Mid MN Sports

Softball 4/10/26

Softball Friday:
Melrose beat West Central two times in a double header. Melrose won 4-3 and 8-1.
Game 1: Allie Hoppe and Aleah Funk had RBI hits. JJ Mayers had a hit.
Game 2: Melrose scored 5 runs in the first inning. Allie Hoppe hit a home run the 2nd. Aleah Funk had 3 hits, Celia Schoenberg had 2 hits. Raelyn Frieler, JJ Mayers had hits.

Eden Valley Watkins scored the winning run in the bottom of the 7th inning to beat Sauk Centre 6-5.
Sauk Centre had 7 hits. Nadia Stadsvold had 2 RBI, Gabi Marthaler, Jenna Riley, Paige Determan, Kendra Korton and Breanna Kirk had hits.
More softball scores.

Friday sports 4/10/26

It's the first game of the season for the Melrose baseball team Friday afternoon. Melrose will play at home vs Foley at 5:00.
The Melrose baseball game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS and 105.5 FM radio.

The Melrose softball team has a West Central Conference double header. Melrose will play at home vs West Central starting at 4:00.
Melrose (1-0) West Central (0-0)

The Sauk Centre softball team has a non conference game at Eden Valley Watkins at 4:30.
Sauk Centre (0-2) EVW (0-0)

The Sauk Centre track and field team will be at the Morris meet at 4:00.

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

Thursday sports 4/9/26

The Sauk Centre baseball game vs Holdingford has been postponed for Thursday. No make up date yet.

The Sauk Centre softball game scheduled for today vs BOLD has been postponed. No make up date yet.

The Sauk Centre baseball team will play their first game of season Thursday afternoon at 4:30. Sauk Centre will play at Holdingford. This is a change on the schedule. The Meire Grove field isn't ready.
The Sauk Centre baseball game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS and 105.5 FM radio.

The Sauk Centre softball team will play BOLD at the Sauk Centre field starting at 4:00.
Sauk Centre (0-2) BOLD (1-0)

Track and field Thursday: Melrose at Litchfield at 3:00.

Softball 4/8/26

Softbal final Wednesday: Melrose over Sauk Centre 8-2.
For Melrose: JJ Mayers home run and a single, Gabby Schoenberg 3 hits, Celia Schoenberg 2 hits, 2 RBI, Emalee Klasen, Aleah Funk, Allie Hoppe and Raelyn Frieler had hits.
For Sauk Centre: Gabi Marthaler 2 doubles, Jenna Riley 2 hits, Nadia Stadsvold, Jaden Lahr with hits.

Tuesday sports 4/7/26

The Sauk Centre vs Melrose softball game scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed. Make up date Wednesday 4/8.

The Sauk Centre track and field meet at BBE has been canceled.

The Melrose track and field meet at Morris has been postponed. Make up date 4/10.

Sauk Centre baseball 4/6/26

The Sauk Centre baseball game scheduled for Monday vs Kimball has been postponed. Make up date 5/15.

The Sauk Centre boys golf team is looking forward to a strong season. Thank you to Sauk Centre coach Tait Midthun for producing this video.

A new season is about to begin for the Sauk Centre girls golf team. Sauk Centre coach Taylor Pearson has more.

Sauk Centre softball 3/30/26

Softball final: Pierz over Sauk Centre 13-6.
Sauk Centre had Jaden Lahr with a two run double, Gabi Marthaler 2 hits, Nadia Stadsvold basest, Jenna Riley 2b, Paige Determan single.
Other softball:
Albany over Holdingford 14-2
More softball scores.

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

Some good success could happen this season for the Melrose girls golf team. Melrose coach Katie Meyer has more.

The Melrose boys golf team is out there taking some swings, getting ready to start the season. Melrose co-head coach Chad Wehrman has more.

The Melrose track and field team is working out, getting ready for the season. Melrose coach Sandy Enright has more.

BBB State Tournament

The boys basketball State Tournament will be held this week. The Class AA tournament has quarter final games on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Class AA bracket, click here.
State Tournament information, click here.

The Sauk Centre track and field team is out preparing for the season. Coaches Kellie Wehrman and Jim Metcalf have more.

The Sauk Centre softball team is getting ready to open up the season for their first game on March 31. Sauk Centre coach TJ Schmiesing.

