Tuesday, Dec. 13

BOY BASKETBALL

Scott Stone had 37
points against Foley

The Melrose Dutchmen breezed to an 80-51 win over Foley at Melrose.

The Dutchmen never trailed in the game and led by 30 for most of the second half.  Melrose lead 53-21 at half time.

Scott Stone had the hot hand for Melrose scoring 37 points for the Dutchmen. Austin Van Beck added 10 points underneath.

Also scoring for Melrose were: Seth Noll-9, Isaac Sawyer-8, Jordan Welle-2, Ryan Hinnenkamp-4, Mitch Reller-4, Dylan Schmiesing-4, Austin Van Beck-10, Mitch Niehaus-2.

Melrose-80 Foley-51

Foley 21 30-51

Melrose 53 27-80

Scott Stone hits the first of five 

three points against Foley

WRESTLING

TOM LATZKA won his match
against Paynesville

Sauk Centre/Melrose was defeated 43-25 by Paynesville at Sauk Centre. The Bulldogs did not have the match locked up unil the 220 division.

The individual results were (wbp-won by pin, md-major decision, lbp-loss by pin).

106-Kolten Kuhlmann wbp :55.

113-Junior Perez fell 8-3

120-Will Funk won 3-1

126-SC/M forfeited

132-Cory Messer fell 2-1.

136-Tom Latzka won 1-0.

145-Derek Karash fell md 14-5

152-Dalton Reinke won by forfeit

160-Clayton Menson lbp :09

170-Shaun Wiese lbp :45

182-SC/M forfeited

192-Roosevelt Austin md 12-4

220-Arturo Stefanoni lbp 4:15

HWT-Antonio Barerra lbp :24.


Roosevelt Austin (in dark uniform) earns take down

GYMNASTICS

Melrose scored a 142.45 in a victory at Benson.  Hailey Brinkman competed only on bars and claimed first in that event.

Lydia Butkowski was first on vault and beam and second in the all-around.

Melrose finished in the top four in all events

Vault : 1. Butkowski 9.2, 2-J. Brinkman 9.15, 3-Austing 9.05, 4-Hinnenkamp  8.95. 5-M. Brinkman 8.6. Bars: 1-H. Brinkman 9.275, 2-J. Brinkman 9.125, 3-Butkowski 8.9, 4-M. Brinkman 8.15, 5-Hinnenkamp 7.8. Beam: 1-Butkowski 9.35, 2-J. Brinkman 8.725, 3-M. Brinkman 8.6, 4-Hinnenkamp 8.5. Floor: 1-J. Brinkman 9.15, 2-M. Brinkman 8.95, 3-Hinnenkamp 8.65, 5-Austing 8.6. All-Around: 1-J. Brinkman 36.15, 2-Butkowski 36.1, 3-M. Brinkman 34.3, 4-Hinnenkamp 33.975.

Swimming 

The Melrose/Sauk Centre Fusion were edged 98-88 at Park Rapids. M/SC claimed first in the 100 Fly (Keenan Pearson).

Hockey

Prairie Centre Area defeated Wadena-Deer Creek 9-1.

Scoring for PCA were: Sean Colton-2, Nate Mettenberg-2, Cody Bartkowicz, Tyler Schmitz, Cody Steward, and Presong Pung. Justin Brever had 13 saves.

Saturday, Dec. 10

The Melrose Rosettes Jazz Funk team
finished fourth at Fergus Falls

DANCE TEAM
The Melrose Rosettes Dance Team competed at the Fergus Falls Invitiational. The High Kick team finished third and the Jazz-Funk team finished fourth.








GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Lady Dutchmen fell 61-53 to Kenyon-Wanamingo. Melrose trailed by 15 at half time.  Tayler Reller (14) and Jenna Orth (11) led the scoing.

Friday, Dec. 9

Arturo Stefannio had three pins in the Cardinal Classic

WRESTLING
Sauk Centre/Melrose wrestlers finished fifth in the nine-team Cardinal Classic at Willmar.
Roosevelt Austin won the 192 championship with three pins.
SC/M also had two thirds, three fourths and a fifth place finisher.  It entered 11 wrestlers in the tournament.


Cory Messer earns near fall points.




















GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Lady Dutchmen fell 57-35 at Goodhue.   Jenna Orth scored 10 points.

