Articles by Travis Kriens

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kody Clemens homered and drove in five runs, Byron Buxton also went deep and Connor Prielipp earned his first big league win as the Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 11-4 on [Read More…]

MESA, Ariz. – The South Dakota State women’s golf team held on to the top spot on the leaderboard after the second round of the Summit League Championship, played Monday at Longbow Golf Club. The Jackrabbits [Read More…]

DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. — Dakota Wesleyan sits 10th after the opening day of the Great Plains Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Championships on Monday at Dakota Dunes Country Club, with 27 of 54 holes completed in [Read More…]

MONDAY SPORTS, APRIL 27, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell boys tennis placed third at the Rapid City Invitational over the weekend, finishing with 117.5 points. Brandon Valley won the team title, followed by Rapid City [Read More…]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yandy Diaz homered as part of a four-run third inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game series sweep. Tampa Bay [Read More…]

SIOUX CENTER & SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Dakota Wesleyan Softball completed the final four contests of the 2026 regular season against the Dordt Defenders and Morningside Mustangs, with both The first doubleheader took place in the [Read More…]

YANKTON, S.D. — Dakota Wesleyan Baseball closed out the regular season with back-to-back days of doubleheaders down in Yankton against the rival Mount Marty Lancers at Riverside Field. The first two games on Friday, April 24th, [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired Ayo Dosunmu from Chicago in February, they expected to get a strong defender and savvy offensive player. If he wants to be an elite scorer, they’ll take [Read More…]

DES MOINES, Iowa ­— South Dakota women’s distance medley school record was broken by over six seconds at the Drake Relays Saturday. TOP PERFORMERS • The DMR squad of Jade Ecoffey, Berkeley Engelland, Ellie Thomas and Geneva Timmerman set the school [Read More…]

DES MOINES, IOWA — South Dakota State’s women’s sprint medley relay team posted a new program record at the Drake Relays Saturday afternoon.Erika Kuntz, Grace Erick, Story Rasby and Reese Luze broke the SDSU sprint medley relay  record with a time [Read More…]

FRIDAY SPORTS, APRIL 24, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — A big third inning led Brandon Valley to a 18-2 run-rule win over Mitchell softball on Thursday. The Lynx broke open a 6-2 game by scoring 12 [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jaden McDaniels and the Minnesota Timberwolves flexed even more of their defensive muscle against the flagging Denver Nuggets, seizing a 2-1 lead in the first-round NBA playoff series with a dominant 113-96 victory on Thursday night. [Read More…]

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets survived a ninth-inning bullpen mix-up when Huascar Brazobán went to the mound as closer Devin Williams started walking in, then hung on to beat the Minnesota Twins [Read More…]

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Dakota Wesleyan Tigers softball saw its once-red-hot season hit another bump Thursday, dropping both ends of a doubleheader to Dordt Defenders softball at the ASB Dome. The Tigers, who recently set [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. — Mitchell Kernels track and field leaned on a standout performance from Alexier Padilla while turning in a solid team showing Thursday at the Pierre Legion Relays. Padilla delivered a dominant day on [Read More…]