Streeters Football stung by a two-overtime loss at West Central South Conference favorite BOLD tonight, 30-23 final score

Streeters junior fullback Sam Fischer busts loose for a 65-yard touchdown run on Sauk Centre's second play of the game at BOLD tonight. Photo courtesy of Adam Hoogenakker, Renville County Register.

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters football team fought valiantly down the stretch, forcing overtime after both teams traded scoreless possessions throughout the fourth quarter of regulation play.

In the end, BOLD held Sauk Centre from scoring in the second overtime period.

Some first half notes from the game...
BOLD scored first on a 21-yard touchdown during its opening drive that lasted 6:00 in the first quarter. PAT unsuccessful.

Sauk Centre's Sam Fischer busted loose for a 65-yard touchdown on the Streeters' second play of the game. PAT was good for a brief 7-6 Streeters lead.

At the fullback position, Fischer had 7 carries for 98 yards in the first half.

Streeters QB Mike Knoblauch was knocked out of the game for a period of time while playing defense during BOLD's second series of the game. His younger brother Pat relieved him at QB.

Sauk Centre's sophomore sensation Roosevelt Austin had 7 carries for 50 yards in the first half.

BOLD scored for a second time on its second series of the first quarter on a 21-yard field goal.

BOLD's quarterback (Athmann) was 7-of-9 for 116 yards and 1 touchdown up to the final 2 minutes of the first half.

Radio comment: Sauk Centre's brawny defensive line was "manhandling" BOLD's interior O-line...forcing BOLD to either pass or run around the outside.

With under 5:23 left in the first half... BOLD ran to midfield with 3:30 left but Sauk forced a punt on their next set of downs. Streeters took over from their own 18 yard line with 2:20 left in the first half. BOLD earned a fumble recovery, though, deep in Streeters' territory. It didn't look good for Sauk.

With under 2:00 left, BOLD had a third-and-three possession but was stuffed for no gain. On fourth-and-three on the Sauk Centre 11, BOLD attempted a field goal. Kicking from the 17-yard line, the field goal sailed wide left. Sauk put good pressure on the kicker that might have caused the shanked attempt. 1:26 was left on the clock.

Sauk Centre had success running the ball for a first down at their own 35-yard line. They got it down to a 4th-and-6 (after a penalty) and elected to punt with 11 seconds left.

BOLD had one play but it didn't yield anything.

Halftime: BOLD 9, Sauk Centre 7.

Read more on the second half of the game, plus both overtime periods, in the next issue of the Sauk Centre Herald. It will be rolling off of the presses by mid-day on Friday.

~RO

Streeters Football is in a big battle at BOLD, holding a 15-9 lead midway through the third quarter

Sauk Centre re-gained the lead in the third quarter on a 12-yard run by Roosevelt Austin and a two-point conversion catch by Collin Denny. They had trailed by a 9-7 margin since earlier in the first quarter.

With two minutes left in the third quarter, BOLD tied the game at 15-15 with a five-yard touchdown run by Alex Steffl, but the PAT was shanked.

It has been one crazy game, with lead changes, costly lost fumbles, and big plays by the Mainstreeters to stay with a high-powered BOLD team.

Read all about the game in the next issue of the Sauk Centre Herald, which will be published on Friday morning and out in the mail routes by Saturday.

Notes on the Sauk Centre girls tennis team...the Mainstreeters girls tennis team defeated New London-Spicer 5-2 on Thursday in their West Central South Conference opener. They are now 9-0 overall (1-0 WCCN) heading into Friday's triangular at Minnewaska Area that also includes Staples-Motley/Verndale.

Are you ready for some football? Sauk Centre Mainstreeters football travels to Olivia for the 2010 grid season opener

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters football team begins their 2010 season with a road game at BOLD, in the town of Olivia, for a 7:00pm game tomorrow (Thursday) night. Olivia is 25 miles south of Willmar on Highway 71. Their high school is located on the far southeast corner of town.

