South Dakota State put together a strong effort on both ends of the court, opening Summit League play with an 82-56 victory over Western Illinois in women's basketball action Wednesday night. Pierre native Steph Paluch contributed nine points. The Jackrabbits ended the night with a 46-22 advantage in the rebounding department, with Pierre native Katie Lingle pulling down seven in a winning effort. The Jackrabbits, who ended a two-game losing streak, improved to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in league play. WIU dropped to 2-4 on the season, 0-1 in The Summit League. The Jacks play IUPUI Friday night in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Pierre Governor and Lady Governor basketball teams will have a boys and girls intersquad scrimmages Saturday morning that are open to the public. The scrimmages will start with the Varsity/JV boys at 9:30 am in the main gym followed by the Varsity/JV girls. The 9/10th grade girls will scrimmage at 9:30 am in the auxillary gym followed by the Boys. The scrimmages will be alternating boys/girls on a rolling schedule. There will be a free will donation and fans who come to the scrimmage are asked to bring a canned food donation for local resources for the price of admission.
The season begins tonight for both the Pierre Lady Governor and Stanley County Lady Buffalo gymnastics teams. The two squads travel to Huron for a season opening trianuglar hosted by the Tigers. The Lady Govs have almost everybody back from last year's squad led by senior Cheyna Lodge. Stanley County has a total of 12 girls out led by returners Shelby Gienger and Hailey Norman.
The Pierre Athletic Booster Club will meet on Monday, December 5th at 5:30pm for it's regular December meeting. The group will be meeting at a new location---Dakota Spirits & Distillery, located at 3601 Airport Rd. The business is owned and operated by PABC member Tom Rounds. Anyone interested in Governor and Lady Governor athletics at Riggs High School in encouraged and invited to attend the meeting.
The first off season All You Can Eat Pancake and Sausage Feed to help benefit the Pierre Post 8 American Legion and Teener baseball programs for the coming season will be held Saturday morning at the Pierre Post 8 American Legion Cabins. Serving will be from 7 am to 11:00 am for just $3 per person. All proceeds will go to help fund the Post 8 American Legion and Teener baseball programs this summer.
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