Streeters boys basketball improves to 6-3 by winning the Park Rapids tournament

On Wednesday night in the finals of the Park Rapids tournament, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters boys basketball team defeated Nevis 59-36. It is their fourth win in a row.

The Streeters' 6-3 start to this season is the best since 2006-2007, when they went 8-3 in their first 11 games on their way to a sub-section final appearance.

They now have a long break in action until next week Friday, when they host Milaca (0-6) in a conference game on January 7.

Streeters girls basketball defeats Pierz, Crosby-Ironton to win the Pierz tournament

With two more wins to their credit this week, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team improved to 8-1 overall after winning the Pierz tournament on Monday and Tuesday nights.

In the opening round, the Streeters beat the host Pioneers 64-38 on Monday. Tonight, they beat Crosby-Ironton 63-44 in the championship. The Rangers entered the game with a 7-1 record, their other loss coming from Perham (7-0) on December 9 by a 70-59 score.

Both Streeters basketball teams win on Tuesday night - Prairie Centre hockey falls by one point to Redwood Valley/BOLD

Final scores in West Central Conference North basketball action:
Girls - Sauk Centre 75, Foley 32
Boys - Sauk Centre 56, Foley 54 (OT)

Prairie Centre Area hosted Redwood Valley and lost 3-2 to fall to 3-5 overall on the season. The North Stars are next in action on Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the St.Cloud tournament.

Streeters boys and girls basketball teams both win on the hardcourt tonight vs. Osakis

The Sauk Centre girls basketball team hosted Osakis tonight and led 41-13 at the half on their way to a big 65-23 win over the Silverstreaks. Osakis is in the west half of Section 6AA.

The Sauk Centre boys basketball team traveled to Osakis and erased the sting of last night's loss to B-B-E with a nice 67-45 win on the Silverstreaks' home court.

Streeters boys basketball goes toe-to-toe with state-ranked B-B-E on the home court in a 56-54 loss

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters boys basketball team duked it out in grand fashion with #6-ranked (Class A) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa tonight.

The Streeters came back from an early deficit to take leads of 5-4 and 14-9 in the first half. The Jaguars went on an 8-2 run to take a two point lead before the Streeters tied it up at 18-18.

Terrence Ellis launched a successful three point shot to put the Streeters back in front 21-18.

Once again, the Jaguars went on a run with seven straight points to go up 25-21 with about four minutes remaining to the break.

After trailing 30-25 at halftime, the Streeter exchanged leads with the Jaguars and the game went down to the wire.

A shot at the buzzer by Sauk Centre brought the gap to two points as the game ended.

~RO

Streeters girls basketball improves to 3-0 in the West Central North Conference with a big win at St.Cloud Cathedral

Final score from Cathedral High School in St.Cloud: Sauk Centre 66, St.Cloud Cathedral 43.

Other results for Sauk Centre teams tonight: Boys hockey - Prairie Centre 6, Wadena-Deer Creek 3. Boys basketball - St.Cloud Cathedral 73, Sauk Centre 62. Boys swimming - Melrose Area/Sauk Centre 112, Park Rapids 73. (Season opener for the Melrose/Sauk Fusion squad)

Action from the second half of the Streeters vs. Wildcats girls basketball game on December 10

This clip begins with Sauk Centre leading 42-36 midway through the second half...near the end Maren Greenwaldt launches a three pointer to put the Streeters up 45-39.


Below, the Streeters hold a 47-39 lead with under six minutes left in the game. New London-Spicer stormed back eventually to get within two, down 49-47 with 2:10 left on the clock.

More video from the Streeters vs. Wildcats battle last night

National Anthem and player introduction...and me still getting the hang of simultaneous video and photo shooting.

The tip-off and opening minute of the game. Sauk Centre went hard to the basket. "Play hard or stay home" is their motto!

More from the first half.


Read more on the game below.

Mainstreeters girls basketball survives a typically difficult challenge from New London-Spicer, wins at the wire 53-49

Senior forward Emily Petermeier playing some tight defense early in the second half against NL-S tonight.

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team played a back-and-forth first half with visiting New London-Spicer tonight, going into halftime with a slim 33-30 lead.

It was a West Central North Conference clash between two rivals who have duked it out for a few years now in this league after the West Central Conference was re-aligned a few years back. The game was held in Sauk Centre with a light crowd on hand compared to the past two years.

