Mid MN Sports

Girls basketball 12/3/24

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team goes to (4-0) on the season with a win at Benson 73-34.
Sauk Centre had Cierra with 24 points, Elly Herickhoff 14 and 12 rebounds, Sienna Klaphake with 9 and 8 rebounds.
Sauk Centre girls highlights.

It was BOLD winning at home over the Melrose girls 80-54. BOLD led at the half 40-25.
Melrose had Brooke Well 13, Lexi Vesel with 12.
Melrose GBB highlights.

Minnewaska over BBE 59-40
More girls basketball scores.

Prairie Centre boys hockey coach Chad Wehrman

Melrose gymnastics 12/3/24

In gymnastics Tuesday: Melrose over Paynesville 135.600 - 107.125

Tuesday sports 12/3/24

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team will play their first home game of the year Tuesday night. It's a non conference game vs Holdingford. The JV game is at 5:45, the varsity at 7:15.
Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS. The varsity game also on 105.5 FM radio.
Click on Live broadcast in the upper left to watch the game.
Sauk Centre (1-0) Holdingford (0-0)
Basketball State rankings.

The Melrose boys basketball team has their first game of the season. Melrose plays at home against Albany at 7:15.
The Melrose game will be broadcast on 1150 AM radio. Listen on line, click here.
Melrose will provide a live stream, click here.

The Melrose girls basketball team has a West Central Conference game at BOLD at 7:15.
BOLD has a pay per view live stream, click here.
The Melrose girls game will be broadcast on 100.1 FM radio. Listen on line, click here.
Melrose (0-1) BOLD (2-1)

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team plays at Benson Tuesday night at 7:15.
Benson will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre (3-0) Benson (0-0)
Basketball State rankings.

The Prairie Centre boys hockey team will have a game vs Redwood Valley at the Sauk Centre Arena at 7:00.
Prairie Centre (0-1) Redwood Valley (0-2)

The Sauk Centre/Melrose Defenders wrestling team has a triangular meet at Walker Hackensack at 5:00.

The Melrose gymnastics team will compete at Paynesville at 6:00.

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

The Melrose/Sauk Centre Fusion boys swimming and diving team has started workouts and is looking ahead to having another good season.
Coaches Nathan Meyer and James Schreiner has more.

MIDMNSPORTS

This week on MIDMNSPORTS:
Tuesday: Sauk Centre boys basketball at home vs Holdingford
Thursday: Melrose boys basketball at home vs Foley
Friday: Prairie Centre boys hockey at home vs Windom

Basketball 11/30/24

It was a good Saturday afternoon for the Sauk Centre basketball teams at Belgrade Brooten Elrosa. The Sauk Centre girls won by 31 points, the boys won by 27.
The Sauk Centre girls won 80-49 to go to (3-0) on the season.
Sauk Centre had Cierra Kortan with 19 points, Paige Detterman 18, Elly Herickhoff 9 and 11 rebounds, Jenna Riley and Nya Thieschafer with 9 each.
The Sauk Centre girls play at Benson on Tuesday.

The Sauk Centre boys beat BBE 85-58.
Sauk Centre had Chad Herickhoff with 26, Jacob Drevlow 20, Jeric Schloegl 15 and Noah Borgerding 11.
The Sauk Centre boys are at home on Tuesday vs Holdingford and here on MIDMNSPORTS.

Girls State rankings, boys preseason ranking.

Sauk Centre girls basketball at BBE.

Sauk Centre boys basketball at BBE

Defenders wrestling 11/27/24

Two champions Wednesday at the Defenders wrestling invitational. Senior Dom Kerzman and 7th grader Natalee Friedrichs.

Championship matches for Dom Kerzman and Natalee Friedrichs.

Girls basketball 11/26/24

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team won their second game of the season Tuesday night at home. Sauk Centre beat St. Cloud Cathedral 65-41. Sauk Centre led at the half 38-29.
Sauk Centre had Cierra Kortan with 23 points with 5 threes. Elly Herickhoff 14. The team made 12 threes in the game.

It was BBE over Melrose 63-45.
Melrose had Shantel Gruber with 12 points, Grace Herdering 10, Avery Braegelmann 7.

