Pierre Soccer Wins 3-0 Over Rapid City Central

After suffering their first loss of the season on Friday night to Rapid City Stevens, the Pierre Governors boys varsity soccer team turned in a solid performance on Saturday morning defeating Rapid City Central 3-0 at the Pierre Indian Learning Center field.

Pierre scored all of its goals in the first half, with two by Cody Kuehl and one from Cole Kruse.  Kruse assisted on both Kuehl goals and Kuehl returned the favor on Kruse’s goal.

The Pierre Lady Governors varsity was also successful in their match against the Cobblers, winning 1-0.

The Pierre squad play will play two games again next weekend, traveling to Aberdeen on Friday and hosting Watertown on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

Cole Kruse

Cody Kuehl

 

Governors Advance in District 3AA With 58-46 Win Over Aberdeen

The Pierre Governors advanced to the finals of the District 3AA playoffs with a 58-46 win over Aberdeen Central at Riggs gym on Tuesday.

The Governors controlled the game throughout and were able to get significant contributions from a number of different players.  Pierre suffered a setback early in the second half when big man Cooper Walton went down with a sprained ankle with the Governors holding a 7 point lead.  Walton was unable to return to action, but the tandem of Brevin Kaiser and Max Seward, both coming off the bench, were able to control things inside as Pierre built its lead to as much as 18 points.

Kaiser led the Governors in scoring while Seward was the only other Pierre player in double figures with 10.

With the victory, Pierre advances to the finals where they will travel to Huron on Friday to face the Tigers.  Huron handed Pierre two of their three regular season losses, including the season finale in Huron.

With a victory, Pierre will advance to the State AA Tournament where they will have an opportunity to defend their state championship from last year.  A loss to Huron would leave the Governors with a final one game playoff against the loser of Sturgis – Rapid City Stevens for a spot in the state tournament field.

More game photos here.

Max Seward

Brevin Kaiser

Lady Capitals End Home Season With 8-3 Win Over Mitchell

The Oahe Lady Capitals finished their home season at the Expo Center on Sunday with an 8-3 win over visiting Mitchell.  The game was also the last regular season game before the state tournament and the final time on the home ice for Lady Cap seniors Traci Corcoran, Logan Gesinger, McKenzie Grode, Sheila Kastner, Carly Niemann, Morgan Puepke, and Gabrielle Vizcarra.

The seniors ended their home careers on a high note with an easy victory that saw them lead throughout.  Puepke scored the only goal of the first period with an assist from Vizcarra to give the Lady Caps an early lead.  Oahe came out strong in the second period with goals from Corcoran and Destiny Barry to take a 3-0 lead.  The scoring started what turned out to be a wild period as the two teams combined for eight goals, with Oahe leading 6-3 at the end of the period.  With the game all but decided, the Lady Capitals added two third period goals leading to the final 8-3 score.

The Lady Capitals offense was led by Barry (3 goals), Vizcarra (2 goals, 2 assists) and Corcoran (goal, 2 assists).  Madison Bogue got the win in net, stopping 19 of 22 Mitchell shots on goals.

The Lady Capitals will conclude their season with the state tournament in Watertown March 7-9th.

More game photos here.

Destiny Barry

Madison Bogue

Traci Corcoran

Gabrielle Vizcarra

 

Capitals Grind Out 4-1 Win Over Aberdeen

The Oahe Capitals ended a three game league losing streak with a tough 4-1 victory over Aberdeen at the Expo Center on Saturday.

After a scoreless first period, Braxton Farmen put the Cougars ahead 1-0 on a power play goal 3:45 into the second period.  The Capitals evened the score a short time later when Cash Anderson scored on the power play.  Two more second period goals from Jacob Fuerst and Landon Badger had the Capitals comfortably ahead 3-1 after two periods.  Badger picked up his second goal of the game for the only scoring in the third period.  Alec Norwick had two assists on the day, with Anderson, Auston Buchholtz and Bo Atkins each adding one.

Alex Meagher had a fairly quiet day in net, facing only 16 shots and stopping 15.

Next action for the Capitals is Saturday February 8th against undefeated Brookings.  It will be Parents Night and the Capitals’ final home game of the season.

More game photos here.

Alex Meagher

Landon Badger

Alec Norwick

Pierre Escapes With 60-57 Win Over Brandon Valley

After an impressive showing in defeating #2 Rapid City Stevens on Tuesday night, the Pierre Governors struggled at home for most of the game against Brandon Valley before moving ahead in the fourth quarter to take a hard fought 60-57 win.

The Governors trailed for the entire first half before taking a brief one point lead late in the third period.  Brandon Valley quickly retook the lead, which they held again until less than 6 minutes to go in the game.  The Governors were able to take their second lead of the game with 5:31 to play and ultimately hold on for the three point victory to move their season record to 9-2.

Brevin Kaiser led the Governors in scoring with 16 points off the bench.  Cooper Walton again had a strong game with 13 inside.  Garrett Pochop was the third Governor in double figures with 10.

Pierre has little time to rest as they will host Brookings (3-9) on Saturday night.  Pierre beat Brookings on their home court 65-59 earlier in the year.