DUTCHMEN Hall of Fame

The newly formed Dutchmen Hall of Fame is reaching out to people to nominate others who they feel should be recognized in the Dutchmen Hall of Fame. Student-athletes, former coaches, teams and community members are all eligible.
The plan is to have the first Hall of Fame group to be inducted January 2027. Nominations will be accepted through the end of May. Use the QR code for more information.

The Melrose softball team is looking forward to some good things this year, starting April 2. Melrose coach Kristie Niehaus.

Melrose baseball will be ready when April 10 comes around for the first game. Melrose coach Kyle Shaughnessy.

The Sauk Centre baseball team will be set and ready for their first game April 7. Sauk Centre coach Bryan Zollman has more.

Section 6AA BBB 3/13/26

Final score:
Albany over Melrose 55-35
For Melrose, Brady Goihl 16, Carson Theiler 11, Teague Dusha 5.

The Melrose boys basketball team will play Albany for the Section 6AA championship Friday night at 6:00 at St. Cloud State University.
#6 Melrose (18-11) #1 Albany (23-6)
Melrose BBB roster. Albany BBB roster.
MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO ONLY. Also on 105.5 FM radio. The game will also be a pay per view on NSPN. For information, click here. If you have purchased NSPN, try this. Get the audio on MIDMNSPORTS, open up a second window on your computer with NSPN. Mute NSPN. You may have to pause one of them to match up the audio with the video.
Boys State tournament information.

Melrose over Annandale 58-56.
For Melrose: Riley Elfering 16, Brady Goihl 16, Teague Dusha 14.
Albany over St. Cloud Cathedral 76-54.
Melrose vs Albany Friday at 6:00 at St. Cloud State.

Section 6AA boys basketball.
Section 6AA boys basketball bracket.

GBB State tournament 3/11/26

Final score: Minnehaha Academy over Sauk Centre 44-26.

Sauk Centre (23-7) Minnehaha Academy (18-12)
Minnehaha roster.

State tournament final:
Marshall, Duluth over Sauk Centre 65-38.
For Sauk Centre: Elly Herickhoff 10, Kahlen Suelflow 8, Nya Thieschafer 8.
Sauk Centre will play again Thursday night at 8:00 vs Minnehaha Academy.
NLS over Minnehaha Academy 55-48.
Class AA State tournament bracket.
State tournament information.
Basketball State rankings.

MIDMNSPORTS

The Sauk Centre basketball team plays Marshall, Duluth at the State tournament Wednesday night. Marshall, Duluth has Chloe Johnson, a sophomore who has scored over 3000 points. She also has an interesting story that may help others. This report was done when she was in 8th grade. For more, click here.

Section 6AA BBB 3/7/26

Section 6AA boys basketball Saturday:
Annandale over Sauk Centre 67-62.
Sauk Centre, Jacob Drevlow 27, Alex Drevlow 9, EJ Speidel 9.
Melrose over Holdingford 61-59.
Melrose, Brady Goihl 17, Carson Theiler 17, Riley Elfering 11.
Other boys basketball scores:
Albany over Legacy 88-67
St. Cloud Cathedral over Spectrum 72-60
More boys basketball.

Section 6AA BBB 3/7/26

The Section 6AA boys basketball tournament has reached the quarter finals. There will be 4 games played at St. John's on Saturday.
The Sauk Centre boys basketball team will play Annandale at 4:30. The Sauk Centre game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS with AUDIO ONLY. Also on 105.5 FM radio.
#7 Sauk Centre (16-11)   #2 Annandale (22-5)
Sauk Centre BBB highlights. Annandale BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre boys roster. Annandale BBB roster.
Section 6AA boys basketball.
Section 6AA boys basketball bracket.

The Melrose boys basketball team will play the final game of the day at 6:00 vs Holdingford. The Melrose game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS with AUDIO ONLY. Also on 105.5 FM radio.
#6 Melrose (16-11) #3 Holdingford (21-6)
Melrose BBB highlights. Holdingford BBB highlights.
Melrose boys roster. Holdingford BBB roster.

At 1:00 Saturday at St. John's, it's Albany vs Legacy.
#1 Albany (21-6)   #9 Legacy (17-10)
Albany BBB highlights.   Legacy BBB highlights.
Albany BBB roster. Legacy BBB roster.
The Albany game will be broadcast on 1150 AM radio. Listen on line, click here.

