Falcons down Streeters

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City defeated Sauk Centre 33-15 tonight in a West Central Conference football game. The Mainstreeters held a 15-12 lead at halftime before the Falcons posted 21 unanswered points in the second half. Sauk Centre scored first on a ninety-five yard run by Austin Nelson with a Will Funk PAT kick to make it 7-0. Nelson ran in a second touchdown and caught a two-point conversion pass to make it 15-6 in the second quarter. The game had just one turnover: a lost fumble by the Mainstreeters.

A-C-GC, always known for having a powerful running attack, ran for 387 yards on 49 carries while getting 16 yards on one pass play. Of their 50 plays from scrimmage, just one was a pass play.

The Mainstreeters posted impressive offensive yardage as well but had trouble finding the end zone after halftime. For the game they had an unofficial total of 246 rushing yards and 167 passing yards.

Sauk Centre (1-5) host Melrose Area next week for Homecoming. The Dutchmen (4-2 overall) defeated Montevideo on the Melrose field tonight by a 21-18 score. The Thunderhawks (4-2) were ahead until Melrose scored a touchdown with just 27 seconds left in the game.

Read more on the game in the Oct. 9 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

In other area football games:
Paynesville Area 34, Minnewaska Area 12 (Bulldogs had a 34-0 lead before the varsity Lakers scored two touchdowns against the Bulldogs JV team)
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 40, Wadena-Deer Creek 0

YME 30, Benson 8

Albany 62, Mora 0

Volleyball gets 10th conference win

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters volleyball team traveled to Montevideo tonight and picked up a 3-1 win in a West Central North Conference match. They play next at the Perham tournament on Saturday.

The Mainstreeters girls' tennis team was seeded fifth in Section 6A and plays fourth-seeded Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg next Wednesday at Fitness Evolution in Sartell for the playoff opener. The match starts at 9:30 a.m. The Section Final Four will be held the next day at the same location. Minnewaska Area, the regular season West Central Conference champion, is the number one seed.

(Herald video) Volleyball, Cross Country

Here's action from a tight game four against B-B-E in Tuesday's volleyball clash:


And here's video from the finish line at the cross country meet at Greystone Golf Course:

Barn-burner win

At Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa on their Homecoming night, the Mainstreeters volleyball team came back from a two-game deficit to defeat the state-ranked Jaguars 3-2 with a 15-10 win in game five.

The Mainstreeters girls' swimming and diving team defeated Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta/Minnewaska Area/Benson 118-67 at the Minnewaska pool tonight.

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

Bulldogs vs. Mainstreeters

A state-ranked Paynesville Bulldogs  and posted a 54-26 win over the Sauk Centre football team Friday in Paynesville. The Mainstreeters (1-4) hung tough and had an outstanding first half, trailing 14-8 after the first quarter and 26-14 at halftime. The Bulldogs opened it up in the second half and outscored Sauk Centre 28-12 to improve to 5-0 on the season.

Paynesville's star senior quarterback Matthew Quade had 20 completions on 34 attempts for 342 yards with no interceptions.

Sauk Centre was led by Austin Nelson's 77 rushing yards and quarterback Simon Weller's 176 passing yards on 14-of-26 attempts with two interceptions and three touchdown passes.

The Mainstreeters head to Grove City this week for week six to face Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, who lost 20-18 to Melrose Area on Friday at Melrose.

At Minnewaska on Saturday, the Mainstreeters girls' tennis team competed in the West Central Conference tournament. Here are the finishes for the seven team positions: Morgan Kranz 3rd at first singles; Hope Schwinghamer 5th at two singles; Faith Henry 5th at three singles; Dani Reiter 6th at four singles; Jessica Rodenbiker / Molly Weyer 6th at first doubles; Abby Welberg / Nicole Meyer 2nd at two doubles; Tami Middendorf / Taylor Danielson 5th at three doubles.

Read more about last week's action for the Mainstreeters in the Oct. 2 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.