Mainstreeters girls golf is sixth at home conference meet

West Central North Conference team scoring at the Sauk Centre Country Club:
(1) St. Cloud Cathedral 189 (2) Albany 201 (3) Melrose 209 (4) tie, New London-Spicer and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, 218 (6) Sauk Centre 219 (7) Milaca 232 (8) Foley 237 (9) Mora 271.

Alyssa Kalthoff of St.Cloud Cathedral was medalist with a 39.

In boys' golf action... at the Spring Brook Golf Club in Mora, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters' boys golf team finished in fourth place with a team score of 175.

Team boys' golf scoring at Mora: 1. St. Cloud Cathedral 154; 2. New London-Spicer 163; 3. Albany 169; 4. Sauk Centre 175; 5. Milaca 180; 6. Melrose 183; 7. Mora 188; 8. Foley 200.

In girls' fastpitch action...the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters' fastpitch team fell to visiting Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Monday to fall to 2-8 overall. Senior Rachel Gruber went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Mainstreeters' offense.

On Tuesday night, Melrose Area won their first fastpitch game of the season 4-3 over Milaca (6-5) in West Central North Conference action.

Streeters fall to Thunder

A six-run fourth inning by the Long Prairie baseball squad led to a 7-5 loss for the Mainstreetrs Mionday in Long prairie.

Sauk jumped to a 3-1 lead on an RBI single by Tyler Berling and a two-run home run by Adam Polipnick. But Long prairie took advantage of some defensive lapses and free passes to score six runs in the fourth. The big blow came way of a 3-run homer following a pair of bases on balls.

Trailing 7-3 Berling addded a two-run double in the fifth. Sauk got their leadoff runner on in the seventh and Berling came to the plate with two out and a runner on with a chance to tie with a long ball. At that point he was 3-for-3 on the day, but grounded out to third to end the contest. Berling and Derek Holm each finished with three hits. Holm scored twice and Berling had 3 RBI. Polipnick was 2-for-3 with two RBI. Michael Knoblauch took the loss on the mound. Berling pitched 3-1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

The Streeters fell to 3-5 overall and 2-4 in the WCC North.

The Streeters will host Mora today at 5 p.m. and Cathedral Thursday at 5 p.m. Shane Trattles takes to the hill today for Sauk.

Polipnick tosses gem in 5-1 win

Adam Polipnick tossed a complete-game 4-hitter in a 5-1 non-conference win over Minnewaska Friday. Polipnick struck out six and walked five and also drove in two runs to help the cause.
Shane Trattles had two hits, an RBI and a run scored to lead the offense. The Streeters knocked out eight hits, a season high. Derek Holm, Tyler Berling, Polipnick, David Moe, Nick Hinnenkamp and Shay Mieczkowski also had hits.

The JV squad also won, 6-0 and the C squad tied their game 5-5 after nine innings.

The Streeters will play Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Monday. LP-GE defeated Melrose 6-4 Friday.

Mainstreeters' baseball earns a 5-1 win at Minnewaska Area tonight - Fastpitch softball drops 7-1 game to visiting Minnewaska in non-conference action

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters baseball team picked up their third win of the season at Minnewaska tonight.

Meanwhile, in a home game, the Mainstreeters fastpitch team lost 7-1 to a very solid Minnewaska team. They had an early 1-0 lead after two innings, then suffered a blow when the Lakers plated five unanswered runs in the fourth inning.

Minnewaska Area's fastpitch improved to 8-2 overall with the win.

An online photo gallery has been uploaded to the Sauk Centre Herald website with photos from the Sauk Centre-Minnewaska fastpitch game. Click here to view it: http://saukherald.mycapture.com

(Left) Coach Ellens welcomes Ashley Gruber back to the dugout after scoring in the second inning. (Right) Kourney Nelson unleashes a pitch during the top of the third inning. (Below) Chelsea Donnay knocks the pitch foul in the fourth inning.

A couple video clips from a rough fourth inning in the Mainstreeters' fastpitch game against Minnewaska.



In golf action, the Mainstreeters' girls golf team took sixth place at the 11-team New London-Spicer Invite today at the Little Crow Country Club. Their top four scorecard brought a score of 431 on the 18-hole course.

Junior Laura Hintzen led the Mainstreeters, finishing as runner-up individually and losing to the medalist (Erin Dingmann of Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins) by only two strokes.

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Mainstreeters' baseball and fastpitch softball drop conference battles with Albany

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters' baseball team lost 3-2 in a West Central North Conference game to Albany at Avon.

In a home game, the Mainstreeters' fastpitch team fell 18-7 to the Huskies.

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A busy Tuesday in store for the Mainstreeters' varsity sports teams

Varsity track: at Albany starting at 4:15.

Varsity baseball: at Albany starting at 5pm (Varsity plays in Avon, other squads are in Albany at the high school)

Varsity fastpitch: at home against Albany at 5pm.

Check back on Wednesday for some action photos from the track meet in Albany, courtesy of Joyce Frericks!

Mainstreeters fastpitch softball and baseball both drop non-conference games to Paynesville Area

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters fastpitch team lost 11-1 to a very solid Paynesville Area squad today, in a game held in Paynesville. The Mainstreeters battled through three scoreless innings with the Bulldogs before the hosts piled up 10 runs in the fourth inning.

Freshmen Elizabeth Ellens homered leading off the fifth for the Mainstreeters' lone run. They were held to only three hits by Paynesville's senior and veteran ace Whitney Woehler, who also earned five strikeouts to go against only one walk.

In Sauk Centre, the host Mainstreeters baseball team had a good showing against the always tough Bulldogs, only to fall in an 8-3 game.

The Bulldogs scored three runs in both the first and third innings to jump to a 6-1 lead. Mainstreeters' senior David Moe doubled and scored twice. Junior Pat Frericks also had a hit and an RBI for the Mainstreeters (2-3).

~RO