Mid MN Sports

Section 6AA BBB 3/9/24

Albany over Melrose 57-50
For Melrose: Ronnie Engelmeyer 17, Isaac Rosenberger 12, Connor Anderson 8.
Osakis over Sauk Centre 57-53
For Sauk Centre: Jay Neubert 26, Andy Drevlow 8.
Annandale beat Foley 89-58
Spectrum over Legacy 77-66
More boys basketball scores.

The Section 6AA boys basketball tournament moves into the quarter finals. All four games will be played at St. John's on Saturday.
The Melrose boys basketball team will play at 1:00. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. The game also on 105.5 FM radio. There is no live stream available at St. John's.
#8 Melrose (17-10) #1 Albany (25-2)

The Sauk Centre boys will play Osakis at 6:00. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. The game also on 105.5 FM radio. There is no live stream available at St. John's.
#3 Sauk Centre (21-6) #6 Osakis (22-5)

2:30 #4 Legacy (24-4) #5 Spectrum (23-4)
4:30 #2 Annandale (24-3) #7 Foley (19-8)

Section 6AA boys basketball bracket. Section 6AA boys basketball. State rankings.

Section 6AA BBB 3/7/24

The Melrose boys basketball team won at home Thursday in the quarter finals of the Section 6AA boys basketball tournament. Melrose beat Mora 92-64.
For Melrose: Connor Anderson 21, Isaac Rosenberger 17, Ronnie Engelmeyer 14, Brady Goihl 10.
Melrose will play Albany at 1:00 Saturday at St. John's.
Albany beat Pine City 85-48

The Sauk Centre boys beat Milaca 66-38 at the Sauk Centre gym.
For Sauk Centre: Jay Neubert 21, Andy Drevlow 13, Jacob Drevlow 11.
Sauk Centre will play Osakis at 6:00 Saturday at St. John's.
Osakis beat Holdingford 65-53

Other Section 6AA boys scores:
Annandale beat Rush City 89-34
Foley over St. Cloud Cathedral 59-32
Legacy over Royalton 81-57
Spectrum beat Kimball 74-34
Other boys basketball scores.

Section 6AA boys basketball 3/7/24

The first round of games in the boys Section 6AA basketball tournament comes up Thursday night. The top 8 teams will play at home. The winning teams play again Saturday at St. John's.
The Melrose boys basketball team plays at home against Mora at 7:00. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast the game with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. Also on 105.5 FM radio. Melrose will provide a live stream, click here.
#8 Melrose (16-10) #9 Mora (14-12)

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team plays at home against Milaca at 7:00. Sauk Centre will have a live stream, click here.
#3 Sauk Centre (20-6) #14 Milaca (4-22)

Other first round games:
#1 Albany (24-2) at home vs #16 Pine City (6-20) Albany live stream, click here.
#2 Annandale (23-3) at home vs #15 Rush City (6-19) Annandale live stream, click here.
#4 Legacy (23-4) at home vs #13 Royalton (7-19) Legacy live stream, click here.
#5 Spectrum (22-4) at home vs #12 Kimball (8-18) Spectrum live stream, click here.
#6 Osakis (21-5) at home vs #11 Holdingford (9-17) Osakis live stream, click here.
#7 Foley (18-8) at home vs #10 St. Cloud Cathedral (11-15) Foley live stream, click here.
21-5)
Section 6AA boys basketball bracket. Section 6AA boys basketball. State rankings.

Sauk Centre GBB 3/6/24

Section 6AA girls basketball: Holdingford over Sauk Centre 47-44.
Albany beat Annandale 78-34
More girls basketball.

Section 6AA GBB 3/6/24

Final: Albany over Annandale 78-34
Half time: Albany over Annandale 39-11.

The Section 6AA girls basketball tournament moves into the semi finals Wednesday night at St. John's.
The Sauk Centre girls will play Holdingford at 7:30. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. Also on 105.5 FM radio.
#2 Sauk Centre (24-4) #3 Holdingford (24-4)

In the first semi final game, Albany will play Annandale at 6:00 at St. John's.
#1 Albany (26-1) #12 Annandale (13-15)

The two winnings teams will play Friday night at 6:00 at St. Cloud State for the Section 6AA championship.
Section 6AA girls basketball. Section 6AA girls basketball brackets. State rankings.

MIDMNSPORTS 3/3/24

This week on MIDMNSPORTS:
Wednesday: Sauk Centre girls basketball vs Holdingford at St. John's at 7:30 AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO.
Thursday: Melrose boys basketball at home vs Mora at 7:00 AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO.
Friday: To be determined.
Saturday: To be determined.

