MITCHELL KERNELS
The South Dakota State Track and Field Championships continued Friday at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. Mitchell’s Bryer Stach finished fourth in the Class AA discus for the Kernels, with a top throw of 154 feet, 4 inches. Teammate Logan Bessler was 13th in the event (142-9). Brandon Valley’s Jackson Witte was the winner (163-3). Audrey Miller brought home seventh place in the Class AA triple jump on Thursday while Mitchell’s 4×800-meter relay team finished in eighth place. The team of Landon Johnson, Ben Gerlach, Keniel Padilla and Hunter Patton passed the baton in a time of 8:20.48. Brandon Valley has accumulated 94 points through two days to lead the Class AA Boys’ team standings by 36 points over second place Sioux Falls Lincoln. Harrisburg leads the Class AA girls team standings with 62 points followed by Spearfish with 53.5 points.
The Mitchell Kernel girls’ golf team competes in the Class AA state tournament on Monday and Tuesday at Cattail Crossing Golf Course in Watertown. The Kernels will be in the first five groups to start the tournament at 8:20 a.m. on Monday. The Class A Girls’ Tournament is at Two Rivers Golf Course in North Sioux City. The Class B State Golf Tournaments are in Brookings. The boys will play at the Brookings Country Club while the girls be at Edgebrook Golf Course.
The Post 18 American Legion baseball team opens the season on Tuesday with a doubleheader at Watertown at 5 p.m. Post 18 will play two games at Aberdeen on Wednesday before playing in the Yankton Tournament June 5th – 7th. Post 18’s home opener is June 16th against Helena Montana.
Palace City Baseball Association (PCBA) will conduct its annual Pop Drive Fundraiser on Thursday, June 4th. The fundraiser helps to support summer baseball opportunities for South Dakota Class A and American Legion Post 18 baseball players in Mitchell. Players from Palace City Baseball will be helping sell Pepsi products throughout the community as part of the fundraising effort from 5 PM to 8 PM. Community members can purchase a variety of Pepsi products, Bubbl’r sparkling waters, and bottled water through the fundraiser. Pre-sales are available now online at PalaceCityBaseball.com.
STATE TRACK & FIELD MEET
CLASS A RESULTS (area competitors)
Ethan/Parkston’s Sean Deckert finished second in the Class A boys triple jump with a jump of 43 feet, 5.5 inches. Scotland/Menno’s Micah Goehring was sixth. A day after winning her sixth state high jump title, Wagner’s Ashlyn Koupal scored a third-place finish in the Class A girls shot put, with a top throw of 36 feet, 4.75 feet. Scotland/Menno’s Izayah Ulmer ran 1:58.78 in the Class A boys 800-meter run, good for sixth place.
CLASS B RESULTS (area competitors)
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Liz Boschee set an all-time South Dakota high school record in the javelin with a throw of 147 feet, 7 inches, to capture the Class B title, finishing nearly 18 feet ahead of the competition. The winning mark shattered the previous state record, which was 141-9, set on May 21 by Harrisburg’s Autumn Bryant. Earlier in the day, she placed second in the Class B girls high jump by clearing 5 feet, 5 inches. Boschee also advanced to Saturday’s finals in the Class B girls 300-meter hurdles, posting the seventh-fastest time during the prelims on Friday. Mitchell Christian’s Luke Mentele won the Class B boys 800-meter state championship with a time of 1:56.38. Mentele’s teammate Silas Holdeman captured his third consecutive Class B boys 3,200-meter state championship with a time of 9:36.32, finishing nearly 12 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Corsica-Stickney’s Braylee Bordewyk finished second in the Class B girls 800-meter run, posting a time of 2 minutes, 17.73 seconds. Wessington Springs’ Kenzie Kolousek (2:18.75) took fifth place. Freeman’s Alaric Knittel finished second in the Class B boys discus with a throw of 159 feet, 7 inches. In the Class B boys high jump, Carson Finn, of Wessington Springs, tied for fifth (6-0). The Kimball/White Lake duo of Autumn Baker (11:50.00) and All McCord (11:50.85) came in seventh and eighth in the Class B girls 3,200-meter run. Avon’s Al Gunter was eighth in the Class B boys shot put (46-6.25).
In the Class A standings, the Sioux Falls Christian boys have 63 points, followed by Lennox with 31.5. Ethan/Parkston is tied for seventh with Sioux Valley with 16 points. The Sioux Falls Christian girls have 81 points with Lennox in second place with 41 points. Wagner is in eighth place with 18 points. The Deubrook Area girls and Philip boys hold leads in Class B. The Deubrook Area girls have 35 points, followed closely by Northwestern with 30. Sanborn Central-Woonsocket is in eighth place with 18 points and Corsica-Stickney is in 10th place with 13 points. The Philip boys have 42 points, followed by Bennett County with 31. Mitchell Christian is in third place with 26 points with Freeman in sixth with 19 points and Bridgewater-Emery is tied for ninth with 14 points. The South Dakota State Track and Field Championships conclude today. Friday’s action saw thirteen state meet records broken.
