Fusion swimming and diving earns section true team title

Here's a glimpse of the post-meet celebrating by Melrose-Sauk Centre athletes as they swam a few cool-down laps:


For the first time in the team's history, the Melrose-Sauk Centre Fusion earned the Section 5A True Team championship. They defeated second-place Alexandria by 89 points at the Discovery middle school pool today.

In 2010, in a computer-run tally of the section teams, the Fusion team was named the champions after the section true team meet was called off due to bad weather. They've also appeared at the State True Team meet other times through wildcard invitations.

2014 Section 5A True Team final standings:
1st - Melrose-Sauk Centre Fusion 1,177
2nd - Alexandria 1,088
3rd - Fergus Falls 983.5
4th - Detroit Lakes 905
5th - Park Rapids Area 880.5
6th - Bemidji 749
7th - Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 173

Additional video, photos and more will be posted later tonight. Don't miss extended coverage of M-SC's achievement in the Jan. 23 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

Here's more video, showing one of the heats of the 200 IM race:


The Class 1A State True Team meet is at 1 p.m. next Saturday, January 25 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.

SC-M wrestling hosts in Sauk Centre

The Sauk Centre-Melrose wrestling team hosts a triangular in Sauk Centre tonight starting at 5 p.m.

Teams included are Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus and also Dassel-Cokato. At 5 p.m., the SC-M vs. PL/PR-B match starts.

In other varsity news, the Mainstreeters boys' basketball team faces a very solid Paynesville team on the road tonight in a West Central Conference game. The Bulldogs, winners of two straight, are 7-7 overall and 4-2 in the West Central South Conference (second place). They're one of three teams who have two WCCS losses, with Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City leading that pack at 5-2. The Mainstreeters, meanwhile, are 3-2 in the WCC-North. They trail Montevideo (6-1) and Melrose Area (3-1) in the standings.

Both Sauk Centre and Paynesville are in the hunt for conference titles this season.

SC-M, Fusion teams record wins

The SC-M wrestling team had a great night at the BOLD triangular on Tuesday, defeating the host Warriors 48-34 and then handing Minnewaska Area a 45-28 loss. Both matches were also West Central Conference contests; SC-M now has a 6-6 overall record and a 3-5 mark in the conference.

Up next for SC-M is a triangular in Sauk Centre this Friday starting at 5 p.m. Read this week's Sauk Centre Herald for more details.

Streeters hold on in 67-63 win over Staples-Motley

The Mainstreeter boys' basketball team won their second game in as many nights with a 67-63 win over Staples-Motley on Tuesday to  improve to 9-4 on the season. The wins snapped a three-game losing skid. Below are photos from the win over Staples-Motley.

Streeter boys snap losing skid

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters boys' basketball team got back in the winning column with a 54-37 win at sub-section rival Holdingford tonight. They take an 8-4 overall record into Tuesday night's home game against Staples-Motley in another key contest against a sub-section opponent. The Cardinals are 7-6 overall and 2-2 in the Mid-State Conference.

With the loss, Holdingford falls to 3-10 overall.