TUESDAY SPORTS, FEBRUARY 24, 2026
MITCHELL KERNELS
— Mitchell Kernels girls basketball hosts No. 1 Brandon Valley on Tuesday at the Mitchell High School gym for Senior Night at 6 pm. The Kernels are coming off a 60-35 win vs. Pierre and a career-high 23 points for CeCe Morgan. Mitchell improved to 12-6 on the season and is currently the 7 seed in AA girls with two games remaining in the regular season.
— Mitchell Kernels boys basketball hosts Brandon Valley on Tuesday for Senior Night at 7:30 pm. The Kernels are coming off a 51-48 double overtime loss at Pierre on Friday night to fall to 8-9 on the season. Mitchell is currently the 11 seed in AA boys with two games remaining in the regular season.
DAKOTA WESLEYAN
— Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball will take on Doane in the quarterfinals of the GPAC Tournament on Wednesday at the Corn Palace at 7 pm.
— Dakota Wesleyan men’s basketball will be at Northwestern on Wednesday at 7 pm for the quarterfinals of the GPAC Tournament. The Tigers lost at Northwestern on Saturday 97-65.
— Dakota Wesleyan softball, 6-4 on the season, will be at Mt. Marty on Wednesday for a single game at 3 pm.
— Dakota Wesleyan baseball will be at York (Neb.) for a pair of doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday starting at Noon.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— South Dakota State women’s basketball will be at North Dakota State on Wednesday at 7 pm.
— South Dakota State men’s basketball will be at Kansas City on Thursday at 7 pm.
— South Dakota State softball, 12-4 on the season, head to Tulsa, Oklahoma, next weekend with two games on Friday and two on Saturday.
— South Dakota State baseball will be at Central Arkansas on Friday for the start of a four-game series.
SOUTH DAKOTA
— USD women’s basketball will be at North Dakota on Wednesday at 7 pm.
— USD men’s basketball will be at Oral Roberts on Saturday at 7 pm.
— USD softball travel to Miami this weekend for five games, starting on Friday at 9 am vs. Harvard.
AA BOYS BASKETBALL – TUESDAY
No. 2 Huron vs. O’Gorman
Aberdeen Central vs. No. 3 SF Roosevelt
No. 5 Tea Area vs. SF Washington
Pierre vs. SF Jefferson
Brookings vs. Yankton
AA GIRLS BASKETBALL – TUESDAY
Huron vs. No. 2 O’Gorman
No. 3 SF Washington vs. Tea Area
SF Roosevelt vs. No 5 Aberdeen Central
SF Jefferson vs. Pierre
Brookings vs. Yankton
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
— Duke’s win against Michigan has pushed the Blue Devils to No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Monday’s poll marked a record 148th time at No. 1 for Duke. Duke claimed 56 of 61 first-place votes. Arizona moved up two spots to No. 2. Michigan, Iowa State and Houston rounded out the top five. No. 7 Florida and No. 17 Alabama had the week’s biggest jumps. No. 14 Kansas and No. 25 Vanderbilt each fell six spots for the biggest falls.
— Geno Auriemma broke a tie with Tara VanDerveer for most appearances by a coach in The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 on Monday when UConn was again a unanimous No. 1. Auriemma has the Huskies ranked for the 655th time. UConn was atop all 31 ballots. The Huskies are the last unbeaten team in Division I women’s basketball and have won 45 consecutive games dating back to last season. The top five teams remained unchanged in the rankings this week with UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Vanderbilt following the Huskies.
OLYMPICS
— Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her left leg following a crash at the Winter Olympics. Vonn detailed the extent her injuries in an Instagram post. The 41-year-old Vonn says the crash on Feb. 8 caused compartment syndrome in her left leg after the crash. The condition traps swelling and blood in the muscle. It cuts off blood flow and can cause permanent damage. Vonn says surgeon Tom Hackett performed an emergency surgery, saving her leg. Vonn added she also broke her right ankle in the crash and is currently in a wheelchair.
