Mid MN Sports

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.

State swim-dive 2/27/26

The 200 Medley Relay is swimming again Saturday. The team of Zaron Olmschenk, Andrue Stalboerger, Benson Felling, and Sam Stangler finish 16th and qualify for finals on Saturday.

Nolan Fleischhaker finishes 14th and Hunter Leslie finishes 21st in the 200 freestyle. Nolan moves on to swim in finals on Saturday.

Sam Stangler finishes 14th and Corey Ronning moves up to 18th in the 50 yard freestyle. Sam moves on to finals Saturday.

The 200 Free Relay qualifies for finals with a 12th place finish. The team of Sam Stangler, Corey Ronning, Hunter Leslie, and Nolan Fleischhacker.

Graham Radjenovich finishes 20th on the 100 Backstroke.

The 400 Free Relay team of Corey Ronning, Hunter Leslie, Zaron Olmschenk, and Nolan Fleischhacker qualify for the final with an 11th place finish.
State swimming and diving information, click here.

Boys basketball 2/27/26

It's the final game of the regular season as the Sauk Centre boys basketball team plays at home vs Melrose Friday. The JV game starts at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS, the varsity game also on 105.5 FM radio. The boys playoffs begin Thursday 3/5.
Sauk Centre BBB highlights. Melrose BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (5-10 WCC 4-7) Melrose (14-11 WCC 6-5)
West Central Conference boys.
Section 6AA boys basketball.
Basketball State rankings.

Section 6AA GBB 2/26/26

Section 6AA girls basketball:
Pine City over Melrose 60-56.
For Melrose, Kaitlyn Klasen 15, Avery Braegelmann 14, Aleah Funk 11.
Sauk Centre over Osakis 59-22.
Sauk Centre. Elly Herickhoff 19, Paige Determan 16, Nya Thieschafer 10.
Other girls basketball:
Kimball over PACT 84-70
Legacy over Holdingford 75-64
Royalton over St. Cloud Cathedral 60-56
Albany over Mora 71-42
More girls basketball.
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.

Section 6AA girls basketball

The Section 6AA girls basketball tournament will begin on Thursday. The top 8 seeded teams will play at home. The winners will play again on Saturday at St. Ben's.
The Melrose girls basketball team will play at Pine City at 7:00 Thursday. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. The game will also be on 105.5 FM radio. Pine City has a pay per view live stream for more information, click here.
#5 Pine City (15-11) at home vs #12 Melrose (11-15)
Pine City GBB highlights. Melrose GBB highlights.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play at home vs Osakis at 7:00. Sauk Centre will have a pay per view live stream, for more information, click here.
#3 Sauk Centre (19-6) at home vs #14 Osakis (13-12)
Sauk Centre GBB highlights. Osakis GBB highlights.

#1 Milaca (21-4) at home vs #16 Maple Lake (2-21)
Milaca GBB highlights. Maple Lake GBB highlights.
#2 Foley (21-5) at home vs #15 Spectrum (13-13)
Foley GBB highlights. Spectrum GBB highlights.
#4 Legacy (17-9) at home vs #13 Holdingford (12-14)
Legacy GBB highlights. Holdingford GBB highlights.
#6 Kimball (19-7) at home vs #11 PACT (13-12)
Kimball GBB highlights. PACT GBB highlights.
#7 Albany (13-13) at home vs #10 Mora (16-10)
Albany GBB highlights. Mora GBB highlights.
#8 St. Cloud Cathedral (10-16) at home vs #9 Royalton (16-10)
St. Cloud Cathedral GBB highlights. Royalton GBB highlights.
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.
Basketball State rankings.

The State wrestling individual tournament begins Thursday. For all the State Information, click here.
For the Defenders:
Ben Friedrichs 189#, bracket.
Natalee Friedrichs 100#, bracket.
Afton Vogt 130#, bracket.
Makenzey Stutzman 235#, bracket.

The State swimming and diving meet begins Thursday at the U of M. For all the State information, click here.

Sauk Centre boys basketball 2/24/26

A good Section win for the Sauk Centre boys basketball team Tuesday Night. Sauk Centre won at PACT 75-49.
Sauk Centre had Jacob Drevlow with 25, Will Messer 21, Jay McLellan 10, Alex Drevlow 9.
More boys basketball scores.
Girls basketball scores.

Sauk Centre boys basketball 2/24/26

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team will play a game at PACT Charter on Tuesday. There will be a C squad game at 4:30, JV game at 6:00, varsity game at 7:30. All three games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS. The varsity game also on 105.5 FM radio. These are two teams in Section 6AA.
Sauk Centre BBB highlights. PACT BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (14-10) PACT (17-6)
Section 6AA boys basketball.

