Area Scene: Granite splits baseball games in Chadron

By Journal staff | Thursday, August 14, 2008

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CUSTER — The Custer Granite men’s baseball team went 1-1 during competition in the GSHBA regional tournament in Chadron, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday.

The tournament was to determine which team went to Wakefield, Neb., to represent the GSHBA league in the Nebraska state amateur tournament.

Custer beat Rushville, Neb., 5-3, on Saturday and lost to Chadron, 9-0, in a rain-shortened game on Sunday. The game was called in the bottom half of the seventh inning. Chadron will represent the league in Wakefield, Neb., beginning Saturday.

In the Saturday game, Custer’s Casey Finn was the winning pitcher, allowing only five hits, walking three and striking out seven in the nine-inning game. Finn’s record improved to 7-2 with the win. The game was tied 2-2 until the Granite eighth when Custer scored three times to ice the win. Finn, John Spain and JR Krogstad each had two hits. Dave Powers tripled in the first inning to drive in Finn for Custer’s first run. Custer had 10 hits in the game.

On Sunday, Custer could manage only two hits as Krogstad struggled against Chadron. Krogstad’s record stands at 5-3, plus one save, for the season.

Runners host Friday Night Flights: 2 Mile Edition

HILL CITY —The Heart of the Hills Running Club is hosting Friday Night Flights: 2 Mile Edition on Friday. Runners will compete under the lights in one of three flights ranging from 16 minutes or more for two miles, to runners that will finish in under 11 minutes.

Registration is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the Hill City cinder track.

The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for students and includes a race T-shirt, music and refreshments. All proceeds will go to Hill City Cross Country. 

For more information, go to www.heartofthehillsrunningclub.com or call 605-645-9820.

Augustana picked sixth in NSIC volleyball coaches poll

SIOUX FALLS — The Augustana volleyball team has been picked to finish in sixth place in the 2008 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference preseason coaches poll, the NSIC office announced today.

The Vikings, entering their first season in the NSIC, received 117 points in a vote of the league’s head coaches to position themselves in the top half of the league standings.

In the poll, defending Division II national champion Concordia University, St. Paul, is the preseason pick for the fifth consecutive season to win the league crown.

The Golden Bears received 12 first-place votes and 168 total points. Minnesota-Duluth, who lost to Concordia in last year’s regional final, is the pick to finish second after the Bulldogs garnered 1 first-place vote and 152 points.

Minnesota State University, Mankato, received the other first-place vote and gained 130 points to snag the third position. Close behind were Southwest Minnesota State in fourth place with 128 points, Wayne State in fifth place with 125 points and Augustana to round out the top six.

Each of the top six teams in the poll qualified for the North Central Regional Tournament in 2007.

Journal seeks information from area coaches

RAPID CITY — The Rapid City Journal sports staff is asking for area coaches to return preview questionnaires that were mailed out in late July.

The letters help the Journal sports staff put together its fall sports preview sections. The football preview will be in the Aug. 28 edition of the Rapid City Journal, while the fall sports preview is slated to run a week later on Sept. 4.

Coaches are encouraged to contact the Journal sports staff if you have not received a letter. For more information, call 605-394-8291.

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