Rods Friday Thoughts

Pierre will host Sturgis on Tuesday night in the first round of the high school playoffs. It will be a rematch of last year's first round game that Pierre won when Sturgis missed on an extra point attempt in overtime. Sturgis is led by Clint Wilson, a hard nosed running back that the Governor defense will have to key on. The Scoopers were not one of the teams on head coach Joe Kramer's wish list to play. And the 8th seed is not the best the Governors could do. If the Govs win on Tuesday, barring any upsets, Pierre would then play Sioux Falls Washington in the quarterfinal round at Sioux Falls a week from Monday. The Governors got the 8th seed because of Brandon Valley's win over Watertown last night. It gave the Govs a share of the ESD Conference title but also set the Govs with a not so desirable setup in the post season.

Darren Boyle's Weekly Words of Wisdom.......

I am tired this morning. Why, you ask?. Its because I was suckered in by the boys in purple again. I dont normally stay up to watch the entire Monday night game, but for some reason I has to see if the Vikings offense would finally wake up. They did, and put on quite a show for folks that were willing to sacrifice Tuesday's productivity. Its too bad the game ended the way it did.

I am crabby this morning. Why, you ask? its because I was suckered in by the boys in purple again. Usually when the Vikings look as bad as they did in the first half of a game, I assume that things wont get better. Last night it got better, long enough, for me to start believing that they could come back and win. OOPS!!! Looks like with the Moss trade the Vikings have their deep threat, and that opens up the rest of their offense. The defense rose to the occasion and kept the team in it until the end when you know who threw the pick six so I could go to bed. Get ready for twelve more games just like that one folks.

Heres a prediction for you, I would say that when the Cowboys and Vikings play Sunday, whichever coach loses is going to be looking for work. If the Cowboys lose, Philips will be fired immediately and Jason Garrett will be promoted. If the Vikes lose, Childress will be gone at the end of the season. Dont know if there is an assistant capable to take over during the season in Minnesota or if Ziggy has the guts to pull the trigger. But it will happen.

Dont forget about our coverage of high school volleyball tonight on 94 Country as I will be in Murdo, as Jones County will host Lyman. First serve will be around 8:00. Dont worry, I will be in a better mood by then.

Rod's Saturday Sports results

RAPID CITY, S.D. - The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team lost a 4 game match to Rapid City Central on Saturday. The Lady Govs lost the match by scores of 29-27, 24-26, 25-16, 25-16. Amber Olson had a match high 17 kills to lead the Lady Govs offense as the Lady Govs and Cobblers split the first two matches before Rapid City took control to win the last two. On Friday night, the Lady Govs were swept by top ranked Rapid City Stevens 25-16, 25-14, 25-16. Pierre is now 4 and 10 on the season as they return to ESD Conference action later today when they host Brookings at Riggs High Gym. Brookings won the first match between the two squads. Varsity match time is scheduled for 6 p.m.



RAPID CITY, S.D. - The Pierre Lady Governor tennis team finished 12th scoring 226 points as the State High School girls tennis tournament wrapped up play on Saturday. Sioux Falls O’Gorman won to defend the team title as the Knights edged out runner up Rapid City Stevens by 8 points. Watertown finished a distant third. Megan Vockrodt had the highest finish in singles play for the Lady Govs as she lost in the semi finals and then settled for 4th place. Vockrodt and her doubles partner, Diedra Beck finished 6th in the number 2 doubles losing in the consolation championship match while Molly Burke and Alexi Gusso won the number 3 doubles consolation championship match for a 5th place finish for the Lady Govs top finishes of the tournament.



ABERDEEN, S.D. - The Pierre Lady Governors finished 4th and the Governor boys had a 3rd place finish at the ESD Cross Country meet run Saturday at Aberdeen. Aberdeen Central won the girls team title while Brookings won the boys team title. Rachel Propst led the Lady Gov effort with a 9th place finish in a time of 15:49. Courtney Ziebart had a 20th place finish while Allison Mientsma was 25th, Aspen Iverson 26th, Libby Gortmaker 37th and Ashley Zimmerman 39th for the Lady Gov best finishes of the day. Jenna Grossenburg of Yankton was the individual medalist with a 4 second victory in a winning time of 15:09. In the boys race the Governors had 2 runners finish in the top 10 with Weston Christensen finishing 6th in a time of 17:14. Aaron Propst was 7th for the Governors while Stephan Nielson finished 14th and Tyler Propst 15th. Roman Spaid had a 22nd place finish, Dylan Rath was 27th and Jebben Keyes was 30th for the Governors top efforts of the day. Nathan Hauge of Brandon Valley won the individual title in a winning time of 16:24 and 5 second victory. The Governors and Lady Governors will run in the 5 Star meet in Huron on Friday for their next action.


MITCHELL,S.D - The Pierre Lady Governors finished second at the state high school soccer tournament on Saturday losing the championship match to Rapid City Stevens 4-0. The Governors boys finished 6th losing to Rapid City Central 2-1 in the 5th place match.