Relay squad medals at Section 6A meet

Chris Maher takes the handoff from Jay Friedrichs in today's 4x800 relay race at Moorhead.

Sauk Centre's boys' 4x800 relay team earned medals at the Section 6A track and field meet in Moorhead with a sixth-place finish. Relay members were Joseph Gerhartz, Jay Friedrichs, Chris Maher and Riley Primus.

Alea Gerhartz and Madison Greenwaldt are shown at the starting line of the 1600 run today.

Austin Brinkman (300 hurdles), Tim Schmiesing (400 open) Morgan Marthaler (triple jump), Alea Gerhartz (1600 run), Madison Greenwaldt (1600 run) and Joseph Gerhartz (1600 run) all set personal season records in their respective events today at the section track and field meet. Greenwaldt advanced to the Class 1A state meet with a first-place finish (5:36) in the 1600 run.

More information on today's section meet and next week's state track and field meet will follow over the weekend.

Andrew Primus high-fives Coach Olson in the Pierz game today.

At St. Cloud tonight, the Mainstreeters baseball team lost 9-4 to Pierz in an elimination game of the Section 6AA tournament. They finish the year 10-9 overall as West Central North Conference co-champions.

In another baseball playoff game tonight, Osakis held a 2-1 lead after five and a half innings over top-seeded St. Cloud Cathedral in a winner's bracket game. They trailed 1-0 before scoring two runs in the top of the fifth. The Crusaders plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to go up 4-2. **Update: the Crusaders shortstop committed a fielding error on a ground ball to the left to allow Osakis to tie the game 4-4 with no outs in the top of the seventh inning. **Update: the Crusaders won the game with a walk off two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and will play fellow Granite Ridge Conference rival Little Falls on Monday in another winner's bracket game. Osakis plays Minnewaska Area on Monday in a loser-out game. The Lakers ended Prairie Conference champion Long Prairie-Grey Eagle's season by a 6-4 score earlier today.

In Section 5AA, Paynesville Area ended Central Minnesota Conference champion Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted's season with an 8-7 win in an elimination game.

Softball, baseball get different outcomes

Katelyn Durbin fires off a pitch against the Crusaders tonight in Waite Park. PHOTOS BY RANDY OLSON

Amanda Lahr shown earning an RBI against Minnewaska last week. Today against the Crusaders she singled for one of Sauk Centre's five hits in their season-ending loss.

The playoff road went in different directions for the Mainstreeters softball and baseball teams today.

At Waite Park, the Mainstreeters softball team lost 2-0 to St. Cloud Cathedral to finish 13-8 overall with the most wins since the 1999 season.

Here's video from Waite Park:


On the home diamond, the Mainstreeters baseball team was staring down an 0-1 mark in the playoffs before rallying for an eight-inning 4-3 win over Staples-Motley. They were down 3-0 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh before tying it up 3-3. Sauk Centre plays again on Wednesday at Dick Putz field at 5 p.m. in St. Cloud against St. Cloud Cathedral, the top seed in Sub-Section 6AA-East.

Read more playoff coverage in this week's Sauk Centre Herald.

Fastpitch softball playoffs tonight

The Section 6AA Final Four begins tonight for the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters softball team. They play at Rivers Edge Park in Waite Park against St. Cloud Cathedral at 5 p.m. Spread the word!

The Mainstreeters have home cooking going on as well, with the baseball team hosting Staples-Motley with a 5 p.m. start time on the home diamond.

Both golf teams are off until Monday for the start of sections, while the remaining track and field team members compete next on Thursday in Moorhead.

Robust crew heading to section track and field

Ben Barhorst grabs the baton from Tyler Sogge in the final handoff of the 4x100 relay race at last Thursday's sub-section meet in Morris. The relay team finished fifth with a time of 49.43 seconds. They trailed second-place and section-qualifier Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta by just 1.09 seconds.

 

Jacob Hemsworth gets a high-five from Coach Determan after his 200 open race (28.17 second finish).

Madison Greenwaldt takes the handoff from Kelsey Peschel in the 4x400 relay race; they finished fifth with a time of 4:22.63. Other members of the relay were Becca Weir and Morgan Marthaler.

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters track and field team will send 10 student-athletes to the Section 6A meet on Thursday, May 29 at Minnesota State University-Moorhead.

Here's the list and events they qualified in: Alea Gerhartz, Madison Greenwaldt and Joseph Gerhartz all in the 1600 run; Austin Brinkman in the 300 hurdles; Morgan Marthaler in the triple jump; Tim Schmiesing in the 400 open; Julie Bushard in the shot put; and Joseph Gerhartz, Jay Friedrichs, Chris Maher and Riley Primus advancing in the 4x800 relay.