Cards get win, the grandson gets "A"s
By Tom Obert
Cub Reporter
The Alexandria girls hockey team beat the Brainerd Warriors, 5 - 1, last night at the RCC. Abby Williams opened the scoring on a break-away backhand a little over a minute into the game - Roger Riley, new Diehard Fan, was a slightly late arrival and when advised he missed Abby's goal responded with something like, "It figures."
We thought the Cards looked a little tired after their 2-game weekend foray into the Iron Range, but they held a 3 - 0 lead with about 6 minutes left in the game. Then Brainerd scored on a shot that appeared to deflect off a defenseman. Well, you could see that the Cards were really upset about that turn of events - liked somebody kicked their dog - so they turned on the afterburners and scored two more goals before the game ended, a kind of "take that, you dastardly Warriors!" You can tell the team is justly proud of their defense - they prefer shutouts for "Roadblock" Justice - they have only given up three goals in their first five games. Anyway, Abby had two goals for the game, and Ashley Holmes, Kat DelZoppo, and Ally Nielsen (her mom and grandparents sit with the Diehards, yet show no ill effects from doing so) also scored. Next up - this Thursday at home against the mighty Spuds from Moorhead.
The Cardinal boys hockey team also opened the season last night against Brainerd (right after the girls game). The girls basketball team also opened the season last night, at Brainerd - Brainerd was a conference pre-season favorite but the Cards held a slight lead early in the second half (Grace Bruzek, Bud's daughter, is starting this year, so we will have to provide thorough coverage of the roundballers). Further reports on those games will follow as soon as we hear from our stringers.
p.s. In the absence of any photos from last night's event, we decided to send along a picture of our 14-year old grandson, Tom. We are proud to report, of course, that he got straight A's on his last report card.
Cub Reporter
The Alexandria girls hockey team beat the Brainerd Warriors, 5 - 1, last night at the RCC. Abby Williams opened the scoring on a break-away backhand a little over a minute into the game - Roger Riley, new Diehard Fan, was a slightly late arrival and when advised he missed Abby's goal responded with something like, "It figures."
We thought the Cards looked a little tired after their 2-game weekend foray into the Iron Range, but they held a 3 - 0 lead with about 6 minutes left in the game. Then Brainerd scored on a shot that appeared to deflect off a defenseman. Well, you could see that the Cards were really upset about that turn of events - liked somebody kicked their dog - so they turned on the afterburners and scored two more goals before the game ended, a kind of "take that, you dastardly Warriors!" You can tell the team is justly proud of their defense - they prefer shutouts for "Roadblock" Justice - they have only given up three goals in their first five games. Anyway, Abby had two goals for the game, and Ashley Holmes, Kat DelZoppo, and Ally Nielsen (her mom and grandparents sit with the Diehards, yet show no ill effects from doing so) also scored. Next up - this Thursday at home against the mighty Spuds from Moorhead.
The Cardinal boys hockey team also opened the season last night against Brainerd (right after the girls game). The girls basketball team also opened the season last night, at Brainerd - Brainerd was a conference pre-season favorite but the Cards held a slight lead early in the second half (Grace Bruzek, Bud's daughter, is starting this year, so we will have to provide thorough coverage of the roundballers). Further reports on those games will follow as soon as we hear from our stringers.p.s. In the absence of any photos from last night's event, we decided to send along a picture of our 14-year old grandson, Tom. We are proud to report, of course, that he got straight A's on his last report card.
