Monday, Feb. 27, 2017

SCM Wrestling

Antonio Ortiz (106 24-7) and Nathan Winter (132 ) will have wrestle well to medal at the state Class AA meet this weekend. Neither the 24-7 Ortiz or the 33-5 Winter are currently ranked among the top 10 in the Guillotine rankings. 

Ortiz is the oldest member of his weight division at state.  He will begin his state meet facing unranked Kole Krause of Bloomington Kennedy. A ninth grader Krause has  a 26-12 record. Ranked wrestlers in the division include” #1 Matt Peterson-Byron (12, 35-0), #2-Jaxson Rohman-Fairmont/Martin County West (8, 36-1), #3-Nathan Garceau-Foley (11 21-1), #4-Nic Cantu-Albert Lea (10, 30-4), #5 Kyle Boeke, Princeton (8, 31-4), #8 Nick Johnson-Tri-City United (10, 31-5).   Unranked wrestlers in the weight class are: Hunter Baker-Luverne (8 28-10), Cobly Dunkel-New Prague (9 23-11), Bryce Golden-Bemidji (10 27-13), Cameron Wigand-South St. Paul (8 27-12), Cael Berg-Simely (8 28-11), Edwin Pesantez-Columbia Heights (11, 21-9), and Francis Fuenffinger-Hibbing (10 25-16). A victory over Krause would place him against either Garceau or Wigand.  A first round loss would mean Ortiz would have to wait to see how Krause does in the second round. A second round win by Krause mean Ortiz is in the playbacks. A second round loss means his season is over.

Winter has state experience going for him. He is a three-time state entry, the first of SCM to do so. The winner be facing unranked Xavier Judge of Bloomington Kennedy (11 29-11). The winner will face tier #7 ranked Kellen Schauer-Grand Rapids (10 39-2), or unranked Tyler Shackle-Scott West (10, 30-12).  Other ranked wrestlers in the bracket are: #1-Tucker Sjomelling-Delano (12 38-1), #3-Reed DeFrang-Plaineview-Elgen-Millville (12, 34-1), #3-Ben Nelson-Perham (12 17-3), #6-Sam Tibbits-Litchfield (12 36-7),  #9-Sean Hock-New Ulm (10 37-4), and #10-Nick Fite-Fridley (11 33-6)

Unranked wrestlers in the bracket are: Tryik Sann-Henry Sibley (12, 32-10), Payton Anderson-Fairmont-Martin County West (9 36-7), Jack Vaselaar-Winona/Winona Cotter (11 27-12), Austin Soonek-North Branch (9, 22-10), Antonio Cortez-South St. Paul (11 31-11), Tate Card-Hutchinson (10 25-16).

MSC-Swimming

The swimming preliminaries of the Class A meet will be Friday. Those finishing in the top eight qualify for the state championship. Those finishing 9 to 16 qualify for the consolation heat.  Going into Friday, the following are where Fusion swimmers are ranked by their times.

200MR: 1:41.12-13th.

50FS: Kenny Warzecha 21.97-Sixth

100FLY: Warzecha 53.30-Sixth

100FS: Isaac Schreiner 50.01-27th

500FS: Spencer Van Beck 5:03.71-17th.

100BK: Isaac Scheiner 56.30-15th

100BT: Dylan Fleischhacker-17th.

400FSR: 3:21.96-13th.

Saturday, Feb.25, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Gymanstics

The Melrose Lady Dutchmen won three of the six vaulting medals at the state tournament Saturday as Kayla Austing (left) finished third, Camryn Brinkman (third from right) took fourth and Greta Klaphake sixth. Mady Brinkman (right photograph, left side) tied with Jada Olsen of Perham from first place on the bars. Austing was also fourth and the beam, fifth on the floor and fourth all-around. Mady Brinkman finished third on the beam and fifth all-around. Video can be seen at https://youtu.be/cK38THDj3co

MSC Fusion

MSC Fusion had number of people qualify for state next week Swimming in the state meet will be:

Isaac Schreiner: 200MR, 100FS, 100BK, and 400FSR.

Dylan Fleischhacker: 200MR, 100BT.

Kenny Warzecha: 200MR, 50FS, 100FLY, 400FSR.

Spencer Van Beck: 200MR, 500FS. 400FSR.

Nathan Douvier: 400FSR

Warzecha, voted Section swimmer of the year, won the 100FLY and 50FS
 SCM Wrestling

Antonio Ortz, 106 and Jordan Winter, 132,  won their division and qualified for the state tournament this coming weekend in St. Paul.  Winter is making his third trip to state.

Others placing well were: Luke Glasener, 152, fifth; Bryce Stalboerger, 170, fifth; Roberto Raya, 195, fourth; Sam Sjorgren, 285, fourth.