More game photos here.

Garrett Pochop

Brevin Kaiser

Cooper Walton

Governors 60-50 Winners Over #2 Rapid City Stevens

After suffering a 20 point loss to #1 ranked Huron last week, the Pierre Governors rebounded with a sound performance at home in defeating the #2 ranked Rapid City Stevens Raiders 60-50 on Tuesday night.

Stevens jumped out to an early 8-2 lead, but the Governors ended the first quarter with a 14-5 run and never trailed the remainder of the game.

It was another balanced scoring night for the Governors led by Cooper Walton with 15 (10 in the second half) and Trey Livermont’s 11 (including a big 4 point play in the second quarter), both coming off the bench.  Brevin Kaiser was the remaining Governor in double figures with 10.

The Raiders were led by their star guard and Mr. Basketball candidate Steven Schaefer who tossed in 28 despite a strong defensive effort by the Governors.

Next action for Pierre (9-2) is Friday night when they host Brandon Valley (7-5), a team they beat earlier in the second game of the year by 14.

More game photos here.

Cooper Walton

Brevin Kaiser

Capitals Drop Second Straight 3-2 In Overtime To Watertown

The Oahe Capitals suffered their second straight league loss on Sunday afternoon to the visiting Watertown Lakers by the heartbreaking score of 3-2 in overtime.  Watertown’s Spencer Riddle, the league’s leading goal scorer, got his second of the game 5:44 into overtime for the Laker win.

After losing to league leading Sioux Falls-2 on Saturday, it was a determined Capitals squad that took the ice on Sunday looking for win over the second place Lakers in order to stay in contention for the league title.  Oahe got on the board first when Landon Badger scored less than 5 minutes into game off assists from Bo Atkins and Will Gordon to give the Capitals an early lead.  The Lakers were able to tie the score before the period ended when Joe Foley scored, with assists from Patrick Merrigan and Bubba Spiering.  Watertown scored the only goal of the second period on Riddle’s first of the game, again assisted by Merrigan and Spiering.

Entering the third period trailing 2-1, Oahe ramped up the pressure in an effort to even the score.  With 6 minutes left in the game Badger was tripped while on a breakaway attempt and a penalty shot was awarded.  Badger was able to convert the penalty to tie the game and send it to overtime, only to see Riddle win it for Watertown.

Alex Meagher was strong in net for the Capitals, stopping 37 of the 40 shots he faced. Paige Falk earned the win in net for Watertown as she stopped 27 of the 29 Capital shots on goal.

With the win, Watertown remains in second place in the league.  Oahe drops to fourth after Brookings moved past them following a weekend sweep of Rushmore.

The Capitals travel to Mitchell for a single game next Saturday, with their next home game February 1st against Aberdeen.

More game photos here.

Landon Badger

Alex Meagher

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

Rushmore Defeats Lady Capitals 6-3

The Oahe Lady Capitals hosted Rushmore for a three game weekend series, with both teams looking to pick up their first league win of the season with identical 0-6 records.  The Lady Capitals picked up two easy wins to start the series, winning 8-0 on Friday night and 7-0 on Saturday.

The Lady Capitals were looking for the weekend sweep on Sunday and through two periods it looked like they’d get it.  Carly Niemann gave Oahe an early 1-0 lead with the only goal of the first period off assists from Destiny Barry and Traci Corcoran.  Unassisted goals by Gabrielle Vizcarra and McKenzie Grode sandwiched the first Rushmore goal of the weekend, and the Lady Capitals seemed poised for the victory leading 3-1 after two periods.  It all unraveled though for Oahe in the third period as they gave up 5 unanswered goals and Rushmore had its first league win of the year by the score of 6-3.

Madison Bogue stopped 24 of 30 shots on goal in net for the Lady Capitals.  Oahe pummeled Rushmore goalie Anna Veazey with 55 shots for the game, but were only able to get three in the back of the net. Abby Fenhaus-Coyle had three goals and an assist to lead the Rushmore scoring attack.

The Lady Capitals are home again on Friday against Huron before heading into a long six-game road stretch which sees them not returning to the Expo Center until February 15th.

More game photos here.

McKenzie Grode

Gabrielle Vizcarra

Carly Niemann

Lady Capitals Lose 8-2 to Watertown

The Oahe Lady Capitals ran into a solid Watertown team on Sunday at the Expo Center and the result was an 8-2 defeat for the home team.

Watertown came out quickly and put three goals in the net within the first three minutes of play.  The Lady Capitals were unable to recover and Watertown cruised to an easy victory.

Traci Corcoran and Destiny Barry had the only goals for the Lady Capitals.  Logan Giesinger assisted on the Corcoran goal for the only assist of the game. Madison Bogue stopped 24 shots on goal in net for Oahe.

Kaitlyn Muhl had five goals and an assist to lead the Watertown attack.

The Lady Capitals fell to 0-3 in league play while Watertown is now 2-0.  The Lady Capitals travel to Sioux Falls for a single game on Saturday before returning home for a weekend double header with Aberdeen on December 28-29th.

More game photos here.

Traci Corcoran

Destiny Barry

Madison Bogue

Kaitlyn Muhl