Mainstreeters girls' swimming and diving takes fourth at Section 6A True Team

Coach Schreiner praised his team for their strong effort tonight at the section true team meet at the University of Minnesota-Morris...

Below, one heat of the 100 breaststroke near the end of the section true team meet tonight...

Below, a 4+ minute long clip from the 400 relay at the end of the Holdingford dual meet last Tuesday night...


Visit the Sauk Centre Herald website videos page to see a clip from the 400 relay at the section true team meet:
http://saukherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=381

Streeters beat St. James -- Melrose on deck

The Mainstreeter football team had a long haul ahead of them Friday afternoon, traveling all the way to St. James for a non-conference match up.
But at least the ride back was an enjoyable one.
The Streeters scored 29 first-half points on their way to a 35-6 win.
It was Sauk's second win of the season as they improved to 2-5.

Meanwhile, they're next opponent, Melrose, defeated Minnewaska with a late touchdown Friday to also improve to 2-5.

Whats it all mean?

The two teams will collide Wednesday for the regular season finale.

It should make for a classic battle between the crosstown rivals. The game is Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Melrose.

Don't miss it! And if you do, catch it on 105.5 FM and be sure to check the Streeter Sports Blog for results.

More action from yesterday's Section 6A girls' tennis final four round

Senior Kady Buschette at No. 1 singles...

Mainstreeters girls' swimming and diving records another big win - this time against Albany

The Mainstreeters girls' swimming and diving team improved to 9-1 overall in head-to-head competition this season with a 102-74 win over Albany in a West Central Conference dual meet.

Senior Jenna Tullis won the 200 and 500 freestyle events with times of 2:09.06 and 5:50.25, respectively. Senior Tia Marthaler won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:18.67.

They travel to the University of Minnesota-Morris on Saturday for the Section 6A True Team meet.

Big comeback = conference title

Below, the Mainstreeters get pumped up prior to taking the court against B-B-E earlier this month...they clinched the West Central North Conference title outright for the first time since 2001 and the first time under head coach Jim Klaphake.

The Streeter volleyball squad lost their first two games against Albany Thursday night, but staved off a 3-1 defeat in a close fourth game, and then rallied for a game 5 win to win 3-2, clinching the West central Conference North title.

Sauk lost game one 25-20 and game two 25-19. Game three went to Sauk 25-16. But it was game four that was a back-and-forth battle until Sauk pulled off a 30-28 win. The momentum from that victory carried over to game 5, which they won handily 15-5.

The win gives them their first outright conference title under Jim Klaphake's tenure as coach. Last year they shared the conference crown with, who else? Albany.

Macy Weller had 21 kills and four blocks. Kendra Zenzen had 26 digs and Jena Klaphake had 25 set assists.

A great win for the Streeters. Congratulations to the girls and coaching staff!

Read more in next week's Sauk Centre Herald.

Mainstreeters girls' tennis loses in section semifinals 5-2

The Melrose Dutchmen advanced to the Section 6A championship with a 5-2 win over the Mainstreeters girls' tennis team at Gold's Gym earlier today.

Melrose went on to drop the championship match to Osakis by a 4-3 margin. The #1-singles match went down to the third-set tiebreaker, which ended 6-3 in favor of the Silverstreaks.

Senior Amy Zimmerman (pictured) won at two singles 6-4, 6-3. The other point earned by Sauk Centre was at three singles, a 6-3, 6-3 win by junior Mariah Rieland.

Mainstreeters girls' tennis wins playoff opener 6-1

The Mainstreeters girls' tennis team won 6-1 today at Gold's Gym in Sartell over #6-seeded Parkers Prairie in the Section 6A quarterfinal round.

Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. they face #2-seed Melrose Area in the semifinals back at Gold's Gym. The section championship match will follow at 12 p.m.

More will follow later.

Mainstreeters swimming and diving beats Holdingford 109-75 on "Pack the Pool" night

The first edition of "Pack the Pool" night at Sauk Centre high school was a smashing success tonight, both in the pool and in the crowd.

When the splashes settled, the Mainstreeters held a 109-75 advantage on the scoreboard.

A cannonball contest followed the meet, with four senior athletes and one swimming/diving dad involved. Visit http://www.facebook.com/saukherald to see the photo gallery from that event (if you're friends of the Sauk Herald on Facebook).

Tuesday night is "Pack the Pool" night at Sauk Centre high school as the Mainstreeters host Holdingford

Activities included will be face painting, door prizes, best "Swim Fan Contest" , chuck-a-duck and a cannonball contest after the meet.

"We're trying to get people out to see a meet that maybe haven't been to one before," commented head coach James Schreiner about his Mainstreeter swimming and diving team's dual meet against Holdingford on Tuesday night this week.

Schreiner added, "The girls are looking forward to the meet. It will be a really fun night. The U of M Women's team does this. I thought 'maybe we should do this' and the girls have taken the idea and ran with it. I've heard that some kids who haven't been to a swim meet say they'll be here for the first time. It should be a charged atmosphere."

**In volleyball news, the Mainstreeters defeated visiting Benson 3-1 tonight to improve to 20-4 overall. The Braves are one match out of first place in the West Central South Conference. The Mainstreeters travel to Albany on Thursday for a tough conference match against the Huskies.

In cross country news, the Mainstreeters boys' squad won the Benson meet on Monday with Jacob Gerhartz leading the pack with a first place finish. The Mainstreeters girls' squad took second place behind Madison Greenwaldt's runner-up finish. Read more on the cross country teams in this week's Oct. 13 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

~RO

Section 6A girls' tennis seedings are released

Section 6A girls' tennis seedings:
#1 - Osakis
#2 - Melrose Area
#3 - Sauk Centre
#4 - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Upsala-Swanville Area
#5 - Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
#6 - Parkers Prairie
#7 - Minnewaska Area
#8 - West Central Area
#9 - Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta

The Mainstreeters girls' tennis team opens up the Section 6A playoffs on Wednesday this week at Gold's Gym in Sartell. They face the #6-seeded Parkers Prairie Panthers at 11 a.m. Sauk Centre takes a 14-7 overall record into the playoffs; the Panthers are 9-9 overall.

If the Mainstreeters win the quarterfinal match, they will face the winner of the Melrose Area vs. Minnewaska Area match on Thursday (Oct. 13) at 9:30 a.m. back in Sartell.

The Section 6A championship follows later that same day at 12 p.m.

Mainstreeters volleyball places third at Perham tournament

The Mainstreeters went 3-1 and took third place at Perham on Saturday.

They fell to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton in the semifinals before beating the host Yellowjackets in the third-place match.