New London-Spicer really had their defense cranked up for this one. Maren Greenwald's (Sauk Centre senior sharpshooter) three point shot two minutes into the first half broke a 2-2 tie. The Streeters went up 9-4 on a 2/2 performance at the line by sophomore Macy Weller after their press got a steal in the back court.

NL-S then rained from the three-point land three different times, going up 13-12, with Greenwaldt also hitting another three for Sauk Centre. The rest of the first half was a dogfight. NL-S led 15-14, then Sauk went up 17-15. NL-S pulled ahead 19-17 and ultimately 27-22 with 3:02 on the clock after Karsee Knutson (NL-S senior) drained a three ball.

Then in a span of one minute Sauk Centre stormed back with Kali's 2/2 free throws, Macy Weller in the paint after another steal off the press, Shelby Deters (Sauk Centre senior) hit a paint shot with a beautiful feed by Peschel. Game tied at 28-28.

Peschel hit the final two shots of the first half, draining a three pointer with 37 seconds, then sliced through the lane to launch a buzzer beater that fell in off the glass as time expired. Halftime: 33-30 Sauk Centre.

NL-S (3-1) charged in front 34-33 in the first minute and a half out of halftime before the Streeters (3-1) regained the lead at 35-34 and took charge on their way to leads of 39-34 and 47-39. Weller grabbed a steal at the top of the key and ran it in solo for a layup with 6:31 left for the 8-point lead.

Maren Greenwaldt and Emily Petermeier each made two free throws in the final minute to seal the win for the Streeters, who went 8-for-9 at the line in the second half.

With 38 seconds left in the first half, Kali Peschel drained a three pointer to put the Streeters back in the lead at 31-30 tonight.

Kali's gutsy drive in the lane, where she put up a buzzer beater to make it 33-30 at halftime vs. NL-S.


At halftime in Paynesville tonight, the Streeters boys basketball team had built a nice 34-22 lead. Final score from Paynesville: Sauk Centre 72, Paynesville Area 43.

In boys hockey action at Litchfield, the Prairie Centre Area North Stars lost 4-0 to Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato.

~RO

Prairie Centre North Stars drop a tough battle at Detroit Lakes

The Prairie Centre Area North Stars boys hockey team made the long trip north to Detroit Lakes tonight to face a solid Lakers squad in a game of Section 6A teams. The North Stars lost 4-2 to fall to 1-2 on the season.

Prairie Centre won't have much time to regroup, as they make a trip south to Litchfield tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 10) to take on the Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato Dragons. L/D-C is 3-0 on the season, with wins over Redwood Valley (7-1), Morris/Benson Area (9-3), and River Lakes (7-2).

Streeters girls basketball throttles Albany in the West Central North Conference opener

In a showdown between top teams in the West Central North Conference on Tuesday night, the #7-ranked Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team defeated host Albany 79-56 to square their record at 1-1 overall.

On the horizon for the Streeters: a home game on Friday night against conference rival New London-Spicer. The Wildcats are 3-0, having just beaten Foley 68-24 last night.

A nice win for Prairie Centre Area in boys hockey action vs. St.Cloud Apollo

The Prairie Centre Area North Stars defeated visiting St.Cloud Apollo (0-1) on Tuesday night, reversing a 4-2 loss at the hands of the Eagles last season.

Obviously it's pretty early to talk about playoffs, but Apollo is in Section 6A with the North Stars, so this will help at seeding time.

The North Stars (1-1) travel to Detroit Lakes to face on Thursday night this week at Kent Freeman Arena. The puck drops at 7pm. The Lakers are 3-1, having picked up their first loss of the year on Decmeber 3 to Fergus Falls 7-2. It was the Otters' season opener.

Both Fergus Falls and Detroit Lakes are two of the top teams in Section 6A.

Streeters boys basketball drubs Holdingford for 1st win of the season

Final score from Sauk Centre on Tuesday night: Mainstreeters 74, Huskers 43.

Isaac Winters led the Streeters with 26 points and eight rebounds, followed by Patrick Knoblauch with 15 points and six assists and Nick Adams with nine points.

Last year the Streeters won 62-41 in Holdingford.

Up next for the Streeters boys basketball team: a trip to Paynesville Area this Friday night (Dec. 10) to face the non-conference Bulldogs. Paynesville is 0-2 after two big losses to the top teams in the West Central North Conference, Albany and New London-Spicer.

