State Tournament t-shirts commemorating the Streeter girls will go on sale Monday afternoon at the school for $7 each (t-shirts at the tourney will run you $18).
Also, there will be a send off in the gym lobby at 1 p.m. Wednesday and the girls will leave at 1:30 p.m. A fan bus sponsored by the school will leave at 4:30 p.m.. You must sign up in the Activities Office. Cost is $10 per person and elementary aged kids must be accompanied by an adult.
An adult fan bus is also being sponsored by First State Bank. Details to come on that one.
I also received a text about MN National Bank sponsoring a family bus. More details to come on that one as well.
A slew of parents and fans were at the Activities office early Saturday morning in line for tickets. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students. They will also be on sale Monday and Wednesday.
The Streeters will play Pipestone Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Williams Arena. If they win they advance to the semifinals Friday at 8 p.m. at the Target Center.
If you have any questions about anything post a comment and I will see if I can find the answer for you.
Thanks for being a fan!
-BZ
Saturday, March 13, 2010
A story from the West Central Tribune on Pipestone's win over Lac qui Parle Valley in the Section 3AA girls basketball championship game
Here's the link: http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/64840/
The Arrows (22-3) earned a trip to state for the second consecutive season and the third time in four years, a stretch that includes their 2007 championship.
Here's an excellent story on the Arrows' win over LQPV last night from the Worthington Globe. It gives a fair amount of insight into what type of team Pipestone Area is. Check it out here: http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/33879
Here's one key part to the story,
Pipestone Area, meanwhile, will face Section 6AA champion Sauk Centre in the first round of the state tournament Wednesday in Minneapolis.
Last season at state, the Arrows were one-and-done after a 42-37 loss to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted.
The seniors haven’t forgotten.
“After last year we wanted to come out and prove it again and show that we can compete up there,” Bailey Bouman said. “We all just wanted another chance at the state tournament, and now we’re getting it.”
Note: Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted went on to finish 2nd at state, earning a 46-31 win over New London-Spicer in the semi-finals.
~RO
The Arrows (22-3) earned a trip to state for the second consecutive season and the third time in four years, a stretch that includes their 2007 championship.
Here's an excellent story on the Arrows' win over LQPV last night from the Worthington Globe. It gives a fair amount of insight into what type of team Pipestone Area is. Check it out here: http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/33879
Here's one key part to the story,
Pipestone Area, meanwhile, will face Section 6AA champion Sauk Centre in the first round of the state tournament Wednesday in Minneapolis.
Last season at state, the Arrows were one-and-done after a 42-37 loss to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted.
The seniors haven’t forgotten.
“After last year we wanted to come out and prove it again and show that we can compete up there,” Bailey Bouman said. “We all just wanted another chance at the state tournament, and now we’re getting it.”
Note: Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted went on to finish 2nd at state, earning a 46-31 win over New London-Spicer in the semi-finals.
~RO
Friday, March 12, 2010
Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball is STATE-BOUND!
Talk about emotion! Below are scenes from immediately after the final buzzer sounded, and then from during the medal ceremony.
The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team is state-bound for the first time in school history.
They'll take a 26-2 record into the Class AA state tournament this next week, Wednesday night, when they'll take on the winner of Section 3AA, Pipestone Area. Pipestone defeated Lac qui Parle Valley 61-27 tonight.
They won by a final score of 59-44 tonight after a hard-fought battle in the second half against Staples-Motley. The Cardinals end their season with a final record of 24-6.
Sauk Centre's first-half defense was outstanding, holding a high-octane Cardinals team to 2-of-17 shooting from the floor.
Notes from the second half:
One minute into the second half, the Cardinals drained the first field goal by either team, a three-pointer, that made it 30-14.
Sauk Centre followed that almost two minutes later with a layup by Savana Weller in a wide open lane, as it took three minutes before both teams had made a field goal in the second half.
After the Cardinals made it 32-16, Kali Peschel hit a layup shot at the 13:49 mark. With 11:50 remaining, Maren Greenwaldt hit a tough three-point shot with two defenders in her face to put the Mainstreeters back on top by 20 points, up 39-19.
With 9:56 left, after the Mainstreeters had taken a 41-21 lead, the Cardinals hit a three-point bomb to start a small rally. They eventually narrowed the deficit as low as 12 points, 50-38, with another three-pointer at the 3:25 mark.
