Rod's Sunday Sports Blog

The Pierre Lady Governor basketball team saw it's record fall to 3-13 on the season following a 58-43 loss to Sioux Falls O'Gorman Saturday night at Riggs High Gym. The Lady Govs shot better than their previous 2 games by hitting 18 of 43 from the field. But they were only 4 of 9 from the free throw line while O'Gorman was 12 of 16 from the line and 19 of 44 from the field. OGorman also had 8 3-pointers on the game to only 3 for Pierre. The Knight outscored the Lady Govs 18-5 in the second quarter to take a 14 point lead into the locker room. Pierre had balanced scoring led by freshman Sydney Palmer off the bench with 11 points. Taylor Hyde scored all 9 of her points on 3-3 pointers in the 4th quarter. Chandler Nielsen scored 12 of her game high 15 points in the second half for O'Gorman. Pierre host Aberdeen Central Tuesday night.

Pierre native Katie Lingle came off the bench to scored 8 points and pull down 3 rebounds for the South Dakota State women's basketball team as the Jackrbabbits downed Southern Utah 65-43 Saturday Night in Brookings. Pierre starter Steph Paluch scored 5 points and 2 rebounds and 3 assist in the win. Ashley Eide, who's mother is the former Audra Lindbloom of Pierre, led the Jacks in scoring with 11.

The Pierre Lady Governor gymnastics team scored 134.9 Saturday at the ESD Conference meet in Brookings but it was only good for a 6th place finish in the 7 team conference meet. Yankton-Bon Homme only finished lower than the Lady Govs with a 130.050 score. Watertown repeated as ESD Conference champion with a 148.4 score. Mitchell finished second with a 141.925 team score. The all-around ESD champion was Lynne Hanten of Watertown with a 38.375. Shelby Spelbring of the Lady Govs finished 9th in the All Around with a 34.325 score. Cheyna Lodge had a 10th place finish on the vault with a 8.725 score for the Lady Govs. She also had a 9th place finish on the Floor Exercise with a 9.050 score for Pierre's only top 10 finishes on the day.

The Pierre-Ft. Pierre Lady Capitals varsity hockey team scored a 3-1 win over Watertown last night in state high school league play in Watertown. Liz Knutson and Megan Johnson each scored first period goals for the Lady Capitals and Emily Weber added a second period goal as the Lady Capitals outshot Watertown 38-30 on the game. The two play Sunday in Watertown. Pierre-Ft. Pierre won Saturday's JV game 4-0.