Boys' golf second at Minnewaska

At Minnewaska in the seventh West Central Conference meet of the season, the Mainstreeters boys' golf team earned second place with a 179, just three strokes out of first behind the host Lakers. Carter Kranz was medalist with a 41, while fellow teammate Tommy Traeger earned a five-way tie for fourth with a 43.

Later in the day, the boys' golfers finished a disappointing seventh place with a 187. Their grip on fifth place (47 points) in the WCC is tenuous, with Melrose Area hot on their tail with 43 points. At the meet held in Morris, Kranz finished in a three-way tie for ninth place with a 42.

In a home game against Minnewaska Area, the Mainstreeters softball team lost 4-2 after a bottom-of-the-seventh rally fell two runs short of overcoming a 4-0 deficit. Sauk Centre is 7-4 overall and travels to Minnewaska Area on Monday.

At Joe Faber field in St. Cloud, the Mainstreeters baseball team (6-3) saw their five-game winning streak go up in smoke in an 11-0 loss to second-ranked St. Cloud Cathedral. Their next game is at home on Monday (4 p.m.) against state-ranked Osakis (10-0).

The rain is back

Conference baseball and softball games at home have been postponed today due to wet field conditions at SCHS.

The track and field meet in Melrose is still a "go" as far as we know.

What a wild day for the Mainstreeters

The track and field complex was loaded with action tonight with the first home meet since 1991.

So much to report from Tuesday's action!

The Mainstreeters boys' golf team shot their way to third place in a West Central Conference meet hosted at Greystone Golf Course with a score of 178. They trailed second-place BOLD by just three strokes and beat fourth-place Melrose Area by two strokes.

The Mainstreeters girls' golf team took third place at a WCC meet in Melrose and then fourth place at a WCC meet at Greystone to hold firm to their grip on third place in the overall 10-team standings.

Head coach T.J. Schmiesing and his Mainstreeters team huddle up early in game two of tonight's double-header with MA/CA. At stake was first place in the conference standings.

At Sauk Centre, the Mainstreeters softball team dropped two nailbiter games by 1-0 and 2-1 scores against powerhouse Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta. Both teams entered the night with perfect West Central North Conference records. The Mainstreeters fell to 7-3 overall, while MA/CA is 11-2. Up next: the Mainstreeters host Montevideo at 4:30 p.m. this Thursday in another big WCC-North game.

The Mainstreeters track and field teams hosted their first-ever track meet on the new athletic complex with four area teams participating: Upsala/Swanville Area, Browerville, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball Area and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa. A host of photos from the meet will be in this week's Sauk Centre Herald. Up next: the track and field teams compete at Melrose Area this Thursday (3:45 p.m.).

Finally, at Morris, the Mainstreeters baseball team won two huge WCC-North games over the MA/CA Tigers. They won in five innings in the first game by a 16-4 score and then withstood a stiff challenge in the night cap to win 9-8 in nine innings for the series sweep. Sauk Centre (6-2 overall) now holds first place alone in the WCC-North with a 6-1 record. Montevideo is in second place at 6-3. Minnewaska Area is 4-2 in third, with MA/CA in fourth at 1-3 and Melrose Area in fifth place at 0-7. Up next: the Mainstreeters have another big game this Thursday at home at 4:30 p.m. against Montevideo.

Read more details on all the action in this week's Sauk Centre Herald.

(Photo gallery) Sauk Centre vs. Melrose softball

Here's 80 photos from last week's border battle softball game:
http://saukherald.smugmug.com/2014-Sports/2014-Sauk-Centre-spring-sports/Sauk-Centre-softball-vs-Melros