Category Archives: Local Sports

State Rodeo Finals Begin Tuesday in Fort Pierre
The 2025 High School Rodeo State Championships will begin this week as athletes from around the state will gather in Fort Pierre as the championships will run from Tuesday through Saturday. Registrati...
Jon Winkler Jun 16, 2025

Eights Split Doubleheader in Dickinson Friday
Post 8 would split a doubleheader on the road Friday in Dickinson playing just two games instead of an originally scheduled tournament for the weekend. Pierre won game 1-0 before being walked off in g...
Jon Winkler Jun 15, 2025

Post 8 Gets First Doubleheader Sweep of Summer
It was all Pierre on Thursday as they hit the road to take on Spearfish Post 164. Post 8 would get a doubleheader sweep with 13-3 and 16-5 wins for the first sweep of the season. Pierre got off to a h...
Jon Winkler Jun 13, 2025

Zap Suspend Final Game of Spearfish Series
The Oahe Zap and Spearfish Sasquatch tried to get through as much of the game as possible on Thursday night, but the rain came through and the infield dirt became unplayable and the game was suspended...
Jon Winkler Jun 13, 2025

Junior Tour Hits Hart Ranch in Rapid City
Thursday afternoon, players from the West Region of the South Dakota Golf Association Junior Tour would play at the Hart Ranch in Rapid City. Pierre had several represent at the event. Starting in the...
Jon Winkler Jun 13, 2025

Post 8 Travels to Spearfish, Dickinson in Consecutive Days
Pierre Post 8 senior legion will be on the road over the next two days as the Eights will travel to Spearfish this afternoon before playing a doubleheader in Dickinson on Friday. Originally the game w...
Jon Winkler Jun 12, 2025

Spearfish with Big Seventh Inning, Defeat Zap
The final score doesn't indicate how close the game was on Wednesday night as the Oahe Zap fell 11-3 to the Spearfish Sasquatch after a big seventh inning extended the lead. Four singles in the first ...
Jon Winkler Jun 12, 2025

Zap Hold on to Beat Sasquatch
The Oahe Zap would score three runs in the first inning en route to a 7-5 win over the Spearfish Sasquatch on Tuesday to even the four game series with a win each. Vince Pollizi would tie the game wit...
Jon Winkler Jun 11, 2025

Pierre to Host Joe Kirley Memorial Tournament this Weekend
Pierre Post 8 13U and 13/14 team will host the Joe Kirley Memorial Tournament Friday through Sunday with games to be played at Kelley Field and Hyde Stadium. It's an 11 team tournament with four games...
Jon Winkler Jun 11, 2025

Area Athletes Receive Track and field Academic All-State
Late last month, the Track and Field Coaches Association announced the Academic All-State teams. The criteria to be a member of the Academic All-State team is the student athlete must be a senior havi...
Jon Winkler Jun 10, 2025