Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Rod's Wednesday Morning Sports Blog

The Pierre Lady Governors ended something lik a 34 game losing skid dating back to the 2009-10 season last night as they defeated Huron 43-40 in a ESD Conference girls basketball game played at Riggs High Gym. Kaitlin Severyn led the Lady Govs with 11 points. Sydney Palmer added 10 and Kristi Livermont chipped in with 8 points for Pierre which won for the first time this season against 3 losses. Brittney Steffan and Taylor Rotert each scored 11 points to pace Huron which is winless in 5 games this season. The Lady Govs out-rebounded the Tigers 42-25 for the game with Severyn hauled down a game-leading 14 boards and freshman Sydney Palmer grabbed nine. The Lady Govs are off until a week from tomorrow when they travel to Rapid City Central.

The Pierre Governor boys basketball team won their 3rd straight last night downed Huron 61-54 in an ESD Conference game in Huron. Pierre trailed 18-15 at the end of the first quarter but outscored the Tigers 20-8 in the second to take a 9 point lead into the locker room. Pierre led by as many as 13 in the second half but had to hold off a Huron rally that cut the deficit to 2 at 52-50 with over 3 minutes remaining. But Pierre scored the next 7 points and was not challanged the ret of the way. Lane Severyn scored 17 of his game high 26 points in the first half. Zach Hanson added 22 for the Governors who are 3-1 on the season. Hanson added a team high 9 rebounds. Luke Carr and Adam Zwanziger each scored 14 points to pace Huron which had a 3 game winning streak snapped. The Governors host Rapid City Central for their next game a week from tomorrow.

Stanley County went cold from the field and dropped a 55-29 verdict to Jones County in a boys non conference basketball game last night in Murdo. Gus Vollmer led all scorers with 18 points and 5 rebounds for Jones County. The Buffalos host Gregory next Tuesday.

Jones County rallied from a 4 point third quarter deficit to record a 45-37 victory over the Stanley County Lady Buffalos in a non conference girls basketball game last night in Murdo. Tory Deal led all scorers with a game high 18 points for the Lady Buffalos but did not get enough help from her teammates as Stanley County falls to 1 and 3 on the season. Trait Thorne had a double double with 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Lady Buffalos. Stanley County travels to Bennett County on Tuesday for their next action.

Sam Ostarello’s 16 points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes sparked 20th-ranked Purdue to a 66-47 win over Oakland (Mich.) on Tuesday. The 6-2 junior Fort Pierre native has started all 12 games for the 9-3 Boilermakers and is averaging 7.8 points and a team-leading 7.2 rebounds a game.

The Pierre Governor Junior Varsity wrestling team won all 3 duals it wresteled in a quadrangular in Faulkton last night. The Gov JV's defeated Groton 43-31, Gettysburg 52-21 and Faulkton 43-23. Alec Williams won all 3 matches he wrestled while Quinn Reimers and Dustin Junk each won all 3 matches they wrestled winning two by pin and one by forfiet. Nate Garry won 3 matches, two by forfet and one by pin for Pierre as well.

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