Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Future Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen ball players might be interested in this

Baseball clinic at Farming

Farming-The Minnesota Twins and Play Ball Minnesota will conduct a free baseball clinic Thursday, June 25 at Flames Park in Farming.

There will be two sessions. One will be from 2-3;30, for six to nine-year-olds. A second session, for 10 to 16-year-olds will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. 

The clinics are open to any boys or girls who are interested in improving their baseball and softball skills. There is no need to register before the day. Those interested need only show up with their glove. The coaches will be provided by the Minnesota  Twins and their sponsors. In the event  of bad weather the alternate site is the Albany Area High School gym. Registration prizes available on first come first serve basis.

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Read about the Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen in the June 10 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
Senior Lydia Butkowski finished 11th with a jump of 33-8 Saturday, June 6 in the State Class a meet at Hamline University, St. Paul. 

Butkowski, who came to the meet after a 34-11 jump in sections, did not qualify for the finals (the top 10). The winning jump was by Jenna Kess of Jordan who hit 37-9.75

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Read about the Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen in the June 10 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
Dutchmen Golf
The Melrose Dutchmen Golf season concluded this afternoon as Nate Loxtercamp finished 22nd in the individual standings of the Section 6AA golf match.  Loxtercamp had a two-day total of 85-93-178.

Monday, June 1, 2015

Read about the Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen in the June 10 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
Dutchmen Baseball

The Dutchmen baseball season ended in a10-2 loss this evening to Foley in St. Cloud. Tyler Braegelmann’s two doubles were the only Dutchmen hits and led to their two runs.

Melrose finished the year with a 15-7 record. It was 9-3 in the West Central Conference. The team finished 2-2 in the section playoffs. The team graduates nine seniors.

Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen Golf

Boys

The Dutchmen golf team finished in six place at the Section 6AA meet in Sartell this afternoon. Melrsoe top individual was Nate Loxtercamp. His score of 84 qualified him for the individual competition on tomorrow.

Girls

The Lady Dutchmen as a team finished at 13th in the girls’ tournament.  

No member of the Lady Dutchmen qualified for the second day of competition.

Melrose Track

Lydia Butkowski will compete for the state track triple jump championship Saturday, June 6 at 3:30 p.m. at Hamline University, St. Paul.

There are 18 competitiors at the meet.  Butkowski's Section distance of 34-11 is tenth among the state level competitors.  Their distances in decending order are

    Competitor                    School                     Grd         Distance

1. Clara Pout                  Concorida Acd         11       37-03.50

2. Megan Elizbeth-White   Providence Acd        11       36-10.00

3. Jenna Kess                 Jordan                    10       36-05.25

4. Mara Quam                 Kenyon-Wanamingo 10       35-11.50

5. Leah Koll                    Cotter                    12       35-11.00

6. Emma Weatherly          Byron                     9       35-10.00

7. Sieera Schultz              Fairmont                12       35-07.00

8. Ailsa Gilbert                 Watertown Mayor      8       35-06.00

9. Kindra Cannon              MA-CA                   12       35-02.50

10 .Kaitlin Conner             LQPVDB                 12       34-11.00

10. Allyson Daigneault       WDC                       8       34-11.00

10. Lydia Butkowski          Melrose                    12         34-11.00

11. Courtney Siebenahler   Luverne                 10       34-08.25

12. Margaux Schmidt         Cathedral               12       34-03.75

13.McKenzie Perushek        Eveleth-Gilbert       10       34-00.50

14.  Lexie DeWall              Proctor                  11       33-08.00

15.Hannan Anderson          Nevis                    10       32-10.00

16. Ella Rockstad              Norman County       10       32-04.75