Aberdeen Central defeated Pierre 3-0 in a semi final round game of the District 3AA Volleyball tournament last night in Aberdeen. The Golden Eagles, ranked 3rd in the final Class AA Volleyball Poll, won the match 25-7, 25-13, 25-13 sending Pierre to the third place game of the tournament on Tuesday at Mitchell. Aberdeen Central will host Huron in the District 3AA championship match Tuesday night. Whitney King had 6 kills and Kaitlin Severyn 5 for the Lady Govs who struggled to get their offense set up all night. Ashley Polak had 9 assists while Severyn and Taylor Hyde each had 7 kills for the Lady Govs. Stephanie Knecht had a game high 16 kills for Aberdeen Central and Amanda Tobin added 10. The Lady Govs are now 4 and 17 on the season while Aberdeen Central improved to 17-3.
Stanley County ended it's high school volleyball season getting swept by Mobridge-Pollock in the opening round of the District 11A volleyball tournament last night in Ft. Pierre. The Tigers won the match 25-10, 25-5, 25-9 and advanced to the championshp game of the tournament, a game they defeated Cheyenne Eagle Butte to earn a berth in the Region 6A title game Tuesday night. Senior Shelby Gienger ended her career at Stanley County with three aces; Hailey Norman had three kills and three blocks to lead the Lady Buffalos who's season ended with a 2 and 23 record. Mobridge Pollock defeated Cheyenne Eagle Butte in the championship match 25-17, 25-13, 25-20 and will play Miller Tuesday night in Gettysburg for the Region 6A title match.
The defending state high school champion boys hockey team from Pierre-Ft. Pierre will open their season tomorrow at the EXPO Center in Ft. Pierre. Head Coach Rob Kittay's Pierre-Ft. Pierre Capitals varsity squad will play a couple of exhibition games vs. the South Dakota Under 16 All Star squad. Game times are at 11:00 am and 5:00 pm. The South Dakota Under 16 squad had Alex Meagher of Pierre on it's roster. The Capitals graduated a large part of last year's State Championship team and the games will be used by Coach Kittay to start to figure out a starting lineup for this season. The games are open to the public. Season Tickets will be sold and the concession stand will be open at the EXPO Center.
The Black Hills State University women's basketball team will travel to Highmore to participate in the Dennis Bauer Memorial Scholarship Scrimmage this Sunday. The Yellow Jackets will square off against a team comprised of former collegiate basketball athletes with Tip-off is slated for 5 p.m. at the Highmore auditorium in Highmore. Black Hills State will compete against a team comprised of former Black Hills State athletes such as Katelynn Lamb, Mandy Brumfield, Brittany Fuhrman and Jenna Bolstad. Other athletes include Kristin Rotert and Maria Boever from South Dakota State University and former Dakota State University standout Katie Bourk. Admission to the game will be free-will donations to benefit the Dennis Bauer Scholarship Fund. If you cannot attend the game but would still like to donate contact Jordan Bauer at Jordan.Bauer@BHSU.edu or 605-280-6666.
The Pierre Governor and Lady Governor Competitive Cheer and Competitive Dance squads will travel to Mitchell for the ESD Conference meet tonight. Pierre will have two squads in the small group division of stunting-non tumbling in the Competitive Cheer division. Pierre will be the only school with two squads in the small group division. The Competitive Dance squad continues to look to improve coming off a overall 5th place finish last Saturday at the Aberdeen Invitational. Tonights ESD meet at the Corn Palace in Mitchell is scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Rod's Friday Sports Blog
The South Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors will meet Wednesday in Pierre. The board will be determining their sports classification proposal for alignments for 2013-14 and 2014-15. They also will be deciding several sports cooperatives including the creation of a wrestling coop between Burke, Gregory and South Central for next year and the creation of a coop for soccer between Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen Roncalli for next year. Rapid City Christian, Douglas and New Underwood in wrestling. Also, several schools have filed for dissolution of sports coops including Hoven and Edmunds Central in volleyball, boys and girls basketball and boys and girls track for next year. Leola and Frederick in boys and girls golf. and Rapid City Christian and St.Thomas More in boys and girls tennis. Wednesday's meeting will begin at 9 am and be held in the SDHSAA headquarters on North Euclid in Pierre.