The Mainstreeters hung on and managed to keep their double-digit lead intact with solid free throw shooting in the final minutes.
For the game, the Mainstreeters out-rebounded Staples-Motley by a huge 38-23 margin.
**Here are some other scores from tonight's section championship girls basketball games around central/southwestern Minnesota:
Section 2A championship:
Buffalo Lake-Hector 53, Granada-Huntley-East Chain 44
Section 5A championship:
Barnum 82, Sebeka 37
Section 6A championship:
Parkers Prairie 66, New York Mills 47
Section 5AA championship:
Watertown-Mayer 49, Eden Valley-Watkins 43
Saturday morning, more video/photos will be posted from this historic win for the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters. Stay tuned!
By Sunday, look for a host of information on the Pipestone Area Arrows girls basketball team as well.
The Mainstreeters accept their section title medals from Sauk Centre Activities Director Rick Fischer.
~RO
The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team is state-bound for the first time in school history.
They'll take a 26-2 record into the Class AA state tournament this next week, Wednesday night, when they'll take on the winner of Section 3AA, Pipestone Area. Pipestone defeated Lac qui Parle Valley 61-27 tonight.
The Class AA state quarterfinal game for the Mainstreeters will take place on Wednesday, March 17, at 8:00pm at Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota campus, Minneapolis.
They won by a final score of 59-44 tonight after a hard-fought battle in the second half against Staples-Motley. The Cardinals end their season with a final record of 24-6.
Sauk Centre's first-half defense was outstanding, holding a high-octane Cardinals team to 2-of-17 shooting from the floor.
Notes from the second half:
One minute into the second half, the Cardinals drained the first field goal by either team, a three-pointer, that made it 30-14.
Sauk Centre followed that almost two minutes later with a layup by Savana Weller in a wide open lane, as it took three minutes before both teams had made a field goal in the second half.
After the Cardinals made it 32-16, Kali Peschel hit a layup shot at the 13:49 mark. With 11:50 remaining, Maren Greenwaldt hit a tough three-point shot with two defenders in her face to put the Mainstreeters back on top by 20 points, up 39-19.
With 9:56 left, after the Mainstreeters had taken a 41-21 lead, the Cardinals hit a three-point bomb to start a small rally. They eventually narrowed the deficit as low as 12 points, 50-38, with another three-pointer at the 3:25 mark.
The Mainstreeters hung on and managed to keep their double-digit lead intact with solid free throw shooting in the final minutes.
For the game, the Mainstreeters out-rebounded Staples-Motley by a huge 38-23 margin.
**Here are some other scores from tonight's section championship girls basketball games around central/southwestern Minnesota:
Section 2A championship:
Buffalo Lake-Hector 53, Granada-Huntley-East Chain 44
Section 5A championship:
Barnum 82, Sebeka 37
Section 6A championship:
Parkers Prairie 66, New York Mills 47
Section 5AA championship:
Watertown-Mayer 49, Eden Valley-Watkins 43
Saturday morning, more video/photos will be posted from this historic win for the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters. Stay tuned!
By Sunday, look for a host of information on the Pipestone Area Arrows girls basketball team as well.
The Mainstreeters accept their section title medals from Sauk Centre Activities Director Rick Fischer.
~RO
Sauk Centre Mainstreeters open up a huge 30-11 halftime lead in section title game
The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team blasted the Staples-Motley Cardinals with a 16-0 run to start the game.
It took 10 minutes before the Cardinals hit their second field goal of the first half.
In the second half, Staples-Motley fought like warriors to whittle the deficit down to 15 points. With just under 5:00 left, the Mainstreeters now lead 50-35.
With 11:50 left in the second half, a Maren Greenwaldt three-pointer made it 39-19. After that point, Staples-Motley began chopping away at Sauk Centre's big lead.
Stay tuned for the post-game report!
It took 10 minutes before the Cardinals hit their second field goal of the first half.
In the second half, Staples-Motley fought like warriors to whittle the deficit down to 15 points. With just under 5:00 left, the Mainstreeters now lead 50-35.
With 11:50 left in the second half, a Maren Greenwaldt three-pointer made it 39-19. After that point, Staples-Motley began chopping away at Sauk Centre's big lead.
