Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball wins 83-23 over LP-GE and clinches conference title outright

Now 23-1 overall and 15-0 in the West Central North Conference, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team nearly quadrupled up on Long Prairie-Grey Eagle tonight, winning 83-23 on the home floor.

The win gives the Mainstreeters sole possession of the 2010-2011 conference championship. It is their first outright conference title in the 21st century. Last season, they shared the WCCN with New London-Spicer, after the two teams split the regular season series.

Read more on the state-ranked Streeters in next week's Sauk Centre Herald.

Next week, they close out the regular season with a home game against Melrose Area on Tuesday night, February 22.

Streeters boys basketball is cooled off by Long Prairie-Grey Eagle

Final score from Sauk Centre High School tonight in a West Central North Conference boys basketball game:  Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 55, Sauk Centre 35.

The Thunder improved to 16-4 overall and also have a one game lead over New London-Spicer for first place in the conference at 11-2. Sauk Centre's boys basketball team is now 15-6 overall and 9-4 in the WCCN. The Streeters had won five in a row coming into tonight's contest.

Tomorrow night, Friday, the Mainstreeters girls basketball team hosts Long Prairie-Grey Eagle.  LP-GE is struggling this year with a 4-17 overall record and a 2-12 mark in the WCCN.

A quick boys hockey update...Prairie Centre Area is the #10 seed in the 11-team Section 6A, and they will open the playoffs at Breezy Point Arena on Saturday, February 19, at 2:00pm against Northern Lakes.

~RO

Sequence of Primus' game-winning shot

Krista Primus scored on a pass from Emily Petermeier in the final seconds of Tuesday's 2OT win over Mora. Below is a sequence of photos capturing the shot.

Macy Weller and Krista Primus force a turnover with under 20 seconds left and trailing 69-68.

Emily Petermeier slips through the wreckage.

Petermeier scoops up the loose ball.

Primus starts to break for the hoop.

Petermeier finds an open Primus.

Primus zeroes in on the hoop as Mora players look on in disbelief.

 

Primus lays it in to take a 70-69 lead.

Sauk Centre/Melrose Area wrestlers fall in Section 6AA playoff opener

Final score from New London-Spicer High School on Tuesday night: Litchfield 35, Sauk Centre/Melrose 24. The Dragons (6-13) went on to lose 66-12 to #2-seed New London-Spicer in the quarterfinal round. SC/Melrose finished the season with a dual meet record of 2-10.

In the other section preliminary round matches: Sixth-seeded Big Lake defeated #11 seed Albany 54-18; eighth-seeded Dassel-Cokato beat #9 Sartell-St.Stephen 47-24.

Section 6AA has 11 teams. SC/Melrose was the #10 seed, while Litchfield was ranked #7.

Wouldn't you know it? The games keep getting bigger for the Sauk Centre boys basketball team

Make tracks to the Sauk Centre High School on Thursday night, as the Mainstreeters boys basketball team will fight to get into first place in the West Central North Conference. That night, neighboring rival Long Prairie-Grey Eagle visits the home gymnasium for a conference battle. The Streeters are one game behind the Thunder in the loop, so a win would pull them into a tie for first place.

The Streeters will be looking for payback from the season opener on December 3, when the Thunder whipped the Maroon 55-35.

It won't get any easier down the stretch of the regular season for Sauk Centre, as they face Melrose, New London-Spicer, and Albany over the next 15 days.

Mainstreeters' girls basketball team's perfect conference mark stays intact - barely

Visiting Mora gave the Sauk Centre Mainsteeters girls basketball team all they could handle tonight in a West Central North Conference match up on the Streeters' home court.

When the third buzzer of the night sounded, the Mainstreeters had prevailed by a final score of 72-69 in overtime.

Mora (15-6, 10-4 WCCN) was on an eight-game winning streak, dating back to their last loss on January 21 to New London-Spicer. NL-S survived the long trip east by winning 53-45 on that night.

The Mainstreeters boys basketball team hosted Mora in the second game of the boys/girls doubleheader at Sauk Centre High School. They prevailed over the Mustangs 69-60, improving to 15-5 overall and 9-3 in the West Central North Conference. They are one game out of first place in the conference, behind Long Prairie-Grey Eagle (10-2). LP-GE is 15-4 overall, having just been tagged with a loss last night by visiting Minnewaska Area 43-41. The Lakers (19-2) are the top team in Sub-Section 6AA-West.

In the final regular season game for the Prairie Centre Area boys hockey team, the North Stars were defeated by Northern Lakes at Pequot Lakes tonight by a final score of 4-0. On February 16, the Section 6A seeding will take place, and the North Stars will find out who they play for the opener.

Stay tuned for more.

~RO