The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team had 3rd ranked Aberdeen Central on the ropes in last night's ESD Conference volleyball match in Pierre. But Kelsey Hannigan stepped forward for the Golden Eagles in the 5th and deciding game serving 7 straight points to give the Golden Eagles a 9-1 lead and they went on to win the 5th game 15-4 and the match 3 games to 2. Aberdeen Central won 25-18, 25-12, 21-25, 23-25, 15-4 in teh regular season finale at Riggs High Gym. Caitlin Rassmusson had 13 kills to lead the Golden Eagles while Lauren McCafferty had 13 digs. The Lady Govs were led by Kaitlin Severyn's game high 14 kills and Taylor Hyde had a game high 25 digs. The Lady Govs end their regular season with a 4-16 mark and 1-13 in the ESD. The Golden Eagle won the ESD Conference regular season title with a 13-1 record and finish the regular season with a 16-3 overall record. The two teams will meet again next Thursday in Aberdeen in the opening round of the District 3AA volleyball tournament.
The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team had 3rd ranked Aberdeen Central on the ropes in last night's ESD Conference volleyball match in Pierre. But Kelsey Hannigan stepped forward for the Golden Eagles in the 5th and deciding game serving 7 straight points to give the Golden Eagles a 9-1 lead and they went on to win the 5th game 15-4 and the match 3 games to 2. Aberdeen Central won 25-18, 25-12, 21-25, 23-25, 15-4 in teh regular season finale at Riggs High Gym. Caitlin Rassmusson had 13 kills to lead the Golden Eagles while Lauren McCafferty had 13 digs. The Lady Govs were led by Kaitlin Severyn's game high 14 kills and Taylor Hyde had a game high 25 digs. The Lady Govs end their regular season with a 4-16 mark and 1-13 in the ESD. The Golden Eagle won the ESD Conference regular season title with a 13-1 record and finish the regular season with a 16-3 overall record. The two teams will meet again next Thursday in Aberdeen in the opening round of the District 3AA volleyball tournament.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Rod's Late Tuesday Sports Blog
YANKTON, S.D. - The Pierre Governor football team saw their season come to an end last night as they dropped a 27-13 verdict to Yankton in the opening round of the Class 11AA football playoffs. The Governors scored first when Jared Nielan scored on a 2 yard run to cap an 18 play 83 yard drive that took over 8 minutes. But Yankton's Connor Fitzsimmons scored the first of his four touchdowns in the final minute of the first half to tie the game at 6 at the break. Yankton then came out and scored 21 unanswered points to build a 27-6 lead before Alex Gray scored on a 1 yard run in the closing minute for the Governors second touchdown. Pierre ends their season with a 3 and 7 record. Yankton advances to the second round of the playoffs and a matchup against Sioux Falls O'Gorman on Monday.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota High School Activities Association is considering adding a top-tier 11-man football class that would include the state's largest schools. Class 11AAA would feature nine 11AA schools that have more than 650 students enrolled in grades 9 through 11: Sioux Falls Washington, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, Rapid City Central, Sioux FallsLincoln, Rapid City Stevens, Aberdeen Central, Watertown, Brandon Valley, and Yankton. Wayne Carney, the association's executive director, said the class split proposal came out of discussions held by current 11AA schools. Hearings will be scheduled, and the association's board plans to formally propose the new class at its Nov. 2 meeting with adoption possible on Jan. 12. Class 11AA for football would then feature schools with between 275 and 650 students enrolled in grades 9 through 11, and 11A would include schools with between 150 and 275 students enrolled in those grades. Alignments would go into effect for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years if adopted.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota High School Activities Association is considering adding a top-tier 11-man football class that would include the state's largest schools. Class 11AAA would feature nine 11AA schools that have more than 650 students enrolled in grades 9 through 11: Sioux Falls Washington, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, Rapid City Central, Sioux FallsLincoln, Rapid City Stevens, Aberdeen Central, Watertown, Brandon Valley, and Yankton. Wayne Carney, the association's executive director, said the class split proposal came out of discussions held by current 11AA schools. Hearings will be scheduled, and the association's board plans to formally propose the new class at its Nov. 2 meeting with adoption possible on Jan. 12. Class 11AA for football would then feature schools with between 275 and 650 students enrolled in grades 9 through 11, and 11A would include schools with between 150 and 275 students enrolled in those grades. Alignments would go into effect for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years if adopted.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Rod's Sunday Morning Sports Blog
The Pierre Lady Governor Cross Country team finished 4th on Saturday in the team standings of the State Class AA Cross Country meet. The Lady Govs scored 135 points, 1 point behind third place finisher Aberdeen Central and 60 points behind team champion Yankton. Rachel Propst had the best finish for the Lady Govs coming in 12th in a time of 15:03.30, Aspen Iverson was next in 18th place with a time of 15:14.90. Both girls earned All State honors for their finishes. Hannah Shaffer and Allison Mientsma finished tied for 25th for Pierre other top 40 finishes. Alex Hess of Sioux Falls Roosevelt won the girls individual title. The 4th place finish is the highest finish for a Lady Governor Cross Country team at the State meet since records have been kept dating back to the mid 1970's.
