Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Dutchmen Baseball

Zac Van Beck went back to the left field wall to pull down a fly ball hit by Pierz in the playoffs last week Tuesday.

The Dutchmen have will be playing in the Section 6A playback when the take the field against Wadena Deer Creek in Thursday at 5 p.m.
Melrose fell 1-0 to Pierz in a well-played game Tuesday afternoon.  WDC fell 6-3 in inning innings to Cathederal. In the onther bracket of the tournament Sauk Centre topped Milaca 6-5, scoring in the seventh inning to win, and Foley defeated LPGE 6-2.

Next Games

Thursday, June 1:

5 p.m. Games

At Putz Field-#4West  Melrose vs #2West WDC (elimination game)

At Faber Field-#3East Milaca vs #6West LPGE

7 p.m. Games

At Putz-#3West Cathedral vs #1West Pierz

At Faber-#2East Foley vs #1East Sauk Centre.

Friday, May 26, 2017

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Dutchmen Baseball

While the Osakis Silverstreaks indicted their view of a play at the plate, Melrose catcher Logan Funk held up the glove to show the umpire he had the ball.  The umpire ruled in favor of Melrose ending Osakis third inning. Melrose won the game 3-2 to advance in the playoffs. Funk’s seventh inning sacrifice bunt put Brady Birch on second base. Birch later scored on a single by Caldind Rieland.

Other 6AA scores

LPGE-2 Pequot Lakes-1

Foley-17 St. John’s Prep-0

Milaca-2 Royalton-0

Sauk Centre-11 Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale-2

WDC-4 Staples-Motley-0

Cathedral-3 Holdingford-0

Lady Dutchmen Softball

Melrose fell 11-0 to Pierz in the playbacks of the Section 6AA softball playoffs today.

More on the games will appear in the May 31 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Softball

Ashley Rademacher reached for and caught possible extra-base hit by Albany Tuesday in the Lady Dutchmen’s 16-0 four inning loss to Albany. Melrose now plays in the playbacks of the 6AA tournament. It faces Pierz Thursday at 5 p.m. in Waite Park. Pierz fell 2-1 to Cathedral. The winner faces either Albany or Cathedral in the final playback game following the 5 p.m. game.
Next Games are
May 24 at Alexandria High School:
Noon #3 Bertha Hewitt/Verndale (BH/V) vs #2 Pequot Lakes
 2:30pm #5 Perham vs #1 Osakis
May 25 in Waite Park
5pm #4 Pierz vs #3 Melrose (elimination game)
5pm #2 Albany vs #1 Cathedral (elimination game)
6:30 Winner Pierz-Melrose vs Loser Albany-Cathedral.
May 25 at Alexandria
3:30pm Loser Perham-Osakis vs Loser BH/V vs Peqout Lakes (elimination game)
4:30pm Winner Perham-Osakis vs Winner BH/V vs Pequot Lakes 
After 4:30 game: Winner 3:30 game vs Loser 4:30 game (elimination game)

Dutchmen Baseball

The Dutchmen topped Sauk Centre 11-4 Tuesday in their final regular season game.

The first round match-up for the Section 6AA baseball tournament are
Thursday, May 25

5pm-Bertha-Hewit/Verndale (6-13) @ Sauk Centre (16-4)

5pm-Milaca (7-1) @ Royalton (11-8)

5pm-St.John’s Prep (1-13) @ Foley (13-7)

5pm-LPGE (10-8) @ Peqot Lakes (12-6)

Pierz has a bye.

7pm-Osakis (12-7) vs Melrose (13-7) @ Freeport.

5pm-Staples-Motley (5-15) @ Wadena-Deer Creek (16-4)

5pm-Holdingford (7-12) @ Cathedral (12-8).

Section 6AA brackets can be viewed at http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/doubleelim.asp?bracket=7043&tournid=262

Friday, May 19, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Softball

Holdingford’s Jenna Scott was too late in applying a tag to prevent Whitney Austing from stealing second. Austing, a courtesy runner, scored three runs in the game. Melrose won the playoff game 12-6.
Melrose had big rallies in the fourth and sixth innings to score their runs. Kenzie Meyer earned the win Holly Hellermann had three hits in the game.  Melrose next plays Tuesday in Waite Park.

Other Scores

6AA-South

Albany-11 Milaca-1

Pierz-7 Sauk Centre-4

Cathedral-9 Foley-5

6AA-North

Osakis-10 Ottertail Central-0

Perham-8 Staples-Motley-1

Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale-9

LPGE-2

Next Games

6AA-South 5 pm @ Waite Park-Plaza Field May 23 Melrose vs Albany; Waite Park-Miller Field:  Pierz vs Cathedral.

6AA-North 4:30pm @Alexandria-Field 1 Perham vs Osakis; Field 2 Berth-Hewitt-Verndale vs Pequot Lakes.

Dutchmen Baseball

The Dutchmen fell 7-0 to Cathedral at Melrose.

More information appears in the May 24 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Softball

Abby Hinnenkamp tagged out Sauk Centre’s Emily Mensen ending a stolen base attempt, but Sauk Centre still outscored Melrose 11-3 this afternoon.  The game concluded Melrose’s season record at 11-4. Playoffs begin on Friday at a site to be announced.

Dutchmen Baseball

Melrose fell 11-10 at Olivia this afternoon. The team next plays on Thursday hosting Morris.

Monday's Game

Logan Schmitz was among the Dutchmen who played a good defensive game in Melrose’s 11-4 win over LPGE Monday. The Dutchmen had 11 hits and were led by  Will Stone led the attack with two doubles and three RBI.

The Lady Dutchmen were just as successful toping LPGE 12-4. Both team play again this afternoon.

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

  Lady Dutchmen Softball

Abby Hinnenkamp played a good defensive game and also had the game winning hit as Melrose rallied for on run in each of the final three innings to defeat BOLD 5-4 Tuesday afternoon in Melrose.

Dutchmen Baseball

The Dutchmen dropped two games this today to Minnewaska in a doubleheader

Monday's Games

 Both the Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen faced Osakis in ball games Monday.   The Dutchmen, with a solid defense topped the SilverStreaks 3-1 at Melrose., Zac Van Beck and Christian Botello splitting the pitching duties.  Timely hits were again a big part of the day as Tyler Moscho, Dillon Haider and Cody Pundsack all had RBIs. Brady Birch and Pundsack both doubled. The Lady Dutchmen found that diamonds aren’t always a girls best friend as they fell 8-5 at Osakis.  Abby Hinnenkamp had three hits for the Lady Dutchmen and Kinzi Wolbeck doubled.
More on the game appears in the May 17 issue of the Melrose Beacon.