Monday, Nov. 30, 2015

Events this week

Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015

Time	Event	Details
5:15pm	Hockey:Boys AB Game	Prairie Centre @ Park Rapids Area.
6:00pm	Basketball:Boys ABC Game	vs. Morris Area @ Melrose Area High School

Thursday, Dec 3, 2015

Time	Event	Details
5:00pm	Wrestling: AB Match	Sauk Centre/Melrose vs. Benson @ Benson High School
8:00pm	Band Concert	Prairie Centre @ Detroit Lakes

Friday, Dec 4, 2015

Time	Event	Details
4:00pm	Wrestling: AB Invitational	@ Willmar @ Willmar H.S.
5:30pm	Hockey:Boys AB Game	Prairie Centre vs. Detroit Lakes @ Detroit Lakes High School
6:00pm	Basketball:Girls ABC Game	vs. Albany @ Melrose Area High School
6:00pm	Basketball:Boys ABC Game	vs. Sauk Centre @ Melrose Area High School
	Boys/Girls Doubleheader 6:00 Varsity Girls and 9th and B Boys 7:30 Varsity Boys and 9th and B Girls

Saturday, Dec 5, 2015

Time	Event	Details
12:00pm	Gymnastics: AB Invitational	@ Becker High School
6:30pm	Dance Team: AB Performance	vs. TBD @ Melrose Area High School

Wednesday,Nov. 25,2015

Details appear in the Dec. 2 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Sauk Centre-Melrose Wrestling

SC-M earned seven medals and had three wrestlers in the championship match this evening at the Sauk Centre-Melrose Early Bird Invite. Will Funk earned the loan championship for the SC-M team while Roberto Raya and Jimmy Thomas took runners up honors.
Video from the invite can be seen at https://youtu.be/Vve1xcZ2jz0
Dutchmen Basketball
 The Melrose Dutchmen opened their 2015-16 season with a 58-45 win over Sartell-St. Stephen last evening. Melrose outscored Sartell-St. Stephen in both haves of the game. Counting its playoff run of 2015, Melrose has won nine consecutive games.
Prairie Centre North Stars
The North Stars hockey team tell to 0-2 on the year with a 6-0 loss to Northern Lakes at Long Prairie. The team fell 10 to Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake on Nov. 20.

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015

Lady Dutchmen Swimming and Diving

The Lady Dutchmen brought home two school records from the state swimming and diving meet.

Rachael Kulzer, swimming in her last high school meet, set the school record in the 200 Freestyle.  She was joined by Mikayla Von Wahlde, Taylor Poepping and Savana Bitz as they took ninth and set a school record in the 400 Freestyle Relay. Video of the 400FSR team can be seen at https://youtu.be/QDRkBtoufV. Kulzer also finished ninth in the 100 Freestyle. Stefanie Rasmussen, who swam with Poepping, Kulzer and Bitz in the 11th place 200 Freestyle relay, finished 11th in the 500FS. More information appears in the Nov. 25 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015

Lady Dutchmen Swimming and Diving
All but one of the state qualifying Lady Dutchmen swimmers will compete the finals on Friday.

All will be competing in the consolation round.

Melrose finishes were

200FS-Rachael Kulzer, 9th

100FS-Kulzer, 11th

500FS-Stefanie Rasmussen, 14th

200FSR-Melrose (Kulzer, Taylor Poepping, Rasmussen, Savana Bitz), 16th

100BK-Mikayla Von Wahlde, 11th; Diana Nathe, 19th

400FSR-Melrose, (Poepping, Von Wahlde, Bitz, Kulzer) 10th

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015

Lady Dutchmen Swimming and Diving

Diver Mady Brinkman was ranked 20th after the preliminary and semi-final rounds of the state diving competition this afternoon. The final of diving will be on Friday

The swimming preliminaries are tomorrow. The following Lady Dutchmen will compete in the preliminaries. To qualify for the consolation (9-16) or championship (1-8) heats on Friday swimmers must finish in the top 16 of that event in the preliminary race

Monday, Nov. 23, 2015

Lady Dutchmen Swimming and Diving

The Lady Dutchmen's state competition begins Wednesday as Mady Brinkman competes in diving preliminaries.
On Thursday the swimming preliminaries will be held. Melrose swimmer are seeded as follows.
200FS: Rachael Kulzer18th
100FS: Rachael Kulzer-15th
500FS: Stef Rasmussen-10th
200FSR: Melrose-15th
100BK: Diana Nathe-8, Mikayla Von Wahlde-10th
400FSR: Melrose-11th.
The state meet preliminaries cuts the final contests list to 16. Those 16 compete on Friday. Places 1-8 compete for the state championship, places 9-16 compete for consolation honors.

Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015

Lady Dutchmen Swimming
The Melrose Lady Dutchmen finished second in the Section 6A meet today at Sartell.  Melrose will have the following individuals advancing to the state meet.
Rachael Kulzer 200FS 100FS
Stefanie Rasmussen 500FS
Mikayla Von Wahlde and Diana Nathe 100BK
Mady Brinkman, diving
The 200FSR team of Rachael Kulzer, Taylor Poepping, Stefanie Rasmussen, and Savana Bitz      
and
The 400FSR team of Taylor Poepping, Mikayla Von Wahlde, Savana Bitz, and Rachael Kulzer
More information will appear in the Nov. 18 issue of the Beacon.




 

Friday, Nov. 13, 2015

Lady Dutchmen Swimming

Melrose qualified swimmers in the following events for the 2015 Section Finals Saturday at Sartell.

The top two swimmers of those in the top eight places, as well as any swimmer that meets the State Qualifying Time (SQT) advance to state.

200MR Team: Diana Nathe, McKenna Von Wahlde, Britt Seanger, Mikayla Von Wahlde 1:57.76. SQT: 1:53.87

200FSR: Stefanie Rasmussen 2:01.98, Taylor Poepping 2:03.32, Rachael Kulzer 2:03.54, Allie Austing 2:11.02. SQT: 2:00.27

200IM: Nathe 2:22.42, Mikayla Von Wahlde 2:24.79, Gracie Drossel 2:27.64, McKenna Von Wahlde 2:29.22. SQT: 2:17.79

50FS: Savana Bitz 25.47. Britt Seanger 26.68. SQT: 25.03

100FS: Kulzer 55.19, Bitz 55.3, Poepping 55.86. SQT: 55.01

500FS: Rasmussen 5:26.98, McKenna Von Wahlde 5:43.18, Austing 5:50.75. SQT: 5:28.03

200FSR: Kulzer, Poepping, Rasmussen, Bitz 1:42.3. SQT1:41.71

100BK: Mikayla Von Wahlde 1:00.99, Nathe 1:01.55, Helmin 1:04.83, Revering 1:08.58 SQT: 1:01.91.

100BT: Drossel 1:12.88 SQT: 1:10.22

400FSR: Poepping, McKenna Von Wahlde, Rasmussen, Mikayla Von Wahlde 3:49.24. SQT: 3:45.60.