Monday, June 13, 2011

Rod's Monday Morning Sports Blog

The Pierre Rattlers Amateur baseball team won twice this weekend as they defeated the Sioux Falls Saints in a pair of games at Hyde Stadium. On Saturday Night, Harry Decker tossed a complete game for Pierre in a 2-0 shutout. Decker struck out 15 in picking up his first win of the season while tossing a 1 hitter. He also had a double and a triple at the plate. Then yesterday, Rattler pitching dominated again as Dalton Decker got the win in a 10-0 victory over the Saints. Decker allowed only two hits in the game called after 5 innings on the 10 run rule. John Richter had 3 hits and 2 RBI's in the win. The Rattlers are 2 and 3 on the season as they travel to Miller Wednesday night in a non league game.

Jennifer Stalley of Pierre and Krista Young of Rapid City won the second flight of the state two woman golf tournament that wrapped up yesterday at the Golf Club of Red Rock in Rapid City. Stalley and Young fired a two round total 127 to win the flight by 3 strokes.

A Coed Flood Relief slowpitch softball tournament will be played at the 4 Corners Field west of Hayes on the June 24th, 25th and 26th Weekend beginning on Friday and wrapping up Sunday Afternoon. The tournament is being orgainized by Tate Gabriel and will be limited to 10 or 11 teams. The tournament will begin on Friday night at 6 pm with 3 games to be played. Tournament games on Saturday begin at 8 am and again at 8 am on Sunday with the tournament championship game scheduled for either noon or 1 pm. The tournament will be over in time for the 2:30 pm amatuer baseball game between Four Corners and Chamberlain. If there are any questions or to register your team for the tournament questions please feel free to contact Gabriel at 605.280.2917

The Pierre Area Running Club will be holding it's annual 5K and 10K Race and Walk on Saturday. Registration will be from 7 am to 7:45 am at the parking lot of the Hillsview Golf Course with the races beginning at 8 am. The race will be a loop run on the bike path along Highway 34 plus there will be a free children's race for kids under the age of 12 at the conclusion of the 5K and 10K races. For more information go to the Pierre Running Club's website at www.pierrerunningclub.org. The entry fee is $20 with partipants recieing a dri-fit T-Shirt.

The flooding in the Pierre/Ft. Pierre area will likely continue for a couple of months. Officials of a Pierre area Bicycle race therefore are making plans to change the location and modify the routes for the Tour de Oahe. The Tour de Oahe is scheduled to be held on Saturday July 9th. It was scheduled to begin and end at the Oahe Marina, but that area is facing flooding problems.

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