Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Rod's Tuesday Sports Blog

The Pierre Governor football team still sits 13th in the latest South Dakota Power Point ratings in the Class 11AA ranks. But the Governors have closed the gap on 12th place Huron. Pierre has 41.250 points to Huron's 42.125. With the format change for the playoffs in the big school class, only 12 teams make the playoffs making Thursday night's final regular season game hosting Watertown a must win situation for the Governors. Huron host Mitchell. The four Sioux Falls schools sit 1 through 4 in the power points this week with Yankton and Mitchell 5th and 6th. The top four teams in the power points at season's end earn first round byes in next week's playoffs. Stanley County meanwhile needs a win over Sully Buttes Thursday night to earn a playoff spot for themselves in the 9AA playoff chase. And then, making the playoffs is not a sure thing. The Buffalos sit 4th in Region 4 but at least two other teams that are in 5th place in their regions have more power points than the Buffalos. To view this week's power points for all 6 classes of football, go to the South Dakota High School Activities Association website at www.sdhsaa.com.

The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team goes on the road tonight as they travel to Huron for an ESD Conference contest against the Tigers. The Lady Govs dropped a 3 game match to Huron last month in their first meeting of the season. Pierre is 1-11 in ESD contests so far this season and 4 and 13 overall after a weekend split of games with Brandon Valley and Watertown. Huron is 8 and 8 on the season coming off a win over Rapid City Central on Saturday. Preliminary matches are scheduled to start at 4:30 pm with the varsity match scheduled for 7 pm.

Stanley County begins the final week of the regular season with a road match tonight against Crow Creek in Stephan. The Lady Buffalos are 2 and 17 on the season but have lost 2-5 game matches against Todd County and Cheyenne Eagle Butte and a 4 game match to Sully Buttes last week. Stanley County has 3 matches remaining in the regular season.

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