MONDAY SPORTS, MARCH 2, 2026
MITCHELL KERNELS
— No. 7 Mitchell Kernels girls basketball will host No. 10 Spearfish at 6 pm on Friday in the Class AA SoDAK 16. Coverage starts at 5 pm with the KORNer Booth on KORN News Radio. Both teams finished the regular season with a 12-8 record. Spearfish defeated Mitchell on February 7, 61-55. The winner advances to the state tournament in Rapid City, March 12-14. Mitchell would face the winner between No. 2 O’Gorman/No. 15 Rapid City Central on Thursday, March 12, at 6 pm CST.
— No. 12 Mitchell Kernels boys basketball will be at No. 5 Watertown at 6 pm on Saturday in the Class AA SoDAK 16. Pregame coverage starts at 5:45 pm on KORN News Radio. Mitchell opened the season with a 59-55 overtime loss at Watertown on December 16.
DAKOTA WESLEYAN
— Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball defeated Hastings 86-68 in the GPAC tournament semifinals on Saturday at the Corn Palace. Rylee Rosenquist finished with a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds, while Avery Broughton also had a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds. The Tigers shot 62% from the field for the game while outrebounding Hastings 41-23. Dakota Wesleyan will be at No. 1 Dordt on Tuesday for the GPAC tournament finals. Dordt defeated Concordia on Saturday 71-65 to improve to 29-1 on the season
— Dakota Wesleyan baseball improved to 9-2 on the season with a pair of wins on Friday at York (Neb.), winning 4-0 and 8-3. The Tigers travel to Tucson, Arizona, next weekend with five games on the schedule.
— Dakota Wesleyan softball went 3-1 over the weekend in Sioux Center, Iowa, with wins over Dickinson State, Haskell and Viterbo. The Tigers improved to 10-5 on the season. DWU heads to Tucson, Arizona, this weekend with 10 games on the schedule. The Tigers face Indiana Wesleyan on Friday at 1 pm, followed by William Penn (Iowa) at 3:30 pm.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— South Dakota State women’s basketball ended the regular season with an 82-49 win vs. USD. Brooklyn Meyer led the way with 33 points and seven rebounds. Molly Joyce had 21 points to lead USD. With the win, the Jacks secure the No. 2 seed for next week’s Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls, while USD will be the No. 3 seed. SDSU improved to 24-6 on the season and 14-2 in the conference. The Jacks take on No. 7 seed Kansas City on Thursday at Noon.
— South Dakota State men’s basketball will face the No. 2 seed St. Thomas in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament on Thursday at 8:30 pm. The Jackrabbit pregame show starts at 8 pm on KORN News Radio.
— South Dakota State softball lost all five games over the weekend at the OSU/Tulsa Invitational in Oklahoma, including 8-1 to No. 4 Nebraska on Friday and 12-4 to No. 16 Oklahoma State on Sunday. The Jackrabbits takes on Nebraska for a doubleheader on Thursday at 4 pm.
— South Dakota State baseball lost two of three games over the weekend at Central Arkansas, losing on Sunday 9-3. The Jackrabbits will be at Nebraska on Wednesday for a single game at 1 pm.
SOUTH DAKOTA
— USD men’s basketball defeated South Dakota State 75-70 on Saturday. All five Coyote starters finished in double figures with 17 points each from Jordan Crawford and Cameron Fens. Joe Sayler led SDSU with 24 points and six assists. The Jacks will be the No. 7 seed in next week’s Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls.
— USD women’s basketball will face the No. 6 seed Denver in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament on Friday at 2:30 pm.
— USD softball won one of five games over the weekend at the FIU Invitational in Miami. The Coyotes defeated Harvard 7-5 on Friday, before playing Harvard to a 9-9 extra inning tie on Sunday. USD travels to Greeley, Colorado, this weekend for five games against Northern Colorado and Colorado State.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RADIO COVERAGE – TUESDAY
KORN Country 92.1: Boys Region 4B: Tripp-Delmont-Armour at Parkston 7 p.m.
Q1073: Boys Region 5A Hanson at Mt. Vernon-Plankinton (in Plankinton) 7 p.m.
STATE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
MITCHELL
Rocky Clark (4th, Heavyweight)
Mitchell’s Noah Bennett (6th, 132 pounds)
Danny Borja (7th, 120 pounds)
Taylor DeJong (7th, 155 pounds)
Class A Boys Team Scores
1, Sturgis, 219.5
2, Brandon Valley, 174.5
3, Watertown, 169
Class B Boys Team Scores
1, Canton, 161.5
2, Winner, 149
3, Tri-Valley, 137
4, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 136
5, Bon Homme/Avon, 102.5
7, Parkston, 69
Winner’s Apollo Willuweit (1st at 106 pounds), 51-0)
Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington’s Jackson Carter (1st at 138 lbs)
Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes’ Carter Konechne (2nd at 165 pounds)
Parkston’s Wyatt Anderson (1st at 175 pounds, 51-0)
Parkston’s Gage Reichert (2nd at 157 pounds)
Wagner’s Gannon Knebel (1st at 215 pounds)
McCook Central/Montrose’s Alexis Bryant (1st at 115 pounds) – Third State Title
AMATEUR BASEBALL
— Longtime South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association President Dale Weber has died at the age of 86. Weber passed away unexpectedly Friday at his home in Sioux Falls. A 2019 inductee into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame, Weber dedicated decades to athletics as a player, coach, teacher, and official. He spent 37 seasons as president of the Amateur Baseball Association. Weber also officiated more than 2,000 high school basketball games and worked football for 44 seasons. Visitation is set for Wednesday evening at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Salem, with the funeral scheduled for Thursday morning.
