Saturday, Feb. 27

 
MSC Fusion Swimming

The Melrose-Sauk Centre (M-SC) Fusion sent school and team records today at Morris as they qualified three relays and three individuals for the State Class A meet.

The state meet will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Competing at state for the Fusion will be Ben Heller, 100 Freestyle (FS), 200FS; Isaac Schreiner, 100FS, 100 Backstroke (BK), Kenny Warzecha, 100 Butterfly (FLY), the 200 Medley Relay (MR) team of Schreiner, Glasener, Warzecha and Enneking; the 200FSR team of Heller, Glasener, Enneking and Warzecha; and the 400FSR team of Enneking, Warzecha, Schreiner and Heller.

Dutchmen Basketball
Melrose defeated Sauk Centre 51-46 in the playoff game today at St. John's.

Friday, Feb. 26, 2016

SCM Wrestling
Jordan Winter advanced to the quarterfinals of the state meet with a win in the first round. 
In the quarterfinals he fell 13-1. He will now go to the wrestle backs.  
Jordan Winter's season ended with a 7-3 loss in the wrestle backs. Finished the year 28-9.

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2016

Dutchmen Basketball

The Melrose Dutchmen Basketball team opened the 2016 playoff season with a 58-29 win over Royalton this evening. Melrose took control of the game early and lead 23-2 at one point in the half. The team, led by Dillon Haider had 12 three-point shots in the game. Haider had four of them and finished with 12 points. Tyler Braegelmann, working his way inside, added 11 more. Thirteen of the 23 Dutchmen who played it the game scored. Melrose used its height and quickness effectively to steal, trap and force Royalton into making turnovers. The Dutchmen face Sauk Centre Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Collegeville. Sauk Centre won 73-42 over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle. In the other semi-final game will have Holdingford and Albany. Holdingford defeated St. John’s Prep 78-47, Albany defeated Osakis 62-27.  In the East-Sub-section  it was Pierz-75 Rush City-48, Braham-86 Milaca-73, Mora-69 Pine City-64 and Cathedral-64 Foley-45. Video of the game can be seen at  https://youtu.be/p0B2EYOZ8L0

Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016

Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016

Video of the gymnastics meet can be seen at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrqDsAL7aus

Video of the basketball game can be seen at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGh0pS4cyG4

Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016

Dutchmen Basketball

The Melrose Dutchmen finished their regular season with a 50-30 win over Minnewaka this evening at Melrose. The 24-2 Dutchmen are the number one seed in the upcoming West-Section 6AA tournament. Tyler Bragelmann finished with 11 points and Drake Meyer with 12 in the win. Video scene are at https://youtu.be/0SUMqja3D-g

West Section 6AA schedule

Thursday, Feb. 25

Game 1: #6 St. John’s Prep at #3 Holdingford

Game 2: #7 Osakis at #2 Albany

Game 3: #5 LPGE at #4 Sauk Centre

Game 4: #8-Royalton at #1 Melrose

Saturday, Feb. 27 at St. John’s University

1 p.m. Game 5-Winner Game 3 v Winner Game 4

2:30 pm. Game 6-Winner Game 1 v Winner Game 2

Wednesday, March 2 at St. John’s University

6 p.m. Game 7-Winner Game 5 v Winner Game 6

Friday, March 4 at SCSU

Game 8-Winner Game 7 v East Section champion

Lady Dutchmen

The Melrose girls posted a 35-33 win over Benson. Melrose returns home tomorrow evening facing Montevideo.

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016

 
Lady Dutchmen Basketball
The Lady Dutchmen fell 62-20 to Morris tonight at Melrose.  Video clips from the game can be seen at https://youtu.be/YFUcVQgqIN4
Dutchmen Basketball
Melrose defeated Holdingford this evening 62-53 at Holdingford.

Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016

Read about these contests in the Feb. 17 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Friday, Feb. 12, 2016

Video of the girls' Osakis game can be seen at https://youtu.be/NGE7xQ0Ni6I
The Lady Dutchmen fell 69-22 to Sauk Centre this evening. It was their eight game in five days.

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016

Video of the swim meet can be seen at https://youtu.be/0sQ4-TwNnLw

Monday, Feb. 8, 2016

A video of the game winning shot can be seen at https://youtu.be/f69_u2ZaUxM

Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016

Friday, Feb. 5, 2016

Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016

Dutchmen Basketball

The Melrose Dutchmen came up with another close victory topping Osakis 55-52 tonight at Melrose.  Dillon Haider, Colton Meyer and Brady Birch all had 10 points for the Dutchmen.  Video of the game can be seen at https://youtu.be/GHeXwxKusXI

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Melrose posted a 53-50 win over ACGC tonight in Olivia. Cassie Klaphake led the team with 21 points and Maci Blommel added 17 in the victory.

Prairie Centre Hockey 

Prairie Centre scored a 2-1 win in overtime on the road at Morris/Benson

 

Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016

 Dutchmen Basketball

The Dutchmen, despite a 23-point lead at one point had to hit free throws and play good defense to win 62-58 over Albany.  
Melrose had a 23-0 lead with 6:30 left in he half. Albany  then went on an 11-0 run, and was able to close the gap before the game ended. Dillon Haider (11) and Drake Meyer (right) both had 18 points in the game Tyler Braegelmann added 11 more. Kyle Birr (12) of Albany had 32 points in the game. Video from the game can be seen at https://youtu.be/UrRtwNTAA7I
SCM Wrestling

SCM had four pins its 54-30 win over Bertha-Hewitt/Vernadale.
It also defeated Border West 46-23.