Sioux Falls will field 3 American Legion baseball teams beginning next year. Renner Post 307 will be the Post home for the new team that will have Sioux Falls O'Gorman as it's base school. The program will not be run by the Sioux Empire Baseball Association which currently is in charge of the Sioux Falls Post 15 East and West teams. THe new Legion squad will be coached by Josh Merrigan, who guided Sioux Falls Post 15 West for the last 1/2 decade. The Post 307 squad is stiell searching for a home field although the team is currently in negotiations to play games at the Harmonden Complex as well as playing some games possibly at Sioux Falls Stadium which currently is the home field of the Sioux Falls Canaries of the American Association of Independent Baseball Leage.
Rapid City Stevens is the top seed for the State Class AA Volleyball tournament that begins Thursday in Siioux Falls. Stevens, the District 4AA champion will open the tournament on Thursday at 1 pm against 8th seed Huron, the District 3AA champion. 5th seed Sioux Falls Washington faces 4th seed Sioux Falls Roosevelt in the 1:45 pm game. Thursday night at 6 pm it will number 3 seed Aberdeen Central taking on 6th seed Mitchell and the final game of the first day will pit 7th seed Sioux Falls O'Gorman taking on number 2 Sioux Falls Lincoln.
The Pierre Lady Governor Competitive Cheer squad scored 207 points to win the Class AA Small Group Stunting/Non Tumbling competiton Saturday at the State Competitive Cheer meet held in Brandon. The Lady Govs beat out Douglas for the title. In the Stunting/Tumbling competiton, the Lady Govs scored 204 points to finish third, 13 points behind first place finisher Rapid City Stevens. In the Competitive Dance competition, the Lady Govs scored 216 points to finish 4th in the AA Large Group Pom Division won by Sioux Falls Washington. The Lady Govs finished 3rd in the AA Large Group Kick division. They scored 233.5. The Lady Govs best finish of the day was first, all alone to win the AA Large Group Hip Hop Division with a score of 228 points.
Carol McKee of Rapid City and formerly of Pierre was inducted into the South Dakota Soccer Hall of Fame over the weekend. She served on the Capital Area Soccer Organization's board as well as coaching severl teams in Pierre in the 1990's. She also became the first and only woman to referee in a state tournament in 1996. Another Pierre individual honored by the South Dakota Soccer Association over the weekend was Vickie Samuelson who was named the Administrator of the Year for the State Organization.
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