Sunday, February 26, 2012

Rod's Sunday Sports Blog

THE PIERRE GOVERNOR WRESTLING TEAM IS THE SOUTH DAKOTA CLASS A STATE CHAMPION, for the first time since 1974. The Governors scored 158 points with one individual state champion in Caleb Stoltenberg at 132 lbs. to outdistance runner up Huron by 13 points. Tanner Monfore finished 3rd at 126 lbs. as did Lane Lettau at 220 lbs. for the Governors top finsihes of the tournament. The Governors had several 4th and 5th place finishes to have enough points to bring home the State Championship hardware. For a complete rundown of how the Governor wrestlers did over the two day tournament, go to one of two websites. www.sdhsaa.com or www.sdpb.org.

The Pierre-Ft. Pierre Lady Capitals Junior Varsity hockey team will play for the State Championship this afternoon in Yankton. The Lady Cap JV's downed Mitchell in a semi final game yesterday 4-0. Traci Corcoran scored a pair of goals for Pierre-Ft. Pierre and Tessa Singleton recorded a shutout in goal stopping all 17 shots she faced. Morgan Puepke and Steph Nielsen also scored for the Lady Capital JV's. The Lady Capital JV's will play Sioux Falls for the State Championship at 1:30 pm.

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