Section 6AA BBB 3/3/24

The Section 6AA boys basketball tournament begins on Thursday. There will be 16 teams in the tournament, the top eight teams will play at home at 7:00.
#3 Sauk Centre (20-6) at home vs #14 Milaca (4-22)
#8 Melrose (16-10) at home vs #9 Mora (14-12)
#1 Albany (24-2) at home vs #16 Pine City (6-20)
#2 Annandale (23-3) at home vs #15 Rush City (6-19)
#4 Legacy (23-4) at home vs #13 Royalton (7-19)
#5 Spectrum (22-4) at home vs #12 Kimball (8-18)
#6 Osakis (21-5) at home vs #11Holdingford (9-17)
#7 Foley (18-8) at home vs #10 St. Cloud Cathedral (11-15)
21-5)
Section 6AA boys basketball bracket. Section 6AA boys basketball.

Wrestling State champion Lanna Walter.

State wrestling 3/2/24

Defenders STATE CHAMPION Lanna Walter, winning 10-9. Her record in her senior season, 39-0.

Section 6AA GBB 3/2/24

A strong second half for the Sauk Centre girls basketball team in their game against Pine City. Sauk Centre won 61-42. Sauk Centre led 23-20 at the half.
Sauk Centre: Cierra Kortan 23, Tori Jennissen 17.
Cierra Kortan is now Sauk Centre's all time leader with three point baskets, 260 and counting. Sauk Centre girls basketball records, click here.
Sauk Centre will play in the semi final game Wednesday at 7:30 at St. John's vs Holdingford.
Other Section 6AA scores:
Albany over Royalton 70-33
Annandale beat St. Cloud Cathedral 72-53
Holdingford over Osakis 61-20
Other girls basketball.

The Fusion medley relay team set a new Sauk Centre and Fusion record at the State meet. Alex Wilweding, Sevrin Anderson, Jacob Robischon and Grant Eveslage. 1:38.92, 10th overall.
Thatcher Van Beck 16th 200 free.
Jacob Robischon wins consolation heat, finishes 9th, new school record and Fusion record 200.76 in 200 IM.
Andrue Stalboerger finished 3rd in diving, Sevrin Anderson 16th.
Jacob Robischon 8th in 100 Fly.
Thatcher Van Beck 11th 500 free.
Alex Wilwerding 11th 100 backstroke.
Sevrin Anderson 14th in the 100 breaststroke, new school record.
The 400 Free Relay team of Jacob Robischon, Thatcher, Van Beck, Alex Wilwerding, and Grant Eveslage finish 12th. Jacob Robischon broke the Sauk Centre 100 yard freestyle relay record with his lead off leg on the relay. That makes 4 records for Jacob this weekend!
The Fusion team placed 11th, the highest finish ever at the State meet.

State meets 2/26/24

The boys swimming and diving State meet begins Thursday. Here's the State meet information, click here.

The State wrestling tournament starts Thursday. Here's information on the State wrestling tournament, click here.
Class AA individual wrestling begins Friday morning.
139# AA Jose De Los Santos. 285# AA Isaac Frericks. Click here for brackets.
Girls individuals Saturday morning. 124# Lanna Walter.

Defenders wrestler Jose De Los Santos will not wrestle at the State tournament due to a medical DQ, skin check.

285# AA Isaac Frericks was defeated 12-0.

Girls State: Lanna Walter won her first match by fall 1:58.

Lanna Walter wins her semi final match by fall 1:04. Walter will wrestle for the State championship.

Section 6AA GBB 3/2/24

Saturday quarter finals:
Albany over Royalton 70-33.

The Section 6AA girls basketball tournament will have four quarter final games Saturday at St. John's.
The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play Pine City at 4:30. The Sauk Centre game 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) #7 Pine City (18-9)

1:00 #1 Albany (25-1) vs #8 Royalton (16-11)
2:30 #4 St. Cloud Cathedral (18-9) vs #12 Annandale (12-15)
6:00 #3 Holdingford (23-4) vs #11 Osakis (14-13)
The winning teams will play again Wednesday at St. John's.
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.

