Mid MN Sports

Sauk Centre GBB 3/7/23

A strong second half gave Sauk Centre the win Tuesday night in the Section 6AA girls basketball playoffs. Sauk Centre beat Holdingford 66-50. Holdingford led at the half 32-30.
For Sauk Centre, Cierra Kortan 25 points on 5 threes, Jenna Gapinski Vogt 13,Tori Jennissen 12.
Sauk Centre will play for the Section championship Friday night at 7:00 against Albany at St. Cloud State.
Albany beat Pine City 74-47.
Other girls basketball.

Section 6AA BBB 3/7/23

The Section 6AA boys basketball first round games scheduled for Thursday have been moved to be played Wednesday 3/8 because of the weather forecast.

Section 6AA GBB 3/7/23

The Section 6AA girls basketball tournament has reached the semi finals. The Sauk Centre girls will play Holdingford Tuesday night at 7:30 at St. John's.
MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. The game will be on 105.5 FM radio. There is no live stream available.
#2 Sauk Centre (20-8) #3 Holdingford (24-3)
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.
Section 6AA girls basketball.

The first game Tuesday at 6:00 at St. John's will have Albany playing Pine City.
There will be a live stream available with WCMP. Click here to watch. The game will also be on 1150 AM radio.
#1 Albany (26-1) #4 Pine City (22-6)
The two winning teams will play Friday night at 7:00 at St. Cloud State for the Section championship.

Sauk Centre GBB 3/4/23

A win Saturday in the quarter finals has put the Sauk Centre girls basketball team into the semi finals of the Section 6AA tournament.
Sauk Centre beat Eden Valley Watkins 62-45 at St. John's. Eden Valley Watkins led at the half 26-25.
For Sauk Centre, Cierra Kortan with 22 points, Heidi Lieser with 19 on 5 threes, Jenna Gapinski Vogt 15.

Other Section 6AA girls basketball:
Albany over Milaca 57-35
Pine City beat Kimball 67-61
Holdingford over Royalton 49-27
Tuesday at St. John's:
6:00 Albany vs Pine City
7:30 Sauk Centre vs Holdingford
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.
More girls basketball scores.

Melrose BBB 3/4/23

The Melrose boys basketball team closed out the regular season with a win Saturday. Melrose won at Holdingford 59-48, Melrose led at the half 40-22.
For Melrose, Gor Ruey 21, Connor Engelmeyer 18.
The Section 6AA boys seeding will come out Sunday morning. The boys playoffs begin Thursday.
Other boys basketball.

State swim/dive meet 3/4/23

Fusion State Meet.
200 Medley Relay 12th 1:40.40
200 IM Jacob Robischon 16th with a Sauk Centre school record time of 2:05.51
Andrue Stalboerger finished 11th in diving 323.80
100 back Adam Wilwerding 2nd 51.46. A Melrose and Fusion record.

Fusion coach Nathan Meyer

State wrestling 3/4/23

Defenders wrestler Lanna Walter took third place at the State with a pin at 1:07.

In the semi final match, Lanna Walter was pinned in the third period and will wrestle for third place.
Defenders wrestler Lanna Walter won her opening match at the State Meet 7-1.

Saturday sports 3/4/23

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team has advanced to the Section 6AA quarter finals. Sauk Centre will play Eden Valley Watkins at 5:30 at St. John's. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast the game with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO. The game will also be on 105.5 FM radio. There will be no live stream provided by St. John's.
#2 Sauk Centre (19-8) #10 Eden Valley Watkins (12-15)
Section 6AA tournament bracket.
Section 6AA girls basketball.
Other Section 6AA girls basketball games Saturday at St. John's:
1:00 #1 Albany (25-1) vs #8 Milaca (15-12)
A live stream will be provided by WCMP, click here to watch Albany vs Milaca.
2:30 #4 Pine City (21-6) vs #5 Kimball (17-8)
A live stream will be provided by WCMP, click here to watch Pine City vs Kimball.
4:00 #3 Holdingford (23-3) vs #6 Royalton (17-10)
No live stream available for Holdingford vs Royalton.

The Melrose boys basketball team has a make up game to be played Saturday. Melrose will play at Holdingford. The JV game will start at 11:00 AM, the varsity game at 12:15. Holdingford will have a live stream, click here to watch.
Melrose (15-10) Holdingford (6-17)

Other conference activities.
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference.

