Mid MN Sports

Sauk Centre GBB 12/2/23

In girls basketball Saturday at the Breakdown Tipoff in Hopkins, Crosby-Ironton defeated Sauk Centre 73-55.
Sauk Centre Cierra Kortan 21 points on 6 threes, Tori Jennissen 17.
Crosby-Ironton Tori Oehrlein 38.
Other girls basketball:
Albany over Duluth Marshall 84-65

Saturday sports 12/2/23

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play at the Breakdown Tip Off Classic at Hopkins high school Saturday. Sauk Centre will play Crosby-Ironton at 3:15.
Break down Tip Off schedule of games.
The games will have a pay per view live stream, click here for more information, NSPN.
Sauk Centre (2-0) Crosby-Ironton (1-0)
Girls basketball State rankings.

The Melrose gymnastics team will compete at Perham Saturday starting at 8:00 am.

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

Prairie Centre boys hockey 12/1/23

A win Friday night for the Prairie Centre boys hockey team. Prairie Centre beat Windom 3-1 at Windom. Prairie Centre had goals from Jesse Williams, Aiken Lambrecht and Leyton Fuchs.
Prairie Centre game summary.
Prairie Centre will play again Saturday at Fairmont at 1:00.
Prairie Centre (1-1) Fairmont (0-3)

Prairie Centre girls hockey 12/1/23

It's the first win of the year for the Prairie Centre girls hockey team. Prairie Centre beat Worthington 3-1 in Long Prairie Friday night. PC had two goals from Natasha Ludwig and one from Kyra Swanson.
Prairie Centre girls game summary.

Friday sports

There's a wrestling invitational taking place Friday at the Melrose gym. The Defenders wrestling team will be there, along with many other teams. Wrestling begins at 2:00.
MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast the wrestling invite through out the day. Click on Live broadcast in the upper left to watch.

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team will be playing in a four team tournament Friday and Saturday at Maple River high school. Friday night at 7:30 Sauk Centre will play Zumbrota-Mazeppa.
Maple River will provide a pay per view live stream, click here for more information.

The Prairie Centre boys hockey team has a game at Windom Friday night at 7:00.
Prairie Centre (0-1) Windom (0-1)

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team will play Worthington in Long Prairie at 5:30.
Prairie Centre (0-3) Worthington (0-3)

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

Thursday sports 11/30/23

In girls basketball Thursday:
Brandon Evansville over Melrose 50-28
Melrose had Ria Nelson with 13, Izzy Jaenicke 10.
Sauk Centre beat Morris 41-29
Sauk Centre with Cierra Kortan 19, Tori Jennissen 8, Elly Herickoff and Jenna Riley with 5 each.
Minnewaska beat BOLD 64-39
CMC over Montevideo 61-44
More girls basketball.
Boys basketball scores.

In girls hockey: Detroit Lakes over Prairie Centre 6-2.
More girls hockey scores.
Boys hockey scores.

Thursday sports 11/30/23

Another non conference game for the Melrose girls basketball team Thursday night. Melrose will be at home vs Brandon-Evansville. JV at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. The Melrose girls game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS and 105.5 FM radio. Click on Live broadcast in the upper left to watch the JV and varsity games.
Melrose GBB roster. Bran-Evan roster.
Melrose (0-1) Brandon-Evansville (1-0)

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will begin the West Central Conference season with a game at Morris Thursday night. JV at 5:45, varsity 7:15. Morris will provide a live stream, click here to watch.
Sauk Centre varsity roster. Morris roster.
Sauk Centre (1-0) Morris (0-1)
Girls basketball State rankings.
Boys basketball State rankings.

The Prairie Centre girls hockey team has a game against Detroit Lakes at the Long Prairie Arena at 7:00.
Prairie Centre girls (0-2) Detroit Lakes (0-2)

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

Girls basketball 11/28/23

In girls basketball Tuesday:
Sauk Centre over St. Cloud Cathedral 75-34
Sauk Centre had Cierra Kortan 27, Tori Jennissen 10, Maddy Schuster 8.
Belgrade Brooten Elrosa over Melrose 53-42
Melrose had Ria Nelson 9, Shantel Gruber 8 and Izzy Jaenicke 8.
Other girls basketball:
Albany beat Royalton 75-36
NLS over West Central 67-42
Montevideo beat Pipestone 52-29
Breckenridge beat Morris 60-28
Minnewaska over Lac Qui Parle Valley 64-31
Holdingford beat St. Cloud Crush 79-24
Paynesville over Osakis 79-48
Crosby Ironton over Proctor 75-61
More girls basketball.

Prairie Centre boys hockey 11/28/23

In boys hockey Tuesday night, Northern Lakes defeated Prairie Centre 8-1 . Prairie Centre had Zac Bick score the goal.
More boys hockey scores.

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team will have a strong line up this season. Co-head coaches James Schreiner and Nathan Meyer has more.