WNBA
— The WNBA told the players’ union that it needs to get a deal in place by March 10 to start the season on time. Monday was the first meeting between the sides that involved players and the league since they met at the WNBA offices on Feb. 2. Because of the winter storm that hit New York, it was decided to hold the meeting virtually.
NFL
— The NFL is considering a significant officiating tweak that would allow replay officials to throw penalty flags in limited situations. League executive Troy Vincent says the competition committee is discussing a narrow starting point, letting replay review step in on clear “non-football acts” that on-field officials miss, such as punches or other unsportsmanlike conduct. League officials stressed there is still hesitation about replacing on-field judgment and emphasized any change would likely be small and carefully tested. In other league notes: Special teams coaches are reviewing kickoff rules to further reduce injuries, though the league believes the current format is already safer than the previous version. No team submitted a proposal to ban the “tush push,” though the committee did discuss rules about aiding the runner. The league reported ACL tear rates were at a seven-year low in 2025. There is currently no movement toward adopting a fourth-and-15 alternative to the onside kick.
BOXING
— Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will meet again in a professional boxing rematch Sept. 19 at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The fight will be streamed globally on Netflix. The announcement comes just days after Mayweather announced his intentions to come out of retirement following his upcoming exhibition against Mike Tyson. Pacquiao came out of retirement himself last July and battled then-WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios to a majority draw. He will also compete in an exhibition on April 18 in Las Vegas. It is not yet known what weight class the fight will be contested at or over how many rounds.
MLB
— Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal plans to make only one start for the United States in the World Baseball Classic, regardless of how far Team USA advances. The two-time AL Cy Young Award winner wants to remain on a regular spring training regimen and ramp up for opening day mostly with the Tigers. Skubal made his first spring training start Monday, striking out four over two scoreless innings of two-hit ball in Detroit’s 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins. He is expected to pitch for the Tigers again Sunday against Toronto and then start for the U.S. late next week during WBC pool play in Houston. After that, the rest of his outings this spring will come in a Detroit uniform.
REGION GIRLS TOURNAMENT – TUESDAY
REGION 2B
No. 4 Wessington Springs vs. No. 5 De Smet
REGION 3B
No. 1 Ethan vs. No. 8 Flandreau Indian
No. 2 Colman-Egan vs. No. 7 Howard
No. 3 Chester vs. No. 6 Bridgewater-Emery
No. 4 Sanborn Central/Woonsocket vs. No. 5 Dell Rapids St. Mary’s – Q107.3 at 6 pm
REGION 4B
No. 1 Parkston vs. No. 8 Alcester-Hudson
No. 2 Centerville vs. No. 7 Tripp-Delmont/Armour
No. 3 Gayville-Volin vs. No. 6 Avon
No. 4 Freeman vs. No. 5 Irene-Wakonda – KORN Country 92.1 at 7 pm
REGION 5B
No. 1 Lyman vs. No. 8 Kimball/White Lake
No. 2 Corsica-Stickney vs. No. 7 Andes Central/Dakota Christian
REGION 5A
No. 1 Wagner vs. No. 4 Mount Vernon/Plankinton or No. 5 Scotland/Menno
No. 2 McCook Central/Montrose vs. No. 7 Parker/Marion
No. 3 Hanson vs. No. 6 Bon Homme
No. 4 Mount Vernon/Plankinton vs. No. 5 Scotland/Menno
REGION 6A
No. 4 Chamberlain vs. No. 5 Platte-Geddes
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL – MONDAY
No. 7 Parkston 65, Corsica-Stickney 28
McCook Central/Montrose 62, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 43
Kimball/White Lake 50, Colome 14
Todd County 75, Platte-Geddes 63 – Isaac Leader had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Platte-Geddes
Beresford 63, Wagner 48
Centerville 62, Mitchell Christian 27
REGION 3B — FIRST ROUND GIRLS
Flandreau Indian 43, Canistota 42
Howard 43, Sioux Falls Lutheran 28
NBA
— Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant will be less than two months shy of his 40th birthday when the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics begin, but he says he told USA Basketball Managing Director Grant Hill he’d like to be considered for the U.S. men’s team when the time comes. Durant has played in the last four Olympics, becoming USA men’s basketball’s career scoring leader in the process, but he says he doesn’t want to just be handed a spot on the 2028 team. He wants to earn it. During the 2024 Paris games, Durant became the first American player to win four Olympic gold medals in men’s basketball.
