Rod's Tuesday Sports Post

Freshman sprinter Kelsey Schmitz was the only Pierre Lady Governor track and field athlete that cross the finish line first yesterday in the Dakota Clash Track and Field meet hosted by Pierre. Schmitz won the 200 meter dash in a time of 26.99. The Lady Govs had a number of place winners in the 6 team meet that featured Bismarck and Bismark Century from North Dakota, Rapid City Central and Sturgis along with Pierre. Eileen Leong finished second in the 400 meter dash for the Lady Govs. Rachel Propst was second in the 3200 meter run. The Lady Governor 4x100 meter relay team finished second for the Lady Govs who return to the track tomorrow when they travel to Huron to compete in the Huron Invitational

The Pierre Governor Track and Field team had only two first place finishers yesterday as they host the Dakota Clash Track and Field meet at Hollister Field. Austin Lemieux cleared 12-06 to win the Pole Vault and Joe Snyder won the Triple Jump for a third consecutive meet as he had a jump of 41-05.5. Kyle Anderson had a second place finish in the Discus. Lane Severyn finsihed second in the 110 meter hurdles. Conner Berg finished 3rd in the High Jump and Steven Gordon had a third place finish in the 1600 meter run for the Govs top finishes on the day. The Governors return to action tomorrow when they travel to Huron to compete in the Huron Invitational.

The Pierre Governor tennis team opened the season with a pair of wins yesterday as they downed Mitchell and Rapid City Central at the Griffin Park Courts. The Governors opened the day with an 8-1 win over the Kernals and then followed that up with a 7-2 win over Rapid City Central. Hans Leong won his match against Jacob Cerosimo 10-3 in the Governors win over Mitchell at number 1 singles and Leong teamed with Jared Smith at number 1 doubles to down Tate Crago and Alex Hegg 10-2. The Governors got wins from Nathan Ellenbecker, Smith, Connor Shoop and Ethan Case at number 2 throu 6 singles losing only at number 5 with Brandon Vockrodt. Ellenbecker and Shoop won at number 2 doubles and Vockrodt teamed with Mitchell Hanson to win at number 3 doubles. In the Governors win over Rapid City Central, Leong lost to Nate Cherry 10-8 at number 1 singles and Cherry and Gavin Fenske defeated Leong and Smith at number 1 doubles for the only two Cobbler wins. Governor head coach Jeff Schlekeway says the team played solid throughout the day. Pierre returns to the court on Saturday when they travel to Huron for matches against Watertown, Sioux Falls Lincoln and Huron.

The City of Pierre requests that golfers remove their cart and clubs in storage by May 1st if you do not intend to use the storage facilities at Hillsview Golf Course this year. The Course is still recovering from last year's flood and it doesn't look like there will be any play on it again this year.　 Patrons with carts and clubs in storage after May 1 will be expected to pay the fee for the year as no pro-rated charge will be allowed.　 If you remove your cart and/or your clubs for the season and do not pay the storage fee’s, the City cannot guarantee you will keep the same cart or locker space in 2013.　 Fees for cart storage and locker rental in 2012 will remain the same as 2011.　 Golfers can stop at the City business office Monday – Friday from 8am to 5pm to pay the storage fee’s or to get more information.