Streeters girls basketball drops season opener at Tip-Off Classic in battle of state-ranked teams

Final score on Saturday at the Breakdown Tip-Off Classic: #5 (Class 4A) ranked Bloomington Jefferson 52, #7 (Class AA) ranked Sauk Centre 45.

Successful start for the Sauk Centre/Melrose wrestling pairing, as they finish with a 2nd-place tie at the Melrose Early Bird Invite

Donaldo Martinez is a returning state entrant for the SC/Melrose wrestling team; he is shown in action at Xcel Energy Center last March.

Heavyweight matman Donaldo Martinez had a 3-0 night at the Melrose Early Bird wrestling invite, helping the first-year Sauk Centre/Melrose Area wrestling pairing finish in a second-place tie with Rockford on Friday night.

Team scores were: 1. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 291; 2. Rockford 164; 2. Sauk Centre/Melrose Area 164; 3. Osakis 159; 5. Sartell 155; 6. Ortonville 40.

K-M-S is the #10-ranked team in Class A in the pre-season Guillotine polls.

~RO

Can you have a moral victory in sports? Prairie Centre boys hockey did just that tonight

Against defending Section 6A champion Alexandria on their ice at Runestone Community Centre, the Prairie Centre North Stars boys hockey team lost a 5-4 overtime battle to the Cardinals to open the 2010-2011 season.

The North Stars are in action again next Tuesday (Dec. 7) when they host St.Cloud Apollo in Sauk Centre.

In boys basketball action, the Mainstreeters lost a West Central North Conference game to visiting Long Prairie-Grey Eagle tonight 55-35. They host sub-section rival Holdingford next Tuesday night in their next game.

Mainstreeters girls basketball wins season opener in a blowout vs. Minnewaska Area

In their season opener for the most highly-anticipated season at Sauk Centre in school history, the Mainstreeters girls basketball team traveled west to face section rival Minnewaska Area and came home with a 59-22 win.

Up next for the Streeters girls basketball team: a trip to Hopkins High School on Saturday where they'll take on Bloomington Jefferson in the annual Breakdown Tip-Off Invitational. Tip-off is at 1:15pm. The Jaguars (2-0) are ranked #5 in the preseason Class AAAA state rankings. They finished 11-15 in the 2009-2010 season.

The Streeters, defending conference champions, open West Central North Conference action next Tuesday at Albany.

The Streeters boys basketball team, under first-year head coach Mike Ellens, will begin their season tonight (Friday) when they take on Long Prairie-Grey Eagle in the conference opener at home. Tip-off is at 7:30pm. This will be the last year that LP-GE is a member of the WCCN, as they are joining the Prairie Conference in 2011.

The Prairie Centre North Stars hockey team begins their season tonight as well, when they make a short trip to the west to play Alexandria. The defending Section 6A champion Cardinals went 21-8-1 last year, losing in two games in the Class A state tournament.

The Sauk Centre/Melrose Area wrestling team opens the season with a home invitational tonight, the annual Melrose Early Bird Invite, hosted at Melrose Area high school. Included teams are Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, Montevideo, Mora, Nicollet, Ortonville, Osakis, Rockford, Sartell-St. Stephen.

~RO

Sauk Centre vs. Stewartville - Third Place Match videos

Action from game one.

More action from the Wadena-Deer Creek Class AA semi-final match

Streeters vs. Stewartville video/photos

(Left) Taking the court for game one (Right) Shelby Deters knocking down a kill in game one.

The Streeters' lineup is introduced before taking on Stewartville on Saturday afternoon.


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~RO

More from the Wadena-Deer Creek state tournament match on Friday night

Scenes from state

A couple photos from the Wadena-Deer Creek match.

(Below) Sauk Centre's pep band at the XCel Energy Center, prior to the Wadena-Deer Creek match on Friday night.

Action from the Streeters vs. Wolverines match on Friday night.


More coming later.

~RO

Streeters fall in three vs. perennial state power Stewartville in Class AA third place match

The Streeters volleyball team finished an outstanding season 28-6 after a fourth place showing in the Class AA state tournament over the weekend.

Game scores were 25-22, 25-17, 25-16

Wadena-Deer Creek won the state title in three against #1-seeded Hutchinson. Game scores were 25-20, 25-19, 29-27.

Images from Friday's 3-0 defeat to Wadena

Images from Friday's Wadena match. 

Click on the image to make them larger. 

All photos from the state tournament will be available at www.saukherald.com on Tuesday. 