In the boys race, Pierre scored 143 to tie Sioux Falls Washington for 3rd place in the team standings. Sioux Falls Roosevelt scored 98 points to win the team title. Matt Monfore had the best finish for the Governors with a 18 place finish in a time of 16:45.34. Steven Gordon finished 23rd in a time of 16:53.24 as he and Monfore both earned all state honors. Tyler Propst finished 27th, Jebben Keyes had a 35th place finish and Brayden Espland finished 4oth. Tony Smoragiewicz of Rapid City Central won the boys individual title.
The Pierre Lady Governor Competitive Cheer and Competitive Dance squads competed in the Aberdeen Invitational, the final regular season competition of the year on Saturday. In the Competitive Cheer division, the Lady Govs scored 222 points to finish third in the small group non Non Tumbling division. Aberdeen Central won it with 248. In the Competitive Dance competition, Pierre scored 185 to finish 5th in the overall competition out of 7 teams. Sioux Falls Lincoln scored 249.17 to win the overall compeititon. Pierre finished 4th in the Hip Hop competition with 175 points. They were 6th with 167 points in the Pom Division and 213 to finish second in the Kick Division. Next up for the Competitive Cheer and Dance squads is the ESD Conference meet, November 4th in Mitchell.
The Pierre Lady Governor Volleyball team played well enough, but not good enough Saturday to claim a ESD victory over Yankton. In the end, Yankton swept the Lady Govs in 3 games winning 25-16, 25-15, 25-22. Sophomore Whitney DeMoss had another strong game for the Lady Govs leading Pierre in Kills with 10. Pierre wraps up the regular season Thursday hosting Aberdeen Central.
In the boys race, Pierre scored 143 to tie Sioux Falls Washington for 3rd place in the team standings. Sioux Falls Roosevelt scored 98 points to win the team title. Matt Monfore had the best finish for the Governors with a 18 place finish in a time of 16:45.34. Steven Gordon finished 23rd in a time of 16:53.24 as he and Monfore both earned all state honors. Tyler Propst finished 27th, Jebben Keyes had a 35th place finish and Brayden Espland finished 4oth. Tony Smoragiewicz of Rapid City Central won the boys individual title.
The Pierre Lady Governor Competitive Cheer and Competitive Dance squads competed in the Aberdeen Invitational, the final regular season competition of the year on Saturday. In the Competitive Cheer division, the Lady Govs scored 222 points to finish third in the small group non Non Tumbling division. Aberdeen Central won it with 248. In the Competitive Dance competition, Pierre scored 185 to finish 5th in the overall competition out of 7 teams. Sioux Falls Lincoln scored 249.17 to win the overall compeititon. Pierre finished 4th in the Hip Hop competition with 175 points. They were 6th with 167 points in the Pom Division and 213 to finish second in the Kick Division. Next up for the Competitive Cheer and Dance squads is the ESD Conference meet, November 4th in Mitchell.
The Pierre Lady Governor Volleyball team played well enough, but not good enough Saturday to claim a ESD victory over Yankton. In the end, Yankton swept the Lady Govs in 3 games winning 25-16, 25-15, 25-22. Sophomore Whitney DeMoss had another strong game for the Lady Govs leading Pierre in Kills with 10. Pierre wraps up the regular season Thursday hosting Aberdeen Central.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Rod's Friday Sports Blog
There will be a girls and boys youth basketball coaching clinic Saturday, October 29th for anyone interesting in coaching youth basketball teams. The clinic starts at 10:00am and runs to 11:30 am at Riggs High School. For more information, contact Pierre Lady Governor head basketball coach Lisa Kannegeiter-Bahe or Pierre Governor head coach Terry Becker.
