Five days after the high school baseball season ended with a state championship, Pierre Post 8 will be on the field for the first time this summer as they host the Brookings Bandits.
Brookings has already got a jump on the season as they split its doubleheader on Tuesday with the Renner Royals who just so happens to be Pierre’s opponent on Friday. Brookings controlled the first game with a 12-5 win, but the Royals came back with an 8-1 win in Brookings.
Last season Pierre finished at 20-22 going 1-2 at the state tournament in Rapid City. The Eights had three super seniors along with three seniors, but Matt Hanson, one of those 2022 seniors returns to play as a super senior. Overall, the Eights will be younger than they have been in the last couple of years, although talent wise, the young guys have a lot of upside. River Iverson, assistant coach of the Eights says there will be a lot of new faces on the senior legion level…
Iverson says these young guys will be looking to get better and get a lot of experience this year…
Iverson says pitching will be key tonight against Brookings…
Coverage will start at 4:45 on KCCR and on YouTube at KCCR Sports with first pitch at 5:00 as Jon Winkler and Blake Dean will have the call.
