Mainstreeters baseball clips Long Prairie-Grey Eagle

Even though it's early in the season, tonight's non-conference game between Sauk Centre and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle had playoff seeding implications at stake. Both squads are gunning for a top-four playoff seed in Sub-Section 6AA-West. The Mainstreeters prevailed by a 4-1 score over the Thunder to even their record at 2-2 overall. LP-GE falls to 3-2 with the loss.

Michael Knoblauch threw a complete game for Sauk Centre while earning a two-RBI home run. Knoblauch's pitching line read K-7 BB-3 ER-0. The Mainstreeters scored four runs on three hits.

For the first time since the 1960s, the meeting of these two teams is a non-conference affair, as LP-GE opted to go to the Prairie Conference for the 2011-12 year and thereafter.  

Up next for the Mainstreeters: a trip to Dick Putz Field in St. Cloud to face the Cathedral Crusaders (#1-ranked and undefeated) on Monday night. First pitch is at 6 p.m.

Mainstreeters baseball, softball both lose to Minnewaska Area

The Sauk Centre softball team lost 7-6 to Minnewaska Area on the home diamond.

At Glenwood, the Mainstreeters baseball team lost to Minnewaska Area.

The boys' and girls' golf teams were at Long Prairie tonight; the track and field teams will compete at Albany tomorrow in an invitational that was postponed from today.

Here's a clip from the softball game...Becca Moe earned a base hit...


...and click on the following link for another video from the game highlighting an incredible defensive play by Jordan Gamradt in center field (about 45 seconds into the clip)...
http://saukherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=381&NewsVideoID=108

Mainstreeters Baseball loses hard-luck extra-inning game; Softball wins at Paynesville

In their second straight home game to start the season, the Mainstreeters baseball team lost 7-3 in 8 innings to Paynesville Area tonight.

At Paynesville, the Mainstreeters softball team defeated the host Bulldogs to move to .500 on the season. They are 2-2 overall and 2-2 in the West Central North Conference.

Read more on both games in this week's Sauk Centre Herald.