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

Melrose boys basketball 2/23/26

The Melrose boys basketball team had a game away from home Monday night. Montevideo won the game 70-43.
For Melrose, Brady Goihl 11, Teague Dusha 9, Tyler Nathe 8.
More boys basketball scores.
Girls basketball scores.

Melrose boys basketball 2/23/26

The Melrose boys basketball team will play a game in the West Central Conference at Montevideo on Monday. This is a change from the original schedule. There will be a C squad game at 4:30, JV at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. All three games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS. No radio for the varsity game.
Melrose BBB highlights. Montevideo BBB highlights.
Melrose (14-10 WCC 6-4) Montevideo (23-2 WCC 9-2)
West Central Conference boys.
Section 6AA boys basketball.
Basketball State rankings.

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

MIDMNSPORTS 2/23/26

This week on MIDMNSPORTS:
Monday: Melrose boys basketball at Montevideo at 7:15.
Tuesday: Sauk Centre boys basketball at PACT Charter at 7:30.
Thursday: Melrose girls basketball at Pine City at 7:00. AUDIO ONLY.
Friday: Sauk Centre boys basketball at home vs Melrose at 7:15.
Saturday: Girls basketball at St. Ben's, TBD.

State gymnastics 2/21/26

The Melrose gymnastics team had three individuals competing at the State meet.
Vault: Gabby Schoenberg 8th 9.375, Celia Schoenberg 16th 8.700 Vault results.
Beam: Gabby Schoenberg 6th 9.400 Beam results.
Floor: Josie Eveslage 9th 9.450 Floor results.
Bars: Celia Schoenberg 4th 9.150. Bars results.

Section 5A swim-dive 2/21/26

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team took 2nd at the Section 5A meet.
Advancing to the State meet:

200 Medley Relay: Zaron Olmschenk, Andrue Stalboerger, Benson Felling, and Sam Stangler

200 Freestyle: Nolan Fleischhacker and Hunter Leslie

50 Freestyle: Sam Stangler and Corey Ronning

Diving: Andrue Stalboerger and Zaron Olmschenk

500 Freestyle: Hunter Leslie

200 Free Relay: Sam Stangler, Corey Ronning, Hunter Leslie, and Nolan Fleischhacker.

100 Backstroke: Graham Radjenovich

400 Freestyle: Corey Ronning, Hunter Leslie, Zaron Olmschenk, and Nolan Fleischhacker.
Section 5A swimming and diving results, click here.

Fusion coach James Schreiner.

Fusion coach Nathan Meyer.

SC/M Defenders 2/21/26

The Sauk Centre/Melrose wrestling team will be sending Ben Friedrichs to the State Wrestling tournament.
Bracket for 189#.
All the bracket results, click here.

SCM wrestlers placing at the Section 8AA tournament.
133: 6th - Luke Johnson
139: 5th - Teddy Wiechman
145: 6th - Emmit Ruegemer
152: 6th - Noah Christen
160:5th - Rylan Pallow
189: 2nd - Benjamin Friedrichs
285: 6th - Brayden Britz
State wrestling tournament information, click here.

Saturday sports 2/21/26

The State gymnastics meet continues Saturday with the individual competition. The Class A will start at 6:00. State gymnastics information, click here.

The Section 8AA individual wrestling tournament continues at Alexandria at 10:30. Follow along, click here.

It's day two of the Section 5A boys swimming and diving meet at the U of Morris at 1:00. Morris will have a live stream, click here.

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

Section 5A swim-dive 2/20/26

Results from Swimming Preliminaries. Top 8 compete in the championship heat Saturday and places 9-16 will compete in the Consolation Heat.
Diving also was completed Friday. MSC results:
1st--Andrue Stalboerger 465.00 (Advances to State)
4th--Zaron Olmschenk 327.35 (Advances to State)
6th--Jacob Woeste 288.95
7th--Treivyn Graves 287.80
Meet results.

Section 5A swim-dive 2/20/26

Basketball 2/20/26

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team picked up the win to close put t6he regular season. It was Sauk Centrer winning at home over Melrose 43-28.
Sauk Centre: Kahlen Suelflow 14, Elly Herickhoff 11Paige Degerman 8.
Melrose: Avery Braegelman 9, Kaitlyn Klasen 6, Lexi Beste 5.
More girls basketball.

The Sauk Centre boys won at BOLD 69-41.
Sauk Centre: Jacob Drevlow 14, Jay McLellan, Eli Yarke, EJ Speidel, Alex Drevlow, all with 10.