Other girls basketball scores:
Minnewaska beat Eden Valley Watkins 70-24
Morris over Litchfield 58-43
Montevideo beat Dawson-Boyd 76-39
BOLD over YME 88-43
NLS beat West Central 50-39
Holdingford beat Albany 57-43
More girls basketball scores.

Sauk Centre girls basketball coach Scott Bergman after the St. Cloud Cathedral game.

Tuesday sports 11/26/24

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play their first home game of the year Tuesday night. Sauk Centre will play St. Cloud Cathedral in a non conference game. The JV game starts at 5:45, the varsity game at 7:15. Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS. The varsity game also on 105.5 FM.
Sauk Centre (1-0)
Girls basketball State rankings.

It's the first game for the Melrose girls basketball team. Melrose plays at Belgrade Brooten Elrosa. The JV game is at 5:30, varsity at 7:00.
BBE will have a pay per view live stream available for the JV and varsity games. Click here.

Other Conference schedules:
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference

Prairie Centre boys hockey coach Chad Wehrman after the Northern Lakes game.

MIDMNSPORTS

This week on MIDMNSPORTS:
Tuesday: Sauk Centre girls basketball at home vs St. Cloud Cathedral
Wednesday: Wrestling Invitational at Melrose

Sauk Centre GBB 11/23/24

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team opened up the season with a win Saturday night. Sauk Centre beat St. Clair 80-36. Sauk Centre led at halftime 45-15.
Sauk Centre had Cierra Kortan with 25, Elly Herickhoff 22, Maddy Schuster 11.
Sauk Centre plays at home Tuesday vs St. Cloud Cathedral and here on MIDMNSPORTS.

Other girls basketball scores:
Duluth Marshall over Albany 73-26
More girls basketball scores from Saturday.

Girls basketball Friday:
Minnewaska over Lac Qui Parle Valley 70-21
NLS beat Morris 77-43
West Central over Paynesville 57-55
BOLD beat Sleepy Eye 63-39
Central MN Christian beat Montevideo 60-43
More girls basketball scores.

Sauk Centre BBB

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team had their scrimmage on Saturday. Sauk Centre is the maroon uniform.

Melrose BBB

The Melrose boys basketball team played at the Rocori scrimmage Saturday. Melrose in the white uniform.

Boys basketball 11/23/24

The boys basketball teams will have some scrimmages coming up on Saturday.
The Sauk Centre boys basketball team will be at home at the Sauk Centre gyms with 10 other teams from around the area.
Sauk Centre BBB scrimmage schedule.
The Melrose boys basketball team will play at the Rocori scrimmage.
Updated Rocori scrimmage schedule.

Defenders wrestling

The Sauk Centre-Melrose Defenders wrestling team is working out, getting ready for the season. Boys coach Vaughn Glasener and girls coach Robert Anderson has more.

Sauk Centre boys basketball

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team should have a solid line up this year. Sauk Centre coach Kevin Kuefler can fill us in.

Melrose boys basketball

A new season, a new team for the Melrose boys basketball team. Melrose coach Ryan Dusha explains.

Section 6A swimming and diving 11/15/24

State meet Saturday results:
50 free: Sauk Centre Pyper Vogt 11th 24.23
100 free: Sauk Centre Pyper Vogt 13th 54.50
200 free relay: Sauk Centre 9th 1:41.29
Melrose 10th 1:41.90
400 free relay: Melrose 14th 3:46.01

State meet prelims:
200 freestyle: Melrose Lauren Reed 21st 2:01.14
50 free: Sauk Centre Pyper Vogt 9th 24.29 Sauk Centre school record.
100 fly: Melrose Maddi Kraemer 19th 1:02.38
100 free: Sauk Centre Pyper Vogt 16th 54.82
Melrose Lauren Reed 20th 55.14
200 free relay: Melrose 13th 1:42.44
Sauk Centre 14th 1:42.46
100 back: Melrose Brooke Ruoff 17th 1:01.54
400 free relay: Melrose 12th 3:44.81
Sauk Centre 20th 3:56.65
Top 16 advance to Saturday.
State meet prelims results.

