Rods Friday Thoughts

Pierre will host Sturgis on Tuesday night in the first round of the high school playoffs. It will be a rematch of last year's first round game that Pierre won when Sturgis missed on an extra point attempt in overtime. Sturgis is led by Clint Wilson, a hard nosed running back that the Governor defense will have to key on. The Scoopers were not one of the teams on head coach Joe Kramer's wish list to play. And the 8th seed is not the best the Governors could do. If the Govs win on Tuesday, barring any upsets, Pierre would then play Sioux Falls Washington in the quarterfinal round at Sioux Falls a week from Monday. The Governors got the 8th seed because of Brandon Valley's win over Watertown last night. It gave the Govs a share of the ESD Conference title but also set the Govs with a not so desirable setup in the post season.