STATE MEET RECORDS SET ON DAY TWO
Class ‘A’ Girls 3200 meters-Ellie Maddox- Sioux Falls Christian- 10:29.33
Class ‘AA’ Girls 3200 meters- Peyton VanDeest- Spearfish- 10:17.40
Class ‘AA’ Boys 3200 meters- Mikah Peters- Brandon Valley- 8:54.05
Class ‘B’ Girls High Jump- Hazel Luethmers- De Smet- 5-06.50
Class ‘B’ Girls 4×200 meter relay- Bennett County (Peyson O’Neill, Macy Claussen, Harley Harris, Reagan O’Neill)-1:43.12
Class ‘B’ Boys High Jump- Rush O’Neill-Bennett County- 6-09.25
Class ‘B’ Girls Javelin- Sanborn Central/Woonsocket- Elizabeth Boschee- 147-07 (State Record)
Class ‘A’ Girls 300-meter Hurdles- Halle Braun- Sioux Falls Christian- 42.32(State Record)
Class ‘AA’ Boys 300-meter Hurdles- Kyson Fayant- Aberdeen Central- 37.87
Class ‘B’ Girls 800-meter run- Ella Boekelheide- Northwestern- 2:13.41
Class ‘A’ Girls 800-meter run- Ellie Maddox- Sioux Falls Christian- 2:12.53
Class ‘AA’ Girls 800-meter run- Peyton VanDeest- Spearfish- 2:08.21
Class ‘B’ Boys Javelin- Spencer Melius- Faulkton Area- 171-00
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
South Dakota State dropped its NCAA Regional opener 4–1 to Nebraska on Friday. Both teams stranded early baserunners, but the Huskers finally broke through in the fourth with three straight hits that chased SDSU starter Sam Schlecht. Reliever Ty Madison steadied things, keeping it a two‑run game into the late innings. SDSU’s best opportunity came in the seventh, when they put runners on the corners with no outs. A safety squeeze failed, a bang‑bang play at the plate erased another run, and the Jackrabbits settled for just one on Owen Siegert’s RBI single before leaving the bases loaded. Nebraska closer J’Shawn Unger then shut the door, retiring the final eight batters. Nebraska added solo homers from Dylan Carey and Jett Buck in the eighth to seal it. The Jackrabbits move to Saturday’s elimination game against Arizona State. First pitch is at 2 p.m.
WEEKEND AMATEUR BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Plankinton at Winner Demons, Saturday at 7 p.m.
Alexandria at Corsica, Sunday at 5 p.m.
Dimock-Emery at Winner-Colome, Sunday at 5 p.m.
Parkston Rays vs Parkston Mudcats, Sunday at 5 p.m.
Salem at Flandreau Blue Teal, Sunday at 2 p.m.
Canova at Flandreau Cardinals, Sunday at 5 p.m.
Wessington Springs at Kimball-White Lake, Sunday at 7 p.m.
Chamberlain at Four Corners, Sunday at 4 p.m.
Colome at Burke, Sunday at 7 p.m.
The South Dakota High School Softball Championships will be held June 4th – 6th. The Class AA state tournament is at Augustana University in Sioux Falls while the Class A and Class B tournaments are in Aberdeen.
Class B State Softball Tournament
No. 8 Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy vs No. 1 Castlewood 10 a.m.
No. 4 Hanson (18-4) vs No. 5 Avon (16-7) Noon
No. 2 McCook Central/Montrose (20-2) vs No. 7 Redfield 2 p.m.
No. 3 Florence-Henry vs No. 6 Gayville-Volin 4 p.m.
Class A State Softball Tournament
No. 1 Madison vs No. 8 Elk Point-Jefferson, 10 a.m.
No. 4 West Central vs No. 5 Beresford, noon
No. 2 Tri-Valley vs No. 7 Lennox, 2 p.m.
No. 3 Dakota Valley vs No. 6 Sioux Valley, 4 p.m.
Class AA State Softball Tournament
No. 1 SF Jefferson vs No. 9 SF Lincoln, 10 a.m.
No. 4 Brandon Valley vs No. 5 SF Roosevelt, noon
No. 2 Harrisburg vs No. 7 SF O’Gorman, 2 p.m.
No. 3 SF Washington vs No. 6 RC Stevens, 4 p.m.