The Melrose boys were at home Friday, Holdingford won the game 62-59.
Melrose: Brady Goihl 29, Teague Dusha and Riley Elfering with 12 each.
More boys basketball.

Section 8AA wrestling 2/20/26

After the first day of Section 8AA wrestling

Ben Friedrichs has advanced to the championship match.
Still alive in wrestle backs
Brock Friedrichs
Camren Gadacz
Luke Johnson
Teddy Wiechman
Emmit Ruegemer
Noah Christen
Rylan Pallow
Jesus Hernandez
Jonny Lara
Brayden Britz

Friday sports 2/20/26

A big game to wrap up the regular season in girls basketball. The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play at home vs Melrose. A West Central Conference game and two teams in Section 6AA. The C team game starts at 5:45, the varsity at 7:15. Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS, the varsity game also on 105.5 FM radio. The girls basketball playoffs begin next Thursday.
Sauk Centre GBB highlights. Melrose GBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (18-6 WCC 7-4) Melrose (11-14 WCC 2-9)
West Central Conference girls.
Section 6AA girls basketball.
Basketball State rankings.

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team has a WCC game at BOLD at 7:15. BOLD will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre BBB highlights. BOLD BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (13-10 WCC 3-7) BOLD (4-19 WCC 0-9)
West Central Conference boys.
Section 6AA boys basketball.

An important game between two boys basketball teams in Section 6AA as the Melrose boys basketball team plays at home vs Holdingford at 7:15. Melrose will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose BBB highlights. Holdingford BBB highlights.
Melrose (14-9) Holdingford (17-6)
Section 6AA boys basketball.

The Section 8AA individual wrestling tournament begins Friday at 4:00 at Alexandria. The Sauk Centre/Melrose Defenders will be there. Follow along, click here.

The Section 5A boys swimming and diving begins Friday at the U of Morris pool. Diving at 1:00, swimming at 5:00. Morris will have a live stream, click here.

The State gymnastics meet begins on Friday at the U of M with the team competition. The individual State meet will be Saturday.
State gymnastics meet information, click here.

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

Basketball 2/19/26

.A solid effort for the Melrose boys basketball team with a win at home over Litchfield 52-51.
For Melrose, Brady Goihl 13, Teague Dusha 12.

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team stayed with unbeaten Morris Thursday night. Morris won at home 51-45.
Sauk Centre had Jacob Drevlow with 21, Eli Yarke 11.
More boys basketball scores.

A big Section 6AA win for the Melrose girls basketball team. Melrose won at home over Kimball 65-61.
Melrose had Kaitlyn Klasen with 25 points on 7 threes, Aleah Funk 12, Avery Braegelman 10.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team had a Section 6AA win at over over Royalton 64-59.
Sauk Centre had Kahlen Suelflow with 26, Peyton Borgman 14, Elly Herickhoff 13.
More girls basketball scores.

Melrose boys basketball coach Ryan Dusha.

Melrose girls basketball coach Jordan Welle.

Thursday sports 2/19/26

It's a basketball double header at the Melrose gym Thursday night. The Melrose girls will play first at 5:45 against Kimball. Two teams in Section 6AA.
Then the Melrose boys basketball team will play Litchfield at 7:15. It starts with the Melrose JV boys at 4:15. All three games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS. The boys game also on 105.5 FM radio.
Melrose girls basketball highlights. Kimball GBB highlights.
Melrose girls (10-14)   Kimball (19-5)
Section 6AA girls basketball.

Melrose BBB highlights. Litchfield BBB highlights.
Melrose boys (13-9)   Litchfield (13-10)
Section 6AA boys basketball.

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team has a West Central Conference game at Morris at 7:15. Morris will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre BBB highlights. Morris BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (13-9 WCC 4-3)   Morris (23-0 WCC 8-0)
West Central Conference boys.
Section 6AA boys basketball.
Basketball State rankings.

Two girls basketball teams in Section 6AA will meet Thursday as the Sauk Centre girls basketball team plays at home vs Royalton at 7:15. Sauk Centre will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre GBB highlights. Royalton GBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (17-6) Royalton (16-8)
Section 6AA girls basketball.
Basketball State rankings.

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

Prairie Centre boys 2/17/26

Section 6A boys hockey: Little Falls over Prairie Centre 5-2.
Prairie Centre had Will Hoffman and Hagen Brunkhorst score.
Prairie Centre game summary.
Other hockey scores:
Sartell over MBA 6-1
Northern Lakes over Breck/Wahp 6-0
Willmar over Fergus Falls 4-2
More hockey scores.

Prairie Centre boys coach Chad Wehrman.

Basketball 2/17/26

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team with a win at home over Royalton 71-59.
For Sauk Centre, Jacob Drevlow 28, Jay McLellan 13, Will Messer 11.

