Thursday, Jan 31

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Melrose ranked #1in the Class AA ratings defeated previously unbeated Class A#1 rank Belgrade-

Brooten-Elrosa. 87-56 at Melrose.  Scottie Stone,  seen in the video above, scored 44 points to set a Melrose single game scoring record.  The video show him scoring his 41st to break the previous record of 40. Melrose played a strong game under basket rebounding by Ty Reller (right photo) and other kept BBE from getting second shots.

More details in he  Feb. 6 issue of the Beacon.

SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING

Sauk Centre-Melrose fell 47-17 to St. Cloud Tech. Tom Latzka pinned his opponent.
More details in he  Feb. 6 issue of the Beacon.

PRAIRE CENTER NORTH STARS HOCKEY

Prairie Centre beat Becker/Big Lake 6-4. Trent Berscheit scored twice. Also scoring were Adam Forseth, Preston Pung, Cody Steward and Zach Pierskalla.  Berscheit and Froseth each had an assist. Sam Ecker had three assists.Clay Deters had 24 saves.

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNASTICS

The Melrose-Morris Meet was move to Friday, Feb. 1 at Morris.

Tuesday,Jan 29

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

The Dutchmen exploded from a 36-32 half-time deficit to defeat Pierz 90-61 at Melrose. Five players led by Scottie Stone's 25 points and Isaac Sawyer's 20 points scored in double figures for Melrose. Also reaching double digits were Seth Noll, Ryan Elfering, and Mitch Niehaus.
Tyler Reller's(left photograph) rebounding helped Melrose keep control of the ball during the second half.
More information will appear in the Feb. 6 issue of the Beacon.

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNASTS

The Lady Dutchmen scored a 149.05, it best of the year in beating Willmar's 140.325 at Melrose.
All five Melrose gymnasts reached at least 34.125 for an all-around score. Jailyn Brinkman (seen on vault rigth) and Lydia Butkowski both scored over 38.00.
More information will appear in the Feb. 6 issue of the Beacon.

M-SC FUSION SWIMMING AND DIVING

M-SC Swimming was topped 106-80 by Sartell at Melrose. 

"Sartell is currently ranked second in class A.  For us to hang with them
as well as we did last night was a good accomplishment for our team,"said head coach Nathan Meyer.

John Schwieters (left photo in the 200IM) won the 200BK.

More information will appear in the Feb. 6 issue of the Beacon.

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNASTS

Melrose fell 73-40 to New London-Spicer at New London. Emily Goerdt had 12 points for Melrose.

PRAIRE CENTRE NORTH STAR HOCKEY

Park Rapids topped Prairie Centre 2-0. Wyatt Casavan had 25 saves.

PR: Cody Koebernick 1g, Frank Moren 1g
PR: Cody Brumbaugh 29-save shutout
PCA: Wyatt Casavan 25 saves
GWG: Cody Koebernick 1st period 2:26

Saturday, Jan. 26

M-SC SWIMMING AND DIVING

The M-SC Fusion team finish fourth in  the True Team Swimming and Diving meet at the UofM Saturday. For more information see the Jan. 30 issue of the Beacon
SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING
Tommy Latzka (145) and Arturo Stefanoni (170) earned all conference honors. Will Funk (126) is all confernence honorable mention.
For more information see the Jan. 30 issue of the Beacon.
Wil Funk appears in the video below.

Friday, Jan. 26

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL
Pace by 31 points from Scottie Stone Melrose downed BOLD 78-48 this evening.
Melrose, ranked number two in Class AA is 14-1 on the year. Isaac Sawyer had 18 and Seth Noll 16 in the win.
MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Tayler Reller (right photo) and other Lady Dutchmen found in it tough to drive to the basket in the 72-
32 loss to Albany this evening. No Lady Dutchmen reached 10 points in the game.
In the video below Melrose rebounds well before drawing a foul.

Thursday, Jan. 23

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

The Lady Dutchmen fell 79-49  to BOLD. Emily Goerdt led Melrose with 13 points and Gabi Sawyer had 12 points.  Melrose is at Albany Friday night.

For more information see the Jan. 30 issue of the Beacon.

M-SC SWIMMING AND DIVING

M-SC topped Montevideo 97-89 at Sauk Centre.

For more information see the Jan. 30 issue of the Beacon.
MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL
The Dutchmen won 38-26 at Long Prairie.
For more information see the Jan. 30 issue of the Beacon.

Tuesday,Jan 22

DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Melrose's defense turned loose its offense in the 85-62 win over Sauk Centre at Melrose. The Dutchmen out-scored Sauk Centre 55-31 in the second half.  A three-point buzzer-beater by Sauk Centre's Nick Adams gave the Main Streeters a 31-30 half-time lead.
In a 47-second stretch midway through the second half, the Dutchmen converted three straight defensive steals into six points as it took a 57-42 lead. Melrose never really looked back. Scottie Stone (converting a steal into a goal in the video) led Melrose with 30 points. Isaac Sawyer had 19 and Mitch Niehaus (pictured right) added 10 as did Ryan Elfering. Sauk Centre was led by Adams, 29; Pat Knobloch, 19; and Josh Buschette, 11.
More information will appear in the Jan. 30 issue of the Beacon.

LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNASTICS

The Lady Dutchmen, currently rated #1 in state, scored146.0 in their win at Paynesville. Jailyn Brinkman, who finished with 37.725 in the all-around, and Lydia Butkowski,who finished with 37.625 all-around, set the pace for the team.
More information will appear in the Jan. 30 issue of the Beacon.

PRAIRIE CENTRE HOCKEY

The North Stars fell 7-2 to Northern Lakes.  Cody Stewart and Noah Schmitz scored for Prairie Centre.  Clay Deters had 26 saves.
More information will appear in the Jan. 30 issue of the Beacon.

SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING 

S-CM fell 45-25 to Big Lake and 39-26 to Montevideo in a triangular at Sauk Centre.

Saturday,Jan. 19

DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

A strong second half brought Melrose a 70-40 win at Collegeville. Four Players, Isaac Sawyer (20), Scottie Stone (19), and Seth Noll (10) and Mitch Niehaus (10)(in video above)  all scored in double figures.  Niehaus also had 10 rebounds.Sawyer (in photo right) also had five assists.

LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Cathedral jumped to a big lead and Melrose fell 61-42 to Cathderal at Collegeville. Gabi Sawyer (video below) led Melrose with 17 points.  Tayler Reller (photo right) had seven points

PRAIRIE CENTER HOCKEY

Prairie Centre defeated Bagley 3-2 at Bagley.
MELROSE ROSETTES DANCE TEAM
The Rosettes finished  8th out of 14 teams in kick and 8th out 8 teams in jazz at Granite Falls.

Friday, Jan. 18

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Melrose fell 73-49 at Sauk Centre. Gabi Sawyer' 14 points led the Lady Dutchmen.

Thursday, Jan. 17

LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNASTICS

The Lady Dutchmen dominated every routine in their 148.1-121.75 win over Benson/KMS
Melrose finished taking the top five spots on the floor, vault and beam.  Mady Brinkman (on video above helped the team to a strong beam score. On the bars it took the top four spots Lydia Butkowski (left photo back right), Jailyn Brinkman (left photo,front) won the floor

SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING 

Saul Ellering (above) scored one of the two SC-M win in the loss Alexandria on Thursday. Also winning was Will Funk.  Derek Karash won by forfeit. Alexandria won 51-13.
DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL
Melrose defeated ACGC 85-70. Scottie Stone (30 points, Isaac Sawyer (20) and Ryan Elfering (14) led the Melrose scoring.

Tuesday, Jan. 16

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Melrose Lady Dutchmen Coach Chris Anderson reviewed Melrose's options during a time a this evening.  Melrose  fell 65-57 to Atwater-Comos-Grove City at Melrose. Shelby Uphoff (seen in the video below) led Melrose with 14 points and Gabi Sawyer (right  photograph) had 12 point for the Lady Dutchmen

More information appears in the Jan. 23 issue of the Beacon.

M-SC FUSION SWIMMING AND DIVING

M-SC Topped Sauk Rapids-Rice 108-78 at Sauk Rapids.  M-SC swept the top three spots in the 200FS, 500FS, and 100BK. John Schwieters (left photo) won the 200IM races

More information appears in the Jan. 23 issue of the Beacon.

PRAIRIE CENTRE NORTH STARS HOCKEY

Prairie Centre defeated Redwood Valley 4-2 to go to 3-9-1 on the year.  

More information appears in the Jan. 23 issue of the Beacon.

SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING

SC-M fell 46-21 to Dawson-Boyd/Lac Qui Parle Valley.  SC-M had pins from Tommy Latzka and Saul Ellering.

More information appears in the Jan. 23 issue of the Beacon

Monday, Jan. 14

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

The Lady Dutchmen fell 63-58 at Long Prairie.  LP-GE lead throughout the second half.  Melrose trailed by 11 with five minutes left and cut the lead to three points before LP-GE was able to seal the win.  Shelby Uphoff led Melrose with 20 points.
More information appears in the Jan. 23 issue of the Beacon.
MELROSE ROSETTES DANCE  TEAM
The Melrose Rosettes hosted a dance competition this evening.  A bit of their routine appears in the video below.

Saturday, Jan. 12

Melrose Lady Dutchmen Gymnastics

The Melrose Lady Dutchmen finished third at the Lakeville North Tournament.  Jailyn Brinkman  was the all-around gymnast. Team members were (from left) Lauren Kingston, Lydia Butkowski, Jailyn Brinkman, Kayla Austing and Mady Brinkman.    Melrose scored 145.9 in the contest.

More information appears in the Jan.19 issue oft he Melrose Beacon.