At 2:30, it's St. Cloud Cathedral and Spectrum.
#4 St. Cloud Cathedral (18-9) #5 Spectrum (17-10)
St. Cloud Cathedral BBB highlights. Spectrum BBB highlights.
St. Cloud Cathedral BBB roster. Spectrum BBB roster.

Section 6AA GBB 3/6/26

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team is going to the State Tournament. Sauk Centre beat Milaca 55-41 in the Section 6AA Championship game.
For Sauk Centre: Kahlen Suelflow 19, Elly Herickhoff 18, Jenna Riley 13.
More girls basketball scores.

The winner goes to the State tournament. The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play Milaca Friday night at 6:00 at St. Cloud State in the championship game of Section 6AA.
MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO ONLY. Also on 105.5 FM radio. The game will also be a pay per view on NSPN. For information, click here. If you have purchased NSPN, try this. Get the audio on MIDMNSPORTS, open up a second window on your computer with NSPN. Mute NSPN. You may have to pause one of them to match up the audio with the video.
#3 Sauk Centre (22-6) #1 Milaca (24-4)
Sauk Centre GBB highlights. Milaca GBB highlights.
Sauk Centre GBB roster. Milaca GBB roster.
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.
Basketball State rankings.
Class AA State tournament bracket.

Section 6AA BBB 3/5/26

Section 6AA boys basketball games in the first round:
Sauk Centre over Rush City 84-51.
Sauk Centre with Jacob Drevlow 29, EJ Speidel 15, Jay McLellan 8.
Melrose over Foley 57-43.
Melrose: Brady Goihl 24, Carson Theiler 16.
Other boys scores:
Annandale over Milaca 80-51
Holdingford over Kimball 77-47
Albany over Pine City 77-22
Spectrum over Royalton 76-60
Legacy over PACT 74-55
St. Cloud Cathedral over Maple Lake 90-55
Section 6AA boys basketball bracket.
More boys basketball scores.
Girls basketball scores.

Sauk Centre BBB coach Kevin Kuefler

Section 6AA BBB 3/5/26

The Section 6AA boys basketball tournament begins Thursday with first round games. The top 8 seeded teams will play at home at 7:00. The winners advance to the quarter finals on Saturday at St. John's.
The Sauk Centre boys basketball team will play at home at 7:00 vs Rush City. The Sauk Centre game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS with AUDIO ONLY. Also on 105.5 FM radio. There will be a pay per view live stream available, for more information, click here.
If you have purchased the live stream, try this. Get the audio on MIDMNSPORTS, open up a second window on your computer with the live stream. You may have to pause one of them to match up the audio with the video.
#7 Sauk Centre (15-11) #10 Rush City (13-12)
Sauk Centre BBB highlights. Rush City BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre boys roster. Rush City boys roster.

It's a home game for the Melrose boys basketball team Thursday at 7:00. There will be a pay per view live stream, for more information, click here. Follow the scoring on the MNscorefeed app.
#6 Melrose (15-11) #11 Foley (9-17)
Melrose BBB highlights. Foley BBB highlights.
Melrose boys roster. Foley boys roster.

#1 Albany (20-6) at home vs #16 Pine City (6-20)
Albany BBB highlights. Pine City BBB highlights.
Albany BBB roster. Pine City BBB roster.
#2 Annandale (21-5) at home vs #15 Milaca (3-20)
Annandale BBB highlights. Milaca BBB highlights.
Annandale BBB roster. Milaca BBB roster.
#3 Holdingford (20-6) at home vs #14 Kimball (5-21)
Holdingford BBB highlights. Kimball BBB highlights.
Holdingford BBB roster. Kimball BBB roster.
#4 St. Cloud Cathedral (17-9) at home vs #13 Maple Lake (11-15)
St. Cloud Cathedral BBB highlights. Maple Lake BBB highlights.
St. Cloud Cathedral BBB roster. Maple Lake BBB roster.
#5 Spectrum (16-10) at home vs #12 Royalton (11-15)
Spectrum BBB highlights. Royalton BBB highlights.
Spectrum BBB roster. Royalton BBB roster.
#8 PACT (19-7) at home vs #9 Legacy (16-10)
PACT BBB highlights. Legacy BBB highlights.
PACT BBB roster. Legacy BBB roster.
Section 6AA boys basketball.
Section 6AA boys basketball bracket.

