Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Rod's Tuesday Morning Sports Blog

The Pierre Post 8 Split Squad baseball games against Rapid City Post 22 Expos scheduled for tonight in Pierre has been cancelled due to the rain. The games have been rescheduled. They will be played Thursday July 7th in Pierre beginning at 5 pm.

The Pierre Post 8 American Legion baseball team is scheduled to travel to Rapid City this evening for a Legion doubleheader against Rapid City Post 320. Pierre is coming off a pair of losses Saturday in Valley Springs. Post 320 is coming off a loss in their final game at a tournament in Williston, North Dakota on Sunday. It will be the second and thrid games the two have played against each other this season and a matchup of inter-region teams. Pierre won the first game between the two back on May 15th. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 6:30 pm this evening. It was raining in Rapid City this morning however.

The 2nd Annual South Dakota Cornhole State Championship was held at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center in Pierre, SD on Saturday, June 18th. Teams from Sioux Falls, Brandon, Spearfish, Redfield, Pierre/Ft.Pierre and Rapid City competed for the right to call themselves State Champs and earn an entrance into the ACO’s World Championships in Tunica, MS. The Championship match was between Hicks from the Sticks of Spearfish and Corndog Millionaires from Rapid City. In the Championship round, the Hicks from the Sticks took the title with a 2 games-to 1 victory. Kenner Cihak and Rrichie Cordell won their first tournament together as a team. Cordell also took home $120 for winning the Long Toss Competition with a cornhole from 41 feet.

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