Sauk Centre Mainstreeters vs. W-DC Wolverines at State

Action from game three.

Sauk vs. Wadena Play by Play

HERE WE GO:

Game 1

Winner plays for a state title!

early block by Primus

1-0 Primus kill!

1-1 nice tip by WDC

2-1 

3-1 WDC into net

GOOD START!

3-2 WDC kill!
3-3 WDC ace serve
# 3 has a wicked jump serve.
But that one went into the net
4-3
5-3
6-3 Peschel Block!
7-3 Weller ace serve!
WDC timeout
Fans going berserk!
8-3 Peschel block...don't go there!
8-4
9-4 peschel kill
10-4 4 hits
10-5
10-6
10-7 long volley
10-8 WDC Kill
10-9 Peschel long! "My bad" she says to teammates.
10-10 4 hits
WDC Back in it.....
10-11 Peschel blockd
SC timeout...WD has the mo at the moment........
Great save by Zenzen!
and Zenzen iwth rhe kill right on the sideline!
11-11
11-12 bad pass
11-13 net foul
11-14 WDC kill to back line
12-14 WDC into net
WDC's setter has some soft hands!
12-15 Berscheit called for double hit
12-16 another backline kill for WDC
13-16 Primus nice touch on a soft kill
13-17 WDC kill from 10-ft line
13-18 WDC ace serve
14-18 Weller kill!
We need Weller and Pesh to make it happen!
Primus is unreal in the back row. Great dig...but WDC gets the point
14-19
We need a run!
15-19 Weller kill! Good cuz that wicked server was serving.....
15-20 WDC kill
16-20...not sure what happened there, but we'll take it.
17-20......ooooohhhhh Zenzen rolls one over the net!
17-21 Sauk not picking up tips like they did yesterday.
18-21 There's Peschel!
18-22 WDC cross court hammer!
19-22 Primus kill!
19-23 WDC Kill.
SC timeout.
We need a run..........quickly!
19-24 WDC kill...Sauk keeps getting fingers on em and they go long
20-24 Weller kill!
20-25 Weller block goes OB

Game one Wolverines.

We'll see if Sauk can bounce back like they did yesterday.

Game 2

1-0 WDC long

1-1 OB

1-2 double hit.....don't tell me they are going to call that crap all night!

1-3 WDC Kill

2-3 Deters kill!

3-3 Weller ace serve!

3-4 WDC Kill

3-5 WDC kill after nice save by primus

3-6 WDC block

4-6 Peschel tip

4-7 another tip goes long to our backcourt. We're not blocking down.

4-8 another double hit call...I don't see it???

5-8

6-8 Peschel block!

6-9 WDC kill

Streeters can't seem to put a run together!

6-10

6-11 another double hit....seriously. They weren't calling it last night, and it ain't goin' both ways!

7-11 Peschel Kill!

7-12 

8-12 Petermeier block!

9-12 WDC long

9-13

Passing is off so far!

9-14 WDC ace serve

10-14 Primus kill!

11-14 WDC out

11-15 WDC hammer

11-16

12-16 Weller Kill!

13-16 WDC long

NEED A RUN HERE!

13-17

14-17 Peschel and Deters block

14-18

14-19 great play by WDC

15-19 Peschel kill!

15-20

15-21

15-22

Sauk starting to look sloppy

Klaphake waved em over for a timeout.

It's now or never......we need this game.

16-22 Peschel Kill!

16-23 WDC kill...hitting around the block

16-24 serve receive blunder

17-24 We need a miracle.....

17-25 Deters long on a kill attempt

Wadena up 2-0.

Game 2 recap:

Sauk is having trouble in all areas of the game. They are a bit off with their serve receive, passing and hitting. Wadena has a very good setter and are doing a good job at the net. But there's no reason Sauk can't come back.

Kills: WDC 31, Streeters 20

Blocks: WDC 8, Streeters 6

Hitting %: WDC .260, Streeters .188

Game 3

1-0 Jena K with ace serve

2-0

3-0 WDC long...they want a tip after every long kill.

3-1 blockers jumped a little too soon

3-2 tipped

3-3

3-4 WDC block

4-4 WDC OB

4-5 WDC kill

5-5

5-6

6-6

7-6 that looked in but they called it out. Nice!

