Photo gallery from the Paynesville girls' basketball game

More will be posted this weekend from the 49-34 win on Thursday night.

Click to see the photo gallery:
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Here's a video from late in the first half...

The Mainstreeters boys' basketball team won 84-46 tonight over visiting Paynesville Area on Parents Night. They are now 13-4 overall.

Stay tuned for more coverage this weekend and also in the Feb. 14 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

(Video) 500 freestyle race at Western Regional Championship meet

Video from last night's meet including the boys' swimming and diving teams from Melrose-Sauk Centre, Morris Area and Montevideo...

Here's the photo album at the Sauk Centre Herald website from the swimming and diving meet last night:
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Mainstreeter girls' basketball beats Paynesville Area, Fusion swimming and diving wins Western Regional Championship

The Melrose-Sauk Centre Fusion boys' swimming and diving team hosted the Western Regional Championships tonight in the Sauk Centre pool. They had a narrow lead over Montevideo with seven of the 12 events completed. The 200 freestyle relay team reset the old pool record they had broken earlier this season; that record is now 1:34.83. Felipe Barreto also broke the pool record in the 200 freestyle (1:52.18). Read more about the Fusion team's performance in the Feb. 15 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

The Fusion team coaches rally the troops tonight before the start of the final seven events.

Ethan Ross accepting his first-place medal in the 100 freestyle race, an event he won with a time of 51.77 seconds; he also won the 50 freestyle race as well.

Keenan Pearson leaping into the pool to start the Western Regional Championship 100 butterfly race, an event that he took first place in with a time of 57.79 seconds.

The final heat of the 100 butterfly...


Final Western Regional Championships standings in boys' swimming and diving:
1st) Melrose-Sauk Centre 256
2nd) Montevideo 218
3rd) Morris Area 38

Final score in West Central North Conference girls' basketball action: Sauk Centre 49, Paynesville Area 34. Macy Weller poured in 27 points to lead the Mainstreeters to their 19th win of the season against one loss. The Bulldogs (11-8, 7-4 WCCN) kept things close in the first half, trailing 18-14 with 5:30 left, before the Mainstreeters got out to a 28-20 halftime lead thanks to a three-point play by Weller with 62 seconds left for the eight-point margin. Sparked by two early three-pointers, including one by Jena Klaphake with 15:30 left in the game, the Mainstreeters quickly built a double-digit lead and maintained it the rest of the way to the convincing win.


The Prairie Centre Area North Stars lost 9-4 at Morris/Benson Area (14-8) on the Benson ice tonight. The North Stars trailed 3-2 after one period and 6-3 heading into the third period. Clay Deters, goalie for PCA, had 33 saves in the loss.

Two varsity events tonight in Sauk Centre

Fresh off of their ninth dual swimming and diving win of the season, the Melrose-Sauk Centre Fusion team hosts the Western Regional Championships tonight in Sauk Centre. Teams included are M-SC, Morris Area and Montevideo. It's their last competition before the Section 3A meet, which is Feb. 22-23 in Sartell.

The Mainstreeters girls' basketball team hosts Paynesville Area in a key West Central North Conference match up. The Bulldogs are 7-3 in the WCC-North and 11-7 overall. A win for Sauk Centre (10-0 WCC-North) would clinch a share of their fourth straight conference title! The Mainstreeters were co-champions of the WCC-North in 2009-10 with New London-Spicer (15-1), a perfect 16-0 in the WCC-North in 2010-11 and went 8-2 for a sole championship in the league in 2011-12.

Just saw this: Albany (17-3) is ranked #9 in the Feb. 7 girls' basketball state rankings poll. The Mainstreeters are sixth, same as they were last week.



Also in action tonight is the Prairie Centre Area boys' hockey team; the North Stars face Morris/Benson Area at the Benson arena in a Section 6A match up. The JV game begins at 5:15 p.m.

SC-M wrestling video: Saul Ellering at WCC championships

From Jan. 26 at Minnewaska Area...Ellering won by fall (28 seconds) in the fifth place match.

Overall, a great night for Sauk Centre athletes

In boys' swimming and diving action at Cold Spring, the Melrose-Sauk Centre Fusion defeated Rocori 111-73. They take a 9-2 dual meet record into the playoffs; this Thursday they host the Western Regional Championships in the Sauk Centre pool with Montevideo and Morris Area coming to town.

Against state-ranked (#13 in Class 1A) Little Falls, the Prairie Centre Area North Stars lost 6-0. Up next: a trip to Benson on Thursday to face section rival Morris/Benson Area. The Storm hold a 13-8 overall record and a 6-4 mark in the Southwest Conference.

At Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, the Mainstreeters boys' basketball team won a shoot out by an 83-70 final score over the state-ranked (Class 1A) Falcons. Up next: a 1-14 Paynesville team on the home court this Friday.

At Minnewaska Area, the Mainstreeters girls' basketball team won 46-28 to improve to 18-1 overall. Up next: Paynesville Area (11-7, 7-3 West Central North Conference) in a WCC-North match up this Thursday at home.

On the Sauk Centre mats, the Sauk Centre-Melrose wrestling team won 50-24 over Albany Area in a non-conference dual meet. Up next: a wrestling invitational this Friday at Albany that begins at 4 p.m.; teams included are Becker, Montevideo, Mora, Osakis, St. Cloud Apollo/Cathedral/St. Cloud Christian and Staples-Motley.

Some Hi-Def video from the Sauk Centre-Albany boys basketball game

This is in the final three minutes of the first half...