Sunday, October 2, 2011

Rod's Sunday Sports Blog

The Pierre Governor boys cross country team scored 62 points to finish second and the Lady Govs scored 74 to finish third in the Nike Heartland regional meet in Sioux Falls yesterday. Tyler Probst had the best finish for the Governors placing 6th in a time of 17:14.93. Steven Gordon was 11th in a time of 17:35.31. Jebben Keyes finished 13th with a time of 17:44.09. Weston Christensen was 15th with a 17:55.07 time and Braydon Espland finished 17th in a time of 17:57.94. For the Lady Govs, Rachel Propst had a third place finish with a time of 15:15.38. Aspen Iverson finished 7th in 15:39.72. Allison Mientsma 9th in 15:43.81.

The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team remained winless in ESD Conference play as they lost a 5 game match at Brandon Valley on Saturday. The Lady Govs lost the first game 25-21 but came back in games two and three to win 25-18 and 25-19. In a controversial 4th game, Brandon Valley won 25-23 as Pierre had two points overturned by the game officials which gave Brandon Valley momentum to go into the 5th game and win 15-12. Pierre is now 3 and 9 on the season and 0 and 8 in the Conference as they host top ranked Rapid City Stevens on Friday and then Rapid City Central on Saturday afternoon.

On Friday, the Pierre Governor football team lost their 5th straight game by a 42-15 score to two time defending state champion and 5th ranked Sioux Falls Washington. Washington built a 28-0 first half lead but Pierre outscored them 15-14 in the second half. Austin Wagner scored Pierre's first touchdown early in the third quarter on a 35 yard run and Alex Gray added a 24 yard run late in the quarter. Gray then hit Lane Severyn with a 2 point conversion pass. Pierre is 1 and 5 on the season and returns home Friday to host Rapid City Stevens.

Pierre native Curry Kuehl, a freshman golfer for Northern State University fired a 77yesterday in the first round of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference fall championship tournament yesterday. Kuehl is tied for 9th.

The Pierre Governor soccer team's season ended yesterday with a 2-1 loss to Sioux Falls O'Gorman in a playoff matchup in the South Dakota State High School Soccer league. The Governors had just 1 win this season. The Pierre Lady Governor soccer teams did advance to next week's state tournament in Mitchell with a 7-1 win over Brandon Valley on Friday. The Lady Govs will face Sioux Falls Lincoln in the first round of the state tournament on Thursday morning at 9 am in Mitchell.

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