State swim-dive prelims 3/1/24

Here are the results in the State prelims for the Fusion.
200 Medley Relay-Alex Wilwerding, Sevrin Anderson, Jacob Robischon, Grant Eveslage--11th place (1:40.30)
200 Freestyle--Thatcher Van Beck 15th (1:51.21)
200 IM--Jacob Robischon 10th (2:02.10) new Sauk Centre school record
50 Free--Grant Eveslage 20th (22.57)
Diving--Andrue Stalboerger 7th
100 Butterfly--Jacob Robischon 8th (53.99) new Sauk Centre School Record, Sevrin Anderson 16th (55.67)
100 Free--Grant Eveslage 22nd (51.29)
500 Free--Thatcher Van Beck 12th (5:00.11)
200 Free Relay--Sevrin Anderson, Nolan Fleischhacker, Thatcher Van Beck, Macen Toavs-Etcheverry 17th (1:34.99)
100 Backstroke--Alex Wilwerding 13th (56.46)
100 Breaststroke--Sevrin Anderson 14th (1:01.92)
400 Free Relay--Grant Eveslage, Thatcher Van Beck, Alex Wilwerding, Jacob Robischon 16th (3:24.25)
Top 16 compete again tomorrow.
Class A results, click here. More State meet information, click here.

Boys basketball 3/1/24

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team won at home Friday night, defeating Melrose 62-45.
Sauk Centre: Jay Neubert 26, Jacob Drevlow 10.
Melrose: Connor Anderson 12, Breydan Dobmeier 9, Ronnie Englemeyer 8.
Other boys basketball:
Albany over Foley 68-48
St. Cloud Cathedral beat Mora 80-68
Annandale over Watertown Mayer 68-44
Osakis beat Royalton 53-51
Spectrum over Kimball 74-57
More boys basketball scores.

Sauk Centre BBB coach Kevin Kuefler.

BBB 2/29/24

The final game of the regular season comes up Friday night. The Sauk Centre boys basketball team will play at home vs Melrose. JV at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS, the varsity game on 105.5 FM radio. Click on Live broadcast in the upper left to watch the games.
Sauk Centre (19-6, WCC 9-4) Melrose (16-9, WCC 8-5)
West Central Conference boys. Section 6AA boys basketball. Basketball State rankings.

Section 6AA GBB 2/29/24

Section 6AA girls basketball first round games Thursday.
Sauk Centre over Mora 68-40. For Sauk Centre, Cierra Kortan 26, Tory Jennissen 16, Jenna Riley 8.
Sauk Centre will play Pine City at 4:30 Saturday at St. John's.
Pine City beat Spectrum 67-33.
Holdingford over Melrose 56-35. Melrose had Ria Nelson with 19.
Holdingford will play Osakis at 6:00 Saturday.
Osakis beat Foley 50-43.
Other Section 6AA scores:
Annandale beat Legacy 67-40
Royalton over Milaca 74-65
St. Cloud Cathedral beat Kimball 44-33
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.
More girls basketball scores.

Melrose GBB coach Jordan Welle.

Section 6AA GBB 2/29/24

The Section 6AA girls basketball tournament begins Thursday with the first round games.
#14 Melrose (6-20) will play at #3 Holdingford (22-4) at 7:00. The Melrose game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. Also on 105.5 FM radio. Holdingford will have a live stream, click here.
The #2 Sauk Centre (22-4) team will play at home vs #15 Mora (4-22) at 7:00. Sauk Centre will provide a live stream, click here.
#1 Albany (25-1) will get a first round bye.
#4 St. Cloud Cathedral (17-9) at home vs #13 Kimball (11-15) Live stream.
#5 Legacy (22-4) at home vs #12 Annandale (11-15)
#6 Foley (13-11) at home vs #11 Osakis (13-13) Live stream.
#7 Pine City (17-9) at home vs #10 Spectrum (18-8)
#8 Royalton (15-11) at home vs #9 Milaca (12-12) Live stream.
Section 6AA girls basketball. Section 6AA girls basketball bracket. Basketball State rankings.

Section 5A swim/dive 2/24/24

The Melrose-Sauk Centre Fusion are the champions of Section 5A.
Jacob Robischon was named swimmer of the year. Coaches Nathan Meyer and James Schreiner were named coaches of the year.
Here are the results, click here.

Fusion coach James Schreiner.

State gymnastics 2/24/24

The State gymnastics individual competition was held Saturday.
For Melrose, senior Hannah Hoppe, All Around 7th, Vault 22nd, Bars 14th, Beam 13th, Floor 19th.
Sophomore Josie Eveslage, Vault 10th.
8th grade Celia Schoenberg, Floor 30th.
State individual results, click here.

Defenders wrestling 2/24/24

Section 8AA individual wrestling: Defenders senior Jose De Los Santos won 4-3 at 139# in the championship match and will advance to the State wrestling tournament for the third time.
114# junior Dom Kerzman took third.
133# sophomore Noah Christen 4th.
285# junior Isaac Frericks won his true second match by fall and will advance to the State tournament.
Section 8AA results, click here.

