Thursday, November 4, 2010

Volume 98; Number 21

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Tiger boys/girls continue
to move forward
Next stop, the Fargo Dome Operation Christmas Child will provide
gifts for children around the world
Through Operation Christmas Child, Staples residents are help-
ing send shoe box gifts this year to more than 8 million children in
100 countries suffering from natural disaster, war, terrorism, dis-
ease, famine and poverty.
This is the first year Staples Missionary Alliance Church has
served as a drop-off point for Operation Christmas Child. In 2010,
organizers hope to collect over 500 gift-filled shoe boxes from fami-
lies, kids, churches, schools and civic organizations in the area.
For more information on how to participate in Operation
Christmas Child, call 1-800-353-5949 or visit www.samari-
tanspurse.org. National Collection Week is Nov. 15-22.

Tiger Girls defeat Eagle Valley 3-0;

lose to Sebeka 3-0

Extreme wind, cold and snow flurries did not stop Tiger fans from cheering on their boys
when they defeated the Lake Park - Audubon Silverstreaks 15-0 on October 26th. The boys also
came out ahead of USA 21-15 on October 30th. The next stop for the boys will be at the Fargo
Dome where they will face Barnsville for the Section Championship.
Sports photos by Tarissa Host
By Coach Petermeier on both offense and defense. Browerville seemed to have
Browerville 0 – 8 – 7 – 0 = 15 The Tigers will now move on to chances in the first quarter but
Lake Park – Audubon 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 = 0 face the very tough USA Patriots sloppy play and a fumble held
Browerville scored in the second Saturday night at 7:00 in them down. We had way too many
quarter and the third quarter last Browerville. penalties to play a football team of Senior Kenley Johnson was one of the Tiger players named
Tuesday night. In very tough con- Stats: Passing: Seth Kellen 2 for USA’s caliber. Physically we played Honorable Mention All-Conference at the end of the girl’s 2010
ditions the Tigers fumbled the ball 2 for 21 yards a very good half of football but the season.
three times that kept them from Receiving: Brad Schettler 1 for mental part of the game hurt us
20 yards; Austen Wollenburg 1 for time and time again. Just before By Coach Irsfeld
having successful drives. The
1 yard half we attempted a field goal that On Thursday evening the Browerville Tiger Volleyball Team (3rd seed)
Tigers rushed for 233 yards but
Rushing: Seth Kellen 22 for 68 was blocked and returned 40 yards hosted the Eagle Valley Rebels (6th seed) in the first round of play-offs.
could not get the ball in the end
yards 1 TD; Miguel Bravo 21 for to set up the USA score. The Tigers defeated the Rebels 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, & 25-10). Consistent
zone consistently. Considering the
117 yard/1 TD/2 point conversion; At half time we talked about serving (98%), good passing, and key blocks were significant to the out-
weather conditions we did a pretty
Austen Wollenburg 6 for 12 yards; being down by eight points instead come. We played focused and it was, without a doubt, our best team effort
good job of ball security.
Brad Schettler 2 for 39 yards of 16 or 21. That was huge to only this season. Becky Ecklund led all attackers with 9 kills, Brianna Ludwig
On defense we were able to hold
be down eight. We came out and hit 7, while Megan Kruzel and Kayla Dreher each had 5. Katelyn
the Raiders to a total of 145 yards
Browerville 0 – 0 – 8 – 13 = 21 pounded the ball between the tight Middendorf set for 17 assists. Ludwig had 5 big blocks. Dreher had 16
gained. We tackled very well and
USA 0 – 8 – 0 – 7 = 15 ends and had two big plays from digs as Ecklund had 10.
only gave up two plays of over 10
Browerville and USA would tan- Brad Schettler on two receptions On Friday night the Tigers headed to Sebeka (2nd seed) to take on the
yards. In a game where there were
gle again for the second time this from Seth Kellen. One was a 67 Trojans. Sebeka ended the Tiger’s season with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-9, & 25-
no punts by either team and both
year and the game would be like yard TD that Brad broke free on. 16) victory. We had a game plan and because of inconsistent play on our
teams going for it on fourth down
the first meeting. A very physical He bounced off two defenders and side of the court we were not able to utilize it. We came out flat and could
inside their own 20 yard line a cou-
football game that again came stiff armed a third and from there not recover. It was not a great way to end a season that began very sim-
ple of times, it made for very inter-
down to the last series in the game. ilar to tonight. Highlighted stats were Ludwig with 7 kills and Sami
esting play, calling
Continued on page 12 Salber Continued on page 12

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