Saturday, December 31, 2011

Rod's Saturday Morning Sports Blog

The Pierre Governor wrestling team went 1 and 2 yesterday at the first day of "The Clash" Wrestling tournament in Rochester, Minnesota. The Governors dropped a 31-24 decision in their first match of the day against Kasson-Manterville, Minnesota. The Governors then defeated Prior Lake, Minnesota 43-24 before losing to Marist, Illinois 44-27 in their final match of the day. The Governors are facing Hastings, Minnesota in their first match of the day today. They will then dual Owatonna, Minnesota and Lewiston, Montana in their final match of the tournament. The Governors are wrestlling in the Sixth Bracket today. There are a total of 8 brackets in the tournament.

The Pierre Governor basketball team won both games against the Rapid City schools over the weekend. The Governors defeated Rapid City Central 61-47 on Thursday and then recorded a 59-36 win over Rapid City Stevens yesterday. Pierre scored the games first 20 points only to see Stevens cut the lead to 6 at 32-26 midway through the third quarter, But the Governors then went on a 10 point unanswered run to put the game away. Lane Severyn scored 16 points to pace the Governors. Zach Hanson had 15 to lead the Governor scoring in the win over Rapid City Central.

The Rapid City Stevens Raiders beat the Pierre Lady Governors 50-36 in girls basketball yesterday in Rapid City. Stevie Claussen and Kaitlin Severyn each had 9 points and 9 rebounds for the Lady Govs. On Thursday night, Rapid City Central handed the Lady Govs a 53-45 setback. Severyn had 12 points and 14 rebounds to lead Pierre.

Have a Safe and Happy New Year from all of us at Dakota Radio Group Sports.

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