Saturday, February 25, 2012

Rod's Saturday Sports Blog

The Brookings Bobcats defeated the Pierre Governors 67-54 last night in the regular season finale. Brookings led 45-43 going into the 4th quarter but outscored the Governors 22-11 in the final stanza to claim the win. Lane Severyn led the Governors with 25 points and 6 3-pointers on the game. Conner Berg added 18 but the rest of the squad scored only 11 points as Pierre finishes 14-6. The Govs also lost out on a chance to tie for the ESD regular season basketball championship and settles for 2nd place. The Governors host Huron Tuesday night in the opening round of the District 3AA basketball tournament.

The Pierre Governor wrestling team entered the second and final day of the State Class A wrestling tournament in first place with 75 points. The Governors, who have not won a state championship in wrestling since 1974 led Huron by 5 points and Sturgis by 6.5. Stanley County meanwhile is tied for 11th with 22 points after the first day of the State Class B wrestling tournament in Rapid City.

Katie Plooster scored a first period goal and Jessica LaBrie added an insurance goal late in the third period to give the Pierre-Ft. Pierre Lady Capitals JV hockey team a 2-0 win over Watertown in the first round of the State JV girls hockey tournament in Yankton. The Lady Capitals JV play Mitchell in a semi final round game later toda.

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