8-6 Kollman block

8-7

8-8 Jena K called for net foul

8-9 Their setter even jumps when she sets. She's the one with the wicked serve

8-10 Peschel had a chance to put one down but went for the tip

8-11 Kollman soft hit into net

SC timeout

Not looking good for our hometown hopefuls.

Never say die, though

9-11

9-12 WDC cross court kill is...a killer.

10-12

11-12 Peschel block! Thats whats been missing so far, our play at the net

She's a catholic chant again!

We might need some prayers pretty soon!

11-13

12-13 Primus kill...Thank GOD

12-14 WDC's Courtney Volkmann is very good (setter)

13-14 Weller Kill!

13-15

13-16 kill long!

Playing form behind all night!!!

14-16 WDC into net. They don't make too many mistakes.

Zenzen in for Primus to serve

14-17 WDC kill

14-18

Wadena may be a team of destiny this year......

14-19 WDC Kill

14-20

15-20 #3 serve into net!

15-21

15-22

16-22 pesh kill

17-22 pesh block

17-23

sc long seve

17-24

18-24

18-25

Wadena 3--0

What can you say...I think this is Wadena's year.....they truly are a team of destiny.....like last year's New Orleans Saints! They deserved to win tonight. They were the better team and there's a reason they are 32-0 and playing for a state title.

Sauk didn't play their best, but should be proud of what they have done here. Now they need to focus for tomorrow's third place game. The worst they can finish is fourth. Not bad for our hometown girls!

Semifinals: Sauk Centre 28-5 vs. Wadena 31-0

Game Preview:

Nobody said the path to a state title was going to be easy, and the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters are certainly learning that this year. First they knocked off the defending state champion Marshall Tigers 3-1, but now must face undefeated Wadena-Deer Creek, a team receiving statewide attention, and the Cinderella story everyone is rooting for considering what they went through as a community this summer when a tornado ravaged their town.

But once the first serve is lofted over the net, records, tonrados, and everything else simply does not matter. As we saw yesterday against Marshall, it's whoever wants it more. The Streeters continue to get better every game out. Last night in a conversation with head coach Jim Klaphake, he stressed how the team just keep playing better as the season goes on. At first there best performance was against Rocori in the section finals. Then they topped that against Marshall last night.

Can they do it again against the unbeaten Wolverines?

We will see......and that's the fun part....watching these girls get after it night after night.

Keys to the game:

Wadena comes in witht heir top player at 6-feet tall. Sauk counters with 6'1" Kali Peschel who had a team-high 17 kills last night and is closing in on 300 for the season. The next tallest girl for the Wolverines is 5'9" Kelsi Crawford, who entered state tourney play with 192 kills. Junior Brittney Noon (5'7") is the Wolverines' leading hitter with 276 kills. Wadena has four seniors who start and have not lost all season.

The Streeters counter with the 1-2 punch of Peschel and Macy Weller (5'10"). Weller recorded 12 kills last night  to put her at 202 for the season. The key will be ball control. In last night's first game Marshall took advanatage of Sauk playing on their heels. If Sauk can do a good job on serve receive early and get the ballto setters Jena Klaphake and Lexie Berscheit, Wadena may be hard pressed to stop the Peschel-Welle combo.

Defense has been the key for Sauk all season. Last night they outblocked Marshall 32-6. if they can double up on Wadena in that category tonight, Sauk has a legitimate chance at beating the undefeated Wolverines and playing in their first ever state champion game.



Here we go with the play by play......

Teams are warming up now. Sauk looks to have a definite height advantage, but rumor has it that Wadena is very athletic. We'll see...

Okay, this is the longest warm up EVER. Lets get this game going. The nerves are a little frayed!

Streeters vs. Marshall play by play

Shelby Deters and Kali Peschel go up 

for a block in game one.

Streeters will need to come out swingin. Lets see how they fare early against the defending state champs.

Great crowd here to support the Streeters!

