SC-M wins playoff opener

The Sauk Centre-Melrose wrestling team earned the paired program's first-ever playoff win by a 45-31 score today over United Clay Becker in the wrestle-in round of the Section 8-2A tournament in Thief River Falls.

Prairie Centre Area seeded seventh in Section 6A

The Prairie Centre Area North Stars boys' hockey team opens the Section 6A playoffs on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Long Prairie Expo Arena. They face 10th-seeded Wadena-Deer Creek, and the puck drops at 7 p.m. for the play-in round game.

St. Cloud Cathedral (16-6-1) is the number one seed.

2014 Section 6A boys' hockey seeding and overall record:
1st St. Cloud Cathedral 16-6-1
2nd Alexandria 16-5-2
3rd St. Cloud Apollo 13-10
4th Sauk Rapids-Rice 17-7
5th Sartell-St. Stephen 12-11-1
6th Fergus Falls 9-14-1
7th Prairie Centre Area 15-10
8th Little Falls 3-19-2
9th Northern Lakes 9-16
10th Wadena-Deer Creek 4-20-1
11th Breckenridge/Wahpeton 3-9-2

Mainstreeters edge Melrose in defensive battle

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters boys' basketball team all but sealed the number one seed in Sub-Section 6AA-North with a 52-42 win over visiting Melrose Area tonight. The win keeps them on pace with Montevideo in the West Central North Conference, with the Thunderhawks in first place at 9-2 and the Mainstreeters a half game out at 9-3.

Montevideo (12-7) hosted Dawson-Boyd (19-0) tonight in a non-conference game.

Now 15-6 overall, the Mainstreeters travel to Minnewaska Area on Thursday for a second straight West Central North Conference game. The Lakers are 9-12 overall and 5-8 in the league.

SC-M wrestling seeded 5th for playoffs

The Sauk Centre-Melrose wrestling team earned its highest playoff ranking in the team's short history when they were given the number five seed in Section 8-2A on Monday.

SC-M (10-10) faces 12th-seeded the United Clay Becker coop (3-18) of Hawley and Lake Park-Audubon high schools at 11 a.m. this Saturday in the wrestle-in round of the tournament, which takes place entirely at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls. A win would put them in the quarterfinals against fourth-seeded Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus (15-4) with a 2 p.m. start that same day.

The semifinals are at 4 p.m, with the championship to follow at 6 p.m.

2014 Section 8-2A seeding (and dual record):
1st Perham (19-7)
2nd Detroit Lakes (15-7)
3rd Thief River Falls/Goodridge/Marshall County Central (12-6)
4th Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus (15-4)
5th Sauk Centre-Melrose (10-10)
6th Fosston/Bagley (8-7)
7th Roseau (6-8)
8th Ottertail Central (4-11)
9th Fergus Falls (2-17)
10th East Grand Forks/Sacred Heart (3-14)
11th Albany (1-13)
12th United Clay/Becker (3-18, a Hawley and Lake Park-Audubon coop)

On Monday in a non-conference girls' basketball border battle make up game, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters edged Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 60-57 thanks in large part to a three-pointer by Ali Peterson in the final 30 seconds of the game that busted up a 55-55 tie. They take a 13-4 record to Melrose Area on Tuesday night for a conference game with the 10-8 Dutchmen, who fell 64-44 at BOLD on Monday.

Sauk Centre-Melrose finishes regular season .500

After a tough 4-15 dual win campaign in the 2012-13 season, the Sauk Centre-Melrose wrestling team pulled off some exciting wins and showed they are turning the corner by finishing the regular season 10-10 as the Section 8-2A playoffs are about to begin.

SC-M won 39-30 on Friday against Fergus Falls for a section win over the 2-17 Otters to get their 10th win of the season.

Read more in this week's Sauk Centre Herald. Seeding information will be posted in the newspaper on Wednesday as well as the Streeter Sports Blog tomorrow morning.