— Victor Wembanyama had 21 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Detroit Pistons 114-103. The Spurs have won a season-high nine games in a row and trail only 2.5 games back of Oklahoma City for the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.
— Russsell Westbrook scored 25 points as the Sacramento Kings snapped a 16-game losing streak, the longest in franchise history, with a 123-114 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
— Jabari Smith Jr. had 31 points and nine rebounds as the Houston Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 125-105.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL – TUESDAY
Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Duke, 6 pm on ESPN
No. 3 Michigan vs. Minnesota, 7:30 pm on Big Ten Network
Baylor vs. No. 2 Arizona, 8 pm on ESPN
Utah vs. No. 4 Iowa State, 8 pm on FS1
No. 14 Kansas 69, No. 5 Houston 56
No. 18 North Carolina 77, No. 24 Louisville 74
Boys
Class AA
1. Lincoln (21) 19-0 105 1
2. Huron 14-4 76 4
3. Roosevelt 14-4 60 2
4. Watertown 14-4 40 5
T-5. Harrisburg 14-5 12 RV
T-5. Tea Area 12-6 12 3
Receiving votes: Washington 3, Brandon Valley 3, Spearfish 2, Jefferson 1, O’Gorman 1.
Class A
1. West Central (20) 19-0 209 1
2. SF Christian (1) 16-1 190 2
3. Clark/Willow Lake 18-2 168 3
4. Hamlin 16-3 141 4
5. Lennox 14-5 122 5
6. St. Thomas More 14-5 95 6
7. Groton Area 15-4 78 7
8. Vermillion 14-5 66 8
9. Stanley County 17-2 38 9
10. Mahpiya Luta 15-3 26 10
Receiving votes: Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 11, Sioux Valley 7, Pine Ridge 3, Dakota Valley 1.
Class B
1. Castlewood (8) 17-3 190 1
2. De Smet (4) 15-4 187 2
3. Freeman (8) 18-2 182 3
4. Viborg-Hurley (1) 17-3 139 4
5. Wessington Springs 15-4 121 5
6. Aberdeen Christian 17-2 109 6
7. Parkston 16-3 84 7
8. Wall 15-4 69 8
9. Sully Buttes 14-5 28 10
10. Deubrook Area 14-5 14 RV
Receiving votes: Lyman 13, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 12, Estelline-Hendricks 4, Leola-Frederick Area 3.
Girls
Class AA
1. Brandon Valley (21) 18-0 105 1
2. O’Gorman 17-1 84 2
3. Washington 14-3 63 3
4. Rapid City Stevens 14-4 32 4
5. Aberdeen Central 13-5 28 5
Receiving votes: Jefferson 2, Mitchell 1.
Class A
1. Mahpiya Luta (21) 19-0 210 1
2. Hamlin 19-1 184 2
3. Lennox 17-3 162 3
4. Wagner 17-2 151 4
5. SF Christian 16-4 131 5
6. Sioux Valley 18-2 103 6
7. Clark/Willow Lake 17-3 82 7
8. Roncalli 16-4 44 8
9. West Central 16-4 41 9
10. Rapid City Christian 16-4 21 RV
Receiving votes: St. Thomas More 15, Lakota Tech 9, Mobridge-Pollock 2.
Class B
1. Lyman (8) 18-2 189 1
2. Bennett County (7) 17-3 186 5
3. Ethan (4) 18-2 175 4
4. Parkston 17-3 134 2
5. Chester 18-2 111 7
6. Centerville (2) 18-2 107 6
7. Colman-Egan 19-1 105 3
8. Harding County 19-1 56 8
9. Waubay-Summit 18-2 33 9
10. Freeman 15-5 18 NR
Receiving votes: Gayville-Volin 10, Corsica-Stickney 9, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 9, Highmore-Harrold 7, Wall 6.