Jena K. serving......
Marshall kill
0-1
long volley
0-2
2 great digs by Peschel...Deters kill!
1-2
1-3 Zenzen long
1-4 Deters into net
Both teams putting on a blocking clinic....
1-5
2-5 long serve
Another long volley...both teams picking everything up.....
Deters kill!
3-5
3-6
4-6 Deters block.....the senior came to play tonite!
4-7 Marshall kill
4-8 4 hits
5-8 Petermeier kill!
5-9 Marshall Kill
5-10 Marshall ace serve
5-11
Sauk time out....we'll see if Coach K can rally the troops. A slow start for the Streeters. Marshall playing great defense, keeping the ball alive. Marshall is tall all the way through, and athletic.
5-12 Marshall kill....almost went through Weller
6-12 Petermeier block!
Marshall going to quick sets
6-13
6-14
Marshall digging EVERYTHING
6-15
7-15 Marshall net foul
7-16 Marshall Kill
8-16 Weller Kill!
Need to go on a run here!
9-16
9-17
Sauk timeout
Sauk is showing they can play with the defending champs, but are having a hard time scoring points. Their defense looks solid, but they can't seem to find the floor on their kill attempts.
9-18
9-19
10-19
10-20
10-21 Marshall kill
10-22 Pescehl into net
11-22
11-23
11-24
11-25
Game one goes to Marshall.


Game 2
Sauk needs to come out firing, they need to get an early lead here. They were overmatched in game one. Marshall had 5 girls combine for 15 kills in game 1. Sauk had 3 girls combine for 5. That's the difference so far.

1-0 Long serve by Marshall
2-0...here we go!
3-0 sideout
3-1 Marshall kill
3-2 Marshall ace serve
4-2 Marshall long serve
5-2 Marshall foul
6-2 Peschel block!
Coach Klaphake is pacing.......
7-2 Peschel kill
Marshall Timeout!
Fans are into it.
8-2 Peschel block!
8-3 Zenzen block barely OB
9-3 Zenzen kill!
Berscheit in for Klaphake
10-3 Peschel Block!
11-3 Peschel Kill!
11-4 Marshall Kill
12-4 great dig by Primus leads to Peschel kill!
13-4 Zenzen ace serve!
13-5 2 great digs by Primus, but Peschel blocked
13-6 Marshall kill
13-7
13-8 miscommunication leads to double hit
13-9 Peschel blocked
Sauk timeout. They are keying on Peschel. Lets see how Sauk reacts and if they change their offensive plans.
14-9 Petermier block!
15-9 play of the game by Berscheit. What a save!
15-10
16-10 Weller kill
17-10 Primus sideline kill!
Marshall timeout.....
Okay, Lexie Berscheit came out of nowhere, sprawled out as far as she could to save an errant ball about an inch off the floor that led to a Sauk point. Unbelieveable play.
18-10 Jena K. ace serve
19-10
19-11
20-11
20-12 long kill attempt. Fans don't like the call
20-13
20-14
21-14 Primus Kill!
22-14 Zenzen Kill
23-14 Peschel Block!
23-15
24-15
24-16
25-16
Huge win!

Kali Peschel and Shelby Deters and company played much better in game 2. 

Peschel led the Streeters with 6 kills in game 2 after going without one in game 1.

Game 3

Streeters need to come out the the same intensity. 

1-0 Weller Kill!

1-1

2-1

3-1 Marshall into net

GOOD START!

4-1 Deters block!

4-2

5-2 Weller Kill!

This is good....we need Weller to score soem points!

5-3 Peschel block then Marshal comes back with kill

6-3 Deters rolls one along the net and it falls in...we'll take it!

7-3 Peschel Block....she almost celebrated two early!

Marshall tipping because we are blocking everything!

8-3 Peschel block

8-4

9-4 Petermeier kill form 10-ft line!

9-5 block attempt OB by inches

10-5 Primus kill.....Sauk getting the bounces!!

10-6 great dig by Peschel, but Marshall tips one in

11-6 Weller block

11-7 Marshall found a hole in our defense...kill

12-7 Weller baseline kill!

13-7 Zenzen kill.....she can get up with that vertical!

Marshall timeout

14-7 Weller Kill!

15-7 Weller block

Molly Neal just held up a "ba Boom" sign. She's an assistant coach!

16-7 Weller Kill....she really is a beast!

16-8

16-9

We can't let their fans back into it!

17-9 Marshall OB

18-9 Marshall long

Marshall timeout

Sauk is playing as well as they have all year!

19-9 Peschel kill!

19-10

19-11 Marshall kill

19-12

Sauk timeout

19-13

20-13 Peschel Block!

20-14 Lexie long serve

20-15 ace serve off net

Big point here

20-16 Sauk long!

20-17 Marshall kill

21-17 Peschel killon quick set by Berscheit!

Sauk holds serve

21-18 Marshall kill

We got a game here...back and forth!

Who wants it!

21-19 Marshall kill

22-19 Sauk goes to Peschel and another kill!