NASCAR
— Tyler Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win the first three races of the season with a victory Sunday in Texas. Reddick won the season-opening Daytona 500 and a week later at Atlanta, then won from the pole in the first road course race of the year. Reddick now has 11th career victories.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
— Colorado quarterback Dominiq Ponder has died in a single-car crash. He was 23. The Colorado State Patrol says Ponder was driving a 2023 Tesla when he lost control on a curve and hit a guardrail. The car struck an electrical line pole and rolled down an embankment. Ponder was pronounced dead at the scene in Boulder County.
NFL
— The Minnesota Vikings have begun whittling down their salary cap deficit by informing veteran running back Aaron Jones and defensive tackle Javon Hargrave that they will be released later this month barring a trade. The moves will save the team $18.6 million in cap space. Entering the weekend, the Vikings were roughly $43 million over the NFL’s $301 million cap. Other candidates for contract termination include defensive tackle Jonathan Allen and center Ryan Kelly. It’s also possible that the Vikings could lower the cap number of other players, including receiver Justin Jefferson, right tackle Brian O’Neill and tight end T.J. Hockenson, via either contract extensions or restructures.
NBA
— Anthony Edwards scored 21 points, while Bones Hyland had 15 of his 18 points in the first half against his former team, as the Minnesota Timberwolves moved a game ahead of Denver in the Western Conference with a 117-108 win over the Nuggets. Minnesota swept its three-game road trip to improve to 38-23 and jump into fourth in the West, beating Denver for the first time in four games this season. Nikola Jokic finished with 35 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists for the Nuggets.
— Cade Cunningham had 29 points and 11 assists as the NBA-leading Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 106-92 for their sixth straight road victory. The Pistons improved to 45-14, winning for the eighth time in nine games. They have won 10 of 11 on the road.
— Mikal Bridges had 25 points, while Jalen Brunson scored 24 as the New York Knicks snapped the San Antonio Spurs’ 11-game winning streak with a 114-89 victory. Victor Wembanyama led the Spurs with 25 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. New York went on a 26-2 first half run.
— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 100-87. Gilgeous-Alexander has scored at least 20 points in 59 consecutive road games, the longest streak in NBA history. The Thunder are 47-15, a half-game behind Detroit for best record in the NBA.
— Neemias Queta scored a career-high 27 points and added 17 rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics over the Philadelphia 76ers 114-98. Jaylen Brown added 27 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for Boston.
— Luka Doncic had 28 points and nine assists, while LeBron James added 24 points as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Sacramento Kings 128-104.
— James Harden scored 22 points in his return to the lineup with a broken thumb as the Cleveland Cavaliers picked up a 106-102 win over the Brooklyn Nets.
— Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points as the Los Angeles Clippers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 137-117 to end a three-game losing streak.
— Josh Giddey had 20 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his eighth triple-double this season as the Chicago Bulls used a 27-0 run to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 120-97 and end an 11-game losing streak.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL – SATURDAY
No. 1 Duke 77, No. 11 Virginia 51
No. 2 Arizona 84, No. 14 Kansas 61
No. 16 Texas Tech 82, No. 4 Iowa State 73
No. 5 Houston 102, Colorado 62
No. 6 UConn 71, Seton Hall 67
No. 7 Florida 111, No. 20 Arkansas 77
St. Mary’s 70, No. 9 Gonzaga 59
No. 12 Nebraska 82, USC 67
CLASS B SoDAK 16 – THURSDAY, MARCH 5
No. 1 Lyman (20-2) vs. No. 16 McIntosh (14-7) – 6 pm at Stanley County
No. 2 Parkston (19-3) vs. No. 15 De Smet (11-11) – 5:30 pm at Mitchell High School – Q107.3
No. 3 Bennett County (19-3) vs. No. 14 Ipswich (15-7) – 6 pm at Winner
No. 4 Ethan (20-2) vs. No. 13 Deubrook Area (13-9) – 7 pm at Parker – Q107.3
No. 5 Colman-Egan (21-1) vs. No. 12 Warner (16-6) – 7 pm at the Huron Arena
No. 6 Harding County (21-1) vs. No. 11 Jones County (15-5) – 6 pm MT at Spearfish
No. 7 Centerville (20-2) vs. No. 10 Highmore-Harrold (18-4) – 7 pm at Mitchell High School
No. 8 Waubay/Summit (20-2) vs. No. 9 Corsica-Stickney (16-5) – 5:30 pm at the Huron Arena – KORN Country
CLASS A SoDAK 16 – THURSDAY, MARCH 5
No. 1 Hamlin (20-1) vs. No. 16 Sisseton (11-10) – 7 pm at Watertown
No. 2 Mahpíya Lúta (20-0) vs. No. 15 McCook Central/Montrose (15-7) – 6 pm at Todd County
No. 3 Wagner (18-2) vs. No. 14 Dell Rapids (15-7) – 7 pm at Irene-Wakonda
No. 4 Sioux Valley (20-2) vs. No. 13 St. Thomas More (16-5) – 5:30 pm at Chamberlain
No. 5 Lennox (18-3) vs. No. 12 Miller (17-5) – 5:30 pm at Madison
No. 6 Sioux Falls Christian (18-4) vs. No. 11 Groton Area (16-6) – 7 pm at Madison
No. 7 West Central (17-4) vs. No. 10 Mobridge-Pollock (17-4) – 7 pm at Chamberlain
No. 8 Rapid City Christian (17-4) vs. No. 9 Lakota Tech (18-4) – 6 pm MT at Wall