Saturday, June 25, 2011

Rod's Saturday Sports Blog

The Oahe FC 13 and under boys soccer team recently brought home the title of the Dakota Alliance Invitational soccer tournament in Sioux Falls. The Pierre club went undefeated in pool play beating teams from Sioux Falls, Norfolk, Neb., Des Moines, Iowa and Elk River, Minnesota outscoring thier opponents 16-5. They capped the tournament with a 1-0 win in the championship game over the TRSA squad out of Minnesota. The Oahe FC team was the state runner up in the tournament played in Pierre this spring. They have one tournament left to play this summer and that will be July 15th in Brookings.

The Pierre Post 8 American Legion baseball lost both games they played yesterday in the first day of the Fargo-Moorhead Invitational baseball tournament. Pierre dropped a 3-2 verdict to Moorhead on a sacrafice fly in the bottom of the 7th inning to start the tournament and then last night were beaten by Mandan, North Dakota 12-1 to bring the Post 8 losing streak to 4 straight. Pierre plays Tri City, Minnesota and Bloomington Gold Minnesota at 11:30 am and 2 pm this afternoon to finish pool play in the tournament. Tri City is 1-1 after the first day while Bloomington Gold won their first two games yesterday beating Mandan and Tri City. Tri City defeated Moorhead for their win yesterday. Pierre is now 15-12 on the season.

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