Stay tuned for the post-game report!
Streeter Nation is coming to Halenbeck Hall tonight at St.Cloud State University, let's get ready for the 6:30pm tip-off between our Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team and Staples-Motley!
The Section 6AA championship game is set for 6:30pm tonight at Halenbeck Hall in St.Cloud.
(The above scenes are from Tuesday night's big win over NL-S.)
~RO
Another epic battle between Melrose and Sauk Centre ends in a 3-point loss for the Maroon and White
The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters boys basketball team put up a valiant effort against #3-seeded Melrose Area, as the neighboring West Central North Conference rivals duked it out in the Sub-Section 6AA-East quarterfinals on Thursday night.
In the end, the Dutchmen survived an upset bid and won 56-53 while improving to 14-11 overall. They will take one of their other two neighboring WCCN rivals, Albany, in the semi-finals this Saturday night at St.John's University.
Sauk Centre finishes the season 4-21 overall.
More will follow later.
~RO
In the end, the Dutchmen survived an upset bid and won 56-53 while improving to 14-11 overall. They will take one of their other two neighboring WCCN rivals, Albany, in the semi-finals this Saturday night at St.John's University.
Sauk Centre finishes the season 4-21 overall.
More will follow later.
~RO
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thoughts from Sauk Centre girls basketball Coach Scott Bergman following the big win over New London-Spicer
Coach Bergman is interviewed after the 2nd meeting of NL-S and Sauk Centre, back on February 23.
After being asked about his thoughts about the historic win over New London-Spicer on Tuesday night, in which the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team won their first-ever sub-section championship, Head Coach Steve Bergman had the following to say.
"I’ve got lots of thoughts right now. It’s very rewarding, I’m just so happy for the girls, they’ve worked so hard for this."
As far as what aspect of the Mainstreeters' game Coach Bergman felt deserved the most credit in the win, he said, "We played really good defense, especially on the perimeter. They went inside us at times, but we really rebounded well. That’s always the key for us in setting up transition opportunities."
As a couple examples of their defense, Maren Greenwaldt guarded her opponents tight. Then if someone tried driving the baseline, Megan Rieland dropped down.
"It was five players out there playing defense, with a game of this magnitude I probably didn’t play as many girls as usual. Our starters probably played over 30 minutes each. The girls on the bench were extremely excited at the end of the game, holding hands and counting down the time."
In terms of what the Mainstreeters coaching staff will do this week to prepare the team for the big Section 6AA championship game, Coach Bergman added, "This is just a step. I don’t think it’ll be our job (as coaches) to get the players re-focused for Friday night. I’ve seen one of the teams play, and Benson is on a roll. Some people assume the winner of tonight's game (Sauk vs. NL-S) is going to state, and that’s not going to be the case. Friday night is the big one."
Coach Bergman's outlook for Friday night's game, "I know that the girls are going to come ready to play. I know the team that we play is going to be really tough. We’ll be ready."
About a half hour later, word was received that Staples-Motley had knocked Benson out and would be the Mainstreeters' opponent in the section final. Read further below for more information on the Cardinals girls basketball team.
Additional comments from Coach Bergman, along with members of the Mainstreeters team, will be published in the March 16 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.
~RO
After being asked about his thoughts about the historic win over New London-Spicer on Tuesday night, in which the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team won their first-ever sub-section championship, Head Coach Steve Bergman had the following to say.
"I’ve got lots of thoughts right now. It’s very rewarding, I’m just so happy for the girls, they’ve worked so hard for this."
As far as what aspect of the Mainstreeters' game Coach Bergman felt deserved the most credit in the win, he said, "We played really good defense, especially on the perimeter. They went inside us at times, but we really rebounded well. That’s always the key for us in setting up transition opportunities."
As a couple examples of their defense, Maren Greenwaldt guarded her opponents tight. Then if someone tried driving the baseline, Megan Rieland dropped down.
"It was five players out there playing defense, with a game of this magnitude I probably didn’t play as many girls as usual. Our starters probably played over 30 minutes each. The girls on the bench were extremely excited at the end of the game, holding hands and counting down the time."
