Wednesday, Feb.15, 2017

Dutchmen Basketball

Despite being surrounded by MACA defenders, Justin Middendorf found his way to the basket to score, drawing fouls and picking up rebounds.  The Dutchmen had to battle back from a seven point deficit in the second half to post their 22nd win of the year.

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Albany topped the Lady Dutchmen 60-34 Tuesday night. Cassie Klaphake’ 16 points led the Lady Dutchmen. She had four three pointers.

On Monday Osakis’ height gave them an advantage in the 81-34 win over Melrose.  Maci Blommel scored 13 to lead the Melrose.

Prairie Centre North Stars Hockey

Prairie Centre downed Redwood Valley 5-2 on Monday. Goals by Noah Fletcher, Petr Erhart and Hunter Fletcher put the North Stars up 3-1. In the third period Hunter Fletcher and Brady Miller added goals.  Jesse Gould had 26 saves in the game.

Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Gymnastics

The Melrose Lady Dutchmen defended their conference title and dominated the competition Saturday in the WCC match at Melrose. The team set a school record at 150.835. The team claimed the following positions:

First: Kayla Austing-Vault, Bars, Floor, All-Around (She set a school and tied a conference record with a 9.9 on the vault); Mady Brinkman-Beam.

Second: Kayla Austing-Beam; Mady Brinkman-Bars, Floor; All-Around. Camryn Brinkman-Vault.

Third: Trisha Thom-vault, bars; Mackinze Wolbeck-beam, floor; Camryn Brinkman-floor, All-Around

Fourth: Mady Brinkman-vault; Lauren Kingston-bars; Greta Klaphake-beam.

Fifth: Camryn Brinkman, bars;

Sixth: Camryn Brinkman, beam; Greta Klaphake, floor.

Seventh: Greta Klaphake-vault.

All Conference Selections: Kayla Austing, Mady Brinkman, Camryn Brinkman, Greta Klaphake. Honorable mention: Trisha Thom, Mackinze Wolbeck.

More in the Feb. 15 issue of the Melrose Beacon. Video of the meet, including the record setting vault, can be seen at https://youtu.be/uwULrmNwGv0

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017

Dutchmen Basketball

The Dutchmen Basketball team moved to 21-0 on in the year with a 68-53 win over Sauk Centre this evening. Leading the Dutchmen were: Dillon Haider-18, Brady Birch-14, Hunter Rieland-12, Francisco Cervantes-10, Melrose rallied from an 8-0 early game deficit to take 29-22 half-time lead.

SCM Wrestling

Sam Sjogren’s pin in the 285 match game SCM a 36-34 win over Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Friday night at Bemidji. Sjorgren also had a pin in the 54-15 loss to Forest Lake. SCM also fell 51-15 to Bemijdi. Also picking up pins on the night were Nate Loxtercamp, and Roberto Raya. Jordan Winter finished unbeaten on the night.

 SCM fell 37-26 to Paynesville Thursday night. SCM had a pin by Roberto Raya at 195. Antonio Ortiz (106) posted a 17-1 technical fall. Winning by decision were Larazo Garcia (113), Nathan Loxtercamp (132), Jordan Winter (138), Karter Wensman (145) and Luke Glasener (152).

North Star Hockey

Prairie Centre fell 10-1 to Mora-Milaca at Sauk Centre Friday night. Noah Fletcher scored the lone North Star goal. Prairie Centre score three goals in the second period to all but ice their 6-2 win over Morris/Benson Area Thursday night.  Leading offense was Noah Fletcher with two goals and Daniel Thompson, Brady Miller, Seth Deters and Isaac Cebulla with one goal each.  Petr Ehart assisted on three goals Hunter Fletcher on two goals. Logan Schmitz Thompson, Noah Fletcher and Will Koetters also had assists. Goalie Isaiah DeFoe had 18 stops in the game. Prairie Centre had 55 shots on goal.

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Melrose had a fine night defensively posting a 45-20 win over Benson Thursday.  The Lady Dutchmen dominated the rebound and had 13 steals. Makiya Luetmer led Melrose with 13 points. She was the only on in double figure scoring, but Mia Meyer finished with nine. Holly Hellermann had 11 rebounds in the game. 

