Sioux Falls Takes Two Over Oahe PeeWee A

It was a tough day for the Oahe PeeWee A squad as they dropped two games to Sioux Falls by scores of 7-4 and 10-1.

After losing the early game by only 3, the home team Capitals sought to even the score later in the day.  Unfortunately, they were unable to mount any serious threat to the visitors in the second game, falling 10-1 as tired legs began to show themselves as the game wore on.  Andrew Gordon picked up the only goal of the game for Oahe in the second period.

More photos from the second game here.

Raef Briggs

Andrew Gordon

Lady Capitals Drop League Opener 5-3 To Sioux Falls

A hat trick by Amy Gilkerson was not enough to help the Oahe Lady Capitals secure a win in their league opener on Saturday afternoon as they fell to Sioux Falls 5-3.  Two of Gilderson’s goals came with Oahe short handed as the Lady Capitals gave up 11 power play opportunities leading to 3 of the 5 Sioux Falls goals.

Brooke Fendrich and Ellen Johnson each had an assist for the Lady Capitals.

The Flyers were led on offense by Taylor Dawley’s three goals.

Madison Bogue took the loss in net stopping 23 of 28 shots while Brittany Corcoran got the win for Sioux Falls.

More game photos here.

Brooke Fendrich

Amy Gilkerson

Lady Capitals JV Lose 4-2 to Sioux Falls

Despite getting significantly out shot, the Oahe Lady Capitals JV were able to hang with Sioux Falls for two and a half periods on Saturday afternoon before falling by the score of 4-2.

The Flyers scored the only goal of the first period to lead 1-0 at the intermission.  A goal by Hailey Harris in the second period pulled the Lady Capitals even at 1-1 heading into the third period.  Early in the third period, Ellen Johnson went end-to-end for a score to put Oahe ahead for the first time in the game at 2-1.  But Sioux Falls rattled off the final three goals of the game to take the 4-2 victory.

Jaden Flanagan scored three goals for Sioux Falls and Annika Dawes added one.

Madison Bogue, in her first of two games on the day, took the loss in net for Oahe.  Ava Krabbenhoft was the winning goalie for Sioux Falls.

More game photos here.

Madison Bogue

Ellen Johnson

Governors Lose Homecoming Heartbreaker in OT

It was a tough end to homecoming week in Pierre as the Governors fell 26-23 in overtime to the Sioux Falls O’Gorman Knights in a great high school football game.

The Knights got on the board first, scoring on a 56-yard long pass play by Knight QB Luke Fritsch to Ben Johnson to take an early 6-0 lead.  But Pierre bounced right back on a Luke Snyder 73 yard run to retake the lead at 7-6.  Snyder had another big night on the ground, leading the Governor offense with 132 yards rushing on 15 carries.  The Governors extended their lead when QB Brevin Kaiser scrambled in from 10 yards to put Pierre up 14-6, while a tough Governor defense came up with an interception and fumble recovery in the second quarter to maintain the 8 point lead at halftime.

Pierre added a Peter Sanchez field goal early in the third quarter to extend the lead to 17-6, but then O’Gorman began to show why they are perennial championship contenders.  Fritsch ran it in from 15 yards out to make it 17-12, then Gunnar Sommervold gave the Knights their first lead at 20-17 on a 4 yard TD run.

With about 7:00 to play, O’Gorman took over possession at their own 25 and started a long, time-consuming drive that ultimately stalled deep in Pierre territory with 2:19 to play.  Pierre took over with one last chance, driving down the field with the arm and legs of Kaiser leading a well-executed two-minute offense.  With 10 seconds to play, Sanchez’s 37-yard field goal was just barely long enough to tie the score and send the game to overtime.

Pierre had the first possession in overtime and had to settle for another Sanchez field to make the score 23-20.  On O’Gorman’s possession, Fritsch ran it in from 5 yards out on third down to give the Knights the 26-23 victory.

Pierre (2-2) travels to Huron on Friday to take on the winless Tigers (0-3).  O’Gorman (3-1) will host Yankton, whose game with Aberdeen Central was suspended due to lightning.

More homecoming game night pics here.