In terms of what the Mainstreeters coaching staff will do this week to prepare the team for the big Section 6AA championship game, Coach Bergman added, "This is just a step. I don’t think it’ll be our job (as coaches) to get the players re-focused for Friday night. I’ve seen one of the teams play, and Benson is on a roll. Some people assume the winner of tonight's game (Sauk vs. NL-S) is going to state, and that’s not going to be the case. Friday night is the big one."
Coach Bergman's outlook for Friday night's game, "I know that the girls are going to come ready to play. I know the team that we play is going to be really tough. We’ll be ready."
About a half hour later, word was received that Staples-Motley had knocked Benson out and would be the Mainstreeters' opponent in the section final. Read further below for more information on the Cardinals girls basketball team.
Additional comments from Coach Bergman, along with members of the Mainstreeters team, will be published in the March 16 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.
~RO
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
More scenes from Sauk Centre's historic 45-32 win over New London-Spicer
The Sauk Centre defense was active all night, and in this clip taken with under 8:00 left in the first half, the Wildcats put up a bad shot that was rebounded by Rachel Gruber.
Over 210 photos from the sub-section championship game have been uploaded to the Sauk Centre Herald's online photo gallery = SaukHerald.Mycapture.com
Still working on more Youtube uploads.
~RO
Over 210 photos from the sub-section championship game have been uploaded to the Sauk Centre Herald's online photo gallery = SaukHerald.Mycapture.com
Still working on more Youtube uploads.
~RO
Sub-section champs! One more to go
Your 2009-2010 Sub-Section Champion Mainstreeters!
The Streeters will play this Friday at St. Cloud State University
at 6:30 p.m. against Staples-Motley
for the section title and a berth to the state tournament.
for the section title and a berth to the state tournament.
Photo by Tim Mieczkowski
Stories, etc. on Staples-Motley's girls basketball team
The Staples-Motley Cardinals girls basketball team last advanced to the state tournament in 2002. That year, they lost to eventual Class AA state champion New London-Spicer in the quarterfinals in St.Cloud.
Staples (without Motley) also advanced to the Class A state tournament under the old two-class format in 1984 (3rd place) and 1985 (state champions).
The first story that I'll add is a very good story from the West Central Tribune, (Willmar) on the Cardinals' 57-53 win over Benson.
The link is: http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/64679/
Senior guard Nikki Pearson and senior forward Caitlin Robinson are both four-year varsity players for the Cardinals girls basketball team. Pearson is a 1,000-point scorer (the 4th at S-M), having eclipsed that plateau in their last loss of the season, a 60-55 Mid-State Conference game against Wadena-Deer Creek.
Staples-Motley was the Mid-State Conference runners-up this season, behind champion Pequot Lakes.
The following was gleaned from an article in the Brainerd Dispatch published earlier this week, written by Jeremy Millstop.
Cardinals head coach Arden Beachy, now in his seventh season at the helm of the program, said the following about their match up with sub-section finalist Benson:
"Both of their post players are long and can play outside-inside," said Beachy.
"That could present some matchup problems for us. They're both pretty good
perimeter shooters, but they're relentless on the boards. We have to really box them out, but still cover them away from the basket."
Lack of height has been the Cardinals' Achilles' heel, but they've found ways to win without it. S-M has won seven straight and 12 of its last 13.
"We'll need to create turnovers in the backcourt," said Beachy. "If we do that then their post players will get fewer opportunities. Also, we've been getting out to fast starts the last few games and that will be a key in this one."
An influx of young talent, combined with the veteran leadership of Nikki Pearson and Caitlin Robinson, has the Cardinals playing the way Beachy has preached since he started coaching.
"The girls are finding out it's fun to play this way," said Beachy. "It's fun to play an up-tempo game with a lot of defensive pressure. Plus, it allows a lot of girls to play, which makes for better rapport in the locker room."
Here's a link to a story about the Cardinals' last loss of the season, an upset loss to Wadena-Deer Creek 60-55 on February 16...
http://www.sportscow.com/newsarticle.php?yid=0910&tid=77&sid=1230407&nid=36255
Scoring summary for S-M from that loss: Nikki Pearson 18, Caitlin Robinson 17, Mikayla Wing 6, Ashley Lisson 4, Abby Smith 4, Bobbie Jo Mathe 6.
S-M has now won their past eight games.
A little history on recent Cardinals girls basketball seasons...
