NL-S hosts West Central Conference North meets today

Laura Hintzen, the top golfer for the Mainstreeters' girls golf team this season, winds up for a drive at the meet tonight at NL-S.

Mainstreeters' fastpitch softball is seeded #7 for playoffs, will travel to Minnewaska Area on Friday (May 21) for a 5:00pm game in the Sub-Section 6AA-West quarterfinals

Here is the Sub-Section 6AA-West fastpitch seedings and playoff pairings for the quarterfinal round:

#1- Rocori vs. #8 Melrose
#4 Albany vs. #5 New London-Spicer
#3 Paynesville Area vs. #6 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
#7 Sauk Centre vs. #2 Minnewaska Area

If the Mainstreeters win at Minnewaska on Friday, they will play the Paynesville/Long Prairie-Grey Eagle winner on Tuesday, May 25, at 7:00pm at Melrose Area. The Sub-Section 6AA-West championship will be held at Melrose Area at 5:00pm on Thursday, May 25.

~RO

Mainstreeters girls' track and field team wins West Central North Conference championship - Boys' squad ties for fourth

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters' girls track and field squad won the West Central North Conference title at Albany on Tuesday, outscoring runner-up Foley by a 118-107 point margin.

Senior Savana Weller paced the team with two championships, winning the 400-meter Dash and 800-meter Run.

Boys team scores: 1. Foley 140; 2. Albany 102; 3. St. Cloud Cathedral 86; t-4. New London-Spicer 85.5; t-4 Sauk Centre 85.5; 6. Mora 63.5; 7. Milaca 62; 8. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 58.5; 9. Melrose 16.

Girls team scores: 1. Sauk Centre 118; 2. Foley 107; 3. New London-Spicer 101; 4. St. Cloud Cathedral 95; 5. Melrose 71; 6. Albany 56; 7. Mora 55; 8. Milaca 54; 9. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 41.

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Trattles fires gem

Shane Trattles struck out six and allowed three hits in a complete game win Tuesday against Mora.

Trattles improved to 2-2 on the year and lowered his ERA to 2.69.

Shay Mieczkowski delivered his second big hit in the past week, delivering a 2-run single in the fourth to give Sauk a 3-0 lead. Mieczkowski homered last week in a 2-1 win over New London-Spicer.

Trattles allowed a run in the seventh but struck out the final batter of the game to seal the win.

Sauk Centre Mainstreeters' baseball extends winning streak to six games - defeat Mora 3-1 on the road

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters' baseball team improved to 9-6 overall and 8-5 in the West Central North Conference with a 3-1 win at Mora tonight.

The Streeters' next action is on Thursday at conference-leading St.Cloud Cathedral in what will be a very tough WCCN double-header. The Crusaders are 11-1 overall and ranked #3 in the latest Class AA coaches' poll. Their lone loss came on May 8 to Rocori by an 8-2 decision.

First pitch in game one is set for 4:30pm at the St.Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex.

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Streeters' baseball wins again, defeats Osakis 12-2 in shortened innings

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters' baseball team defeated previously unbeaten Osakis 12-2 in six innings on Monday night.

Osakis was 11-0-1 coming into the game. Sauk Centre improves to 8-6 overall and 7-5 in the WCCN; they are on a five-game winning streak.

Today, the Mainstreeters make the long trip into eastern Minnesota to Mora for a West Central North Conference game.

The Mainstreeters' fastpitch softball team lost 6-1 at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Monday. They host Mora at 4:00pm today.

The Mainstreeters' boys golf team took fourth place at the conference meet in Albany on Monday. Team results were: (1) St. Cloud Cathedral 149 (2) New London-Spicer 167 (3) Albany 170 (4) Sauk Centre 173 (5) Melrose 177 (6) Mora 186 (7) Milaca 191 (8) Foley 194 (9) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 210.

Coach Jarvi reported from Albany, "We had 3 golfers shoot 43: Dillon Rieland, Matt McDonald, and Robby Polipnick."

The Mainstreeters' track and field teams compete at the West Central North Conference Championships today at Albany beginning at 3:30pm.

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Countless championships earned by the Mainstreeters' Track and Field teams at the Dave Sieben Invitational in Melrose on Friday

The Mainstreeters' girls team was edged out by a 120-116 point margin by Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg to finish as runners-up.

The Mainstreeters' boys team took third place with 101.50 points.

Elizabeth Hemsworth brings in the final leg of the 4x400 meter Relay at Melrose on Friday.


Read all about the track teams' performances in this week's issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

~RO