LPGE leads at halftime over Mainstreeters...then OT! Fusion team wins at Sauk Rapids

At halftime, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle has a 27-20 lead over the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters boys' basketball team. The Mainstreeters had an early 10-2 lead evaporate against the quick pressure of LP-GE's tough 2-3 zone defense.

Now with under 7 minutes to go, it's 34-32 LP-GE with the lead! With 5 minutes to go, two free throws by Nick Adams makes it 36-34 with the Mainstreeters ahead! Neither team scored from the nine minute mark to the seven minute mark.

Nick Adams, whose free throws put the Mainstreeters ahead in the latter part of regulation play tonight, is shown hauling down a rebound at Minnewaska Area last Thursday. PHOTO BY MARK BEASLEY, Pope County Tribune

The game is being carried by BOB FM 105.5.

Final score in overtime: Sauk Centre 46, LP-GE 45. What a game! The Thunder squad's seven-game winning streak comes to a dramatic end. The Mainstreeters improve to 7-3 overall and host Montevideo in a conference match up on Thursday. Read further coverage of this huge win in the Jan. 17 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

At LQPV, the Sauk Centre-Melrose wrestling team lost a dual meet 46-26 in West Central Conference action to the paired LQPV/Dawson-Boyd team.

At Montevideo, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls' basketball team won 58-29 over the Thunderhawks in conference action.

And to top it off, at Sauk Rapids tonight, the Melrose-Sauk Centre Fusion won by a decisive 108-78 margin in a non-conference boys' swimming and diving meet. They are now 6-1 in dual meets this season and have a break in competition until Thursday, Jan. 24 when they host Montevideo in conference action at the Sauk Centre pool.

No word yet on how the boys' hockey team fared in Redwood Falls.