Relay squad medals at Section 6A meet

Chris Maher takes the handoff from Jay Friedrichs in today's 4x800 relay race at Moorhead.

Sauk Centre's boys' 4x800 relay team earned medals at the Section 6A track and field meet in Moorhead with a sixth-place finish. Relay members were Joseph Gerhartz, Jay Friedrichs, Chris Maher and Riley Primus.

Alea Gerhartz and Madison Greenwaldt are shown at the starting line of the 1600 run today.

Austin Brinkman (300 hurdles), Tim Schmiesing (400 open) Morgan Marthaler (triple jump), Alea Gerhartz (1600 run), Madison Greenwaldt (1600 run) and Joseph Gerhartz (1600 run) all set personal season records in their respective events today at the section track and field meet. Greenwaldt advanced to the Class 1A state meet with a first-place finish (5:36) in the 1600 run.

More information on today's section meet and next week's state track and field meet will follow over the weekend.

Andrew Primus high-fives Coach Olson in the Pierz game today.

At St. Cloud tonight, the Mainstreeters baseball team lost 9-4 to Pierz in an elimination game of the Section 6AA tournament. They finish the year 10-9 overall as West Central North Conference co-champions.

In another baseball playoff game tonight, Osakis held a 2-1 lead after five and a half innings over top-seeded St. Cloud Cathedral in a winner's bracket game. They trailed 1-0 before scoring two runs in the top of the fifth. The Crusaders plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to go up 4-2. **Update: the Crusaders shortstop committed a fielding error on a ground ball to the left to allow Osakis to tie the game 4-4 with no outs in the top of the seventh inning. **Update: the Crusaders won the game with a walk off two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and will play fellow Granite Ridge Conference rival Little Falls on Monday in another winner's bracket game. Osakis plays Minnewaska Area on Monday in a loser-out game. The Lakers ended Prairie Conference champion Long Prairie-Grey Eagle's season by a 6-4 score earlier today.

In Section 5AA, Paynesville Area ended Central Minnesota Conference champion Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted's season with an 8-7 win in an elimination game.