More from Thursday's Section 6A cross country meet in New London

Below, the Mainstreeters girls squad learns that they are state-bound.


Early in the girls race, during the first loop around the course. The first few moments involve the camera tripod falling down, and a guy walking in front of the camera.


The first loop of the boys race, with Jacob Gerhartz out in front.

Step number one completed - Streeters volleyball sweeps in sub-section quarter's on the home court

In their final home match of the 2010 season, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters volleyball team won in a 3-0 sweep over #8-seed Staples-Motley in the Sub-Section 6AA-North quarterfinals.

The #1-seeded Mainstreeters will face #4-seeded Little Falls in the semi-final round next Monday, November 1, at 6:00pm at Sauk Rapids High School. The Flyers defeated Melrose Area 3-0 tonight, improving to 14-13 overall. The Dutchmen finished the season with a final overall record of 13-13.

Other Section 6AA results:
New London-Spicer 3, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 2 (a wild match with the 4-vs-5 seeds, held in New London, with game scores of 14-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-13)
St.Cloud Cathedral 3, Litchfield 1
Annandale 3, Dassel-Cokato 0
Albany 3, Pierz 1
LP-GE 3, Holdingford 2
Rocori 3, Paynesville 0
Little Falls 3, Melrose Area 0

Streeters boys and girls cross country squads are both state-bound!

Jacob Gerhartz just steps before crossing the finish line at the Section 6A meet today.

Both the boys and girls cross country teams from Sauk Centre are state-bound after taking the runner-up spots at today's Section 6A meet at the Little Crow Golf Course in New London.

The 2010 Class A state cross country meet will be held on Saturday, November 6, at St.Olaf College in Northfield, MN. The boys' race, which lasts 5,000 meters, begins at 10:00am. (Girls run at 11am) An awards ceremony will take place approximately 30 minutes after the final race, around 11:30am.

On the girls' side, senior Maren Greenwaldt was the lead runner for the Streeters, finishing in sixth place with a time of 15:50.11.

Junior Jacob Gerhartz narrowly missed earning the individual championship on the boys' side, as he took runner-up honors with a time of 17:01.85. The champion was senior Kyle Toms of West Central Area, who ran a time of 16:54.68.

Senior Mike Kluver shakes hands with the rest of the Top-10 field after they received their medals.

Here the girls team gets their team trophy during the awards ceremony.



Watching Sauk Centre athletes advance to the state tournament will never get old.

Stay tuned to this blog as well as next week's Sauk Centre Herald issue to learn more details on the state meet, plus more on today's action at the Section 6A meet. A photo gallery with 66 photos from today's section meet has been uploaded to the Sauk Herald gallery at http://saukherald.mycapture.com

~RO

Streeters top BOLD, win overall conference title

The team celebrates at center court after scoring the final 

point in Monday's 3-2 win over BOLD. 

PHOTO BY ADAM HOOGENAKER, RENVILLE COUNTY REGISTER

The Sauk Centre volleyball team won the conference outright  Monday night with a 3-2 win over BOLD.

BOLD were the south champions and Sauk won the north, although technically they finished tied with Albany, but won the tiebreaker by defeating Albany earlier this season.

After falling behind 2-1 in Monday's match, Sauk won the final two games 25-14 and 15-10.
Kali Peschel led the squad with 10 kills. Krista Primus had nine and Macy Weller and Shelby Deters each had six. Peschel also had 10 blocks with Deters chipping in eight and Weller 7. Emily Petermeier also was stellar at the net with four blocks. Jena Klaphake had 18 assists and Lexie Berscheit 17. Primus led with 14 digs and Peschel added 10, giving her a triple-double by volleyball standards. Weller led the squad with three ace serves.

The No. 1 seeded Streeters will take on No. 8 seed Staples-Motley Cardinals Thursday in Sauk in the opening round of sub-section playoffs. Game time is 7 p.m.

Streeters volleyball wins North/South West Central Conference championship in five-game thriller

In a brief match report from Renville County Register sports editor Adam Hoogenakker...BOLD had a 2-1 game lead but lost the fourth and fifth games, with Sauk Centre winning the overall conference championship. Coach Klaphake was very excited that his girls won it.

Good intensity in the match, however BOLD ran into itself in the fourth and fifth games and really didn’t give Sauk much of a test over those games, but the first three games were spectacular.

Thanks, Adam!

~RO