A home win for the Melrose boys basketball team over Paynesville 73-49
Melrose: Tyler Nathe 15, Riley Elfering 14, Teague Dusha 14, Zach Rieland 13, Brady Goihl 11.
More boys basketball:
Morris over Montevideo 59-35
Other boys basketball.

The Melrose girls basketball team won at Upsala 56-50
For Melrose, Avery Braegelman 24, 6 threes, Kaitlyn Klasen 15.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team won at Osakis 66-33.
Sauk Centre had Elly Herickhoff 16, Paige Determan 13, Jenna Riley 12.
Other girls basketball.

MIDMNSPORTS 2/16/26

This week on MIDMNSPORTS:
Tuesday: Prairie Centre boys hockey at Little Falls at 7:00 (audio only - no video)
Thursday: Melrose girls basketball at home vs Kimball at 5:45
Melrose boys basketball at home vs Litchfield at 7:15
Friday: Sauk Centre girls basketball at home vs Melrose at 7:15

Tuesday sports 2/17/26

The Prairie Centre boys hockey team will play in the Section 6A tournament Tuesday night with a game at Little Falls at 7:00.
MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. The game will also be on 105.5 FM radio. Little Falls will have a live stream, click here. Try this, get the audio from MIDMNSPORTS, open a second window on your computer, get the live stream, put the live stream on mute and sync up the audio. You may have to pause one of them for a second to match it up.
Prairie Centre (19-6) Little Falls (6-19)
Section 6A boys hockey.
Section 6A boys hockey bracket.
Section 6A boys hockey report.
Other Section 6A games:
Sartell (22-3) at home vs MBA (10-15)
Northern Lakes (14-10-1) at home vs Breck/Wahp (10-13-1)
Fergus Falls (9-16) at home vs Willmar (11-14)
The winning teams play Saturday at the MAC in St. Cloud.

Sauk Centre boys basketball at home vs Royalton at 7:15. Two teams in Section 6AA.
Sauk Centre will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre BBB highlights. Royalton BBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (12-9) Royalton (9-13)
Section 6AA boys basketball.

Melrose boys basketball at home vs Paynesville at 7:15. Melrose will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose BBB highlights. Paynesville BBB highlights.
Melrose (12-9) Paynesville (13-9)

The Melrose girls basketball team will go to Upsala for a non conference game at 7:15. Upsala will have a live stream, click here.
Melrose GBB highlights. Upsala GBB highlights.
Melrose (9-14) Upsala (9-14)

An away game for the Sauk Centre girls basketball team at Osakis at 7:15. Two teams in Section 6AA. Osakis will have a live stream, click here.
Sauk Centre GBB highlights. Osakis GBB highlights.
Sauk Centre (16-6) Osakis (11-11)
Section 6AA girls basketball.
Basketball State rankings.

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

Melrose gymnastics 2/14/26

The Melrose gymnastics team finished as the runner up at the Section 8A meet held Saturday.
Advancing to the State individually:
Gabby Schoenberg - Vault and Beam
Josie Eveslage - Floor
Celia Schoenberg - Vault and Bars
Team score. More scoring.

Basketball 2/13/26

It took two over times but the Melrose boys basketball team got the win at West Central 73-70 in 2OT.
For Melrose: Riley Elfering 25, Brady Goihl 18, Teague Dusha 10, Tyler Nathe 9.

The Sauk Centre boys were at home Friday night, Montevideo won the game 71-53.
More boys basketball scores.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team won at Morris 70-46.
Sauk Centre had Kahlen Suelflow 27, Paige Determan 20, Elly Herickhoff 9.
More girls basketball scores.

Melrose boys basketball coach Ryan Dusha.

Defenders boys 2/13/26

The Defenders boys wrestling team wrestled at the Section 8AA team tournament, United Clay Becker won the match 44-27.
Getting wins for the Defenders, Teddy Wiechman, Carson Van Horn, Emmit Ruegener, Rylan Pallow and Ben Friedrichs.

Section 6A boys hockey

Saturday Final: MBA over Wadena Deer Creek 9-2.
Other boys hockey scores.

Section 6A boys hockey:
1. Sartell (21-3) 2. Northern Lakes (14-10-1) 3. Fergus Falls (9-15) 4. Little Falls (6-18) 5. Prairie Centre (19-6) 6. Willmar (11-14) 7. Breck/Wahp (9-13-1) 8. MBA (9-14) 9. WDC (4-21)
Prairie Centre will play at Little Falls Tuesday.
Section 6A boys hockey.
Section 6A boys hockey bracket.