Tuesday sports 11/28/23

It's the first game of the season for the Prairie Centre boys hockey team. Prairie Centre will play Northern Lakes at 7:00 Tuesday at the Sauk Centre Arena. The Prairie Centre boys game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS and 105.5 FM radio. Click on Live broadcast in the upper left to watch the game.
Prairie Centre boys hockey roster, click here.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team plays their first game Tuesday at St. Cloud Cathedral in a non conference game. JV game at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. Sauk Centre girls basketball varsity roster, click here. St. Cloud Cathedral will provide a live stream, click here.
Girls basketball State rankings.

It's a home game for the first game for the Melrose girls basketball team. Melrose will play a non conference game against Belgrade Brooten Elrosa. JV 5:45, varsity 7:15. Melrose girls basketball varsity roster, click here.
Melrose will have a live stream, click here.

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

MIDMNSPORTS 11/27/23

This week on MIDMNSPORTS:
Tuesday: Prairie Centre boys hockey vs Northern Lakes in Sauk Centre 7:00
Thursday: Melrose girls basketball at home vs Brandon-Evansville 7:30
Friday: Wrestling Invitational at Melrose 2:00

Sauk Centre boys basketball at the Saturday scrimmage.

Melrose boys basketball at the scrimmage Saturday.

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team is working to get ready for the season. Sauk Centre coach Kevin Kuefler had this to say.

The competition is going to be good again this season and the Melrose boys basketball team plans on being right in the mix. Melrose coach Ryan Dusha gives a preview.

The Sauk Centre/Melrose Defenders wrestling team is exciting to get back on the mat. Coach Vaughn Glasener has more.

Sauk Centre girls basketball at the Saturday scrimmage.

Melrose girls basketball at the Saturday scrimmage.

State swimming and diving 11/18/23

State meet finals and consolation:
Finals 200 Medley relay, Sauk Centre 7th, 1:51.97
Consolation 200 medley relay, Melrose 12th, 1:52.65
Finals 200 IM, Melrose Hallie Drossel 3rd, 2:09.48
Consolation: 50 free, Sauk Centre Pyper Vogt 14th, 24:66
Consolation 100 Fly: Sauk Centre Stella Schirmers 15th, 1:02.31
Consolation: 200 free relay, Sauk Centre 10th, 1:41.52
Finals: 100 Back, Sauk Centre Stella Schirmers 8th, 59.50
Consolation: 100 Back, Melrose Brooke Ruoff 14th, 1:00.85
Finals: 100 Breast, Melrose Hallie Drossel 2nd, 1:04.13
Consolation: 100 Breast, Sauk Centre Brooke Bromenschenkel 14th, 1:09.38
Consolation: 400 Free relay, Sauk Centre 14th, 3:43.41
Finals diving: Melrose Theresia Nathe 15th, 298.30

State swim meet prelims Friday:
200 Medley relay: Sauk Centre 8th, 1:50.40
200 Medley relay: Melrose 10th, 1:51.60
200 IM: Melrose Hallie Drossel 4th, 2:10.35
50 free: Sauk Centre Pyper Vogt 16th, 24.69
100 Fly: Sauk Centre Stella Schirmers 12th, 1:00.97
200 Free relay: Sauk Centre 9th, 1:40.91
200 Free relay: Melrose 19th, 1:43.50
100 Back: Sauk Centre Stella Schirmers 5th, 59.11
100 Back: Melrose Brooke Ruoff 9th, 59.68
100 Back: Melrose Makayla Zirbes 22nd, 1:01.74
100 Breast: Melrose Hallie Drossel 2nd, 1:04.36
100 Breast: Sauk Centre Brooke Bromenshenkel 13th, 1:08.19
400 Free relay: Sauk Centre 9th, 3:40.78
400 Free relay: Melrose 19th, 3:45.86
State meet diving Thursday: Prelims, 19-Theresia Nathe 140.35 27-Josie Eveslage 129.95
Semi finals: 14-Theresia Nathe 222.65. For all the State meet information, click here.

Melrose coach Nathan Meyer with Saturday's results.

Sauk Centre coach James Schreiner with Friday's results.

Prairie Centre girls hockey 11/16/23

In girls hockey Thursday: Pine City over Prairie Centre 10-4. Scoring for Prairie Centre, Natasha Ludwig 2, Dalelyn Dietrich and Kyra Swanson.
More girls hockey scores.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team is looking forward to another good season. Sauk Centre coach Scott Bergman had this to say about the team.

Prairie Centre girls hockey 11/14/23

In girls hockey Tuesday night, it was Morris/Benson Area over Prairie Centre 6-2. Scoring for Prairie Centre, Kyra Swanson and Natasha Ludwig.
Prairie Centre game summary.
More girls hockey scores.
The Prairie Centre girls play in Sauk Centre Thursday vs Pine City.

A new season is coming up for the Melrose girls basketball team. Melrose coach Jordan Welle has more.

They're on the ice and will be ready when the season starts. The Prairie Centre boys hockey team had their first practice Monday. PC coach Chad Wehrman has a preview of the team.

Section 6A swim-dive 11/11/23

The Section 6A girls swimming and diving was held Saturday in St. Cloud.
Click here for results.