The Pierre Governor football team will travel to Yankton for the first round of the Class 11AA High School Football Playoffs on Tuesday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm. Pierre qualified for the playoffs with a 16-14 win over Watertown last night. That win doubled with Huron’s loss to Mitchell vaulted the Governors past Aberdeen Central and into the number 11 seed. Yankton, a 49-7 loser to Brandon Valley last night is the 6th seed. The winner of Tuesday night’s game will take on 3rd seed Sioux Falls O’Gorman in Sioux Falls on Monday night, October 31st.
The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team travels to Yankton tomorrow night to take on the 4th ranked Gazelles who have lost their last two matches they have played getting swept in both of them. Yankton beat Pierre in 4 games their first meeting of the season in August. Tomorrow’s varsity start time is scheduled for 5 pm.
The Stanley County Lady Buffalo volleyball team host Highmore-Harrold in the final home match of the season tonight at Parkview Gym. Tomorrow night, the Lady Buffalos will wrap up their regular season with a match against Lyman in Presho. Stanley County is 2 and 19 on the season.
The 36th Annual Girls and 66th Annual Boys’ State Cross Country Meet will be held at the Yankton Trail Park, Sioux Falls on Saturday. Admission will be charged at this year’s event. Admission price will be $5.00 per person including adults and students grades 1-12. Fans are asked to use the 57th Street entrance to Yankton Trail Park.
Pierre Governor and Lady Governor head Cross Country coach Keith Christensen is excited for his teams heading into tomorrow's Class AA State Cross Country meet in Sioux Falls. Christensen feels that both his boys and girls can be a top 4 finisher at the meet have a chance at winning the combined team award at the meet. He also likes the fact that the AA girls run at 3:00 pm and AA boys races is scheduled for 4:15 pm. He says those are the normal times that his squad practices.
The Pierre Governor football team will travel to Yankton for the first round of the Class 11AA High School Football Playoffs on Tuesday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm. Pierre qualified for the playoffs with a 16-14 win over Watertown last night. That win doubled with Huron’s loss to Mitchell vaulted the Governors past Aberdeen Central and into the number 11 seed. Yankton, a 49-7 loser to Brandon Valley last night is the 6th seed. The winner of Tuesday night’s game will take on 3rd seed Sioux Falls O’Gorman in Sioux Falls on Monday night, October 31st.
The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team travels to Yankton tomorrow night to take on the 4th ranked Gazelles who have lost their last two matches they have played getting swept in both of them. Yankton beat Pierre in 4 games their first meeting of the season in August. Tomorrow’s varsity start time is scheduled for 5 pm.
The Stanley County Lady Buffalo volleyball team host Highmore-Harrold in the final home match of the season tonight at Parkview Gym. Tomorrow night, the Lady Buffalos will wrap up their regular season with a match against Lyman in Presho. Stanley County is 2 and 19 on the season.
The 36th Annual Girls and 66th Annual Boys’ State Cross Country Meet will be held at the Yankton Trail Park, Sioux Falls on Saturday. Admission will be charged at this year’s event. Admission price will be $5.00 per person including adults and students grades 1-12. Fans are asked to use the 57th Street entrance to Yankton Trail Park.
Pierre Governor and Lady Governor head Cross Country coach Keith Christensen is excited for his teams heading into tomorrow's Class AA State Cross Country meet in Sioux Falls. Christensen feels that both his boys and girls can be a top 4 finisher at the meet have a chance at winning the combined team award at the meet. He also likes the fact that the AA girls run at 3:00 pm and AA boys races is scheduled for 4:15 pm. He says those are the normal times that his squad practices.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Rod's Tuesday Sports Blog
The Pierre Governor football team still sits 13th in the latest South Dakota Power Point ratings in the Class 11AA ranks. But the Governors have closed the gap on 12th place Huron. Pierre has 41.250 points to Huron's 42.125. With the format change for the playoffs in the big school class, only 12 teams make the playoffs making Thursday night's final regular season game hosting Watertown a must win situation for the Governors. Huron host Mitchell. The four Sioux Falls schools sit 1 through 4 in the power points this week with Yankton and Mitchell 5th and 6th. The top four teams in the power points at season's end earn first round byes in next week's playoffs. Stanley County meanwhile needs a win over Sully Buttes Thursday night to earn a playoff spot for themselves in the 9AA playoff chase. And then, making the playoffs is not a sure thing. The Buffalos sit 4th in Region 4 but at least two other teams that are in 5th place in their regions have more power points than the Buffalos. To view this week's power points for all 6 classes of football, go to the South Dakota High School Activities Association website at www.sdhsaa.com.