They were 22-4 in 2004-2005, a season in which they earned the #10 ranking in Class AA entering the Section 6AA playoffs. They had the #2 seed that year and were upset 48-41 in the sub-section semi-finals to #3-seeded Holdingford. The Huskers went on to lose 68-61 to eventual section champion Albany.
(Just for fun, here's the link to a story on that game vs Holdingford)
http://www.sportscow.com/newsarticle.php?yid=0405&tid=77&sid=1230407&nid=14954
The Cardinals went 12-14 in 2005-06, then 11-13 in 2006-07, then 8-16 in 2007-08, and finally 16-11 in 2008-09. Last season, they were nipped in the sub-section quarterfinals in a 45-44 overtime loss to eventual West champion Osakis.
They return 8 players from their 2008-2009 squad.
~RO
Staples (without Motley) also advanced to the Class A state tournament under the old two-class format in 1984 (3rd place) and 1985 (state champions).
The first story that I'll add is a very good story from the West Central Tribune, (Willmar) on the Cardinals' 57-53 win over Benson.
The link is: http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/64679/
Senior guard Nikki Pearson and senior forward Caitlin Robinson are both four-year varsity players for the Cardinals girls basketball team. Pearson is a 1,000-point scorer (the 4th at S-M), having eclipsed that plateau in their last loss of the season, a 60-55 Mid-State Conference game against Wadena-Deer Creek.
Staples-Motley was the Mid-State Conference runners-up this season, behind champion Pequot Lakes.
The following was gleaned from an article in the Brainerd Dispatch published earlier this week, written by Jeremy Millstop.
Cardinals head coach Arden Beachy, now in his seventh season at the helm of the program, said the following about their match up with sub-section finalist Benson:
"Both of their post players are long and can play outside-inside," said Beachy.
"That could present some matchup problems for us. They're both pretty good
perimeter shooters, but they're relentless on the boards. We have to really box them out, but still cover them away from the basket."
Lack of height has been the Cardinals' Achilles' heel, but they've found ways to win without it. S-M has won seven straight and 12 of its last 13.
"We'll need to create turnovers in the backcourt," said Beachy. "If we do that then their post players will get fewer opportunities. Also, we've been getting out to fast starts the last few games and that will be a key in this one."
An influx of young talent, combined with the veteran leadership of Nikki Pearson and Caitlin Robinson, has the Cardinals playing the way Beachy has preached since he started coaching.
"The girls are finding out it's fun to play this way," said Beachy. "It's fun to play an up-tempo game with a lot of defensive pressure. Plus, it allows a lot of girls to play, which makes for better rapport in the locker room."
Here's a link to a story about the Cardinals' last loss of the season, an upset loss to Wadena-Deer Creek 60-55 on February 16...
http://www.sportscow.com/newsarticle.php?yid=0910&tid=77&sid=1230407&nid=36255
Scoring summary for S-M from that loss: Nikki Pearson 18, Caitlin Robinson 17, Mikayla Wing 6, Ashley Lisson 4, Abby Smith 4, Bobbie Jo Mathe 6.
S-M has now won their past eight games.
A little history on recent Cardinals girls basketball seasons...
They were 22-4 in 2004-2005, a season in which they earned the #10 ranking in Class AA entering the Section 6AA playoffs. They had the #2 seed that year and were upset 48-41 in the sub-section semi-finals to #3-seeded Holdingford. The Huskers went on to lose 68-61 to eventual section champion Albany.
(Just for fun, here's the link to a story on that game vs Holdingford)
http://www.sportscow.com/newsarticle.php?yid=0405&tid=77&sid=1230407&nid=14954
The Cardinals went 12-14 in 2005-06, then 11-13 in 2006-07, then 8-16 in 2007-08, and finally 16-11 in 2008-09. Last season, they were nipped in the sub-section quarterfinals in a 45-44 overtime loss to eventual West champion Osakis.
They return 8 players from their 2008-2009 squad.
~RO
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team earns sub-section championship with a convincing 45-32 win over defending champs, New London-Spicer
The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters knocked off the defending sub-section and section champion New London-Spicer Wildcats by a convincing 45-32 margin tonight at St.John's University in the Sub-Section 6AA-East championship game.
The Mainstreeters (25-2) led 23-17 at halftime.
