Melrose Cross Country
The
Melrose Dutchmen clinched the West Central Conference title with their runs
This afternoon at Melrose. The Dutchmen also placed two runners, Nathan Budde and Preston Poepping (with medals, on
the all conference team. Others on the team are John Meyer, Brock Chellgren, Brent Reller and Nick Berscheit. The Lady Dutchmen also had two all conference members Ashley Herdering and Laura Funk, at
they finished in third place in the team race.
Lady Dutchmen Swimming
Melrose's Mikayla
Von Wahlde, Stef Rasmussen and Taylor Poepping shouted to their teammate Savana
Bitz to keep up her tempo in the final race of the night. The encouragement
worked as the quartet set Melrose pool record in the 400FSR. The Lady Dutchmen
defeated Albany in the meet.
Lady Dutchmen Volleyball
Melrose closed out
its regular season with a 3-0 win this evening at Benson. The team posted scores of 25-15, 25-9 and
25-13. Good passes led to some strong finishes by a number of the Lady
Dutchmen.
For more on the
game contest read the Oct. 26 issue of the Melrose Beacon.
Lady Dutchmen Tennis
Madison Worms (right) and Becky Klaphake finished in
fourth place in the Section 5A doubles competition in Sartell. They fell in a
three-set match in the semi-final round and a two-set match in the third place
game. As they are seniors it was the their final match.
The Melrose Lady Dutchmen are the 2016 West Central
Conference champions. The team had a number individuals take all-conference and
honorable mention honors Saturday, at St. Cloud Apollo’s pool (Holdingford
hosted the event). Makayla Von Wahlde (right) set the conference record for the
100BK at the meet. It is the 11th consecutive year the swim team has won the
WCC Crown. More information will appear in the Nov. 2 issue of the
Melrose Beacon.
