Recap: Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres vs. Willmar Cardinals        
        
		
            
 It was a good run, but  the Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres unfortunately witnessed the end of their  four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell  61-49 to Willmar. Sartell-St. Stephen was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Willmar apparently hadn't forgotten their  defeat the last time these teams played  back in February.
 Despite the  loss, Sartell-St. Stephen had strong showings from  Brenna Mcclure, who  scored 17 points along with eight  rebounds and five  steals, and  Kaia Gack, who  scored 15 points along with eight  rebounds. The  matchup was  Gack's seventh in a row with at least ten points.
 Sartell-St. Stephen's defeat  ended a three-game streak of away wins  dating back to last season and  brought them to 7-2. As for Willmar,  the  win  makes it two in a row for them and  bumps their season record up to 3-4.
 Sartell-St. Stephen will be home for the holidays to greet  Buffalo at 7:15  p.m.  on Thursday. As for Willmar, they will head out on the road to face off against Fridley at 6:00  p.m.  on Thursday. Fridley has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.