Friday Sports, May 24, 2024
MITCHELL KERNELS
— For the third time in the past four years, Mitchell girls golf won the ESD conference meet, shooting at 323 as a team at Fox Run Golf Course in Yankton on Thursday. The Kernels also had the top two individual finishers as Maddie Childs led the field with a 2-over 74, while teammate Allison Meyerink placed second with a 3-over 75. Mitchell won the conference meet by nine shots over second place Watertown and 11 shots over Aberdeen Central. The Kernels will try to win a second straight AA girls golf state title on June 3-4 at Hillcrest Golf Club in Yankton.
STATE TRACK & FIELD
Wagner Sophomore Ashlyn Koupal won her fourth straight Class A girls high jump on Thursday with a height of 5 feet, 4 inches.
Scotland’s Trinity Bietz won her second straight Class B girls shot put championship with a throw of 40 feet, 6.25 inches. Avery Orth of Wessington Springs placed second at 38 feet, 10.25 inches.
Mitchell’s Halle Haring finished seventh in the girls high jump, with a jump of 5 feet, 2 inches. It’s the sixth-best in school history in the girls high jump.
The Kernels placed fifth in the girls 4×800-meter relay, with a season-best time of 9 minutes, 50.37 seconds by Carsyn Weich, Keatyn Wede, Londyn Schroeder and Emerson Smith.
Mitchell finished seventh in the girls 1,600-meter sprint medley relay, as Avrie London, Lainee Forst, Carsyn Weich and Emerson Smith finished in 4 minutes, 23.29 seconds.
The Mitchell boys also advanced to the AA final in the 4×100-meter relay, finishing in 43.63 seconds, the fifth fastest time on Thursday.
Clara Fink of Mount Vernon/Plankinton(117-6) finished fifth and Hanson’s Olivia Kayser (117-4) placed sixth in the Class A girls discus.
Mount Vernon/Plankinton’s Reagan Rus finished second in the 100-meter hurdles preliminaries at 15.36 seconds.
Ethan/Parkston won the Class A 4×100 boys relay prelims with a time of 43.44) seconds from Mark Deckert, James Deckert, Maddux Brissette and Connor Prunty.
AMATEUR BASEBALL – THURSDAY
Corsica-Stickney 7, Mt. Vernon 1 – C/S with five runs in the seventh inning
Alexandria 11, Dimock/Emery 3 – The Angels put up eight runs in the sixth and seventh inning
Platte 10, Parkston Mudcats 4 – Sheldon Gant and Richard Sternberg with four hits each
Crofton (Neb.) 3, Freeman 2 – Zach Hegge had 18 strikeouts in a complete game for Crofton.
Class A State Baseball Tournament Quarterfinals, Friday, May 24, at Sioux Falls Stadium
No. 1 Harrisburg vs. No. 8 Yankton, 11 am
No. 4 O’Gorman vs. No. 5 Rapid City Stevens, 1 pm
No. 2 SF Lincoln vs. No. 7 SF Roosevelt, 5 pm
No. 3 Brandon Valley vs. No. 6 Tea Area, 7 pm
The semifinals will be played at noon and 2:30 pm on Saturday, with the title game at 6:30 pm
NBA Playoffs – Friday (Western Conference Finals, Best of Seven)
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas Mavericks, 7:30 pm on TNT, Dallas leads the series 1-0
NBA Playoffs – Saturday (Eastern Conference Finals, Best of Seven)
Boston Celtics vs. Indiana Pacers, 7 pm on ABC, Boston leads the series 2-0
— Jaylen Brown matched his career playoff high with 40 points and the Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers 126-110 to open a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Boston ran off 20 points in a row in the first half to take the lead for good. Jayson Tatum and Derrick White scored 23 points apiece, while Jrue Holiday had 15 points and 10 assists for the top-seeded Celtics. Pascal Siakam scored 28 points for the Pacers. Indiana will host Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday nights.
— The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired head coach J.B. Bickerstaff despite the Cavs improving in each of his four seasons and overcoming numerous injuries this year to make it to the second round of the playoffs. His dismissal came a week after the Cavs were eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals while playing the final two games without All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell or center Jarrett Allen.
NHL
Stanley Cup Playoffs – Thursday (Eastern Conference Finals, Best of Seven)
Edmonton Oilers 3, Dallas Stars 2, 2 OT, Edmonton with a 1-0 series lead
Stanley Cup Playoffs – Friday (Eastern Conference Finals, Best of Seven)
New York Rangers vs. Florida Panthers, 7 pm on ESPN, Florida leads the series 1-0
NCAA
— The NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences announced Thursday night that they have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims, a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester. NCAA President Charlie Baker along with the commissioners of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference released a joint statement saying they had agreed to settlement terms. They called the move “an important step in the continuing reform of college sports that will provide benefits to student-athletes and provide clarity in college athletics across all divisions for years to come.”
