The Pierre 15-16 White Teeners split a doubleheader with Aberdeen last night at Hyde Stadium losing the first game 9-6 but bouncing back to win the nightcap 13-1via the 10 run mercy rule after 5 innings. Bo Atkins fired a 3 hitter in the nightcap for the White squad while Alex Norwick and Graham Protexter each had 3 hits apeice. In the opener, which counts in the league standings, Protexter took the loss allowing 7 runs on 7 hits in 4.1 innings. He also had 3 hits in the opener.
The Pierre Rattlers amatuer baseball team will return to the field tonight as they host Four Corners in a non league game at Hyde Stadium. The Rattlers are 3-6 on the season coming off getting swept a doubleheader by the Sioux Falls Saints on Sunday. Pierre holds a victory over Four Corners this season winning 21-1 in 3 innings a week and a half ago. First pitch tonight at Hyde Stadium is scheduled for 7 pm. The Pierre "Little Rattlers" traveling Little League baseball team will also be recognized tonight prior to the game. The Rattlers fell out of the top 5 rankings of the state amatuer baseball poll today although they did recieve some votes.
Pierre youth golfer, Paige Lonbakken, fired an 88 yesterday to finsih in a tie for second in the girls 14-15 age division tournament of the South Dakota Golf Association's Austad Junior Golf Tour stop in Mitchell at Lakeview Golf Course. Lonbakken tied with Sarah Metz of Sioux Falls and finished 6 shots behind the division tournament champion Sydney Bortman of Parkston. In the boys divisions, Kade McTighe fired a 9 hole score 57 in the boys 11 and under division. Connor Lonbakken had a 18 hole score of 106 in the 12-13 age division tournament and Tyson Green of Ft. Pierre had a round of 114 in the boys 14-15 age tournament.
Pierre's Connor Forney got to the championship match of the Open division of the Capital City Tennis Open Sunday in Aberdeen but had to settle for runner up. Forney was defeated by Brad Entwistle of Sioux Falls in the championship match 6-2, 6-0. The Capital City Open was moved to Aberdeen when Griffin Park was shut down do to flooding in Pierre-Ft. Pierre. Forney and his dad, John also got to the championship match of the open doubles before losing Jordan Boehm and Paul Christen of Mandan, N.D. 6-2, 7-5.
Two days of drag racing is scheduled for this Independence Day Holiday weekend at Oahe Speedway North of Pierre. Beginning on Saturday, the Oahe Speedway Shotouts will be held Box, No Box, Trophy and Junior shootout races being run with qualifying beginning at 1 pm and the elimination rounds beginning at 5 pm. There will also be a Test and Tune Saturday from 1 to 5 pm. On Sunday it is the Coca Cola Points Series races. It will be the scheduled 6th points races although it will actually only be the third series of races run at the speedway as three of the first four were rained out and rescheduled for later in the season. Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 9 am on Sunday with the elimination rounds beginning at 1 pm. Oahe Speedway is located approximatly 15 miles north of Pierre along highway 1804.
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