Melrose Area Public Schools

🌟 Dutchmen Spotlight 🌟
Each week we’re highlighting staff members nominated by students and community members. 💜💛
Help us celebrate the amazing people who make Melrose Area Schools shine! 👏
#DutchmenPride

Good Luck to our Defenders Wrestlers as they compete in the First Round at the State Meet Today!
Natalee Friedrichs vs Kana Reese (Staples Motley)
Afton Vogt vs Amelia Converse ( St. Croix Lutheran)
Makenzy Stutzman vs Lillian Drew's (Blaine)
Benjamin Friedrichs vs Conor Plumski (Albany)
We're rooting for you!
#DutchmenPride

As we enter our post season games for Girls Basketball, we want to remind fans: All GBB Game Tickets will need to be purchased with credit card. Here is the link: https://www.gobound.com/mn/mshl/regions/5a/tickets
Once available, all tickets for all games will be found in this link.
Here is the bracket for 6AA Girls Basketball: https://www.mshsl.org/tournaments/2026-section-6aa-basketball-girls-tournament
Our Lady Dutchmen play at Pine City at 7pm tonight. Good luck, team!
#DutchmenPride

Students in grades 8-12 interested in joining the 2026 Dutchmen Trap Team are invited to attend an Open House Meeting in the HS Cafeteria on Monday, March 9th from 5:30-7pm. The purpose of this Open House Meeting is to get registered for the team! New members should allow 30 minutes to register, while returning members should take about 15 minutes. All participants must have a Firearm Safety Certificate to join. Please use Team Reach to contact Head Coach Cory Ellering with questions.
#DutchmenPride

Let's celebrate our Fusion Boys Swimming & Diving Team as they head to the State Meet! Cheer for our team as they are escorted out of town by our local EMS! The team will depart Melrose Area School at 7:45am! Go Fusion!!
#DutchmenPride

Congratulations to our Knowledge Bowl Teams!! Melrose Area competed in the Region 7 Class A Subsection Meet yesterday, at SCSU.
Melrose Team 1: Eric Sundermann, Logan Kelzer, Ramona Lurken-Tvrdik, Andrue Stalboerger, and Nina Prout, won the meet!
Melrose Team 2: Zach Nelson, Terry Clinton, Hailey Hammond, Bryce Moscho, and Mathew Stalboerger, placed fourth.
Both teams advance to the Region 7 Finals on March 10, at SCSU.
The Melrose Teams received the Spirit award, chosen by the coaches!!
Coach Leraas was honored to be recognized by his coaching colleagues as he received Class A Region 7 Coach of The Year.
#DutchmenPride

🌟 Dutchmen Spotlight 🌟
Each week we’re highlighting staff members nominated by students and community members. 💜💛
Help us celebrate the amazing people who make Melrose Area Schools shine! 👏
#DutchmenPride

Melrose Area Gymnasts excelled down at the Class A Girls Gymnastics State Individual Meet!
State Placements:
Gabby Schoenberg - 6th Place on Beam & 8th Place on Vault
Josie Eveslage - 9th Place on Floor
Celia Schoenberg - 4th Place on Bars & 16th Place on Vault

These athletes represented Melrose Area with determination, heart, and incredible pride. We are proud of everything these ladies accomplished this season!
#DutchmenPride

Melrose Area Speech Team took a handful of speakers to to Perham on Thursday, February 18th. Our team brought home some big wins, including two individual champions! Huge thanks to our dedicated speakers for attending three meets last week!
Placements:
Discussion: Abigail Koltes - 6th; Itzel Chisco - Superior
Drama: Itzel Chisco - 1st
Duo: Nietfeld & Meyer - 6th
Ex. Reading: Eleanor Piche - 2nd
Ex. Speaking: Eleanor Piche - 1st
Great Speeches: Abigail Koltes - 3rd
Original Oratory: Eleanor Piche - 5th
Poetry: Angie Martinez Zamora - 6th; Emily Ettel - Superior
Prose: Nell Wiechmann - 5th
Congratulations, Dutchmen!!
#DutchmenPride

Support our Fusion Swimming & Diving Team by taking the Fan Bus to the State Tournament on Friday, February 27th!! This opportunity is for students in grades 7-12. The cost is $12 per student.
The bus will return to Melrose around 5:30pm.
Students must sign up by 9:30am on Wednesday!
Let's pack the bus & show our school spirit!!
#DutchmenPride