Fusion Swimming

The Fusion claimed the West Central Regional championship with topping Montevideo and Morris.  MSC took first in every swimming event except the 400FSR. During the meet the team set meet records in the in the 50FS (Kenny Warzecha), 100FLY (Warzecha) and in the 200MR (Isaac Schreiner, Dylan Fleischhacker, Warzecha and Spencer Van Beck)

More on the games appears in the Feb. 15 issue of the Beacon.

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017

Dutchmen Basketball

Claudin Rieland (15) and Preston Keaveny battle with Albany players for control of a rebound in Melrose’s 66-34 win Friday night. The Dutchmen never trailed in the game.  Dillon Haider led Melrose with 20 points. Other top Melrose scorers were Hunter Rieland, 14, and Brady Birch, 17. Video can be seen at https://youtu.be/HnerREJ8-gU

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Makiya Luetmer continue her second half emergence score 19 points and Whitney Austing got back on track scoring 16 points as the Lady  Dutchmen defeated ACGC 54-34 in a road game.

SC-M Wrestling

SC-M finished 2-1 at the Fergus Falls Quadrangular Friday. The team fell 37-30 to Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus, defeated Fergus Falls 68-10 and posted a 46-31 contest with Roseau.  Earning pins on at the event were Antonio Ortiz-3, Sam Sjogren, Bryan Raya, Carter Braun, Lazaro Garcia, Nate Loxetercamp, Jordan Winter, Roberto Raya.

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

Maci Blommel’s ability to get over BOLD defenders helped her score seven points and pull down rebounds in the Lady Dutchmen’s  56-48 win over BOLD Tuesday night. Makiya Luetmer led the team with 20 points Whitney Austing, working from the outside, scored 12 points.  Cassie Klaphake added nine more. Video can be seen at https://youtu.be/zAwSZD8yLWo.

Other Teams

The Fusion swimming and diving team also won topping Rocori 112-72. Other teams did not fare so well. The North Stars fell 6-1 in hockey and the SCM wrestlers were defeated 45-22 at Albany.

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017

Lady Dutchmen Gymnastics

Kayla Austing captured the floor title and the Lady Dutchmen topped Perham 146.875-142.125 Thursday night. The meet was the last dual meet of the season for the Lady Dutchmen. Austing was also first on the vault and second in the all-around. Camryn Brinkman won the beam. Vidoe can be seen at https://youtu.be/nDd-kims68s

North Star Hockey

The North Stars posted a 7-4 win Thursday over Breckenridge/Wahpeton at Wahpeton, N.D. 

Dutchmen Basketball

Melrose stayed unbeaten with a 92-60 win over ACGC Thursday. The team had balanced scoring with six players  Brady Birch, Damon Van Beck, Dillon Haider, Jordan Klaphake, Justin Middendorf and Reegan Nelson, scoring in double figure.

The Dutchmen put their unbeaten season the line Friday night hosting Albany

Other upcoming contests for Melrose teams are:

Friday:

Wrestling at Fergus Falls Quad.

Girls Basketball at ACGC

Saturday:

Dance Section competition at Rocori

North Star Hockey hosts Willmar at Sauk Centre.

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017

Melrose Rosette

The Melrose Rosette dance team finish first in kick and jaz in both the varisyt and jav competition Monday at New London.

M-SC Fusion swimming

The Fusion captured eight first place finishes as they it topped Sauk Rapid-Rice 97-89 Tuesday evening.

The 200MR relay team of Isaac Schreiner, Dylan Fleischhacker, Kenny Warzecha and Spencer Van Beck, set the tone winning that reach. Three of those swimmers also won individual races. Fleischhacker-200IM, 100BT Warzecha-50FS, 100FLY, Schreiner-100FS, 100BK.  Van Beck was also a member of the first place 400FSR team. Others on the 400FSR were Nathan Douvier, Schreiner and Warzecha.

Prairie Centre North Stars

Prairie Centre exploded for four second period goals to win 8-4 Tuesday at Park Rapids. Noah Fletcher had a five goals. Also scoring Prairie Centre were Petr Erhart, Seth Deters and Brady Miller.

Lady Dutchmen Basketball

The Lady Dutchmen fell 48-45 Tuesday night at Brandon. Whitney Austing led the team with 16 point, Maci Blommel finished with 12 and Makiya Luetmer had 11.

More on the games will be in the Feb. 8 issue of the Melrose Beacon.