Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Melrose Cross Country

The Melrose Cross Country team both claimed first place today at the Melrose Invite.  The girls lead by Ashley Herdering (top photo, right) leading the pack, scored 38 points and placed seven runners in the top 20. The team’s average time was 23:13 on the 5K course. Kate O’Brien of Sauk Centre (second from left) finished first in the girls’ race. Nathan Budde (bottom photograph #910) led Melrose to a first place finish in the boys’ division. He also claimed first as an individual. The team had six runners in the top 15 and seven in the 1op 25. The average time of the team was 18:43.2 Melrose earned 38 points to take the meet.

 Lady Dutchmen Volleyball

Melrose’s Lexi Friedrichs (4) Madison Dufner (15) and Makiya Luetmer (14) prepared to make the play as Abby Hinnenkamp kept the ball in the air in Melrose’s 3-0 over ACGC.  The Lady Dutchmen won 25-14, 25-12 and 25-12.

Lady Dutchmen Tennis

The Lady Dutchmen tennis team came back from Long Prairie with a 5-2 win.  Hanna Wiechmann and Julia Welle earned a three set win at number three doubles. All three sets were 6-4. Kayla Schleper, number four singles, and  the number two doubles team of Christine Rolfzen and Haiden Rausch both lot only one game in  their two set victories.

Lady Dutchmen Swimming

Melrose downed ROCORI 110-71 this evening at Cold Spring. The Lady Dutchmen took first in all events except the 100 Breaststroke and the 400 freestyle relay, which the counted as exhibitions.  The 200 individual medley and 200 freestyle relay squad claimed the top three spots.

Melrose Soccer

Both the Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen were shutout by Cathedral this afternoon. The boys fell 2-0 and the girls fell 5-0. Esmerelda Raya had 15 saves for the Lady Dutchmen.

Coming up

Thursday, Sept. 22

4 p.m. Boys Soccer at Minnewaska

4:30 p.m. Tennis at Sauk Centre

5:30 p.m. Girls Soccer hosts Zimmerman

6 p.m. Volleyball hosts Benson