Before this gets lost in the shuffle...a must-view baseball video clip from the playoffs

A terrific moment for the Sauk Centre baseball team at the end of their playoff opener on Tuesday this week...

Great news from the Section 6A track and field meet!

Check back later this afternoon for awesome news on the five athletes Sauk Centre has qualified (so far) for the Class A state track and field meet.

Junior Tom Schwinghamer in the long jump in Moorhead today...
One hand off in the 4x200 boys' relay race that was won by Sauk Centre...
What a day! Both the boys' and girls' teams placed third overall at the Section 6A meet today in Moorhead. Ten of the 11 athletes medaled, and seven are headed to state!

Another fun fact: the performance of Jacob Gerhartz in the 3200 run (two mile) lifted his team above a powerhouse squad out of Perham and gave the Mainstreeters third place with 52 points, while the Yellowjackets finished fourth with 50 points.

Check back later tonight for more updates, videos and photos.

Read more at www.saukherald.com.

Thunder rocks Mainstreeters in sub-section semifinals

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters baseball team saw their solid season come to an end tonight at Joe Faber Field, where the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder earned a 14-1 five-inning win to advance to the Section 6AA Final Four round.

Sauk Centre finishes the season 11-9 overall.

More will follow later.

Ten-inning marathon is won by the Mainstreeters baseball team

The Mainstreeters gather for the post-game huddle while celebrating their first playoff-opening win since 2008.

 In a 10-inning outing tonight for the opening round of the Sub-Section 6AA-West playoffs, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters baseball team edged 5th-seeded Pequot Lakes 3-2 to advance into the semifinal round.

Nick Adams hit a two-out two-RBI double in the first inning to put the Mainstreeters ahead 2-1. Pequot Lakes scored an unearned run to tie it 2-2 in the top of the 2nd for a score that stood until the bottom of the 10th inning.

In the bottom of the 10th, senior Michael Knoblauch crushed a two-out walk-off RBI-single to deep center field to score Josh Buschette from third base. (Yeah, we got it on video, and that will be posted later tonight after uploading is complete)

Be sure to read more about the exciting win in this week's Sauk Centre Herald.



Sauk Centre, now 11-8 overall, now prepares to face top-seeded Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at 5 p.m. at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud tomorrow night (May 30). LP-GE, now 18-3 overall, barely got past Minnewaska Area in their quarterfinal round game that they won 6-5 over the 8th-seeded Lakers.

Stay tuned for more coverage.

**Update at 9:39 p.m...Minnesota-scores.net is reporting that Albany defeated Little Falls 3-2 in 8 innings tonight in a Sub-Section 6AA-East semifinal game. It would be an epic upset if that's true, as Little Falls entered the contest with a 20-1 record.

Section 6AA baseball scores on May 29:
St. Cloud Cathedral 6, Paynesville Area 0 (East sub-section semifinal)
Melrose Area 3, Staples-Motley 1 (Dutchmen upset the #2-seeded Cardinals)
LP-GE 6, Minnewaska Area 5
Wadena-Deer Creek 3, Ottertail Central 2 (8 innings)