Melrose diver Josie Eveslage finished in 17th place at the State meet 225.55.
The top 16 advance to the finals.
Diving scores.

The State girls swimming and diving meet begins Friday at noon at the U of M.
The diving prelims are Thursday at noon.
Class A heat and lane assignments.
Class A psych sheet.
State swim meet information.

Sauk Centre coach James Schreiner talks about the State meet.

Melrose coach Nathan Meyer talks about the State meet.

Sauk Centre girls basketball

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team played in their scrimmage on Saturday. Sauk Centre is in the maroon uniform.

Melrose girls basketball

The Melrose girls basketball team was at the Sauk Centre scrimmage on Saturday. Melrose is in the white uniform.

Sauk Centre girls basketball

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team is anxious to get the season going. Sauk Centre coach Scott Bergman has more.

Melrose girls basketball

The Melrose girls basketball team is looking forward to the new season. Melrose will play at the scrimmage in Sauk Centre Saturday. Melrose coach Jordan Welle has more.

State football 11/16/24

The State football tournament continues this weekend with semi final games.
In Class AAA, Albany will play Saturday at 4:30 vs Stewartville.
Class AAA bracket.
State FB tournament information.

Melrose gymnastics

The Melrose gymnastics team is excited to get another season going. Melrose coach Katie Masog, in her 20th year, can tell us more about the team.

Prairie Centre boys hockey

The Prairie Centre boys hockey team is on the ice getting ready for the season. The team will have their scrimmage on Saturday at the Sauk Centre arena.
Prairie Centre coach Chad Wehrman tells us about the team.

Melrose coach Nathan Meyer talks about the Section Championship.

Sauk Centre coach James Schreiner talks about the Section 6A meet.

Melrose coach Nathan Meyer talks about the diving competition at The Section 6A meet Friday.

Melrose coach Nathan Meyer

State tournament

State championship match Class AA: Hawley over Southwest Christian 3-1, 25-22, 20-25, 26-24, 25-22
Third place Class AA: Albany over Chatfield 3-0, 25-14, 25-22, 25-20

State volleyball semi final:
Class AA, Southwest Christian over Albany 3-0, 25-12, 25-18, 25-17.
Class A: Mayer Lutheran over West Central 3-1, 25-23, 23-25, 25-16, 25-14.

State volleyball tournament:
Class AA: Albany over NLS 3-1, 25-12, 24-26, 29-27, 26-24
Class A: West Central over Kittson Co. Central 3-1, 19-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-14.

Volleyball State tournament Class AA bracket, click here. Class A bracket, click here.
State volleyball tournament information, click here.

State football final: Class AAA Albany over Fergus Falls 28-27.

Football State tournament Class AAA bracket, click here.
State football tournament information, click here.

State cross country meet 11/2/24

The Sauk Centre boys cross country finished in 8th place at the State Cross Country meet.
Click here for all the results.

Sauk Centre coach Jim Metcalf

Section 6AAA football 11/1/24

Section 6AAA football final: Albany over Minnewaska 29-21
Other football scores.

Section 6AA volleyball 10/31/24

Section 6AA final: Albany over Sauk Centre 3-2, 16-25, 25-22, 25-14, 16-25, 15-11.
Other VB scores.

The Section 6AA championship match will be played Thursday night at 7:00 at Sauk Rapids-Rice high school. The winner will advance to the State volleyball tournament.
The Sauk Centre volleyball team will play Albany. The match will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. Also on 105.5 FM radio. The only live stream that will be available is with NSPN. It is a pay per view. Click here for more information.
#2 Sauk Centre (24-4) #1 Albany (27-2)
Section 6AA volleyball standings.
Section 6AA volleyball bracket.
State volleyball rankings.
State VB tournament Class AA bracket.

The entire match, Sauk Centre vs Albany.

Sauk Centre volleyball 10/29/30

It was a win for the Sauk Centre volleyball team in the Section 6AA semi final. Sauk Centre beat Royalton 3-0, 27-25, 25-16, 25-12.
Sauk Centre will play Albany for the Section 6AA championship Thursday night.
Albany beat Milaca 3-0, 25-18, 25-18, 25-7.
Other volleyball scores.