The win avenges a 51-29 loss in last year's sub-section championship to the NL-S Wildcats, while also tying the win total from last year's squad at 25.
It is the first sub-section or district championship for the Sauk Centre girls basketball program.
For comparison, New London-Spicer won sub-section/district titles in the following years (and maybe more in this time span, I just don't remember them all):
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2009.
**Up next for the Mainstreeters, their first-ever Section Championship berth, this Friday at 6:30pm at St.Cloud State University's Halenbeck Hall. Their opponent will be the Staples-Motley Cardinals, who were 57-53 winners over Benson in the Sub-Section 6AA-West championship game at the University of Minnesota-Morris campus. The Benson Braves (21-7) had a six point lead in the final half but let it slip away to the top-seeded Cardinals (24-5).
Here's some Youtube clips from tonight's game...
The team comes forward to accept their sub-section championship trophy following the big win. Yes, the photographer needs to work on his ability to take photos and video simultaneously.
The Mainstreeters' defense is working hard late in the first half.
More will follow on Wednesday, including more Youtube video clips from the game.
Also, be sure to check out the Sauk Centre Herald's online photo gallery, which will have well over 100 pictures from the sub-section championship game added on Wednesday.
The link is: SaukHerald.Mycapture.com (Hopefully you've already bookmarked that!)
A late note... Congratulations are in order for two members of the Mainstreeters girls basketball team, Kali Peschel and Megan Rieland, as they were both selected to the All-Section 6AA tournament team. More on that will be posted this week as well.
~RO
Streeters WIN!!!
The Sauk Centre girls' basketball team won the rubber match against top-ranked New London-Spicer tonight and took one step closer to their dream of reaching the state tournament.
The Streeters beat the Wildcats 45-32 in front of a large crowd at St. John's University. They will play this Friday for the section championship (opponent to be determined) and a chance to go to the state tournament!!!
The Streeters beat the Wildcats 45-32 in front of a large crowd at St. John's University. They will play this Friday for the section championship (opponent to be determined) and a chance to go to the state tournament!!!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
John Gusewelle takes 3rd at State at 189
In the Youtube clip below, John Gusewelle is shown during his third-place match of the state tournament on Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center.
~RO
~RO
Mainstreeters girls basketball blows out Holdingford in Sub-Section 6AA-East semi-finals, Up Next: conference rival New London-Spicer on Tuesday at 7pm
Coach Bergman employed heavy substitution the entire game.
The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team cranked up the offense back to the level they're used to and blew away the Holdingford Huskers on Saturday night, winning by a 78-42 final score.
The Mainstreeters opened up the first half with a 7-0 run, then built the lead to as big as 30-13 and 39-16 after capitalizing on numerous fastbreak opportunties. At halftime, the score read 41-16 in favor of the Maroon and Gold.
Junior guard Maren Greenwaldt sparked the offense, hitting three of her first four shots beyond the arc. She led all Mainstreeters with 15 points, followed by Megan Rieland and Kali Peschel each with 14 points.
The Mainstreeters improved to 24-2 with the win, while Holdingford finishes a fine season 15-12 overall, including a 7-7 mark in the Central Minnesota Conference (4th-place tie with Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa).
Up next for the Mainstreeters girls basketball team: a "rubber match" against conference rival and playoff nemesis New London-Spicer in the Sub-Section 6AA-East championship, with tip-off at 7pm at St.John's University on Tuesday night, March 9.
The Wildcats (25-2) pummeled #6-seeded Pierz last night 43-22 in the other semi-final at St.John's. After leading 20-10 at halftime, the Wildcats opened the second half with a 10-0 run and never looked back.
It will be the third year in a row that the two teams will meet in the playoffs, and the third time in the past four seasons that Sauk Centre has made the sub-section finals.
Results out of Sub-Section 6AA-West:
Benson 72, West Central Area 65 OT
New London-Spicer 43, Pierz 22
Sauk Centre 78, Holdingford 42
Staples-Motley 65, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 32
Below is a post-game interview with Greenwaldt and one of the seniors, Rachel Gruber:
A large gallery of photos from the Sauk-Holdingford game have been uploaded to the Sauk Centre Herald's online photo gallery: saukherald.mycapture.com
Look for more from Sauk Centre's post-season win in the March 9 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.
~RO
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