23-19 Petermier kill after long volley!

24-19 Weller and Primus kill

Game point!........

Yes!

Primus kill

Streeters win 25-19.

One win away form dethroning defending state champs!

Weller with five kills that game. 

And how about blocking? Streeters lead in that category 26-2!

Peschel and Deters with 7, Weller 6, Petermeier 4, Primus 2.

Lexie Berscheit with the set.

Peschel with the kill.

Game 4

0-1

0-2

Zenzen comes out, Kollman in

0-3 Marshall kill

0-4 Weller long

Need to settle down and settle in. Lot of game left

0-5 Deters kill blocked

1-5 Kollman from back row! 

1-6

1-7

Sauk timeout.

2-7 Kollman kill!

3-7 Peschel Deters block!

4-7 Marshall long

5-7 Marshall long

6-7 Peschel kill

7-7 Marshall long

Coach K says, "Hey girls,we're back in it!"

7-8

8-8 Kollman kill....what a spark she has been off the bench!

8-9 Berscheit another great save! To no avail....

8-10 bad set

8-11 ace serve Marshall

9-11 Peschel kill!

10-11 Longest volley of the night, Streters win it.

10-12 4 hits

11-12 Peschel kill...almost literally hurt someone.

Crowd chanting "She's a Catholic!" 

Hilarious.

11-13

11-14

12-14 Weller kill!

12-15

12-16 Klaphake and Kollman great save but for baught

12-17 Weller long kill

Sauk timeout

12-18

We need a run here!

13-18 4 hits

13-19

14-19 Weller kill!

14-20 Big dig by Weller, but big block by marshall

14-21 almost a great save by Kollman and Peschel

Peschel in front row.....

15-21 Peschel tip

16-21 Peschel kill...didn't hit it hard, but placed it well

17-21 Peschel block!...if Weller is a beast, Peschel is a horse!

17-22

Crowd chanting in the net!

18-22 Peschel kill!

19-22 Peschel kill....perfect set by Berscheit!

19-23 long serve 

20-23 Peschel kill!

21-23 Weller, Petermeier block!

Marshall timeout

Streeters not giving in.......

Fans are phenomenal

22-23 Primus kill....huge point!

23-23 Weller kill!

Another timeout for Marshall....the band is moving towards their spots.

24-23

25-23

STREETERS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow. What a match.

Bring on Wadena.

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Send off rally for the Streeters volleyball team is at 1:15pm today

A send-off rally for the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters volleyball team will be held today at the high school gymnasium at 1:15pm.  The public is invited to attend and rally the troops for what should be an exciting and memorable state tournament experience.

The player bus will depart for St.Paul at 1:35.

Streeters draw Marshall in quarterfinals

Sauk Centre (27-5) will face Marshall (22-9) in the opening round of the state tournament Thursday at 7 p.m.

Marshall defeated top ranked Jackson County Central in the section finals to advance. They are seeded third in the tourney.

Wadena-Deer Creek (30-0) is seeded second and will play Delano (22-8) in the other 7 p.m. quarterfinal match up. If Sauk wins over Marshall they would play the winner of that game. The top seeded team is Hutchinson (23-5).

Here are the match ups:
Hutchinson (23-5) vs. Visitation (25-5) 5 p.m. Court 1
Stewartville (25-5) vs. Esko (28-1) 5 p.m. Court 2
Wadena/Deer Creek (30-0) vs. Delano (22-8) 7 p.m. Court 1
Marchall (22-9) vs. Sauk Centre (27-5) 7 p.m. Court 2

All games at the XCEL Energy Center

Believe it! Streeters are section champs!

Macy Weller celebrates after scoring the final point of the 

match with a kill, giving the Streeters 

a 3-0 win and a trip to the state tournament!

St. Joseph - The Sauk Centre volleyball team pulled off the biggest win of their season Saturday afternoon, beating ROCORI in three games to win the Section 6AA title and advance to this week's state tournament.

Sauk came out strong and never let up, controlling the game at the net and in the backcourt as they won a hard-fought three games to win their first section title in nine years.

Fans erupted when Macy Weller's kill put the final nail in the coffin, giving the Streeters a 25-20 win in game three after they came form behind to win game two 27-25.

The girls celebrated at half court, many of them crying tears of happiness as they embraced eachother to celebrate their sweet victory.

"This feels amazing," said senior captain Emily Petermeier. "We came to play our game today and not theirs."