Sauk Centre volleyball coach Jim Klaphake

Section 6AA volleyball 10/29/24

It's the semi final matches in the Section 6AA volleyball playoffs coming up Tuesday night at Sauk Rapids/Rice high school.
The Sauk Centre volleyball team will play Royalton. The match will be the second match on Tuesday, scheduled for 7:30. The first match between Albany and Milaca will start at 6:00.
The Sauk Centre match will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS with AUDIO ONLY-NO VIDEO. Also on 105.5 FM radio. There will be no live stream available.
#2 Sauk Centre (23-4) #3 Royalton (22-6)
#1 Albany (26-2) #5 Milaca (20-8)
The Albany match will be broadcast on 1150 AM radio. Listen on line at KASM.
The two winning teams will play Thursday for the Section 6AA championship.
Section 6AA volleyball standings.
Section 6AA volleyball bracket.
State volleyball rankings.
State VB tournament Class AA bracket.

Section 6AAA FB 10/26/24

Section 6AAA football final Saturday:
Albany over Sauk Centre 44-8
Minnewaska beat NLS 26-22
Other football scores.

The Section 6AAA football playoffs will have the two semi final games played Saturday afternoon. The Sauk Centre football team will play at Albany at 3:00.
MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO - ONLY, NO VIDEO. Also on 105.5 FM radio. Albany will provide a live stream, click here.
Try this, open up two windows on your computer, one with MIDMNSPORTS, the other with the Albany live stream. You may have to sync the broadcast by pausing one of the windows. The audio may be ahead of the video, pause the audio for a couple of seconds.
#4 Sauk Centre (3-6) Albany (8-0)
Section 6AAA football standings.
State football rankings.
Section 6AAA tournament bracket.
The other semi final game has NLS at Minnewaska at 2:00.
Minnewaska (5-3) NLS (5-4)
Minnewaska live stream, click here.

Section 6AAA football playoffs:
Sauk Centre over Melrose 16-8
NLS beat Montevideo 56-21

Sauk Centre at Albany Saturday at 3:00
NLS at Minnewaska Saturday at 2:00

Sauk Centre touchdowns:
Alex Helgeson pass from Isaac Hokanson. Helgeson two point run.
Jeric Schloegl 10 yard run. Schloegl two point pass from Hokanson.

Melrose touchdown:
Devin Bauer pass from Jackson Mayers. Two point pass to Sam Wehlage.

Other FB scores.

Section 6AA volleyball 10/25/24

Section 6AA volleyball Friday:
Sauk Centre over Minnewaska 3-0, 25-21, 25-10, 25-18
Royalton beat Holdingford 3-0, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18
Albany over St. Cloud Cathedral 3-0, 25-15, 25-12, 25-21
Milaca beat Pequot Lakes, 3-2, 25-15, 27-25, 20-25, 11-25, 15-12
Other VB scores.

The Section 6AA volleyball tournament moves into the quarterfinal round Friday night. The higher seeded team will play at home.
The Sauk Centre volleyball team will play at home against Minnewaska at 7:00 Friday. The Sauk Centre match will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. Also on 105.5 FM radio. Sauk Centre will provide a live stream, click here.
Try this, open up two windows on your computer, one with MIDMNSPORTS, the other with the Sauk Centre live stream. You may have to sync the broadcast by pausing one of the windows. The audio may be ahead of the video, pause the audio for a couple of seconds.
#2 Sauk Centre (22-4) #7 Minnewaska (18-9)
Section 6AA volleyball standings.
Section 6AA volleyball bracket.
State volleyball rankings.
State VB tournament Class AA bracket.
Other quarterfinal matches:
#1 Albany (25-2) at home vs #8 St. Cloud Cathedral (11-16) Albany live stream, click here.
#3 Royalton (21-6) at home vs #11 Holdingford (14-13) Royalton live stream, click here.
#4 Pequot Lakes (18-10) at home vs #5 Milaca (19-8) Pequot Lakes live stream, click here.
The winning teams will play again on Tuesday at Sauk Rapids in the semi finals.