Melrose coach Nathan Meyer

Sauk Centre coach James Schreiner

Section 6A girls swim-dive 11/9/23

Section 6A girls swimming and diving prelim results from Thursday, click here. Top four divers go to the State meet. For Melrose, Josie Eveslage and Theresia Nathe.
Diving results from Friday, click here.
Section finals Saturday at 1:00 at St. Cloud Tech.

Melrose coach Nathan Meyer talking about the divers.

Sauk Centre coach James Schreiner

Melrose coach Nathan Meyer

State volleyball tournament 11/9/23

Pequot Lakes is the Class AA State champion. Pequot Lakes over Rush City 3-0, 25-18, 25-21, 25-22.

State volleyball tournament Class AA results Friday in the semi finals:
Peqout Lakes over Caledonia 3-2, 21-25, 19-25, 25-17, 25-23, 16-14
Rush City over Southwest Christian 3-0, 26-24, 25-22, 25-19
Pequot Lakes (29-5) and Rush City (30-2) will play for the State championship Saturday at 3:00. Class AA tournament bracket, click here. Live stream, NSPN.TV.

State volleyball tournament Class AA results Thursday:
Pequot Lakes over Redwood Valley 3-2, 24-26, 19-25, 25-13, 25-12, 15-6
Caledonia over Concordia Academy 3-0, 25-12, 29-27, 25-14
Southwest Christian over Wadena Deer Creek 3-1, 24-26, 25-13, 25-18, 25-17
Rush City over Annandale 3-0, 25-23, 25-19, 25-18
Friday semi finals:
5:00 Southwest Christian (27-5) vs Rush City (29-2)
7:00 Pequot Lakes (28-5) vs Caledonia (28-5)
Class AA tournament bracket. Live stream information, click here, NSPN.TV. Class A tournament bracket.

State FB Class AAA 11/10/23

State Class AAA football final:
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton over Albany 33-6
Class AAA FB bracket. Football State tournament information.

Volleyball 11/4/23

Section 6AA volleyball final: Pequot Lakes over Albany 3-1, 26-28, 25-19, 25-19, 26-24
Section 6A final: West Central over Underwood 3-1, 25-20, 26-24, 22-25, 25-21
More VB scores.
State Class AA tournament bracket.
State Class A tournament bracket.
Class AA:
Thursday 1:00 #1 Southwest Christian (26-5) vs Wadena Deer Creek (22-9)
Thursday 1:00 #4 Rush City (28-2) vs #5 Annandale (22-8)
Thursday 3:00 #2 Pequot Lakes (27-5) vs Redwood Valley (30-2)
Thursday 3:00 #3 Caledonia (27-5) vs Concordia Academy (20-10)
Class A:
Thursday 5:00 #5 West Central (23-9) vs #4 New Life Academy (20-10)
State VB tournament Live stream, click here for more information.

State cross country 11/4/23

State meet results: Sauk Centre sophomore Jacob Drevlow 28th 16:51.8
Boys Class A results. Sauk Centre 7th grader Tori Linscheid 32nd 20:02.6
Girls Class A results.

Section 6AAA FB 11/3/23

Section 6AAA football Friday:
Albany over New London Spicer 24-23
More FB scores.
State football Class AAA tournament bracket.
Albany (8-2) vs Dilworth-Glydon-Felton (9-1) Friday 7:00 at Alexandria high school.
Football Live stream, click here for more information.

Section 6AA VB 11/2/23

Section 6AA semi finals Thursday:
Albany over Melrose 3-0, 25-23, 25-15, 28-26
Pequot Lakes over Sauk Centre 3-2, 25-23, 23-25, 25-14, 22-25, 15-11
Albany and Pequot Lakes will play for the Section 6AA championship Saturday at 3:00 at Sauk Rapids.
More VB scores.

Section 6AA VB 10/31/23

Section 6AA volleyball quarter finals Tuesday night.
Melrose over Staples/Motley 3-0, 25-20, 25-23, 25-18
Sauk Centre beat St. Cloud Cathedral 3-0, 25-22, 25-20, 25-21
Albany over Holdingford 3-0, 25-22, 25-21, 25-18
Pequot Lakes beat Minnewaska 3-0, 25-14, 25-17, 25-15

Thursday semi finals at Sauk Rapids Rice high school.
5:00 Melrose (20-8) vs Albany (25-3)
7:00 Sauk Centre (23-6) vs Pequot Lakes (25-5)

More VB scores.

Section 6AAA football 10/28/23

Section 6AAA football:
New London Spicer over Sauk Centre 48-14
Albany beat Montevideo 28-0
Other football scores
NLS and Albany will play for the Section 6AAA championship on Friday 11/3 at Rocori at 7:00.

WCC swim-dive 10/27/23

The West Central Conference girls swimming and diving meet was held Friday at Montevideo.
WCC results, click here.
Team scores: 1. Melrose 717. 2. Sauk Centre 503. 3. Minn/Mor 386. 4. Montevideo 295. 5. Holdingford 284.