This is a tough time of the year for sports fans. So much going on you know. 3 state girls basketball tournaments beginning tomorrow. Next week are the 3 boys tournaments. College basketball tournmaments and of course "The Big Dance Baby" as Dickey V would shout out to us on the TV. Lost in the shuffle, hockey. The State varsity boys tournament begins Friday. Pierre-Ft. Pierre is the top seed and will face Aberdeen Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Brookings. The Capitals have won 13 straight but have not beaten Brookings this year and lost once to Rushmore (Rapid City). Don't forget the 2 semi final games at 5 and 7:30 on Saturday and championship game on Sunday at 3 will be on cable TV channel 23 in Pierre. I don't get cable at home so I may or may not see it. Some of it depends if Pierre is in it. Back to basketball, since I have mostly seen AA teams I will predict only that Aberdeen Central and Huron will be playing for the AA State championship both this Saturday in the girls and next week in the boys. Aberdeen Central will win the girls and Huron will win the boys. Now with that said, lets move on to college basketball where I will be watching for Pacific and Sam Willard. They play Friday night at 11 p.m. our time in their semi final game of the Big West Conference tournament. If they win that, 7 pm on Saturday night is the championship game on ESPNU (both nights) and I do get that at home. Sam has done Pierre proud and it has been so fun watching Sam from his days when he played on a team I coached in Little League Baseball to a lanky tall kids that played junior high basketball to a much fuller, big, strong kid that helped Michael Tveidt and my son and the others to the championship game of the 06 state tournament. Leading rebounder in Governor history or at least since records have been kept. Makes me look ahead already and after interviewing coach Becker for a final time (he thinks) this year I came back to the radio station pumped. Zach Hanson and Lane Severyn are going to be playing alot of summer basketball with the Dakota Schoolers. Josh Monroy, our 7'2 guy, is also going to play AAU ball this summer. And a couple of our younger up and coming guys like Matt Monfore and Conrad Adam who had very nice freshman seasons are also going to be playing summer ball for summer teams. The other guys will be putting their time in as well, while also doing things like being very good baseball players in our Legion program. We really ask alot of our kids and their playing athletics. It takes a special kind of young man and woman to excel on the athletic playing field in this day and age. It takes special kinds of parents to be supportive and letting their young ones do something that they love and want to be good at. Mom and Dad, you should pat yourself on the back and of course, don't yell at your kid on the court or field. Hollering is ok, but yelling gets to be a not good thing and there is a difference. And then hollering needs to be done in moderation.
Twins fans are all of sudden not quite as sure of their success on the field this year after hearing the news of Joe Nathan, but you never know. He might overcome the elbow problem and be an even better pitcher than before. If he does, that is Hall of Fame stuff. LaDanien Tomlinson is visiting the Vikings and that might be a good thing for the Vikes if he plays for them. I still like the off season the Bears have had. They actually appear to be addressing problems they have. A novel concept Mr. Angelo. Hope it works cause if it doesn't, can you say unemployed!! So Go Bears, Go Jacks, Go Huskers, and I hope the Jacks don't get put in the Huskers region in the women's NCAA. I bleed Husker red which Jackrabbit fans will find out next September when they take on Bo Pelini's guys in Lincoln. Go Govs and Go (insert your favorite high school team here). Which also reminds me that you are always whatever your high school mascot was. Steph Paluch and Katie Lingle will always be Lady Govs, then Jacks. Willard will always be a Gov before a Tiger. Tveidt, a Gov before a Bison. Michael Fisher, well when it comes to baseball, Post 8 before a Dragon. But he will always be a Gov. Me, I'm a Eagle. Johnson-Brock Eagles, Class of 73. But always a Husker. I'm done now.
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I was able to get to the Summit League Championship game Tuesday afternoon. I live in Sioux Falls now and work across the street from the Arena. So when my co-worker (who is cousin to SDSU's Jill Young) got a call 15 minutes before tip-off that his family had 2 extra tickets and said "Let's Go!" we ran across the street and saw a great game. Even though I have been away from Pierre now for 8 years and never was able to follow the careers of Steph Paluch and Katie Lingle (and others) up close, I felt very proud to see them in SDSU Blue. They did not get in the game, but I'm looking forward to the next three years of Rabbit Ball.
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