Monday, Jan. 23

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN SOFTBALL

James Kinzer has been approved at the head softball coach for the 2012 season.

Saturday, Jan. 21

PRAIRIE CENTRE NORTH STARS HOCKEY
Derek Holm had a hat trickin the 8-2 over Bagley/Fosston.  Also scoring were Cody Steward, Preston Pung, Cody Bartkowicz, Dan Perry and Ryan Conner.
Justin Brever had 18 saves.
MELROSE-SAUK CENTRE FUSION SWIMMING AND DIVING
The Fusion finished 11th of the 12 teams in the Class A State True Team swimming and diving competition. The top individual finish was  in the 100FLY where Keenan Pearson finished 15 58.03 to take fourth place.

Friday, Jan. 20

LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

New London-Spicer defeated Melrose 65-61 in a battle of the conference leaders Friday at Melrose. NL-S was 4-1 in the WCC-N and Melrose 3-2 following the game.

Melrose had three players in double figures with Annie Herkenhoff leading the attack with 20 points. Jenna Orth added 18 and Emily Goerdt contributed 11 points.

Their efforts, however could not match the strong outside shooting of NL-S's Taylor Thunstedt and Amanda Radel.  Thunstedt dropped in eight three-point shots as she scored 32 in the game. Radel, who had 17 points, hit five three point shots. NL-S had 15 three pointers in the game.
More details will appear in the Jan 28 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Shelby Uphoff looked to score in from underneath as Melrose face NL-S.

Thursday, Jan. 19

MELROSE-SAUK CENTRE FUSION SWIMMING

 Jared VonWahlde (above) finished second in the butterfly, won was first in the 200IM and swam with the first place 200MR team as the Fusion defeated Rocori 107-74. MSC had 10 firsts including sweeping the butterfly race. Keenan Pearson took first in that race and Ted Uphus was third. More details will appear in the Jan 28 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
Video: Ethan Ross wins 50FS vs Rocori.

SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING

Mitch Wolbeck (right) pinned his opponent in the 120 pound match to help Sauk Centre-Melrose defeat Albany at Melrose. Also scoring a pin for SC-M was Antonio Barrera in the heavyweight division. SC-M did benefit from four forfeits. 

More details will appear in the Jan 28 issue of the Melrose Beacon. 

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Melrose rallied from a 15 point deficit, but could not earn a win and fell 74-70 to LP-GE in a game a Melrose.

The Dutchmen hit a cold streak mid-way through the second half and were outscored 19-9 at one point.

Rebounding by Mitchel Niehaus (left) and other members of the Melrose  team helped the team to come back and close the gap in the scoring.

Scottie Stone finished with 30 points and Austin Van Beck added 15 points in the loss.

More details will appear in the Jan 28 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
Video Austin Van Beck steals and scores for Melrose vs LP-GE

PRAIRIE CENTRE NORTH STARS HOCKEY
Prairie Centre fell 6-5 to Park Rapids. Cody Bartkowicz scored twice. Also scoring for the North Stars were Cody Steward, Tyler Schulz and Preston Pung. Justin Brever had 28 saves in the game. More details will appear in the Jan 28 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Tuesday, Jan. 17

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

The Melrose Lady Dutchmen expanded on a 32-18 halftime lead to win 59-43 at Melrose.

Jenna Orth scored from the outside and inside to led Melrose with 15 points.  Emily Goerdt contributed 14 points and Annie Herkenhoff added 13 points for Melrose.

Emily Goerdt had 14 points for the Lady Dutchmen in the win over Minnewaska.
Video: Emily Goerdt full court drive to basket.

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Led by 21 points from Austin Van Beck and Scottie Stone Melrose topped Minnewaska 80-62 to stay unbeaten in the West Central Conference-North. Isaac Sawyer added 15 points to the Melrose totals.

MELROSE-SAUK CENTRE FUSION SWIMMING

The Fusion defeated Sauk Rapids-Rice 103-83 at Melrose.  Keenan Pearson won the 100FLY, 50Free and was part of the 200FRS first place tea.  200FSR teammates Aaron Stalboerger won the 500FS and Ethan Ross claimed first in the 200FS.

PRAIRE CENTRE NORTH STARS HOCKEY

The North Stars posted a 10-2 over Redwood Falls. Scoring for Prairie Centre were:  Cody Steward-2, Nate Mettenberg-2, Ryan Conner, Brady Schulzetenberg,  Robby Polipnick, Cody Bartkowicz, Derek Holm and Tyler Schultz,

Monday, Jan. 16

MELROSE ROSETTES 

DANCE TEAM

The Melrose Rosettes competed in three contests in four days earning a first, three seconds, and two seventh place finishes.

The Jazz Funk team was first at Albany on Jan. 13, seventh at Rocori on Jan. 14 and second at Melrose on this evening. Competing on the same days the high kick finished second at Albany, seventh at Rocori and second at Melrose.

Left Photograph: Abby Hellermann and Katlyn Wehlage of the Jazz-Funk Team. Right Photograph: Brenna Pierskalla, Abby Moening, Alex Bauer, Jordan Helmin of the High Kick team. Both teams performed at Melrose this evening.

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL TEAM

The Dutchmen emerged from Sartell on the positive side of a 75-72 overtime win this evening. Poor freethrow shooting by Melrose and strong field goal shooting by Sartell, led to a 62-62 tie a the end of regulation.  

Scottie Stone, who had 24 points in the game, hit six points in overtime to help Melrose take the win. He dropped in a free throw in the final seconds to help Melrose take the win. Austin Van Beck score 20 points as did Isaac Sawyer.

Saturday, Jan. 14

SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING
The SC-M wrestling team was third at the Hinkley Invitational. Roosevelt Austin and Will Funk earned first place finishes. The team had three thirds and one fifth. More details will be in the Jan. 18 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNASTICS
The Lady Dutchmen set the team scoring record at 146.85 and finished third in the Lakeville Invitational. Hailey Brinkman earned  seventh in the all-around competition. Melrose's next meet is Thursday, at Morris.
More details will be in the Jan. 18 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
MELROSE-SAUK CENTRE FUSION SWIMMING
The Fusion finished third in the Section 5A true team swim meet.  The team also did well enough to qualify for a wild card berth and will compete in the state True Team meet on Saturday.  Keenan Pearson had the highest individual finish with a third in the 100FLY.  The depth of the relay teams helped the Fusion to qualify for the state meet. More details will be in the Jan. 18 issue of the Melrose Beacon.