Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018-Lady Dutchmen Soccer

Trivia Question

Why are soccer balls multi colored?

Melrose Lady Dutchmen Lupe Botello (13), Ozzy Osborne (with glasses), Courtney Koepke (17) and Brooklyn Rieland (behind Koepke) converged on the ball and ball handler Monday, Oct. 1 in the game between Melrose and Becker. Becker won the game 6-0 despite some good play by the Lady Dutchmen.  Video of the game can be seen at https://youtu.be/jt4eMdW03Io
Trivia Answer

Television.  Soccer balls were originally brown, then later bleached white. Either color was hard for people watching the games on black and white television. In the 1970 the addition of black panels on the ball made it easier to see on television.

Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018

Trivia Question

What is a perfect hat trick in soccer?

Homecoming Week

Homecoming week was held this past week at the Melrose Area High School.

Presided over by a court with King Daniel Klassen and Queen Savana Bitz, the school noted the event  with all pageantry and activities the accompany the week.The week concluded with a 34-6 victory by football team.

Other activity results were:

Cross Country: Boys took first at Paynesville Invite.

Swimming: The Lady Dutchmen topped Montevideo on Tuesday. On Saturday the team finished… a the Bemidji Invite.

Tennis: Melrose defeated MACCRAY on Tuesday but fell to Osakis on Thursday.

Volleyball had good week posting wins over ACGC on Tuesday and Montevideo on Thursday.

Boys Soccer had it rough as the team was defeated Wednesday by St. Cloud Cathedral and Thursday by Minnewaska.

Girls Soccer also had a tough games fall to Cathedral on Tuesday and Hilcrest on Thursday.

Video from homecoming can be seen at https://youtu.be/qvBIDNTvrbM. Homecoming parade clips can be seen at https://youtu.be/_5bg47HJxto, Boys Soccer at https://youtu.be/6zUCMpgog6Y, volleyball at https://yout.be/sw9vyeSXmM, football at https://youtu.beOasERLk8xbk, and a video montage of homecoming week is at. https://youtu.be/MQEMShQPWMc

Trivia Question

Trivia Answer
When a player scores a goal with the left foot, right foot and with a header.

Tuesday, Sept 25, 2018-homecoming

Trivia Question

When was the first homecoming celebration noted in the USA?

Homecoming court

Members of the 2018 homecoming royal court are (from left) freshmen attendants Josh Brinkman and Molly Kraemer, tenth grade attendants Kierra Hellermann and Henry Braun, junior attendants Camryn Brinkman and Bradley Hellermann, King Daniel Klassen, Queen Savana Bitz, senior attendants Allie Toenies and Mitchell Heinen, Emily Scherping and Travis Bertram, Julia Welle and Spencer Meyer and Megan Miland and Sam Heller.  The coronation of the king and queen was Sept. 25 at the coronation ceremony in the Marit Elliott Performing Art Center, Melrose.

Trivia Answer

As far as anyone know the University of Missouri played a football game in 1911 in which alumni were invited back to watch. This was for a long time considered the first homecoming. However, other records record such an event in 1909 in Waco, Texas between Southwest State and Baylor, Northern Illinois University records a celebration in 1903.

Friday, Sept 20, 2018

Trivia Question

What are the fewest points needed for a team to win a regular season volleyball match.

Volleyball edged
The Lady Dutchmen volleyball team was defeated in three sets by Sauk Centre yesterday day. The scores were 25-20, 25-17, 25-10.  
The Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen soccer games set at Zimmerman yesterday were postponed. The Lady Dutchmen tennis match was moved to today at Benson.
Melrose football is plays at Pierz tonight. Tomorrow the Cross country teams travel to the Milaca Mega-Meet. Melrose Dutchmen soccer host Rocori at 10 a.m.

Trivia Answer

A team needs only 65 points to win a 5-set match. However it needs 75 points to win in three or four sets.

Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2017

Trivia Quation

What is an informal name for the pace car in the cross-country meet?

Scores from yesterday 

Laura Funk (556), (top photograph) lead a contingent of Melrose Area runners including Madison Christenson (behind Funk), Chloe Ellering (554), Brooke Wuertz (behind Ellering), Bridget Hingeveld (559) and Abby Heinen (behind Hingeveld) as the girls’ race started Sept. 17 in Melrose.  In the boys race  (right photograph) Tyler Pohlmann raced passed Paynesville’s James Pritchett to earn 15th place and giving Melrose five finishers in the top 15 of the boys race. Melrose Area finished in second place in the boys’ race and fifth the girls’ race.  The team next competes in the Milaca Mega meet Saturday. Video of finishes in the Dutchmen Invitational can be seen at http://youtu.be/WRCPkucojnY.

It was a busy, and somewhat frustrating day for the Lady Dutchmen in other contests.

Melrose fell 7-0 to Minnewaska in Tennis, and 7-1 to Little Falls in girls’ soccer.  The swim team had good times but bell 114-72 to Sauk Centre.  The volleyball team came home smiling posting a 3-1 at Minnewaska.

Trivia Answer:

A rabbit.

Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018

Tennis Triumph

Kirsten Dragseth (above) helped the Lady Dutchmen with her play in number three doubles as  Melrose  defeated Yellow Medicine East in a conference match-up yesterday at Melrose.  Singles players Paige Danzl (bottom left) and Jessica Danzl (bottom right) both won their competition.

The team also won at two singles matches and swept the doubles competition.

Read about the contest in the Sept. 26 issue of the Melrose Beacon. Video clips of the some of the match can be seen at https://youtu.be/bFqWtZGVbwY 

MELROSE-5 YELLOW MEDICINE EAST-2
Singles
No. 1- Whitney Tennis-YME def . Allie Toenies 6-1, 6-4. 

No. 2- Emily Johnson-YME , def . McKayla Schleper 6-1, 7-6 (7).

No. 3-Paige Danzl-M def . Chelsea Hoernemann-YME 6-2, 6-4; 

No. 4- Jessica Danzl-M def . Macie Sik-YME 6-0, 6-2; 

Doubles
No. 1- Hanna Wiechmann-Camryn Brinkman-M def. Ashley Niemeyer-Cherish Hammer-YME 6-2, 6-1; 

No. 2 — Chelsey Wieling-Natalie Wilwerding-M def. Allie Virnig-Emilee Speh-YME 6-2, 6-3;
No. 3 — Kirsten Dragseth-Erika Hoppe-M def. Brynn Cherveny-Tiana Rupp-YME 6-2, 6-2;

Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017

A Week of Ups and Downs

Moises Romero (85) ran into a hole created by his line men late in the Dutchmen's 41-7 loss to Pierz in the playoffs Saturday night. Melrose's season ended with the loss. In the other Section 6AAA game New London-Spicer defeated Albany 28-20. That loss to Pierz marked a week of ups and downs for the Melrose Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen had interesting contests the past week.

The Lady Dutchmen volleyball team saw its season close in a 3-2 loss to Albany on Thursday Day.  Friday evening the swimmers set three conference records, and had conference medal winners in all but one event, and finished second in the WCC swim meet to Sauk Centre.

The cross-country team had some good runs, but no one advanced to the state meet this year.

The football team topped Litchfield in a well-played game Tuesday evening at Melrose

More on the contests appear in the Nov. 1 issue of the Melrose Beacon.  Video of the football game can be seen at https://youtu.be/twQdNg47xfc