Congratulations to Ben Friedrichs and Noah Christian, who were recipients of the Section 8AA Academic All Star Award!!
Congratulations to Noah Christian, who won the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association Scholarship!
Nice work, boys!
#DutchmenPride

Good luck to our Knowledge Bowl Team as they compete at Sub-Sections today!
We're rooting for you!
#DutchmenPride

As we enter our post season games for Girls Basketball, we want to remind fans: All GBB Game Tickets will need to be purchased with credit card. Here is the link: GBB Tickets
Once available, all tickets for all games will be found in this link.
Here is the bracket for 6AA Girls Basketball.
Our Lady Dutchmen play against Pine City at 7pm on 2/26/26.
#DutchmenPride

National FFA Week will be celebrated February 23-27. To celebrate, our Melrose Area FFA Team has announced the following dress up days:
Monday, Feb. 23 - Who Let the Cows Out? - PJ Day
Tuesday, Feb. 24 - Ag Business Day
Wednesday, Feb. 25 - Carhartt Day
Thursday, Feb. 26 - Red, White, and Blue Day
Friday, Feb. 27 - Blue and Gold Day
Each day will include a lunch time activity.
There will also be a tiny cow hunt all week - find the tiny cows and spell FFA with the letters on the bottom to win a prize!
#DutchmenPride

Attention: Region 5A Boys & Girls Basketball has implemented a few changes for our post season basketball games. First of all, for schools with a HUDL livestream of these events, there will be a $15/event/device fee for all contests. Then, all cash sales at the gate will be $10/ticket, for both adults and students. Please plan to purchase tickets online for the best deal.
BOUND Region 5A Tickets

Join us for Open Swim, Open Gym or Open Pickleball today! Grab a friend & have some fun! $2/Person or $5/Family. Exact change is appreciated. Enter door 2.

Defenders Boys Wrestling Individual Sections Results: 133-Luke Johnson 6th place 139-Teddy Weichmann 5th place 145- Emmit Ruegemer 6th place 152- Noah Christen 6th place 160-Rylan Pallow 5th place 189- Ben Friedrichs 2nd place with a state entry 285-Brayden Britz 6th place Congratulations to all boys!!! #Defenders #DutchmenPride

Melrose/Sauk Centre Fusion are Section 5A runners up! Advancing to state: 200 medley relay (Zaron Olmschenk, Andrue Stalboerger, Benson Felling, Sam Stangler) 200 free-Nolan Fleischhacker and Hunter Leslie 50 Free-Sam Stangler and Corey Ronning Diving-Andrue Stalboerger and Zaron Olmschenk 500 Free-Hunter Leslie 200 Free Relay-Sam Stangler, Corey ronning, Hunter Leslie and Nolan Fleischhacker 100 Backstroke-Graham Radjenovich 400 Free Relay-Corey Ronning, Hunter Leslie, Zaron Olmschenk and Nolan Fleischhacker #StateBound #DutchmenPride

Melrose Area Gymnasts are ready to shine at the State Gymnastics Individual Meet today at 6pm! Cheer them on as they take the stage at the State Meet and represent Melrose Area Schools with pride, determination, and heart! We are so proud of these athletes & are super excited to watch them sparkle under the bright lights!
Gabby Schoenberg - will compete on Vault & Beam
Josie Eveslage - will compete on Floor
Celia Schoenberg - will compete on Vault & Bars
#MelroseGymnastics
#DutchmenPride
The Neighborhood Sports Network, NSPN.tv, is excited to be streaming the MSHSL Gymnastics Championships! The links provided in this email are officially endorsed by the MSHSL.
February 21 - Links on NSPN
Class AA Individual & All-Around Bars: https://nspn.tv/MSHSL/GameStream/30371
Class AA Individual & All-Around Vault: https://nspn.tv/MSHSL/GameStream/30372
Class AA Individual & All-Around Beam: https://nspn.tv/MSHSL/GameStream/30373
Class AA Individual & All-Around Floor: https://nspn.tv/MSHSL/GameStream/30370
Class A Individual & All-Around Floor: https://nspn.tv/MSHSL/GameStream/30374
Class A Individual & All-Around Beam: https://nspn.tv/MSHSL/GameStream/30377
Class A Individual & All-Around Bars: https://nspn.tv/MSHSL/GameStream/30375
Class A Individual & All-Around Vault: https://nspn.tv/MSHSL/GameStream/30376

Good Luck to our Dutchmen Gymnasts as they compete at the State Gymnastics Meet tonight! Hooray!! We are so excited for you!
#DutchmenPride