Melrose BBB coach Ryan Dusha

Fusion State Meet prelims 3/3/23

200 Medley Relay: 14th in prelims and will swim Saturday in the consolation 1:41.11
200 IM: Jacob Robischon 16th 2:05.92 and will swim in the consolation Saturday
100 Fly: Jacob Robischon 20th 55.19
500 free: Thatcher Van Beck 18th 5:17.10
100 back: Adam Wilwerding 2nd 51.75 and will swim in the finals Saturday.
Alex Wilwerding 21st 58.37
100 breast: Sevrin Anderson 17th 1:02.20
400 relay: 20th 3:28.22
Information for the State meet. Click here.

State meet info 3/3/23

Sauk Centre/Melrose wrestler Jose De Los Santos lost his match 9-4 in the opening round Friday at the State wrestling tournament in Class AA #132.

The boys State swimming and diving meet begins Friday with the prelims. The Fusion will have 7 swimmers participate. Here's all the information for the State meet. Click here.
The State wrestling tournament will take place Thursday through Saturday. Sauk Centre/Melrose will have Jose De Los Santos wrestle in the #132 Class AA Friday morning at 9:00, Lanna Walter will wrestle Saturday morning at 9:00 in the girls #120 Class AA. Here's all the information on the State wrestling.
Click here.

Boys basketball 3/3/23

It's a big match up Friday night in boys basketball as the Melrose boys basketball team plays at home against Sauk Centre. It's also the final game in the West Central Conference. The JV game will start at 5:45, the varsity game at 7:15. Both games will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS, the varsity game also on 105.5 FM radio.
Melrose (15-9) (9-4) Sauk Centre (18-7) (11-2)
West Central Conference boys basketball.
Section 6AA boys basketball.

Other conference activities.
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference.

Melrose GBB coach Evan Reller

Sauk Centre GBB 3/2/23

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will move to the quarter finals in the Section 6AA tournament after winning at home Thursday night over Mora 80-28. Sauk Centre led 50-12 at the half.
Sauk Centre had Cierra Kortan with 34 points, Heidi Lieser 11.
Sauk Centre will play Eden Valley Watkins Saturday at St. John's at 5:30.
Section 6AA girls basketball bracket.

State diving 3/2/23

Fusion diver Andrue Stalboerger has qualified for the diving finals on Saturday by placing 14th in the prelims Thursday.
Diving prelim results.

Section 6AA GBB 3/2/23

The Section 6AA girls basketball playoffs will begin Thursday night with first round games. The higher seeded team will play at home.
The Melrose girls will play at Holdingford at 7:00. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast the game with AUDIO ONLY - NO VIDEO.
Holdingford will provide a live stream, click here to watch. Something to try, click on the MIDMNSPORTS live stream, open another window on your computer, click on the Holdingford live stream. You might have to pause one of the two to sync up the game.
#14 Melrose (4-20) #3 Holdingford (22-3)
Section 6AA girls basketball.
Basketball State rankings.

The Sauk Centre basketball team will play at home against Mora at 7:00. Sauk Centre will have a live stream, click here to watch.
#2 Sauk Centre (18-8) #15 Mora (3-23)

Other Section 6AA girls basketball games Thursday.
#1 Albany (25-1) - BYE
#4 Pine City (20-6) at home vs #13 Rush City (10-13) Live stream.
#5 Kimball (16-8) at home vs #12 Osakis (12-13)
#6 Royalton (16-10) at home vs St. Cloud Cathedral (10-16) Live stream.
#7 Foley (15-10) at home vs #10 Eden Valley Watkins (11-15) Live stream.

Melrose coach Ryan Dusha

Tuesday sports 2/28/23

The Melrose boys basketball team has a non conference game Tuesday night. Melrose will play Litchfield. The JV game is at 5:45, the varsity at 7:15. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast both games, the varsity game on 105.5FM radio.
Melrose (14-9) Litchfield (6-19)
Section 6AA boys basketball.

Other conference activities.
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference.

SC BBB coach Kevin Kuefler

Melrose BBB 2/27/23

A West Central Conference win for the Melrose boys basketball team Monday night. Melrose won at Minnewaska 69-51. Melrose led at half time 38-27.
For Melrose, Connor Anderson 19 points with 6 threes, Gor Ruey 12, Connor Engelmeyer 11.
Melrose plays again Tuesday at home against Litchfield and here on MIDMNSPORTS.

Monday sports 2/27/23

It's a make up non conference game for the Sauk Centre boys basketball team Monday night. Sauk Centre will play at home against Holdingford. The JV game is at 5:45, the varsity game at 7:15. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast both games. No radio.
Sauk Centre (17-7) Holdingford (6-15)
Section 6AA boys basketball.

