Saturday, March 4, 2017

M-SC Fusion Swimming

Kenny Warzecha earned fifth in the 100FLY and seventh in the 50FS. He holds Fusion records in both other those event and in the 100FS. He also swam with the record setting 200MR and 400FSR teams.

Also swimming on the last day of the swim season were the 200MR team of Isaac Schreiner, Dylan Fleischhacker, Kenny Warzecha and Spencer Van Beck, which finished ninth winning the consolation heat; Schreiner who finished 12th in the 100BK; and the 400FSR team of Kenny Warzecha, Nathan Douvier, Spencer Van Beck, Isaac Schreiner (11th).

SC-M Wrestling

Jordan Winter’s season, and the SC-M season ended the second round of wrestlebacks when when fell 3-1. Winter was 2-2 at state.

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Melrose,12-15,  was outplayed and fell 63-32 to 26-1 Sauk Centre in the 6AA-West sub-section playoffs. In the other contest Albany defeated Osakis 66-56.  Maci Blommel score eight and Cassie Klaphake seven for Melrose.

Friday, March 3, 2017

Dutchmen Basketball

The Dutchmen finished the regular season unbeaten defeated Osakis 68-50 tonight at Osakis. Dillon Haider scored 19 points and Brady Birch 18 points and Reegan Nelson 14 points. Melrose led by eight half time then took over in the second half.

SC-M Wrestling

Jordan Winter

Winter (132) opened his state meet with a 7-0 win over Xavier Judge of Bloomington Kennedy, but fell 8-1 to Tyler Shackle of Scott West. Winter scored his second win of the tournament posting a 5-1 win over Kellen Schauer of Grand Rapids in the playbacks. He faces Jack Vaselaar of Winona-Winona Cotter in the second round of wrestlebacks.

Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz (106)  wrestled just one match at state. He was pinned at 5:15 by Kole Krause of Bloomington Kennedy in the first round. When Krause lost in the quarterfinals, Ortiz’s season ended.

M-SC Fusion Swimming

Kenny Warzecha qualified for the state championships in the 50FS and the 100FLY after the preliminaries of the Class A swimming and diving meet. He was seeded fourth in the 100FLY and seventh in the 50FS. Swimming in the consolation round heats will be Isaac Schreiner in the 100BK; the 200FSR team of Isaac Schreiner, Dylan Fleischhacker, Kenny Warzecha and Spencer Van Beck; and the 400FSR team of Kenny Warzecha, Nathan Douvier, Spencer Van Beck, Isaac Schreiner. Also competing on Friday, but not swimming on Saturday were: Isaac Schreiner, 100FS; Spencer Van Beck, 500FS; and Dylan Fleischhacker, 100BT. New Fusion records were set in by the 200MR team (1:40.08), Warzecha in the 50FS (21.7) and 100FLY (52.14), Schreiner in the 100FS (49.35), and 100BK (54.62); Dylan Fleischhacker in the 100BT (1:03.2). Warzecha’s time in his leg of the 400FSR is (47.86) is now Fusion record for a 100FS.

Monday, Feb. 27, 2017

SCM Wrestling

Antonio Ortiz (106 24-7) and Nathan Winter (132 ) will have wrestle well to medal at the state Class AA meet this weekend. Neither the 24-7 Ortiz or the 33-5 Winter are currently ranked among the top 10 in the Guillotine rankings. 

Ortiz is the oldest member of his weight division at state.  He will begin his state meet facing unranked Kole Krause of Bloomington Kennedy. A ninth grader Krause has  a 26-12 record. Ranked wrestlers in the division include” #1 Matt Peterson-Byron (12, 35-0), #2-Jaxson Rohman-Fairmont/Martin County West (8, 36-1), #3-Nathan Garceau-Foley (11 21-1), #4-Nic Cantu-Albert Lea (10, 30-4), #5 Kyle Boeke, Princeton (8, 31-4), #8 Nick Johnson-Tri-City United (10, 31-5).   Unranked wrestlers in the weight class are: Hunter Baker-Luverne (8 28-10), Cobly Dunkel-New Prague (9 23-11), Bryce Golden-Bemidji (10 27-13), Cameron Wigand-South St. Paul (8 27-12), Cael Berg-Simely (8 28-11), Edwin Pesantez-Columbia Heights (11, 21-9), and Francis Fuenffinger-Hibbing (10 25-16). A victory over Krause would place him against either Garceau or Wigand.  A first round loss would mean Ortiz would have to wait to see how Krause does in the second round. A second round win by Krause mean Ortiz is in the playbacks. A second round loss means his season is over.

