Mainstreeter girls' basketball returns to winning ways; Sauk/Melrose wrestlers pick up second win of the season

In a non-conference game at Montevideo tonight, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls' basketball team defeated the Thunderhawks 69-60. Their next game is next Tuesday at Osakis. The Silverstreaks are 4-2 overall; tonight they lost to Melrose Area 49-40 in Melrose.

Sauk Centre is 4-1 overall and 0-0 in the West Central North Conference. They begin conference play next Thursday, when they entertain long-time rival Albany at the home gymnasium. Albany is 3-2 overall and lost to #2-ranked Braham tonight 91-47.

No word yet on how the Mainstreeter boys' basketball team fared at Montevideo.

**Update on Saturday...the boys' basketball team lost 75-41 to the Thunderhawks. They were paced by Nick Adams' 11 points. The scoring for Sauk Centre was as follows: Seth Otte 2, Patrick Knoblauch 7, Josh Buschette 1, Nick Adams 11, Dylan Kohorst 2, Terrance Ellis 6, Travis Rieland 10, Sam Fischer 2.

The Mainstreeters played a great first half, trailing only 35-27. They were limited to only 14 points in the second half, though, while Montevideo put up 40. Sauk Centre shot 15-for-44 from the field, while the Thunderhawks went a robust 28-of-42 from the floor and 9-of-17 beyond the arc.

Jena Klaphake and Macy Weller led the Streeter girls' team with 12 points each. Lexi Berscheit hit two three-pointers to help her amass 9 points as the third-leading scorer.

From Herman Lensing's Melrose Dutchmen Sports Blog:
SC/M went 1-2 in the SC/M quadrangular. Scores were:
Holdingford-54 SC/M-25
SC/MN-67 Parkers' Prairie-6
Osakis-46 SC/M-36.
Winning by pin were: Will Funk, Cory Messer, Devon Fischer, Roosevelt Austin, Mitch Wolbeck, Tom Latzka and Arturo Stefanoni.

The link to the Dutchmen sports blog is: http://dutchmensportsblog.blogspot.com

Thanks, Herman!

Tuesday night's Fusion swimming and diving results at Park Rapids meet

Park Rapids Area 98, Sauk Centre-Melrose 88

200 medley relay - John Schwieters, Nathan Welberg, Keenan Pearson, Brent Blommel 2nd 1:55.19.
200 freestyle - Aaron Stalboerger 2:04.38 2nd, Jacob Gerhartz 2:08.3 3rd.
200 IM - Jared Von Wahlde 2nd 2:24.82, J. Schwieters 3rd 2:25.46.
50 freestyle - Brent Blommel 3rd 25.63, Phil Budde 4th 25.94.
1 mtr Diving - P. Budde 2nd 143.1, Nolan Schmidt 5th 77.4
100 butterfly - Keenan Pearson 1st 1:00.62, J. Von Wahlde 3rd 1:05.29.
100 freestyle - A. Stalboerger 2nd 55.27, B. Blommel 3rd 58.07.
500 freestyle - J. Gerhartz 2nd 5:52.01, Ethan Ross 4th 6:13.15.
200 freestyle relay - K. Pearson, Ryan McBrady, Kurt Fritze, Josh Johnson 2nd 1:42.09.
100 backstroke - J. Schwieters 2nd 1:02.85, Tobie Danielson 3rd 1:06.92.
100 breaststroke - K. Pearson 2nd 1:16.35, N. Welberg 3rd 1:16.67.
400 freestyle relay - J. Von Wahlde, B. Blommel, J. Gerhartz, A. Stalboerger 2nd 3:50.56.

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More scenes from the Sauk vs. B-B-E border battle

Coach Ellens gives instructions to his troops during a second-half timeout.

Travis Rieland pulls up on a baseline three-pointer.

The Mainstreeters had a great showing of fans at B-B-E on Tuesday night.

Sauk Centre/Melrose wrestling team earns first dual meet win; North Stars boys' hockey also wins

Sean Colton (#4) drives the puck down the ice with Dan Perry ready to take a pass along the way.

Read all about the action in this week's Dec. 15 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

Mainstreeter boys', girls' basketball teams both suffer first losses of the season

Final in girls' action: Alexandria 60, Sauk Centre 44. Against a very good Cardinals team, the Mainstreeters suffered over 20 turnovers and couldn't get any breaks against a trapping half court defense.

Final in boys' action: B-B-E 59, Sauk Centre 50. Against the #1-ranked (Class A) Jaguars, the Mainstreeters hung tough the entire game and had a 14-point second-half deficit cut down to five points with around 5 minutes left.

Action from early in the boys' basketball game at B-B-E...Sam Fischer drops in two points to make it 16-12 in favor of the Jaguars...

A busy night of action is underway for Mainstreeters sports teams

Every varsity team at Sauk Centre is in action tonight.

The lone home contest involves the Sauk Centre/Melrose wrestlers hosting a triangular that started at 5 p.m. at the high school.

The Prairie Centre Area North Stars host Section 6A rival Wadena-Deer Creek in Long Prairie; the Fusion boys' swimmers are in Park Rapids; the girls' basketball team is in Alexandria; and the boys' basketball team faces #1-ranked (Class A) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in Brooten.