The Melrose boys basketball team has a make up West Central Conference game Monday night. Melrose will play at Minnewaska. JV at 5:45, varsity at 7:15. Minnewaska will have a live stream, click here to watch.
Melrose (13-9) (8-4) Minnewaska (1-22) (0-13)
West Central Conference boys basketball.

Other conference activities.
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference.

Section 6AA GBB 2/26/23

The Section 6AA girls basketball tournament will begin Thursday. The higher seeded team will play at home.
Thursday: #2 Sauk Centre at home vs #15 Mora.
#14 Melrose at #3 Holdingford
Section 6AA girls basketball.

QRF tiebreaker information regarding Section seeding for basketball. It's important to understand that head to head competition is the first tiebreaker criteria, provided those two teams are next to each other in the standings.
*Beginning with the 2022-23 season, this tiebreaker will ALWAYS be applied regardless of the Tiebreaker Margin.
Here's more information on the QRF system that is used for girls and boys basketball. Click here.

MIDMNSPORTS 2/26/23

This week on MIDMNSPORTS:
Monday: Sauk Centre boys basketball at home vs Holdingford
Tuesday: Melrose boys basketball at home vs Litchfield
Thursday: Melrose girls basketball at Holdingford
Friday: Melrose boys basketball at home vs Sauk Centre
Saturday: Girls basketball Section playoff game TBD

Fusion 2/25/23

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team finished second at the Section 5A meet Saturday.
Here are the swimmers advancing to the State Meet. (from left to right) Andrue Stalboerger, Grant Eveslage, Alex Wilwerding, Sevrin Anderson, Adam Wilwerding, Jacob Robischon and Thatcher Van Beck.
Sevrin set a new school record in the 100 breaststroke and Robischon a new record in the 200 IM.

Fusion coach Nathan Meyer

Fusion Section results.

Download "final results sub_cum.pdf"

Sauk Centre BBB 2/25/23

An overtime win for the Sauk Centre boys basketball team. Sauk Centre won at Osakis 70-67 in OT. Sauk Centre led at half time 27-26.
For Sauk Centre, Jay Neubert with 24, Andy Drevlow 21, Ethan Riley 10.
The Sauk Centre boys play again Monday at home against Holdingford and here on MIDMNSPORTS.
More boys basketball.

Sauk Centre GBB 2/25/23

The Sauk Centre girls basketball defeated Wadena/Deer Creek 64-46 in Sauk Centre Saturday. The game was tied at 31-31 at the half.
For Sauk Centre, Cierra Kortan with 21, Torry Kerfeld 18.
The Sauk Centre girls will have a home game Thursday to begin play in the Section 6AA tournament.
More girls basketball.

State gymnastics 2/25/23

Here are the results at the State gymnastics meet. Click here.

Defenders wrestling 2/25/23

Here are the results at the Section 8AA individual wrestling tournament. Click here.

Saturday sports 2/25/23

It's a match up of two teams in Section 6AA in boys basketball as the Sauk Centre boys basketball team plays at Osakis Saturday. The JV game will start at 5:00, the varsity game at 6:30. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast both games. No radio.
Sauk Centre (16-7) Osakis (18-5)
Section 6AA boys basketball.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team has added a game to their schedule, Sauk Centre will play at home Saturday against Wadena/Deer Creek at 3:00. This will be varsity only, no JV or 9th grade. The Sauk Centre girls game will be broadcast on MIDMNSPORTS.
Sauk Centre (17-8) Wadena/Deer Creek (15-10)
Section 6AA girls basketball.

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team will compete again Saturday in the Section finals at the U of Morris at 1:00. Morris will provide a live stream, click here to watch.

Section 8AA individual wrestling continues for the Sauk Centre/Melrose Defenders at Detroit Lakes starting at 11:00 am.
Detroit Lakes is providing a live stream, click here to watch.
Results from Friday.

The State gymnastics meet is going on in St. Paul. Here's the information on the State meet. Melrose will have Maria Hinnenkamp, Courtney Althaus and Josie Eveslage competing.
NSPN.TV will provide a live stream, click here for more information.

Other conference activities.
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference.

The Prairie Centre boys hockey season came to an end Friday night in the Section 6A playoffs. Fergus Fall won at home 9-1 over Prairie Centre. Eli Fletcher scored for Prairie Centre with under a minute in the game and on his last shot as a Northstar. Fletcher ended up with 41 goals in his senior year and 153 in his career as the all time leading scorer for Prairie Centre.
Here's coach Chad Werhman.

