Sunday, January 15, 2012

Rod's Sunday Sports Blog

Stanley County captured 5th place at the Jones County Invitational Basketball tournament Saturday night with a 58-44 win over Colome. White River won the tournament title for a 7th straight year with a 79-49 win over Jones County. Stanley County had two players named to the all tournament team. They were post player Latrell LaRouche and guard Austin Lopour named to the second team. White River had 3 players named to the first team. Nic Waln, Wyatt Krogman and Matt Gillen. Hunter Schindler of Lyman and Gus Volmer of Jones County also made the first team all tournament squad.

The Pierre Governor wrestling team captured the team title of the Mitchell Invitational Saturday scoring 157.5 points. Mitchell was next at 130.5 followed by Sturgis and then Rapid City Stevens. The Governors got 6 wrestlers to the championship match but only Lane Lettau at 220 lbs. won as he pinned Joe Schiler of Totino-Grace, Minnesota in 1:21. Tanner Monfore at 126, Caleb Stoltenberg at 132 and Chase Lettau at 182 lbs. were pinned by their opponents in the championship and Trey Maier was decisioned at 195 lbs.

Stanley County scored 158,5 to finish 3rd in the team standings at the Philip Invitational on Saturday. Rapid City Central won the team title with a 214.5 score. Philip was second. Casey Henninger lost in the championship match of 126 lbs. but Thomas Tolton won the 152 lb title for the Buffalos. Cody LeCompte was the third Buffalo grappler to make it the championship match before losing.

Sully Buttes scored 78 points and Gettyburg tallied 68 to finish 6th and 7th at Saturday's Gettysburg Battler Invitational wrestling tournament. The tournament was won by Webster with 225 points. Faulkton was a distant second. Sully Buttes CJ Gilland got to the championship match of the 195 lb. division before losing. Cole Geditz of Gettysburg won the 138 lb. division. Cheyenne Eagle Butte scored 26 points to finish 10th in the 11 team field.

The Pierre-Ft. Pierre Capitals girls varsity hockey team won twice over the weekend as they defeated Sioux Falls 6-2 on Saturday night and then recorded a 4-2 win on Sunday. Liz Knutson scored 4 goals in the win on Saturday for the Lady Capitals. Traci Corcoran scored a pair of goals for the Lady Capitals on Sunday and Gabby Vizcarra and Megan Johnson added goals yesterday as Pierre-Ft.Pierre sweeps the season series from Sioux Falls.

The Pierre-Ft. Pierre Capitals varsity boys hockey team dropped a 4-0 verdict to the Huron All Stars Saturday night in South Dakoea league play. On Friday, Sioux Falls recorded a 6-2 win over the Capitals. Elliot Shoup-Owens and James Gilkerson scored the two Pierre-Ft. Pierre goals, both on the power play.

The Pierre Lady Governor gymnastics team scored 132.5 to finish 5th in the 6 team Pierre Invitatioanl gymanstics meet over the weekend in Pierre. Rapid City Central edge Watertown for the team title.

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