While the winter weather wants to never seem to go away, the Pierre Governor high school baseball team is getting set to play its first game of the season next week Friday in Rapid City.
This year’s team has seven seniors including Christian Busch, Jackson Edman, Lincoln Kienholz, Brecken Krueger, Jonny Lyons and Jayden Wiebe all returning to this year’s team. Jack Merkwan returns this year after not playing last year and Deegan Houska missed all of baseball because of an injury and returns for his senior year. Last year’s Governors went 14-13 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Yankton Bucks. Now, this team has unfinished business as the season begins. Steve Gray, head coach of the Pierre Governors, says this is a talented bunch…
While you deal with the remnants of winter weather beginning the baseball season almost every year, Gray says it still can be tough…
Gray says the guys are chomping at the bit to get playing…
The Governors face Rapid City Stevens on Friday, March 31 with a JV game at 6:00 Central Time and a varsity game at 8:00 followed by a doubleheader at Sturgis on Saturday starting at 2:00 Central Time. Varsity games will be on KCCR and on YouTube to watch at KCCR Sports throughout the Spring season.
