Mainstreeters girls' basketball clinches conference title outright

With a big 45-31 win over Minnewaska Area tonight, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls' basketball team earns the West Central North Conference title outright for the second year in a row. Two years ago, the Wildcats shared the title with NL-S with 15-1 WCC-North records.

New London-Spicer lost to Melrose Area 41-32 to finish in second place at 6-4 in the conference. The Dutchmen also went 6-4 in the league. At halftime tonight, visiting Melrose Area led 23-9.

Sauk Centre finished 8-2 in the loop. In the last 6 seasons, the Mainstreeters have accumulated a 74-12 win-loss mark in the WCC-North!

Kali Peschel interview on returning to the court...plus a clip of Macy Weller knocking down a "3" in the second half

Following the 67-33 win over Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta...

(Below) Macy Weller's three-pointer got the Streeters to 47 points after they built a huge halftime lead over the MA/CA Tigers...

Section 6A boys' hockey seeding is in - Prairie Centre Area is #8

The Prairie Centre Area North Stars open playoffs on Saturday night (Feb. 18) with a home game in Sauk Centre against #9 Morris/Benson Area at 7 p.m. Little Falls is the #1 seed.

To see the brackets for Section 6A, cut and paste this link into your browser:

http://net.minnesotasportsonline.com/brackets/bracket.php?bid=9555&yid=1112

Catching up...Streeter boys' basketball and North Stars hockey both win, SC-M wrestlers fall in playoff opener

In a game at Paynesville Area on Monday night in West Central North Conference action, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters boys' basketball team defeated the Bulldogs 69-55 for their third win in a row. They take a 12-8 overall record into a lengthy break from action before traveling to Minnewaska Area next Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Tonight at Long Prairie, the Prairie Centre Area North Stars won their final game of the regular season by a 6-2 score over visiting Northern Lights (Pequot Lakes). They take a 14-10-1 overall record into tomorrow night's Section 6A seeding meeting. Check back here on Wednesday night to see how they were ranked for the playoffs. The 14 wins by the North Stars is the most since posting a 13-11-2 record in the 2007-08 season.

In the Section 6AA playoff opener, the Sauk Centre/Melrose wrestlers lost a play-in round match 43-21 to #8-seeded Princeton. The match was held at #1-seeded Foley tonight. The SC-M wrestlers continue playoff action with the Section 6AA individual tournament coming on Feb. 24-25 at Annandale high school.

Peschel scores 15 in return, Streeters dominate Morris

Kali Peschel puts up a three-point attempt in her return to the court Tuesday night.
She ended up with 15 points in limited action.

It took awhile for Kali Peschel to return to form, but after a few misses to start the game Tuesday she sank a pair of free throws on her way to a 15-point performance as Sauk Centre handily beat Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta on the home floor tonight.

It was Peschel's first game back from knee surgery.

Macy Weller also had a good night with 17 points and Jena Klaphake and Krista Primus also nailed multiple three-pointers as Sauk coasted to the win to give them an 18-4 record on the season.

Check out the Sauk Centre Herald this week for more on Peschel's return, including a special presentation prior to the game.

The Alexandria Aces also performed. You will be able to see photos and video later this week at www.saukherald.com.

Macy Weller led all scorers with 17 points as she continues to put together a great junior season.

**Added Wednesday morning...Jena Klaphake's three in this clip came at around 14:50 left in the first half.