Rod's Friday Sports Notes

The Pierre-Ft. Pierre Capitals Varsity Hockey team pulled off an upset in the first round of the State Boys Varsity Hockey Tournament being played at the EXPO Center in Ft. Pierre. The defending state champion and 6th seeded Capitals downed 3rd seeded Huron 3-1 in the tournaments first game this afternoon. Jace Jerome scored a first period goal for the Capitals to put them up 1-0. After a Huron goal tied the game at 1 going into the third period, Austin Wagner scored a shorthanded goal at the 5:48 mark of the third period and Drew Leif added an insurance goal at 11:47 to put the Capitals into the semi finals of the tournament tomorrow afternoon at 5 pm against the winner of the Mitchell and Aberdeen game. Huron outshot Pierre 38-35 with Pierre-Ft. Pierre goalie Kyle Mammenga stopping 37 shots.