BASEBALL IS BACK! IT'S OPENING DAY! I don't care who drafts whom in the NFL draft. Tell me in October who is playing for whom, and that's soon enough for me. Why do I need to know in April? I don't care if Michael Jordan lives or disappears from the planet. Why are...

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP Women's National Invitation Tournament: Third-round games, left side of the bracket: Michigan State @ South Dakota, 7 p.m. Thursday. (Midco Sports Network) TCU @ New Mexico, 8 p.m. Thursday. Purdue @ Indiana, 8 p.m. Thursday. UC-Davis @...

 THOUGHT FOR TODAY "However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up. --- Stephen Hawking BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP Class 'A' boys at Rapid City March 15-17: Upper bracket: Sioux Falls...

STATE BOYS VARSITY HOCKEY TOURNAMENT Expo Center, Fort Pierre, Friday-Saturday-Sunday, March 9-10-11 Game schedule: Friday, 9:30 a.m.: #3 Brookings vs. #6 Watertown. Friday, noon: #2 Rushmore vs. #7 Mitchell. Friday, 2:30 p.m.: #4 Oahe Capitals vs. #5 Huron. Friday, 5...

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP Class "AA" girls: As the #10 seed among the top 16, Pierre will play at Sioux Falls Washington at 6 p.m. Friday with the winner advancing to the state tournament two weeks later. Class "AA" teams are NOT re-seeded after the Round of 16 as...

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP Class "AA" girls (Pierre): The pairings for the eight games in the Round of 16 to be played next Friday, March 2, won't be known until all regular-season games are completed Monday. Class "A" girls Region 6 (Stanley County): The...

PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: Wrestling: Saturday, @ regional tournament, Eagle Butte. Boys basketball: Friday, @ Brookings; Saturday, @ Brandon Valley; Tuesday, home vs. Watertown. (Round of 16 games March 3) Girls basketball: Friday, home...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To leave the world a better place; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded. --- Ralph Waldo Emerson...

PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP Wrestling: The Governors defeated Brookings in a dual, 62-9, then stayed there overnight to take first place in the Les Tlustos invitational with 239.5 points. Runner-up Brandon Valley had 208, Mitchell 162 and Rapid City Central 150.5...

PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: --- Wrestling: Friday, @ Brookings; Saturday, @ Brookings invitational. --- Gymnastics: Saturday, home triangular (with R.C. Stevens and R.C. Central). --- Boys basketball: Friday, @ Harrisburg; Tuesday, @...