Mainstreeters' fastpitch team falls 7-1 at New London-Spicer

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters' fastpitch softball team fell in West Central North Conference action at New London-Spicer on Friday by a 7-1 margin.

Jena Klaphake scored the lone run of the game for the Streeters (unearned), after she also hit the only run of the game for her team.

Sauk Centre falls to 4-10 overall and 4-8 in the West Central North Conference. NL-S is 9-4 in the league and 10-5 overall.

Up next for the Mainstreeters' fastpitch team: a short trip north to Long Prairie-Grey Eagle to face the Thunder in a 4:30 game on Monday (May 17) in another conference game. The next day, the Mainstreeters host Mora in a conference battle at 4:00pm.

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Baseball squad wins 4th in a row

Shay Mieczkowski hit a solo home run in the second inning and Tyler Berling and Adam Polipnick combined to hold New London-Spicer to one run in a 2-1 win for the Mainstreeters Friday in Sauk Centre.

Mieczkowski's blast cleared the right field wall to tie the game at 1-1. Berling started on the hill and went five innings, scattering five hits and striking out two. Polipnick pitched two innings of scoreless relief to earn the save.

Polipnick and Berling also played a role in the winning run. In the fourth inning Berling and Polipnick both singled. With Berling on second and Polipnick on first the Wildcats catcher misplayed a pitch at his feet. Berling broke for third, but stopped. Polipnick thought Berling was going and made his way to second. With Polipnick caught in a rundown Berling took off for third and the throw sailed past the third baseman, allowing Berling to score.

Polipnick was part of another interesting play to end the game. With a Wildcat on second, a New London hitter bounced a ball to first baseman David Moe with two outs in the seventh. Polipnick, who was pitching, broke to cover first, but the runner beat him to the bag, sliding head first. The runner on second rounded third and tried to score but Polipnick turned and fired a bullet to catcher Shane Trattles who applied the tag to end the game.

The win improved Sauk's record to 7-6 overall and 6-5 in the WCC North. They will host Osakis Monday at 4:30 before traveling to Mora Tuesday. On Thursday the Streeters will play a doubleheader in St. Cloud against St. Cloud Cathedral.

Melrose Area hosts Dave Sieben Track and Field Invitational today at 3:45 - Mainstreeters' teams are included

• Teams participating at the Dave Sieben Invitational at Melrose Area today are:  Melrose, B-B-E, Albany, Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, New London-Spicer, Sauk Centre, and Browerville.

The meet begins at 3:45pm.

• At New London-Spicer, the Mainstreeters' fastpitch softball team faces the Wildcats in a conference game starting at 4:15pm.

• At home, the Mainstreeters' baseball team hosts New London-Spicer in a conference game beginning at 3:45pm.

• Girls' golf results from Foley in West Central North Conference action on Thursday...

Team scores: 1. Albany 172; 2. St. Cloud Cathedral 177; 3. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 187; 4. New London-Spicer 196; 5. Melrose 200; 6. Sauk Centre 208; 7. Milaca 214; 8. Foley 221; 9. Mora 263.

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Dave Sieben track and field invitational at Melrose is moved to Friday - other varsity changes for the Mainstreeters are below

The varsity boys golf meet at Milaca has been postponed.

The varsity fastpitch game against Albany has been moved to next Wednesday (May 19) in Albany.

The varsity baseball game at home against Albany has been moved to Monday, May 24.

Junior high baseball and softball have been postponed.

Streeters' fastpitch drops a tight game to visiting Foley, stung by Falcons' run in top of the 7th

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters' fastpitch team fell to Foley in a West Central North Conference game today by a 2-1 score. They had held a 1-0 lead as late as the sixth inning, when the Falcons tied it up.

A video clip from the fourth inning.


Another video clip...


The Mainsteeters were held to two hits for the game by Falcons' starter Ashley Erickson, who earned five strikeouts in seven innings of work.

At the Albany Golf Course, the Mainstreeters' boys golf team finished seventh with a score of 379 on Wednesday. Team scores were as follows: 1. Sartell 327, 2. Sauk Rapids 328, 3. Rocori Red 331, 4. Albany Purple 338, 5. Milaca 356, 6. St. Cloud Apollo 365, 7. Sauk Centre 379, 8. Rocori Black 383, 9. Albany White 400.

Sophomore Robby Polipnick's score of 82 led the Streeters at the Albany meet.

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Makeup game for Mainstreeters' fastpitch softball is today at home vs. Foley

The Foley Falcons will come to town today for a 4:15pm game at the high school, as the Mainstreeters' fastpitch team will finally get the game in after it was rained out from last week.

The Mainstreeters' will travel to New London-Spicer on Friday for a conference game. (A makeup from yesterday's game)

The Falcons are 5-9 overall and 4-7 in the West Central North Conference.

The Mainstreeters' boys golf team travels to Albany today for a conference meet beginning at Noon.

The Mainstreeters' baseball team's game against Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa on Friday has been cancelled. They will instead host New London-Spicer in a conference game beginning at 3:45.

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Streeter 9 wins rain-soaked affair

It took a 6-run sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie as the Sauk centre baseball squad picked up their third straight win Minday with a 9-3 win in six innings over Foley in Foley.

Aaron Olson gave Sauk a 2-1 lead when he drove a fastball to the wall in right center field for a triple, scoring Michael Knoblauch, who was running for starting pitcher Adam Polipnick. Shane Trattles added an RBI single in the fifth for a 3-1 lead as the rain began to fall heavily. 

Meanwhile Polipnick was cruising on the mound. The 6'4" lefty dominated Foley hitters and after allowing a single to start the game, did not allow another hit. But he did walk five batters and two of them came around to score in the fifth. Polipnick tried to pick off a runner and threw the ball down the right field line past the outstretched glove of David Moe. The error allowed the runner to advance to third and when the throw back to the infield got away, the runner scored to make it 3-2. The next batter walked and promptly stole second and then third. With two outs and two strikes on the hitter, the runner took off for home. Surprised, Polipnick stopped mid-motion and was called for a balk. That tied the score 3-3.

But the Streeters took advantage of six walks and a hit batsman in the sixth to score six runs. Trattles relieved Polinick and pitched a scoreless sixth. The game was then called due to rain and the Streeters were awarded with the win, improving them to 6-6.

They are scheduled to play Tuesday at home against New London, but the weather forecast is not good. They also host Albany Thursday before playing BBE Friday.

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