Sauk Centre GBB 3/3/26

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play in the Section 6AA girls basketball championship game Friday night at 6:00 at St. Cloud State.
Sauk Centre beat Foley 72-67 Tuesday night at St. Ben's.
Sauk Centre had Kahlen Suelflow with 21 points, Elly Herickhoff 17, Paige Determan 14.
Sauk Centre will play Milaca.
Milaca over Pine City 71-39.
Other girls basketball scores.

Section 6AA GBB 3/3/26

It's on to the semi final game in the Section 6AA girls basketball tournament for the Sauk Centre girls basketball team. Sauk Centre will play Foley Tuesday night at St. Ben's at 7:45.
The game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS with audio only. The game will have a live stream on NSPN, for more information, click here. If you have purchased NSPN, try this. Get the audio on MIDMNSPORTS, open up a second window on your computer with NSPN. Mute NSPN. You may have to pause one of them to match up the audio with the video.
#3 Sauk Centre (21-6) #2 Foley (23-5)
Sauk Centre GBB highlights. Foley GBB highlights.
Sauk Centre GBB roster. Foley GBB roster.
The first semi final game Tuesday will be Milaca vs Pine City at 6:00.
#1 Milaca (23-4) #5 Pine City (17-11)
Milaca GBB highlights. Pine City GBB highlights.
Milaca GBB roster. Pine City GBB roster.
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.
Basketball State rankings.

Girls basketball 2/28/26

Section 6AA girls basketball final scores Saturday:
Sauk Centre over Kimball 58-40.
Sauk Centre: Paige Determan 13, Jenna Riley 10, Elly Herickhoff 9, Kahlen Suelflow 8, Nya Thieschafer 8.
Foley over Albany 56-47
Sauk Centre will play Foley Tuesday night.
Milaca over Royalton 51-47
Pine City over Legacy 63-46
Other girls basketball.
Boys basketball scores.
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.

State swim-dive 2/28/26

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team competed at the State meet Saturday.
200 Medley Relay of Zaron Olmschenk, Andrue Stalboerger, Benson Felling and Sam Stangler 15th place
Nolan Fleischhacker 15th place in the 200 Freestyle
Sam Stangler 12th place in the 50 Freestyle
Andrue Stalboerger 3rd in Diving
200 Free Relay of Sam Stangler, Corey Ronning, Hunter Leslie, and Nolan Fleischhacker 13th place
400 Free Relay of Corey Ronning, Hunter Leslie, Zaron Olmschenk and Nolan Fleischhacker 10th place

Fusion coach Nathan Meyer.

Fusion coach James Schreiner.

State wrestling 2/27/26

In the first round at the State wrestling tournament.
For the Defenders:
Ben Friedrichs 189#, bracket. Lost TF 21-4, into the wrestle backs.
Natalee Friedrichs 100#, bracket. Lost 12-10, into wrestle backs.
Afton Vogt 130#, bracket. Won by fall, into the quarter finals.
Makenzey Stutzman 235#, bracket. Lost by fall, into the wrestle backs.

Section 6AA GBB 2/28/26

The Section 6AA girls basketball tournament moves to the quarter finals on Saturday. All 4 games will be played at St. Ben's.
The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play Kimball at 6:00. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO ONLY. The game will also be on 105.5 FM radio. There will be a pay per view live stream with NSPN, for more information, click here.
If you have purchased NSPN, try this. Get the audio on MIDMNSPORTS, open up a second window on your computer with NSPN. Mute NSPN. You may have to pause one of them to match up the audio with the video.
Sauk Centre GBB highlights. Kimball GBB highlights.
#3 Sauk Centre (20-6) #6 Kimball (20-7)
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.
Basketball State rankings.

Boys basketball 2/27/26

In boys basketball Friday night, Melrose won the game at Sauk Centre 58-49.
For Melrose: Brady Goihl 23, Riley Elfering 12, Teague Dusha 11.
Sauk Centre: Jacob Drevlow 22, Eli Yarke 12, Blake Dingmann 9.
Other boys basketball.