Fellow senior Shelby Deters held the section championship plaque tight to her chest.
"I don't want to let it go," she said. "I think I'm going to keep it awhile."

Deters and Petermeier were two main cogs in the Streeter defensive attack at the net along with fellow players Kali Peschel, Kendra Zenzen and Krista Primus. Primus, Deters and Peschel came up with key blocks throughout the match while the likes of Zenzen, Ashley Kollman, Lexie Berscheit and Jena Klaphake kept balls alive in the back row.

"Our defense was the difference." said Peschel, who along with Weller had several key kills in the match.

Said Primus: "Our defense was phenomenal."

Berscheit, who shares setting duties with Klaphake, said the team set out to reach the state tournament.
"This was our goal," she said. "And we got it!"

A fan bus sponsored by First State Bank will bring fans to the XCEL Energy Center for Thursday's quarterfinal contest. The Streeters do not know who they will play, but will play at either 5 p.m. or 7 p.m.

The volleyball team is the third Sauk Centre team to reach state in the last year. The basketball team reached it last winter and the cross country teams reached state this weekend.

"We have worked so hard for this and we have played so hard every match," said Peschel. "We deserve this."

Stay tuned to the Streeter Sports Blog for more details on the state tourney. Check out Tuesday's Herald for game stories and player and coaches reaction.

The bench erupts after the final point, 

clinching the section title!

Weller attempts a kill form the 

10-foot line in Saturday's 3-0 victory.

The Streeters' effort at the net was the difference. 

Above, Kali Peschel (6) and Kendra Zenzen (11) 

go up for a block.

The Streeters made quite an impression 

Saturday at St. Benedict College.

SECTION 6AA CHAMPS!

Streeters volleyball is state-bound for the first time since 2001!

In a truly spectacular performance this afternoon at St.Ben's College, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters beat Rocori 3-0 to advance to their first state tournament since 2001.

More to follow later.

Streeters top Albany, move on to section finals

The Mainstreeter volleyball squad beat Albany Thursday, moving one step closer to the coveted state tournament.
Sauk won 3-1, winning games one, three and four, claiming the 6AA sub-section title. The victory advances them to Saturday's section final against ROCORI, who defeated St. Cloud Cathedral 3-1. Kali Peschel had 13 kills and Macy Weller had 11 kills and 10 ace blocks to lead the Streeters, who controlled the game at the net despite Albany having several quality hitters with size.
After losing game two, Sauk had three consecutive blocks to start game three. Head coach Jim Klaphake said that set the tone.
"Macy and Kali were huge for us in the middle," he said. "We knew they had some great hitters and that we needed to slow them down."
Defensively Kendra Zenzen had 14 digs and Krista Primus nine. Jena Klaphake and Lexie Berscheit combined for 37 assists and 16 digs. Peschel added 7 ace blocks and senior Shelby Deters chipped in 8.
The Streeters seem to be playing their best volleyball at the right time. They have not made it to a state tournament under Klaphake's tutelage, although his team's have come close. Last year they lost in the section finals to New London-Spicer.
After Thursday's game he was asked about his team's chances against either cathedral or Rocori.
"It won't be easy, but I believe we can beat either one of them," he said.
They had beaten Cathedral already, but it will be ROCORI they will have to beat Saturday when they face them at 2 p.m. at St. Ben's.
Klaphake said last year's experience of being in a section championship game should help this year's squad. He also said he sees a different look in the eyes of his players.
"I don't see fear," he said. "I see determination."

Streeter netters win in 3

Two down, two to go.
The Mainstreeters won their second consecutive playoff game Monday night with a 3-0 win over Little Falls. The No. 1 seeded Mainstreeters beat the No. 5 seeded Flyers 25-11, 25-13, 25-15. Kali Peschel had 12 kills to lead the squad and also chipped in 4 blocks and seven digs. Krista Primus added 10 kills 4 blocks and 5 digs and Kendra Zenzen had 8 kills 2 blocks and 14 digs. Jena Klaphake had 20 set assists and Lexie Berscheit had 10 assists. Between the two setters they were 35-for-35 serving with five aces. Macy Weller led the team with five blocks.

The win will pit the Streeters against either Albany or Long Prairie Thursday at 6 p.m. That match is currently in progress. Check back to see who the Streeters will play in the sub-section finals. If they win Thursday they will play in the section finals Saturday at St. Ben's.