz came at the Warriors with four and three serving aces, respectively. Aliana Marthaler and Emma Poegel each batted one ace. Schulz was the setting cog in the winning effort: 23 assists. Fleury contributed two.
The crowd-pleasing hitting category had Fleury come to the fore with 12 kills. Mya Vanluik and Addyson Kath supplied 8 and 4 kills respectively.
For BOLD, Zoey Lippert was the kill leader with 10. Kenley Elfering batted two serve aces. Layla Pfarr was the setter and performed 15 assists. Addison Stahnke had three ace blocks. Lilly Henriksen dug up the ball 12 times.
Football: Pierz 26, Lakers 21
Success in football has been more spotty. The Lakers did defeat Sauk Centre in Week 2 by a score of 34-10. Very impressive win. Outside of that, the Lakers have been stopped by our Tigers 46-27 and most recently by unbeaten Pierz 26-21.
Pierz was the game site. Let's review the details. The Pioneers of Pierz took charge in the first half. Liam Hennessey passed 35 yards to Jaxsen Hardy for the first score,. The Lakers answered using the passing game as Levi Johnson hooked up with Carter Mayer, 15 yards. Zach Guggisberg kicked the point-after.
Pierz turned on the jets after that. Aiden Jones ran the ball in from the five. Then it was Jones going to work for another score: a big 36-yard scamper. Brayden Faust ran for two after the 36-yarder. Halftime arrived with the score 20-7.
Asante Adams of the Lakers found the end zone with a run from the 16. Guggisberg's toe was true for the conversion point. Pierz asserted itself again: Jones had a seven-yard TD carry. Guggisberg scored the last points of the evening on a 26-yard pass reception from Johnson. Guggisberg was automatic on the point-after.
Adams finished the night with 51 rushing yards on nine carries. Johnson completed nine of 14 pass attempts with one INT. His passing yardage was 157. Carter Meyer was on the catching end four times for 64 yards. Guggisberg hauled in three aerials for 54 yards. Owen Meulebroeck had a catch for 30 yards and Tristan O'Neill had a catch good for nine.
Aiden Jones had a role keeping the Pioneers undefeated as he rushed for the team-best 96 yards on 18 carries. Liam Hennessey carried for 55 yards. Hennessey completed five of eight passes for 67 yards. Their receptions were by Jaxsen Hardy, Carter Young and Jones.
Mixing with Catholics! But a good lunch
So here's a portion of an email I sent to a friend after I had completed my Sunday rounds. A pleasant fall day to be sure. Enjoy this while we can.
I heard about Assumption having their big event today with lunch. So I went over there. I tripped going down the steps to the fellowship hall and ended up on my knees. People at the table panicked a little but I told them I was OK. This was a total wakeup call for my age, and I immediately thought about all the steps we have at First Lutheran. It is not a minor issue at all. Maybe my failing eyesight was a factor in falling.
OK so the meal was 20 bucks. Maybe younger people are getting used to the rising prices for everything but I am getting concerned, really. I had a $20 bill which I handed to them but I did protest a little. The meal was fine and the blueberry pie was terrific. Meal included ribs and that was good too. But 20 bucks? A meal like this when we were younger would have cost maybe six bucks. How can people not notice this? Is it the "boiling frog?"
Cindy (Hottovy) Poppe came up to me at the lunch and said she read my blog when Bailey Hottovy had a good softball game. Ah, my legions of fans. She sounded nostalgic like it took her back to when I was with the paper! "Rock 'n' roll is here to stay, it will never die." Same with Brian Williams.
For a long time the radio station would have a nice photo to share from the Friday game, even from some out of town games like when football was at Howard Lake-Waverly. I wondered how they pulled that off. I suppose Brett Miller gets credit. And then he'd type up a little something too. It's all gone with the wind. It would be nice this weekend to see a photo from Friday night, any kind of photo, a photo of Emily singing maybe. I remember her singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
Library closed so I have to look at Morris fishwrap in church. I wish the paper wouldn't feel obligated to be 50/50 with Morris and Hancock. Hancock even seems to overshadow us sometimes. If the Forum had never come here, Hancock would still have its own paper. Any town that still has its own K-12 school should still have a paper. Chokio still has its paper which is small but it's still viable. Chokio!
The Morris paper is 18 pages, barely adequate.
- BW
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