Sunday Morning with Jay Caldwell

The Sartell-St. Stephen girls basketball team stayed alive in the Section 8-4-A playoffs by defeating 5th seeded Moorhead 62-44 Wednesday night. The Sabres are seeded #4 in the section and will play at top seeded St. Michael-Albertville Saturday at 2 p.m.

Commercial growth in Sartell along the Highway 15 corridor continues. Sartell Mayor Ryan Fitzthum expects the River Crossing Development to fill up in 2024. He says they have 4 to 5 lots available in the development.

Cathedral's Theresa Schultz has been named the 2023 Cross Country Class A Assistant Coach of the Year.

St. Cloud Tech senior guard Tameron Ferguson has been named one of the 10 finalists for Mr. Basketball in the state. Ferguson is the state's leading scorer averaging 36 points, 5.5 assists and 5 rebounds a game.

Boys Basketball: Tech 65, Fergus Falls 62 Sauk Rapids-Rice 86, Apollo 72 Alexandria 83, Sartell-St. Stephen 47 Cathedral 100, Pierz 80 (It was only the 4th time the Crusaders have ever scored 100 or more points in a game, with the last time coming in 2017 vs. Pie...

The girls basketball playoff pairings have been announced. Section 8AAAA (Games to be played Wednesday February 28) #5 Moorhead at #4 Sartell-St. Stephen, 6pm #6 Sauk Rapids-Rice at #3 Brainerd, 7pm Section 6AA (Games to be played Thursday February 29) #9 Milaca at #8 Royalton, 7pm #13 Kimball at #4 Cathedral, 7pm #12 Annandale at #5 Legacy Christian Academy, 7pm #15 Mora at #2 Sauk Centre, 7pm #1

The St. John's Basketball was upset 83-80 by Hamline in the MIAC tournament semifinals Thursday night in Collegeville. The game was tight throughout and Hamline earned their 2nd win over the Johnnies this season.

Boys Basketball: ROCORI 87, Tech 85 Apollo 79, Willmar 70 Brainerd 83, Sartell-St. Stephen 57 Cathedral 82, Milaca 77 (Jake Plante had 18 points, Zach Stolzenberg chipped in 17 points, and Hank Sand added 13 points for the Crusaders...

The St. Cloud Police Department are reporting a stolen vehicle on the 500 block of Wilson Avenue Northeast. Alicia Mages from Tri-County Crimestoppers says the vehicle was a brown 2008 Chevy Impala with Minnesota license BMF 699.

Oakland Pontiac was located at 2 Broadway Avenue North in Sauk Rapids. Broadway Avenue is now Benton Drive. Oakland Pontiac was located where Lost Times Tavern is now. Grabinski says that location used to be many things after it was a car dealership.