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team competed at the Section meet Friday. Here's coach Nathan Meyer with the results.

Download "Section swim/dive prelim results.pdf"

Melrose GBB 2/24/23

The Melrose girls basketball team picked up a win Friday night at home. Melrose beat Brandon/Evansville 45-42. Melrose had a half time lead 23-19.
For Melrose, Kaydence Bertram with 16, Paige Gruber 11, Jazmine Finken 8.

Friday sports 2/224/23

The Prairie Centre boys hockey team will play at Fergus Falls Friday night at 7:00 to begin play in the Section 6A boys hockey tournament. MIDMNSPORTS will broadcast the game with AUDIO ONLY, NO VIDEO. The game will also be on 105.5 FM radio. Fergus Falls will provide a live stream, click here to watch.
Prairie Centre (7-18) Fergus Falls (12-10-2)
Section 6A boys hockey bracket.
Section 6A boys hockey.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team will play a non conference game at Menahga Friday. The JV game is at 6:00, the varsity at 7:30.
Menahga provides a pay per view live stream, click here for more information.
Sauk Centre (16-8) Menahga (15-9)
Section 6AA girls basketball.

The Melrose girls basketball team has added a game to their schedule. The Melrose girls will play at home against Brandon/Evansville Friday night. The JV game is at 5:45, the varsity at 7:15.
Melrose will provide a live stream, click here to watch.
Melrose (3-20) Brandon/Evansville (9-16)

The Sauk Centre/Melrose wrestlers will compete at the Section individual meet Friday and Saturday at Detroit Lakes. Starts Friday at 1:30.
Detroit Lakes is providing a live stream, click here to watch.

The Fusion boys swimming and diving team will compete at the Section meet at the U of Morris. Diving at 1:00, swimming at 5:30.
Morris will provide a live stream, click here to watch.

The State gymnastics meet begins Friday. Click here for all the information.
NSPN.TV will provide a live stream, click here for more information.

Other conference activities.
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference.

Thursday sports 2/23/23

The Sauk Centre boys basketball game scheduled for Thursday at Osakis has been postponed. The game will be played Saturday 2/25 at Osakis. JV at 5:00, varsity at 6:30 and here on MIDMNSPORTS.
Sauk Centre (16-7) Osakis (17-5)
Section 6AA boys basketball.
State basketball rankings.

The Melrose boys basketball game scheduled for Thursday at Holdingford has been postponed. The game has been rescheduled for Saturday 3/4. JV game at 11:00 am, varsity at 12:30 at Holdingford.
Melrose (13-9) Holdingford (5-15)

QRF tiebreaker information regarding Section seeding for basketball. It's important to understand that head to head competition is the first tiebreaker criteria, provided those two teams are next to each other in the standings.
*Beginning with the 2022-23 season, this Tiebreaker will ALWAYS be applied regardless of the Tiebreaker Margin.
Here's more information on the QRF system that is used for girls and boys basketball. Click here.

Other conference activities.
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference.

Prairie Centre boys hockey 2/22/23

The Prairie Centre boys hockey game at Fergus Falls in the Section 6A playoffs will be played Friday night at 7:00.

Tuesday sports 2/21/23

The Prairie Centre boys hockey game at Fergus Falls scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed because of the weather. No make up date yet.
Prairie Centre (7-18) Fergus Falls (12-10-2)
Section 6A boys hockey bracket.
Section 6A boys hockey.

The Sauk Centre girls basketball game at Paynesville scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled because of the weather. The game will not be made up.

The Melrose boys basketball game at Minnewaska scheduled for Tuesday has been posponed because of the weather. No make up date yet.
West Central Conference boys basketball.
Section 6AA boys basketball.

The Melrose girls basketball game vs Upsala scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. The game will not be made up.

Other conference activities.
West Central Conference.
Granite Ridge Conference.
Central MN Conference.
Prairie Conference.
Central Lakes Conference.
Wright County Conference.

Sauk Centre BBB 2/20/23

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team beat Montevideo 58-48 at the Sauk Centre gym. Sauk Centre led at the half 34-22. With the win the Sauk Centre boys are the Champions in the West Central Conference.
For Sauk Centre, Jay Neubert 23 points, Andy Drevlow 18.
The Sauk Centre boys play at Osakis Thursday and here on MIDMNSPORTS.
Other boys basketball:
West Central over Benson 74-45
Eden Valley Watkins beat Foley 70-69
More boys basketball scores.
Girls basketball scores.