Tuesday, Jan. 31

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BOYS BASKETBALL

The Dutchmen defeated Sauk Centre 61-52 in a West Central Conference-North match-up at Melrose. Melrose had 25 free throws in the game. 19 of them came in the second half.  Scottie Stone with 19 points, led Melrose. Isaac Sawyer had 17 for the Dutchmen and Mitch Niehaus had 12. Niehaus' steal and lay-up in the final two minutes gave Melrose a five point lead and force Sauk Centre to begin fouling.

Nick Adams led Sauk Centre with 16 points. Patrick Knoblauch had 13 for Sauk Centre.
Video-Mitch Niehaus
Left-Cory Wiehoff and Mitch Niehaus defend against a Sauk Centre play.

More details will appear in the Feb. 8 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNASTS

The Lady Dutchmen set a new school mark with a 149.6 while winning at Willmar in the dual meet.  Melrose set a vault mark with a score of More details will appear in the Feb. 8 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL

Sauk Centre defeated Melrose by 12 points in WCC-N match-up at Sauk Centre. Earlier this month Melrose had defeated Sauk Centre. More details will appear in the Feb. 8 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

MELROSE-SAUK CENTRE FUSION SWIMMING AND DIVING

M-SC fell 99-72 to a strong Sartell team at Sartell
M-SC had first place finishes from:
200FS: Ethan Ross 1:59.26
100FLY: Keenan Pearson 58.35
100BK: John Schwieters 1;10.14
100BT: Nathan Welberg 1:13.15
400FSR: Schwieters, Brent Blommel, Aaron Stalboerger, Pearson.

PRAIRIE CENTRE NORTH STARS HOCKEY

The North Stars fell 6-2 to Park Rapids. Derek Holm and Brady Schulzetenberg both scored for Prairie Centre. Justin Brever had 41 saves.

Saturday, Jan. 28

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNASTICS

The Lady Dutchmen finished second in the 10-team State True Team meet at Becker.
New Prague topped Melrose by 1.15 points in the contest.
Hailey Brinkman (left) helped Melrose with a great beam routine.


Videos (below) 
Hailey Brinkman on vault.
Mady Brinkman on beam.

SAUK CENTRE MELROSE WRESTLING

Roosevelt Austin finished third at 182 and earned all conference honors for the SC-M team.

PRAIRIE CENTER NORTH STARS HOCKEY

Prairie Centre fell 4-1 at Willmar. Cody Bartkowicz scored the North Stars goal. Clay Deters had 26 saves.

Friday, Jan. 27

PRAIRIE CENTRE NORTH STARS HOCKEY

Derek Holm scored twice in the North Stars 5-1 win at Detroit Lakes.
Also scoring were Cody Steward, Nate Mettenberg, and Robby Polipnick. Goalie Justine Brever had 20 saves.

Thursday, January 26

MELROSE-SAUK CENTRE FUSION SWIMMING
M-SC was edged 101-85 at Montevideo. The Fusion had first place finishes from:
Ethan Ross in the 200FSR
Keenan Pearson in the 100FLY. He led M-SC to a 1-2-3 sweep in the event.
and
the 400FSR (John Schwieters, Brent Blommel, Aaron Stalboerger and Pearson). M-SC also finished second in the event.
Jared VonWahlde had his season best in the 200IM.
More details in the Feb. 1 issue of the Melrose Beacon.

Tuesday, Jan. 24

MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN GYMNASTS
The Melrose Lady Dutchmen gymnastics team set the school record with a 148.65 score in their win over Paynesville  and Morris.
More details will be in the Feb. 1 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
Lydia Butkowski's (left)  bars routine helped Melrose to its best bars and team score in program's history.

MELROSE DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL
The Melrose Dutchmen downed Paynesville 82-29 in a conference game at Melrose. All but one member of the team scored in the game.
Corey Wiehoff (left) drove to the basket in the game for Melrose.
























MELROSE LADY DUTCHMEN BASKETBALL
Melrose was defeated by Paynesville.

SAUK CENTRE-MELROSE WRESTLING
Sauk Centre-Melrose was defeated 37-36 in a dual meet with Alexandria and 60-10 by Big Lake in a triangular at Melrose.
Roosevelt Austin (right) had two pins in the contest.

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.