The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team goes on the road tonight as they travel to Huron for an ESD Conference contest against the Tigers. The Lady Govs dropped a 3 game match to Huron last month in their first meeting of the season. Pierre is 1-11 in ESD contests so far this season and 4 and 13 overall after a weekend split of games with Brandon Valley and Watertown. Huron is 8 and 8 on the season coming off a win over Rapid City Central on Saturday. Preliminary matches are scheduled to start at 4:30 pm with the varsity match scheduled for 7 pm.
Stanley County begins the final week of the regular season with a road match tonight against Crow Creek in Stephan. The Lady Buffalos are 2 and 17 on the season but have lost 2-5 game matches against Todd County and Cheyenne Eagle Butte and a 4 game match to Sully Buttes last week. Stanley County has 3 matches remaining in the regular season.
The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team goes on the road tonight as they travel to Huron for an ESD Conference contest against the Tigers. The Lady Govs dropped a 3 game match to Huron last month in their first meeting of the season. Pierre is 1-11 in ESD contests so far this season and 4 and 13 overall after a weekend split of games with Brandon Valley and Watertown. Huron is 8 and 8 on the season coming off a win over Rapid City Central on Saturday. Preliminary matches are scheduled to start at 4:30 pm with the varsity match scheduled for 7 pm.
Stanley County begins the final week of the regular season with a road match tonight against Crow Creek in Stephan. The Lady Buffalos are 2 and 17 on the season but have lost 2-5 game matches against Todd County and Cheyenne Eagle Butte and a 4 game match to Sully Buttes last week. Stanley County has 3 matches remaining in the regular season.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Rod's Saturday Sports Blog
The Pierre Lady Governor volleyball team won thier first ESD match of the season last night defeating Brandon Valley 25-17, 25-10, 29-31, 25-13 at Riggs High Gym. The Lady Govs were in control of the match except for the third game that BV won. Whitney King led the offense with 9 kills on the night. Kaitlin Severyn added 7. Taylor Hyde had a team high 11 digs on the night. Pierre hosts Watertown tonight with the varsity match scheduled to begin at 7 pm.
The Pierre Governor football team scored the first and last touchdowns of their game at Brandon Valley last night. Unfortunatly, Brandon Valley scored 5 touchdowns in between to claim a 35-14 win over the Governors last night. Pierre turned the ball over 3 times and BV took it in the score all 3 times. Jarred Nielan scored both of Pierre's touchdowns on short runs. Nielan also intercepted 2 passes. Pierre will wrap up their regular season on Thursday when they host Watertown at 7:30 pm.
Stanley County could not stop Gettysburg-Hoven's offense last night as the Battler rolled to a 50=12 win over the Buffalos. Gettysburg-Hoven led 36-12 at the half and added a pair of touchdowns in the second half. Stanley County is 2-5 on the season as they host Sully Buttes Thursday night. The Chargers lost their first game of the season last night 46-42 to Herreid-Selby Area.
The Pierre Governor football team scored the first and last touchdowns of their game at Brandon Valley last night. Unfortunatly, Brandon Valley scored 5 touchdowns in between to claim a 35-14 win over the Governors last night. Pierre turned the ball over 3 times and BV took it in the score all 3 times. Jarred Nielan scored both of Pierre's touchdowns on short runs. Nielan also intercepted 2 passes. Pierre will wrap up their regular season on Thursday when they host Watertown at 7:30 pm.
Stanley County could not stop Gettysburg-Hoven's offense last night as the Battler rolled to a 50=12 win over the Buffalos. Gettysburg-Hoven led 36-12 at the half and added a pair of touchdowns in the second half. Stanley County is 2-5 on the season as they host Sully Buttes Thursday night. The Chargers lost their first game of the season last night 46-42 to Herreid-Selby Area.
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