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Augustana Survives and Takes Game One of Super Regional

Augustana Survives and Takes Game One of Super Regional

The Augustana Vikings Softball team would hold on for a 3-2 win over Rogers State in game one in the best-of-three series in the Division II Super Regional. The Vikings would take a 2-0 lead in the top of the second with an RBI single from Nicole Bellis and sacrifice fly RBI from Stella Harber.…read more »

Governors Seventh after First Day of State Tournament

Governors Seventh after First Day of State Tournament

The Pierre Tennis team is in seventh place at the end of the first day of the 2024 state tournament with all nine flights playing into day two. As doubles began the day, both Lucas Hight and Jacob Leiferman in flight one along with Noah Lueking and Marty Blanchette in flight three would drop its…read more »

Softball Ends Losing Streak with Home Win over Spearfish

Softball Ends Losing Streak with Home Win over Spearfish

The Pierre Governor softball team would pick up its first home win of the season and stop its 12 game losing streak with a 12-8 win over the Spearfish Spartans on Monday. Pierre would jump out to the early lead going up 8-0 through two innings which included a five run second. Jenna Bucholz would…read more »

Governor Golf Travels to Watertown

Governor Golf Travels to Watertown

The Pierre Governor golf team will be on the road again to Watertown today as the Govs are down to the final three meets of the regular season. Pierre will be in Watertown today before heading to Brookings on Thursday with the ESD tournament in Yankton next week Tuesday. After the ESD, the Govs will…read more »

Governors Sweep Yankton to Close Season, Face Bucks in Playoffs

Governors Sweep Yankton to Close Season, Face Bucks in Playoffs

The Pierre Governor baseball team would get the offense going with 25 hits and 15 runs in a sweep of the Yankton Bucks on Sunday to close the season winning 11-9 and 4-2. The Governors would lead 2-0 and 4-2 through the second and third innings but then trailed 6-4 and 8-6 as both teams…read more »

Governors Two Bad Innings Lead to Sweep

Governors Two Bad Innings Lead to Sweep

The Pierre Governors let two innings, one in each game, get away from them as the O’Gorman Knights would sweep the Governors on Friday 15-4 and 10-0. Pierre played OG 4-4 through five innings which included a first inning solo shot from Cade Kaiser and a third inning RBI double from Kaiser. Nolan Petersen and…read more »

Governors Fifth in ESD Track and Field Meet

Governors Fifth in ESD Track and Field Meet

The Pierre Governors would finish in fifth place on both the boys and girls side scoring 78 points for the boys and 69 points for the girls as Harrisburg would win the boys ESD title and Brandon Valley the girls title. The Governors would win four total events as Kali Ringstmeyer would win both the…read more »

Hart, Kasan Compete in Mitchell Invite

Hart, Kasan Compete in Mitchell Invite

Both Hadley Hart and Sittie Kasan would compete at the Mitchell Invite on Friday with Hart finishing in 39th place and Kasan at 59th. Hart would finish with a plus 24, 96 but was less than 10 shots away from being top 15 on the day. Kasan would shoot a 33 over par, 105. Mitchell…read more »

Governors Swept in Weekend Action

Governors Swept in Weekend Action

The Pierre Governor softball team would be swept at home over the weekend by Jefferson in Lincoln as both games would end early with 10-run rule wins. The Jefferson Cavaliers would win the first game of the weekend with a 16-1 win over the Governors. Jefferson would lead 9-0 heading into the sixth before a…read more »

Augustana Wins Conference Tournament with Long Ball

Augustana Wins Conference Tournament with Long Ball

The Augustana Vikings would defeat Minnesota State on Saturday 8-3 to win the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference baseball tournament using four home runs in the win. Nick Banowetz would hit a solo shot in the bottom of the first to tie the game at 1-1. Drey Dirksen would give the Vikings a 2-1 lead with…read more »