PGA
— The Kentucky police officer who arrested top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside the PGA Championship last Friday is receiving “corrective action” for not having his body camera activated when he approached the golfer’s vehicle, an interaction that allegedly resulted in the officer being dragged to the ground. Louisville officials said that they are not aware of any video footage of the initial interaction last Friday between Scheffler and Louisville Detective Bryan Gillis outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club on a dark and rainy morning. But Gillis wrote in a report on his failure to turn on the camera that Scheffler “demanded to be let in and proceeded forward … I was dragged/knocked down by the driver.” Police did release video Thursday from a street pole camera that appears to show Scheffler’s SUV turning into the golf club entrance, prompting an officer to run toward the vehicle and seemingly strike it as it comes to a stop. The camera is too far away to capture the full details of the encounter.
NFL
— Peyton Manning says he has no desire to leave broadcasting with brother Eli and head to the executive suite of an NFL franchise. Manning says he gets his football fix doing the ManningCast broadcast of “Monday Night Football” games with his brother. Manning received an award Wednesday night honoring his work in the Denver community. Ahead of the event, he was asked if he would ever want to get into NFL ownership and he said he’d rather stick with his livecast with Eli that won its second Sports Emmy award this week.
— The Las Vegas Raiders are rewarding star pass rusher Maxx Crosby with a $6 million raise this season and another $1.2 million next year. Three years remain on Crosby’s contract. He signed a four-year extension in March 2022 worth about $95 million. He was scheduled to approximately $19.3 million this year and $21.9 million in 2025.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
— Each of the Big Ten Conference’s new West Coast schools will make at least one appearance this coming season on Fox Sports’ “College Football Friday” package. The 12-game schedule includes nine Big Ten matchups. Oregon, Southern California, UCLA and Washington will have at least one Friday night home game. Washington visits Rutgers on Sept. 27 in its first conference road game and hosts UCLA on Nov. 15. UCLA is the only team playing on back-to-back Fridays. They host Iowa on Nov. 8 before their trip to Seattle to face Washington. Oregon hosts Michigan State on Oct. 4 before going to Purdue two weeks later and USC will host Rutgers on Oct. 25 at 8 pm Pacific. The kickoff is late because Fox has Game 1 of the World Series that same night.
MLB
— The city of Oakland is selling its share of the Coliseum, home to the departing Oakland Athletics, to a local development group for at least $105 million, Oakland’s Mayor announced Wednesday. The sale is not surprising after the A’s announced last month that they will temporarily relocate to Sacramento until its ballpark is built in its new home of Las Vegas.— The city of Miami will host the World Baseball Classic championship game again in March 2026, concluding a tournament that also will be played in Houston, Tokyo and San Juan, Puerto Rico. For the second consecutive time, Miami will be a site for all three rounds, including the semifinals and final. In 2023, Japan beat the United States 3-2 for the title.
— Baltimore’s Jorge Mateo hit a go-ahead, three-run homer as the Orioles withstood a late Chicago comeback and beat the White Sox 8-6 in a game that ended on an infield fly and an interference call. Trailing 8-2 entering the bottom of the ninth, the White Sox scored four runs and closed within 8-6. With runners on first and second and one out, Andrew Benintendi hit a popup to Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson. The infield fly rule was called and umpires ruled the runner at second, Andrew Vaughn, interfered with Henderson. The runner was called out, ending the game and Chicago’s rally.
— Zack Wheeler tossed seven strong innings and J.T. Realmuto and Nick Castellanos homered to help Philadelphia complete a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with a 5-2 win, the Phillies’ seventh series sweep this season. The Phillies are 29-6 over their last 35 games, which matches the best 35-game span in franchise history, last done in 1892.
— Yankees starter Luis Gil allowed one hit in 6 1/3 innings, while Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge homered early off Luis Castillo as New York beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 to split their four-game series.
— Matt Chapman homered for the third straight game, this one a three-run shot during an eighth-inning rally, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6.
— Jarred Kelenic hit a solo homer as the Braves shutout the Cubs 3-0.
— Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning as the San Diego Padres beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-4. Luis Arraez of the Padres had 10 hits in the three-game series.
— Toronto’s Kevin Gausman struck out a season-best 10 in six innings, while Daulton Varsho hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh as the Blue Jays pulled away for a 9-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Detroit has lost five straight.
— Oakland’s Tyler Soderstrom drew a bases-loaded walk to end a five-run 11th inning as the Athletics stunned the Colorado Rockies 10-9 in the rubber match of a three-game series. Oakland, who overcame a pair of four-run deficits, sent the Rockies to their fifth loss in six games following a seven-game winning streak.