Winter has state experience going for him. He is a three-time state entry, the first of SCM to do so. The winner be facing unranked Xavier Judge of Bloomington Kennedy (11 29-11). The winner will face tier #7 ranked Kellen Schauer-Grand Rapids (10 39-2), or unranked Tyler Shackle-Scott West (10, 30-12).  Other ranked wrestlers in the bracket are: #1-Tucker Sjomelling-Delano (12 38-1), #3-Reed DeFrang-Plaineview-Elgen-Millville (12, 34-1), #3-Ben Nelson-Perham (12 17-3), #6-Sam Tibbits-Litchfield (12 36-7),  #9-Sean Hock-New Ulm (10 37-4), and #10-Nick Fite-Fridley (11 33-6)

Unranked wrestlers in the bracket are: Tryik Sann-Henry Sibley (12, 32-10), Payton Anderson-Fairmont-Martin County West (9 36-7), Jack Vaselaar-Winona/Winona Cotter (11 27-12), Austin Soonek-North Branch (9, 22-10), Antonio Cortez-South St. Paul (11 31-11), Tate Card-Hutchinson (10 25-16).

MSC-Swimming

The swimming preliminaries of the Class A meet will be Friday. Those finishing in the top eight qualify for the state championship. Those finishing 9 to 16 qualify for the consolation heat.  Going into Friday, the following are where Fusion swimmers are ranked by their times.

200MR: 1:41.12-13th.

50FS: Kenny Warzecha 21.97-Sixth

100FLY: Warzecha 53.30-Sixth

100FS: Isaac Schreiner 50.01-27th

500FS: Spencer Van Beck 5:03.71-17th.

100BK: Isaac Scheiner 56.30-15th

100BT: Dylan Fleischhacker-17th.

400FSR: 3:21.96-13th.

Saturday, Feb.25, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Gymanstics

The Melrose Lady Dutchmen won three of the six vaulting medals at the state tournament Saturday as Kayla Austing (left) finished third, Camryn Brinkman (third from right) took fourth and Greta Klaphake sixth. Mady Brinkman (right photograph, left side) tied with Jada Olsen of Perham from first place on the bars. Austing was also fourth and the beam, fifth on the floor and fourth all-around. Mady Brinkman finished third on the beam and fifth all-around. Video can be seen at https://youtu.be/cK38THDj3co

MSC Fusion

MSC Fusion had number of people qualify for state next week Swimming in the state meet will be:

Isaac Schreiner: 200MR, 100FS, 100BK, and 400FSR.

Dylan Fleischhacker: 200MR, 100BT.

Kenny Warzecha: 200MR, 50FS, 100FLY, 400FSR.

Spencer Van Beck: 200MR, 500FS. 400FSR.

Nathan Douvier: 400FSR

Warzecha, voted Section swimmer of the year, won the 100FLY and 50FS
 SCM Wrestling

Antonio Ortz, 106 and Jordan Winter, 132,  won their division and qualified for the state tournament this coming weekend in St. Paul.  Winter is making his third trip to state.

Others placing well were: Luke Glasener, 152, fifth; Bryce Stalboerger, 170, fifth; Roberto Raya, 195, fourth; Sam Sjorgren, 285, fourth.

 

Friday, Feb. 24, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Gymanstics

The Lady Dutchmen had a right to flex their muscles after taking second in the State Class A team tournament, recording the highest Melrose team score in a state meet and setting the state team beam record. More gymnastics photos appear below. Video of the award ceremony can be seen at https://youtu.be/QfoZmACkhjw

SC-M Wrestling

Jordan Winter and Antonio Ortiz are in the finals of the the Section 8AA individual wrestling tournament at Fergus Falls.  Still alive in the wrestlebacks are Roberto Raya, Luke Glasener, Lazaro Garcia, Carter Braun and Sam Sjogren.

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Sauk Centre downed Melrose 73-43 in the final regular season game for the Lady Dutchmen. Makiya Luetmer led Melrose with 15 points, all coming from three pointers.

Fusion  Swimming

The Fusion begin Section swimming competition today.