Pierre Soccer in Yankton for Doubleheader

Pierre Soccer in Yankton for Doubleheader

The Pierre Governor Soccer teams are down to its last three contests of the regular season with all three on the road. Today, the Governors face Yankton in a boys and girls doubleheader.

The Yankton Gazelles come in at 2-8-1 on the season and are still fighting for a spot in to the playoffs sitting in 15th place currently. In six of the eight losses Yankton has been shutout and lost 2-1 decisions to both Mitchell and Watertown. Yankton also tied O’Gorman who is currently in 12th place in the AA standings. The Governor girls will need a win to keep up in the top eight in the AA standings. Pierre is in seventh and no matter the outcome, will drop some seed points, however a loss would be detrimental to potentially hosting a first round round matchup.

The defending state champion Bucks are in 11th place in the AA standings coming into today’s contest at 5-4-2 but played the top team Huron to a 3-2 loss and shutout Mitchell 7-0 so the Bucks are starting to get on a roll. However, the Governors have already been on a roll. Pierre has won four in a row and have not loss in its last six games. Even so, Pierre is in ninth in the AA standings and will need a couple of wins over the last three games to ensure a home game in the first round of the playoffs.

Coverage of both games will still be on KCCR and on YouTube at KCCR Sports. The girls match will kickoff at 4:00 with the boys to play at 6:00.