Thursday, Dec. 8

BOYS BASKETBALL
Melrose (0-1) fell 75-64 to Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (4-0) at Belgrade. BBE competed in the state Class A championship last season.

Tuesday, Dec. 6

Tayler Reller scored seven points including

 the two that tied the game for Melrose.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

The Lady Dutchmen tied the score 54-54 with 22 second left, then went on to defeat Pierz 64-57 in overtime at Melrose.  The team is now 2-0 on the year. Jenna Orth (21) and emily goerdt (11) led the Melrose scoring.

Persistance pays off for Lady Dutchmen


GYMNASTICS

Maddie Brinkman on the floor

The Melrose Gymnasts scored a 1141.1 winning their first duel meet of the year over Little Falls. Melrose's Hailey Brinkman won the vault, floor, beam and all-around title. Jailyn Brinkman won the bars routine.





Jailyn Brinkman on bars

WRESTLING
The Sauk Centre/Melrose wrestling team fell 79-0 to New London-Spicer.  SC/M forfeited six of the 14 weight units.

Saturday, Dec. 3

GYMNASTICS

Varsity and Junior Varsity members of the team are:
Kayla Austing, Mady Brinkman, Trisha Thom, Abby Hinnenkamp
Samantha Dockendorf, Sandra Sprenger, Hannah Elfering, Cassandra Conners
Coach Cassie Schoenberg, Head Coach Katie Masog, Lydia Butkowski, Jailyn Brinkman, Hailey Brinkman, Tiffani Rademacher, Manager Georgianna Toenies, Coach Alex Bade.

The Lady Dutchmen score 140.2 and claimed first place in the Becker Tournament.  

Team, not individual awards were reward at the conclusion of the event.  Melrose finished first on the bars (34.05) and beam (35.3) and second on the vault (35.55) and floor (35.3).  

The junior varsity team claimed second place

More details appear in the Dec. 7 issue of the Melrose Beacon.





Hailey Brinkman on floor

Friday, Dec. 2

Roosevelt Austin 182 champion 

WRESTLING

Sauk Centre-Melrose (SC-M) finished seventh in the SC-M early bird tournament.
The team had one champion, 182 pounder Roosevelt Austin.
The team champion was KMS with Sartell  earning runner-up honors.
Individual champions were:
106-Jordan Engler-KMS
113-Nick Meyer-KMS
120-Ty Griffin-Rockford
126-Lamberto Rodriquez-KMS
132-Logan Knoshal-Montevideo
138-Zach Carlson-KMS
145-Josh  Halicke-Sartell
152-Kyle Baker-KMS
160-Jordon Rothers-KMS
170-John Redepenning-Rockford
182-Roosevelt Austin-SC-M
195-Brady Goebel-Sartell
220-Garret Sher-Osakis
HWT-Isaac Froelich-KMS
Coaches  MVP-Josh Halicke-Sartell
Team  finishes:
KMS-245.5, Sartell-188, Rockford-179, Montevideo-138, Osakis-123, Rocori-89, SC-M-81, Eden Valley-Watkins-58, Ortonville-39

SC-M Results

106-Kolten Kuhlmann: 1st Round (R1): won by pin 3:17. Quarterfinals (QF): fell at 1:02. Wrestlebacks (WB) 1 fell at 2:20.

113-Junior Perez: R1 won 18-7. QF fell at 0:34. WB1 Bye. WB2: fell at 1:33.

120-Will Funk: QF won 4-3. Semi-finals (SF) fell at 1:40.  Third Place (3P) fell 4-2.

138-Cory Messer: QF won 4-3. SF fell injury default. 3P won 7-4.

152-Tom Latzka: QF won by pin at 3:28. SF fell 15-7. 3P fell 11-6.

160-Dalton Reinke: R1 fell 7-2. WB1 fell at 0:57.

182-Roosevelt Austin: QF won by pin at 0:27. SF won 18-5, Championship won 3-1 (OT).

220-Arturo Stefanoni: R1 bye. QF won 2:25. SF fell 1:50  3P fell 1:36.

HWT-Antonio Barerra: R1 bye, QF fell 5-3, WB1-Bye, WB2-Bye 5P fell 1:22.

126, 132, 145, 170, 195-No wrestlers from SC-M

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Led by 15 points from Annie Herkenhoff and 12 from Shelby Uphoff, the Lady Dutchmen opened the basketball season with a 48-41 win at St. Cloud. Melrose had 24-12 halftime lead.