Monday, Oct. 13, 2014

LADY DUTCHMEN TENNIS
Elisha Engelmeyer advanced to the semi-final round of the Section 6A individual tennis match in the singles contest.. Her win the semi finals came over teammate Becky Klaphake who also won in the first round.  Engelmeyer was 2-0 in the tournament going into the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals both qualify for state. Klaphake was 1-1 in the contest.
In the doubles competition the team of Madison Worms and Mady Brinkman reached the quarterfinals but were defeated at that point. They finished 1-1 in the contest.
Haley Hoppe/Katie Schulzetenberg, playing their first contest as a doubles team, fell in the first round and finished 0-1 in the tournament.

Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014

Lady Dutchmen Swimming
The Melrose Lady Dutchmen will be competing in the State True team meet Wednesday, Oct. 15. Melrose earned second place in the Section 6A True team meet, but was invited as an at large team because it earned 1800 points.  Sartell-St. Stephen had 2029 points.
Melrose medalled in the following events.
200 Medley Relay:

200 Freestyle:  

200 IM:  

50 Free: 

Diving: 

100 Fly:  Gabi Sawyer (first place)

100 Freestyle:  

500 Freestyle:  

200 Free Relay:  

100 Backstroke:  

400 Free Relay: 

For more information see the Oct. 15 issue of the Beacon.

Friday, Oct. 10, 2014

Melrose Dutchmen Football
Defeated Sauk Centre 41-27 tonight at Sauk Centre.
If Melrose wins on Wednesday, is should earn the second seed in the upcoming playoffs.
Zack Pierskalla scored four touchdowns in the game.

Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014

For more information on these games see the Oct. 15 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
LADY DUTCHMEN VOLLEYBALL

Melrose moved into a tie for first place in the West Central Conference-North with a 3-0 win over Montevideo.  Melrose is now 11-1 in the WCC-N and tied with Sauk Centre. Game scores were 25-14, 25-15 and 25-21. Video scenes from the game can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C36c0hb-oq4

MELROSE CROSS COUNTRY

Both the Dutchmen and Lady Dutchmen cross country teams finished in seventh place this afternoon at Albany.  Brian Thielen was the top finisher for the Dutchmen.. He finished in 30th place. Ashley Herdering was the Lady Dutchmen top finisher in the girls race. She took 21st place.

LADY DUTCHMEN TENNIS

Osakis defeated Melrose 4-3 in the playoff semi-finals and ended Melrose's team season
Osakis the first four contests winning at  three singles and four singles and  two and three doubles   Melrose won the number one and  two singles and doubles contests.
Earlier Minnewaska topped Sauk Centre in the semi finals. Osakis and Minnewaska played for the section championship.

DUTCHMEN SOCCER

Melrose-Prinsburg soccer game was cancelled.

Wednesday, Oct. 9

Lady Dutchmen Tennis

Melrose defeated Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Upsala-Swanville Area 5-2 in the Region 6A team tennis tournament. Melrose plays in the semi-finals tomorrow. The doubles teams swept their competition.
Video highlights can be seen at http://youtu.be/LNX0gH48RPA

Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014

LADY DUTCHMEN VOLLEYBALL
Sauk Centre defeated Melrose in three games. Scores were 25-19, 25-22, 25-19. Sauk Centre leads in WCC-N north standing.  It is 11-1 and Melrose is 10-1
LADY DUTCHMEN SWIMMING
The swimmers and divers topped Sauk Centre 110-71 this evening.  The divers snared the to three positions. They also had the top three spots in the 200FS and had the top three times in the 400FSR. Rachael Kulzer set the Sauk Centre pool record in the 200FS, Gabi Sawyer in the 100FLY and Stefanie Rasmussen in the 500FS.
MELROSE SOCCER
The Melrose soccer programs, which currently play as clubs, will be a Minnesota State High School League sport next year.  They will play in the Granite Ridge Conference.

Friday, Oct. 3, 2014

 MELROSE DUTCHMEN FOOTBALL

The Melrose Dutchmen rallied for a 21-18 win over Montevideo on homecoming. Melrose scored at the end of the half to cut into a 12-0 deficit. A touchdown pass to Anthony Welle with no time on the clock, plus Colton Meyer's PAT made the score 12-6.  Melrose took the lead at 13-12 in the third quarter On Zack Pierskalla's 61-yard run.  The Dutchmen 18-13 in the fourth.  It then had a defensive stand, forced a safety, and got the ball back in time for a game winning pass from Matthew Beste to Blake Gerads with 27 seconds left to win the game. Read more of the game in the Oct. 8 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Video highlights of the game can be seen at http://youtu.be/q-zcFyhCIok.

 

Standings Through Oct. 3 WCC Standing	WCC	Year
Paynesville	6-0	6-0
BOLD	5-1	5-1
Melrose	4-2	4-2
Montevideo	4-2	4-2
ACGC	3-3	3-3
MA/C-A	3-3	3-3
Sauk Centre	1-5	1-5
YME	1-5	1-5
Benson	0-6	0-6
Section 6AAA	6AA	Year
NL-S	2-0	3-1
Melrose	2-0	4-2
Montevideo	1-1	4-2
Rodwood Valley	0-0	4-3
MA/C-AS	0-2	3-3
Annandale	0-1	0-6
Litchfield	0-1	0-6