M-SC FUSION SWIMMING AND DIVING

Fusion swimmers who finished second the True Teeam swimming and diving meet were:

Front from left Felipe Baretto, Ethan Ross, John Schwieters, Ben Heller, Aaron Stalboerger, Keenan Pearson, Tim Schmiesing, Nick Herdering, Jake Enneking

Second row from left: Brent Blommel, Tobie Danielson, Jonah Duclos, Justin Hoppe, Matthew Beste, Ted Uphus, Ryan Sand, Grant Rieland, Noah Glasener

Back row from left:  Kenny Warzecha, Brendon McElwain, Isaac Beste, Isaac Schreiner, Matt Keller, Ryan Schulte
Not Pictured:  Divers Kenny Horn, Caleb Rothfork, and Matthew Viere

More inforation appears in the Jan. 16 issue of the Beacon.

Friday, Jan. 11

All sports events were either cancelled or postponed because of weather.

Thursday, Jan. 10

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL
Led by 11 points from Torri Reller and Emily Goerdt,the Lady Dutchmen posted a 51-31 win over Yellow Medicine East this evening.  Shelby Uphoff finished with 10 points. Melrose next plays Monday, Jan. 14 at Long Prairie. More information will appear in the Jan. 16 issue of the Beacon.
M-SC FUSION SWIMMING AND DIVING
The Fusion posted a 105-21 win at Morris.  The team is 5-1in dual meets. Saturday, they compete in the Section5A True team at Sartell. More information will appear in the Jan. 16 issue of the Beacon.
PRAIRIE CENTRE NORTH STARS HOCKEY
The North Stars fell 4-1 to Morris. Preston Pung score for Prairie Centre. Clay Deters had 26 saves.  More information will appear in the Jan. 16 issue of the Beacon.

Wednesday, Jan. 9

MELROSE ROSETTES DANCE TEAM
On Monday, Jan. 7, The Melrose Rosettes Dance Team finished third at the B-B-E invite.   The team next competes Saturday, Jan. 12 at Rocori. The Rosettes dance team will host a five-team meet on Monday, Jan. 14 with the National Anthem at 7 p.m. and the performances to follow. Teams included are Rocori, Alexandria, Fergus Falls, B-B-E and the Rosettes. More information willl appear in this week's Beacon.

Tuesday, Jan 8

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

The Melrose Lady Dutchmen fell 70-49 to Sartell.

Tayler Reller (right photo) led Melrose with 14 points. Gabi Sawyer (in video) added eight points for Melrose.
For more information see the Jan. 16 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Melrose advanced to 9-1 on the year with a 74-41 win at Benson. Stone's 33 points led Melrose. Ryan Elfering scored 14 for the Dutchmen.

For more information see the Jan. 16 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

M-SC FUSION SWIMMING AND DIVING

The Fusion defeated Park Rapids 110-74 at Sauk Centre. M-SC had the best time in most event but swam the final two events as exhibition races.

For more information see the Jan. 16 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

PRAIRIE CENTRE NORTH STARS

The North Stars fell 4-0 at Monticello. Goalie Clay Deters had 33 saves.

For more information see the Jan. 16 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING

SC-M topped LPGE 38-22 at Long Prairie. Leading the way for For more information see the Jan. 16 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Saturday, Jan. 4

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNAST

Led by Jailyn Brinkman the Lady Dutchmen scored 143.3 and took first at Watertown-Mayer. Brinkman and Lydia Butkowski finished 1-2 in the all-around. More information will appear in the Jan.9 issue of the Beacon.

M-SC FUSION SWIMMING AND DIVING

The Fusion finished fifth in the Maroon and Gold Swimming invite in the Tiger division of the UofM Aquatic Center. A second place by Ethan Ross, Keenan Pearson, Felipe Barreto and Brent Blommel earned second in 200FSR, SC-M's best finish,1:33.89. Individually  the best finish was a third place by by Barreto in in the 500FS (5:08.99). He also took fifth in the 200FS. Other top 10 finishes were: Eighth by Ethan Ross in the 100FLY, 10 by Aaron Stalboerger in the 500FS, eight by John Schwieters in the 100 backstroke and eighth by the 400FSR team of Ross, Schwieters, Blommel and Barreto. More information will appear in the Jan.9 issue of the Beacon.

SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING

SC-M finished seventh in the invitational at Brainerd. Saul Ellering won the championship of the 220 division.
SC-M More information will appear in the Jan.9 issue of the Beacon.

Friday, Jan. 4

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

The Lady Dutchmen fell 50-49 as Benson scored in the last second of the game. Emily Goerdt (right photograph) had 14 points for Melrose.  The Lady Dutchmen had led by as much a five late in the game. In the video below Torri Reller scores for Melrose.
For more information see the Jan. 9 issue of the Beacon.

Thursday, Jan. 3

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

The Dutchmen's defense, as played by Mitch Niehaus and Ryan Elfering in the photo to the right,  set up quick scoring chances and Melrose capitalize winning 72-36 at Paynesville. Scottie Stone (seen with a steal and score in the video below) had 33 points and Mitch Reller added 10 points.  Melrose trailed 14-10 at one point in the game.
See the Jan. 9 issue of the Beacon for more information. 

MELROSE-SAUK CENTRE FUSION SWIMMING AND DIVING

The Fusion topped Willmar 106-80 at Willmar. The Junior Varsity won 88-74. See the Jan. 9 issue of the Beacon for more information.