For the final time this year, the Pierre Governor tennis team will be home as the Governors will host the Pierre invite prior to the ESD tournament coming up on Monday next week.
The Governors will have a couple of duals today to wrap up the regular season of competing in duals. Pierre is 9-11 heading into today before the Govs then take on the individual tournament starting on Friday. It’s the seventh annual tournament which started in 2019. Pierre won their tournament in 2021. Pierre will be hosting Lennox, St. Thomas More, Madison, Aberdeen Roncalli and Spearfish. The Govs will take on Lennox and St. Thomas More in the duals on Thursday, two teams they haven’t played yet this year. It’s a perfect chance starting Friday for the Governors to get into the tournament mode which will be the case next week Monday and Tuesday in the ESD and then the following week at the state tournament in Sioux Falls. Charis Blanchette, head coach of the Pierre Governors says the guys are ready to go for the individual tournament…
With the Govs having won eight of the last 12 matches, and looking for two more wins to start the two day event, Blanchette says the team has really focused on the little things…
Blanchette says having mental focus these next two days is a big key to rack up wins both in duals and in the individual tournament…
Today are the duals for Pierre against St. Thomas More and Lennox starting at 10:00 AM this morning. The tournament begins at 9:00 AM on Friday. You can see a full list of the schedules for the two days below.
Thursday
10:00 AM – Rapid City Central vs. Aberdeen Roncalli – Doubles First
10:00 AM – Pierre vs. St. Thomas More – Singles First
12:00 PM – Huron vs. Lennox – Doubles First
12:00 PM – St. Thomas More vs. Aberdeen Roncalli – Singles First
2:00 PM – Huron vs. Madison – Doubles First
2:00 PM – St. Thomas More vs. Aberdeen Roncalli – Singles First
4:00 PM – Pierre vs. Lennox – Doubles First
Friday
Griffin Park
9:00 AM – 1 & 2 Doubles 1st Round
10:00 AM – 1 & 2 Double Consolation and Semifinals
11:00 AM – 1 & 2 Doubles 5th Place, 3 Doubles Consolation and Semifinals
12:00 PM – All Doubles Finals, 3rd Place, 3 Doubles 5th Place
1:00 PM – 1 & 2 Singles 1st Round
2:00 PM – 3 & 4 Singles 1st Round
3:00 PM – 5 Singles 1st Round, 1 & 2 Consolation Semifinals
4:00 – 3, 4, 5 Singles Consolation Semis, 1 Singles Semis
5:00 – 2, 3, 4, 5 Singles Semis
6:00 – 1, 2, 3, 4 Singles 3rd Place and 5th Place
7:00 – 5 Singles 3rd and 5th Place, 1-5 Singles Finals
LaBarge Park
9:00 AM – 3 Doubles Top Half 1st Round
10:00 AM – 3 Doubles Bottom Half 1st Round
1:00 PM – 6 Singles Top Half 1st Round
2:00 PM – 6 Singles Bottom Half 1st Round
3:00 PM – 6 Singles Consolation Semis
4:00 PM – 6 Singles Semis
5:00 – 6 Singles 3rd Place and 5th Place
6:00 – 6 Singles Finals
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