Rod's Monday Sports Blog

The Pierre Governor boys basketball team split a pair of games over the weekend as they dropped a 73-64 contest at Spearfish on Friday night but bounced back for a 63-28 win over Sturgis on Saturday. The split leaves the 2nd ranked Governors with a 11-3 record on the season. Pierre host Mitchell, the number 1 rated team in the state tomorrow night.

The Pierre Lady Governor basketball team split a pair of weekend games as they upended Spearfish 50-44 on Friday night but were handled by Sturgis 42-21 on Saturday. The split leaves the Lady Govs with a 3 and 11 record as they travel to top ranked Mitchell tomorrow night.

The Stanley County girls and boys basketball teams were swept by Cheyenne Eagle Butte on Saturday in Ft. Pierre. The Lady Buffs were beaten by the Lady Braves 83-31while the Cheyenne Eagle Butte boys squad rallied for a 66-57 win over the Buffalos in a game that Stanley County led most of the way. The Buffalos and Lady Buffalos will travel to Todd County for another girls/boys doublheader tomorrow night.

10 youngsters won free throw shooting titles Saturday at the annual Ft. Pierre Knights of Columbus Free Throw Shooting Contest in Ft. Pierre. Winning the in the girls divisions were MaKenna Larson, Emily Mikkelsen, Tori Thorpe, Lynette Blue Bird and Carmelita LaTray. Boys division winners were Andrew Coverdale, Peyton Zabel, Felician Brave Hawk, Sam Edman and Darius Red Cloud. The 10winners all won a new basketball and will advance to District Competition.

The Pierre Governor wrestling team captured the team title of the Brookings Invitational wrestling Saturday in Brookings. The Governors scored 223.5 to finish 3points ahead of runner up Rapid City Stevens. The Governors had 3 grapplers gain individual championships as Jebben Keyes at 106 lbs., Tanner Monfore at 126 lb. and Chade Lettau at 182 lb. all won titles. Seth Scot at 160 lbs. and Trey Maier at 195 lb. got to the championship match of their weight divisions before losing and finishing as a runner up. All in all, 8 of the Governor wrestlers placed in the tournament. The Govs return to the mat on Friday night when they travel to Mitchell for a ESD Conference dual.

The Pierre Lady Governor gymnastics team scored 134.200 to finish second to Rapid City Central in a gymnastics dual hosted by the Lady Governors on Saturday. The Cobblers scored 144.350. The Lady Govs score was 6 points better than last weekend's Rapid City Gym O Rama score. Pierre competed without two of their top performers as Cheyna Lodge and Sydney Gutenkauf sat out due to ankle injuries. Pierre will travel to Brookings on Saturday for the ESD Conference meet.

The Pierre-Ft. Pierre Capitals varsity boys hockey team split a pair of games over the weekend. The Capitals dropped a 7-5 verdict to Mitchell on Saturday night in Mitchell, but returned home yesterday and recorded a 6-4 win over Watertown. The Capitals Austin Wagner scored 7 goals over the weekend getting the hat track on Saturday at Mitchell and then scored 4 goals in yesterday's win over Watertown.

The Pierre-Ft. Pierre Lady Capitals hockey team took a major hit this weekend as they were swept all 3 games against Rushmore at the EXPO Center in Ft. Pierre. All 3 games were one goal affairs with the Rapid City squad winning Friday night 3-2 in overtime and then coming back for a 1-0 win on Saturday and capped that off with a 4-3 victory over the Lady Capitals yesterday. Liz Knutson scored 3 goals over the weekend to lead Pierre-Ft. Pierre offensiveley.

Morgan McLain won two individual events and assisted in a relay victory, but the South Dakota State University women’s swimming and diving team dropped a 168.5-127.5 decision at North Dakota Friday night. A senior from Pierre, McLain won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 58.88 seconds and later added a victory in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4 minutes, 35.14 seconds. McLain opened her evening by swimming the leadoff leg of the Jackrabbits’ victorious 400 medley relay, teaming with Kaitlyn Hemmingson, Ashley Valdez and Kaylin Caron for a winning time of 3:57.77.