Friday, November 4, 2011

Rod's Thursday Sports Blog

Aberdeen Central defeated Pierre 3-0 in a semi final round game of the District 3AA Volleyball tournament last night in Aberdeen. The Golden Eagles, ranked 3rd in the final Class AA Volleyball Poll, won the match 25-7, 25-13, 25-13 sending Pierre to the third place game of the tournament on Tuesday at Mitchell. Aberdeen Central will host Huron in the District 3AA championship match Tuesday night. Whitney King had 6 kills and Kaitlin Severyn 5 for the Lady Govs who struggled to get their offense set up all night. Ashley Polak had 9 assists while Severyn and Taylor Hyde each had 7 kills for the Lady Govs. Stephanie Knecht had a game high 16 kills for Aberdeen Central and Amanda Tobin added 10. The Lady Govs are now 4 and 17 on the season while Aberdeen Central improved to 17-3.

Stanley County ended it's high school volleyball season getting swept by Mobridge-Pollock in the opening round of the District 11A volleyball tournament last night in Ft. Pierre. The Tigers won the match 25-10, 25-5, 25-9 and advanced to the championshp game of the tournament, a game they defeated Cheyenne Eagle Butte to earn a berth in the Region 6A title game Tuesday night. Senior Shelby Gienger ended her career at Stanley County with three aces; Hailey Norman had three kills and three blocks to lead the Lady Buffalos who's season ended with a 2 and 23 record. Mobridge Pollock defeated Cheyenne Eagle Butte in the championship match 25-17, 25-13, 25-20 and will play Miller Tuesday night in Gettysburg for the Region 6A title match.

The defending state high school champion boys hockey team from Pierre-Ft. Pierre will open their season tomorrow at the EXPO Center in Ft. Pierre. Head Coach Rob Kittay's Pierre-Ft. Pierre Capitals varsity squad will play a couple of exhibition games vs. the South Dakota Under 16 All Star squad. Game times are at 11:00 am and 5:00 pm. The South Dakota Under 16 squad had Alex Meagher of Pierre on it's roster. The Capitals graduated a large part of last year's State Championship team and the games will be used by Coach Kittay to start to figure out a starting lineup for this season. The games are open to the public. Season Tickets will be sold and the concession stand will be open at the EXPO Center.

The Black Hills State University women's basketball team will travel to Highmore to participate in the Dennis Bauer Memorial Scholarship Scrimmage this Sunday. The Yellow Jackets will square off against a team comprised of former collegiate basketball athletes with Tip-off is slated for 5 p.m. at the Highmore auditorium in Highmore. Black Hills State will compete against a team comprised of former Black Hills State athletes such as Katelynn Lamb, Mandy Brumfield, Brittany Fuhrman and Jenna Bolstad. Other athletes include Kristin Rotert and Maria Boever from South Dakota State University and former Dakota State University standout Katie Bourk. Admission to the game will be free-will donations to benefit the Dennis Bauer Scholarship Fund. If you cannot attend the game but would still like to donate contact Jordan Bauer at Jordan.Bauer@BHSU.edu or 605-280-6666.

The Pierre Governor and Lady Governor Competitive Cheer and Competitive Dance squads will travel to Mitchell for the ESD Conference meet tonight. Pierre will have two squads in the small group division of stunting-non tumbling in the Competitive Cheer division. Pierre will be the only school with two squads in the small group division. The Competitive Dance squad continues to look to improve coming off a overall 5th place finish last Saturday at the Aberdeen Invitational. Tonights ESD meet at the Corn Palace in Mitchell is scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm.

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