 

Connor Shoop with the tackle on Luke Fritsch

Luke Snyder

Brevin Kaiser

Oahe PeeWee B Defeated 6-2 By Sioux Falls

In the first of two games on the day, the Oahe PeeWee B squad were defeated 6-2 by Sioux Falls.  Oahe also lost the nightcap by a closer score of 6-5 in overtime.

In the first game, it took two periods before the home team started to put things together.  Unfortunately, Sioux Falls had built a 4-0 lead at the end of the second period.  Jacob Molseed got two goals in the third period for Oahe, one of those assisted by Grady Klundt.  Riley Briggs stopped 28 shots on goal for Oahe.

More photos from the first game here.

Riley Briggs

Jacob Molseed

Capitals Suffer Tough 5-2 Loss To Sioux Falls

Two of the SDAHA’s top teams faced off on Saturday in Ft. Pierre as the Oahe Capitals hosted the Sioux Falls-2.  Unfortunately for the home team, Sioux Falls was able to come away with a 5-2 win to take over first place in the league.

The Capitals got on the board first when Will Gordon, hustling on the penalty kill, picked up the loose puck and scored on the shorthanded breakaway to give Oahe a 1-0 lead at the end of the first period.  The game continued to go the Capitals’ way when Bo Atkins knocked home a rebound off assists from Peder Sanchez and Landon Badger and Oahe had a 2-0 lead.  Things went downhill from there for the Capitals though as Sioux Falls scored the final 5 goals of the game, four in the final period, to get the win.

Goalie Tim Fuerst had 39 saves for the Capitals, who were outshot by the Flyers 44-17.  Caleb Anderson, the league’s second leading scorer, led Sioux Falls with two goals while Wyatt Nielsen added a goal and two assists.

Oahe will need to rebound quickly as Sunday in Ft. Pierre at 4:15 p.m. they’ll face Watertown, who currently sit immediately ahead of Oahe in second place in the league.

More game photos here.

Bo Atkins

Tim Fuerst

Will Gordon

Capitals Open Hockey Regular Season With Weekend Sweep

The Oahe Capitals’ 2013-14 regular season got off to a great start following home opening wins over Huron and Sioux Falls.

On opening night Friday, the Capitals took an easy 8-0 win over Huron in a game never in doubt.  Cash Anderson led the offensive attack with a goal and three assists, while Will Gordon and Alec Norwick each contributed two goals and an assist.  Tim Fuerst stopped all 16 shots he faced to get the shutout in goal.

Saturday the Capitals anticipated a much tougher contest against visiting Sioux Falls.  However, Bo Atkins and Landon Badger each score goals within the opening three minutes of the game and Oahe remained in control throughout in a surprisingly easy 6-0 nothing win.  After sitting out Friday night’s game due to a suspension carried over from last season, the Capitals welcomed Atkins back to the lineup as he scored two goals and added two assists.  Brandon Swenson had three assists on the night, Riley Bren a goal and an assist and Landon Badger two goals as part of a balanced Capitals scoring attack.  The other half of the Oahe goalkeeping tandem, Alex Meagher, stopped 10 shots to match the shutout effort of his counterpart from the night before.

The Capitals are in action at home again next weekend when they host Mitchell at 7:15 p.m. Saturday night.

More game photos here.

Brandon Swenson

Alex Meagher

Bo Atkins

Capitals JV Roll Over Sioux Falls 8-2

The Oahe Capitals JV squad got their 2013-14 season off to a great start with an easy 8-2 win at home over Sioux Falls on Friday night.

Peter Sanchez put the Capitals ahead for good only 33 seconds into the game and Oahe went on to score the first four goals of what turned out to be an easy game that saw the home team out shoot the visitors 34-13.

Sanchez led the Oahe attack with three goals and two assists on the night.  Austin Bucholtz and Nick Gusso each picked up two goals while Derrick Burke added a goal and two assists.

Matt Pease stopped 11 of the 13 shots he faced to get the win in goal.

Next action for the JV squad is next weekend when they host Sioux Center for games on Friday (8 p.m.) and Saturday (5 p.m.) night.

More game photos here.

Derrick Burke

Matt Pease

Peter Sanchez