Saturday sports 2/24/24

The State Class A gymnastics continues Saturday with the individual competition beginning at 11:00 AM. Here's all the information, click here.

The Section 5A boys swimming and diving continues in Alexandria at 1:00. Alexandria has a live stream, click here.

The Section individual wrestling tournament continues Saturday for the Defenders wrestling. It's held at Dilworth Glydon Felton high school starting at 10:30 AM. DGF will have a live stream, click here. Results from Friday, click here.

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

Section 5A swim/dive 2/23/24

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team is competing in the Section 5A meet in Alexandria. Here are the results in the prelims held Friday, click here.

GBB 2/23/24

In girls basketball, Sauk Centre won at the Melrose gym 60-31.
Sauk Centre: Cierra Kortan 17, Tory Jennissen 16.
Melrose: Ria Nelson 12.
The Section 6AA playoffs begin Thursday, seeding will come out Sunday morning.
Other girls basketball.

Melrose GBB coach Jordan Welle.

Melrose BBB 2/23/24

Another come from behind win for the Melrose boys basketball team, this time at St. Cloud Cathedral 58-56.
Melrose: Ronnie Engelmeyer 20, Brady Goihl 14, Connor Anderson 8.
Other boys basketball.

The Melrose gymnastics team took 4th place at the State Class A team competition with a team score of 141.9
Team scores.

Friday sports 2/23/24

It's the final game of the regular season in girls basketball as the Melrose girls basketball team plays at home against Sauk Centre. JV at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. Both games on MIDMNSPORTS, varsity game on 105.5 FM radio.
Sauk Centre (21-4, WCC 11-0) Melrose (6-19, WCC 2-9)
West Central Conference girls basketball. Section 6AA girls basketball. State basketball rankings.

The Melrose boys basketball team has a non conference game at St. Cloud Cathedral Friday night. JV at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. St. Cloud Cathedral will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose (14-10) St. Cloud Cathedral (8-14)
Section 6AA boys basketball standings.

The Melrose gymnastics team will compete at the State gymnastics meet with the team competition Friday starting at 11:00 AM. Here's all the State meet information, click here.

The Section swimming meet will have the prelims at 5:30 in Alexandria. Alexandria will have a live stream, click here.

The Defenders wrestling team will compete in the Section individual wrestling tournament beginning at 4:00 at Dilworth Glyndon Felton high school. DGF will have a live stream, click here.

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

Section diving 2/22/24

The Section diving competition took place Thursday in Alexandria. For the Fusion, Andrue Stalboerger 2nd place and will advance to the State meet. Zaron Olmschenk 6th, Treivyn Graves 7th.

Andrue Stalboerger.

Sauk Centre BBB 2/22/24

A hard fought win for the Sauk Centre boys basketball team at home over Osakis 53-45.
Sauk Centre: Jay Neubert 19, Andy Drevlow 10.
Other boys basketball.

Sauk Centre BBB coach Kevin Kuefler.

Melrose BBB 2/22/24

A very good win for the Melrose boys basketball team at New London Spicer 63-54.
Melrose: Ronnie Engelmeyer 23, Isaac Rosenberger 9, Connor Anderson and Weston Middendorf 8 each.

Melrose GBB 2/22/24

In girls basketball, Holdingford won at the Melrose gym 80-42.
Other girls basketball.

Thursday sports 2/22/24

Two of the better boys basketball teams in Section 6AA will meet Thursday night. The Sauk Centre boys play at home against Osakis. The JV game is at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. Both games will be on MIDMNSPORTS, the varsity game also on 105.5 FM radio.
Sauk Centre (18-6) Osakis (18-4)
Section 6AA boys basketball standings. State basketball rankings.

It's a non conference game for the Melrose boys basketball team at New London Spicer. Note schedule: The Melrose JV plays at 4:15, The B team at 5:30, varsity at 7:00. NLS will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose (14-9) NLS (13-10)

The Melrose girls basketball team has a non conference game at home vs Holdingford. JV at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. Melrose will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose (6-18) Holdingford (21-4)
Section 6AA girls basketball standings.

The Section swimming and diving competition begins with the diving at 5:00 Thursday in Alexandria. Alexandria will have a live stream, click here.

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

Prairie Centre boys 2/20/24

The season came to an end Tuesday night for the Prairie Centre boys hockey team in the Section 6A playoffs. Morris Benson Area won at home 7-4 over Prairie Centre.
Prairie Centre game summary.
Other Section 6A scores:
Alexandria over B/W 14-0
Northern Lakes over WDC 9-1
Fergus Falls beat Willmar 2-0
More boys hockey scores.