Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017

Homecoming Week

Melrose Homecoming week concluded Saturday when the volleyball team at the Perham tournament.

The king and queen of homecoming were (right photograph) Jesse Middendorf and Courtney Gerads.

A video of homecoming activities can be seen at https://youtu.be/zWDBeJt0HDg

Results of Contests during the week were as follows

Cross Country

Boys: Fourth at Paynesville

Girls: Fourth at Paynesville

Football

Melrose-21 Maple Lake-13 (Homecoming game)

Soccer

Boys: Little Falls-6 Melrose-0

Girls: Little Falls-3 Melrose-0

Swimming

Melrose-104 Morris/Minnewaska-77

Tennis

Sauk Centre-7 Melrose-0 (Melrose team season ends in playoffs)

Volleyball

Melrose-3 Benson-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-19)

Melrose-3 BOLD-0 (25-21, 30-28, 25-18)

Perham Tournament (10-4)

Melrose-2 Henning-0 (25-20, 25-13)

Melrose-2 Northern Freeze (25-9, 25-21)

Melrose-1 DGF-1 (25-15, 21-25) Melrose win by  tie-breaker

Melrose-2 Perham-0 (25-18, 25-17)

Melrose-2 Park Rapids-1 (25-23, 15-25, 17-17)

Sauk Centre-2 Melrose-0 (25-20, 25-21)

Trivia Question:

Which school first had cheerleader.

Trivia Answer: The University of Minnesota is credited with have the first official cheerleaders in 1898. Prior to that there had been formal cheers at other schools.