The game marks the head coaching debut of Charlie Warring, who was a long-time coach at the helm of the Mainstreeters baseball program. He has 13 seniors on the varsity roster who are ready to lead the Streeters to a successful season.

The Mainstreeters went 2-7 last year, starting off strong with two wins in their first three games (and a competitive loss to powerful Albany in week two) but then were plagued with injuries and lost their final six games.

BOLD, meanwhile, went 7-3 in 2009 and won the West Central South Conference title with a 6-1 record. They lost 30-7 at Melrose Area in the 2009 season opener.

**Sauk Herald scouting report on Class AA BOLD:
Two senior running backs both are back after each churned out 1,000 yard rushing seasons last year. Brent O' Halloran (#38) and Alex Steffel (#22) are the guys to watch in the backfield as Sauk Centre's defense works to get active across the line of scrimmage.

O'Halloran (5'7" 180) is a senior fullback/linebacker who tallied 1,361 rushing yards and scored 20 touchdowns. Steffel (5'10" 170) is a senior halfback/linebacker who rushed for 1,262 yards and seven touchdowns.

Quarterback Kyle Athmann (5-11, 160), a junior, also returns after throwing for 527 yards and five touchdown in 95 attempts.

The Warriors are the favorites to repeat as West Central South Conference champions again with 10 starters back.

Other offensive starters back include senior tackles Andrew Brooks (6-3, 210) and Reed Nelson (6-2, 230).

On defense, Steffel, and seniors Drew Diekman (6-1, 170) and Logan Erickson (5-8, 175) return at linebacker. Brooks is back at defensive end where he had 47 tackles and a team-high six sacks a season ago. Zach Remillard (5-8, 145), a junior, is a returning defensive back after leading the Warriors with three interceptions to go along with his 40 tackles.

BOLD head coach Steve Solem is in his 24th season at the helm of the Warriors program and has an overall record of 201-59. He coached the Warriors into the Prep Bowl on two occasions in the early 1990s. They had success in the early part of the 2000s as members of Class AAA before enrollment declines brought them down to Class AA in 2003.

In 2004, BOLD emerged as Section 3AA champions and played into the state semi-finals, where they lost in the final minute in a 13-7 battle to Eden Valley-Watkins.

Mainstreeters girls tennis team improves to 8-0 with a 7-0 shut out over Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta

On Monday this week, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls tennis team hosted Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta in a non-conference dual meet and blanked the Tigers in a 7-0 shut out win.

The Mainstreeters, who improved to 8-0 on the young season with the win (and it's not even September yet!), had their number one singles player, senior Laura Hintzen, improve to 8-0 as well. The number-three doubles duo of Mariah Rieland and Kathryn Macey improved to 6-0, while their number three singles player, Carissa Rodenbiker, moved to 7-0 with a win against MA/CA.

This week the Mainstreeters traveled to Minnewaska Area for a non-conference dual against a perennial strong Section 6A team, the Lakers, on Tuesday.

On Thursday this week, September 2, the Mainstreeters host a strong New-London Spicer Wildcats team in a West Central North Conference dual that begins at 10:00am.

Finally, on Friday this week the Mainstreeters host a triangular that also includes Staples-Motley and Minnewaska Area.

Plenty of opportunities for you to come out and see one of the best girls tennis teams in the area this week, your Sauk Centre Mainstreeters.

Today, Monday - Mainstreeters cross country team opens the season at Morris

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters cross country team opens the 2010 campaign at Morris today, for a 5:30 meet at Pomme de Terre golf club.

Teams participating include Minnewaska Area, Breckenridge, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta, Wadena-Deer Creek, and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle.

Another clip from Friday night's volleyball opener

This clip is from game four of the 3-2 match, won by the Mainstreeters 25-14 that forced the fifth and deciding set.


More photos will go up this week from the match.