 

Friday, Feb. 24, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Gymanstics

The Lady Dutchmen had a right to flex their muscles after taking second in the State Class A team tournament, recording the highest Melrose team score in a state meet and setting the state team beam record. More gymnastics photos appear below. Video of the award ceremony can be seen at https://youtu.be/QfoZmACkhjw

SC-M Wrestling

Jordan Winter and Antonio Ortiz are in the finals of the the Section 8AA individual wrestling tournament at Fergus Falls.  Still alive in the wrestlebacks are Roberto Raya, Luke Glasener, Lazaro Garcia, Carter Braun and Sam Sjogren.

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Sauk Centre downed Melrose 73-43 in the final regular season game for the Lady Dutchmen. Makiya Luetmer led Melrose with 15 points, all coming from three pointers.

Fusion  Swimming

The Fusion begin Section swimming competition today.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017

Dutchmen Basketball

The Dutchmen Basketball team moved to 21-0 on in the year with a 68-53 win over Sauk Centre this evening. Leading the Dutchmen were: Dillon Haider-18, Brady Birch-14, Hunter Rieland-12, Francisco Cervantes-10, Melrose rallied from an 8-0 early game deficit to take 29-22 half-time lead.

SCM Wrestling

Sam Sjogren’s pin in the 285 match game SCM a 36-34 win over Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Friday night at Bemidji. Sjorgren also had a pin in the 54-15 loss to Forest Lake. SCM also fell 51-15 to Bemijdi. Also picking up pins on the night were Nate Loxtercamp, and Roberto Raya. Jordan Winter finished unbeaten on the night.

 SCM fell 37-26 to Paynesville Thursday night. SCM had a pin by Roberto Raya at 195. Antonio Ortiz (106) posted a 17-1 technical fall. Winning by decision were Larazo Garcia (113), Nathan Loxtercamp (132), Jordan Winter (138), Karter Wensman (145) and Luke Glasener (152).

North Star Hockey

Prairie Centre fell 10-1 to Mora-Milaca at Sauk Centre Friday night. Noah Fletcher scored the lone North Star goal. Prairie Centre score three goals in the second period to all but ice their 6-2 win over Morris/Benson Area Thursday night.  Leading offense was Noah Fletcher with two goals and Daniel Thompson, Brady Miller, Seth Deters and Isaac Cebulla with one goal each.  Petr Ehart assisted on three goals Hunter Fletcher on two goals. Logan Schmitz Thompson, Noah Fletcher and Will Koetters also had assists. Goalie Isaiah DeFoe had 18 stops in the game. Prairie Centre had 55 shots on goal.

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Melrose had a fine night defensively posting a 45-20 win over Benson Thursday.  The Lady Dutchmen dominated the rebound and had 13 steals. Makiya Luetmer led Melrose with 13 points. She was the only on in double figure scoring, but Mia Meyer finished with nine. Holly Hellermann had 11 rebounds in the game. 

Fusion Swimming

The Fusion claimed the West Central Regional championship with topping Montevideo and Morris.  MSC took first in every swimming event except the 400FSR. During the meet the team set meet records in the in the 50FS (Kenny Warzecha), 100FLY (Warzecha) and in the 200MR (Isaac Schreiner, Dylan Fleischhacker, Warzecha and Spencer Van Beck)

More on the games appears in the Feb. 15 issue of the Beacon.

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017

Dutchmen Basketball

Claudin Rieland (15) and Preston Keaveny battle with Albany players for control of a rebound in Melrose’s 66-34 win Friday night. The Dutchmen never trailed in the game.  Dillon Haider led Melrose with 20 points. Other top Melrose scorers were Hunter Rieland, 14, and Brady Birch, 17. Video can be seen at https://youtu.be/HnerREJ8-gU

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Makiya Luetmer continue her second half emergence score 19 points and Whitney Austing got back on track scoring 16 points as the Lady  Dutchmen defeated ACGC 54-34 in a road game.

SC-M Wrestling

SC-M finished 2-1 at the Fergus Falls Quadrangular Friday. The team fell 37-30 to Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus, defeated Fergus Falls 68-10 and posted a 46-31 contest with Roseau.  Earning pins on at the event were Antonio Ortiz-3, Sam Sjogren, Bryan Raya, Carter Braun, Lazaro Garcia, Nate Loxetercamp, Jordan Winter, Roberto Raya.

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Maci Blommel’s ability to get over BOLD defenders helped her score seven points and pull down rebounds in the Lady Dutchmen’s  56-48 win over BOLD Tuesday night. Makiya Luetmer led the team with 20 points Whitney Austing, working from the outside, scored 12 points.  Cassie Klaphake added nine more. Video can be seen at https://youtu.be/zAwSZD8yLWo.

Other Teams

The Fusion swimming and diving team also won topping Rocori 112-72. Other teams did not fare so well. The North Stars fell 6-1 in hockey and the SCM wrestlers were defeated 45-22 at Albany.