TUESDAY SPORTS, JULY 14, 2026
PALACE CITY LEGION BASEBALL
— Palace City Post 18 Legion baseball hosts Yankton on Tuesday in a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. at Cadwell Park. The games will serve as Senior Night and the team’s final home contests of the regular season. Palace City is currently the No. 11 seed in Class A and would matchup with No. 6 seed Brookings. KORN News Radio’s pregame coverage begins at 4:45 p.m. on FM 101.3, AM 1490 and KORNRadio.com. Post 18 ends the regular season on Wednesday with a doubleheader at Dakota Valley.
— Palace City Post 18 Junior Legion (24-15) hosts Tea Area for a doubleheader on Wednesday at 5 pm at Cadwell Park.
— Palace City 14-and-under will be at Watertown on Tuesday at 5 pm.
— Palace City 13-and-under will be at Dakota Valley on Tuesday at 5 pm.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— Six South Dakota State football players have been named to the 2026 Stats FCS Preseason All-America Team. Senior offensive lineman Quinten Christensen headlines the group after earning first-team honors. The Wessington Springs native started all 14 games at left tackle last season and helped the Jackrabbits average 28 points per game while earning second-team All-America honors. Four SDSU players were named to the preseason second team, including defensive end Dawson Ripperda and linebacker Cullen McShane. Offensively, wide receiver Lofton O’Groske earned second-team recognition, while senior punter Max Pelham also received second-team honors. Tight end Greyton Gannon was named to the third team. The Jackrabbits’ six selections were the second most among FCS programs, behind defending national champion Montana State.
SOUTH DAKOTA
— Two USD football players have earned preseason All-America honors from FCS Stats Perform. Running back Charles Pierre Jr. was named a second-team preseason All-American, while linebacker Gabriel Hardman received third-team recognition. Pierre Jr. returns after missing most of the 2025 season because of injury. The 2024 All-American became the first Coyotes running back in the Division I FCS era to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, finishing with 1,244 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2024. Pierre Jr. enters the 2026 season ranked fourth in the FCS era at South Dakota with six career 100-yard rushing games and sixth with 1,716 career rushing yards. Hardman started 13 games at linebacker last season and finished third on the team with 90 tackles.
MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
— Coaches and players from all nine Missouri Valley Football Conference teams will take part in the league’s annual Media Day on Tuesday. The event will be streamed live from 9 a.m. to noon, with interviews featuring each team’s coach and selected players previewing the 2026 football season. South Dakota State opens the schedule at 9 a.m. The Missouri Valley Football Conference begins its 42nd football season Aug. 27, with conference play opening Sept. 19 when Youngstown State visits South Dakota State.
GOLF
— South Dakota State golf coach Parker Edens captured the South Dakota Golf Association Men’s Amateur Championship on Sunday, defeating Dakota Munger with a birdie on the first playoff hole at Elmwood Golf Course. Edens and Munger finished tied at 10-under-par after 54 holes before Edens secured the title on the 55th hole. The victory earns Edens an exemption into this summer’s U.S. Amateur Championship at Merion Golf Club near Philadelphia. Both Edens and Munger also earned exemptions into final qualifying for the 2027 U.S. Amateur. Mitchell’s Asher Dannenbring tied for 26th at 218. In the women’s championship, Rapid City’s Kaitlin Strain won by three shots with a 54-hole total of 1-over. Aberdeen’s Olivia Braun was runner-up, three shots behind. Dakota Wesleyan’s Allison Meyerink finished 10th-place at 232.
AMATEUR BASEBALL
Winner/Colome 11, Platte 8 – Austin Richey with a home run and four RBI’s for Winner/Colome, while Derek Graesser added a pair of hits and three RBI’s. Graesser picked up the win on the mound, throwing five innings, allowing two runs on four hits with 10 strikeouts. Platte rallied with four runs in the top of the ninth inning to get within three run. Michael Buitenbos led the Killer Tomatoes going 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI’s.
Mt. Vernon vs. Parkston Mudcats – Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Plankinton vs. Wessington Springs – Wednesday at 8 pm
Platte vs. Parkston Rays – Thursday at 7:30 pm
Dimock/Emery vs. Mt. Vernon – Thursday at 7:30 pm
Corsica vs. Freeman – Thursday at 7:30 pm
Winner/Colome vs. Alexandria – Friday at 8 pm
Plankinton vs. Four Corners – Friday at 8 pm
WORLD CUP
France vs. Spain, Tuesday at 2 pm on FOX
Argentina vs. Spain, Wednesday at 2 pm on FOX
MLB
— St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jordan Walker staged a dramatic comeback to defeat hometown favorite Kyle Schwarber and win the 2026 Home Run Derby on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park. Walker erased Schwarber’s total of 11 home runs in the final round by hitting six consecutive homers on six swings, becoming the first Cardinals player to win the event. Major League Baseball debuted a new swing-based Derby format this year, replacing the timed rounds. Schwarber finished as runner-up for the second time in his career. The Derby, held in Philadelphia for the first time since 1996, was sold out and streamed live on Netflix.
— Major League Baseball’s All-Stars are pushing back against the league’s proposed salary cap, but players say there is still time to avoid a labor dispute that could impact the 2027 season. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, New York Mets star Juan Soto and Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper are among players who say they will not support a salary cap. MLB owners proposed a cap for the first time since the league’s 1994-95 strike. The current labor agreement expires Dec. 1, and MLB is expected to lock out players after that date. A more significant deadline could come in late February or early March if the league decides whether to delay opening day. The proposal would limit spending in 2027 to about $245 million and establish a payroll floor of about $171 million. Players argue the system would restrict earning potential.
— Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper says he did not know a personalized video he recorded through Cameo would be used by FanDuel as a reward for a high-volume gambler who later sued the sportsbook. A FanDuel customer, Terry Thompson, wagered $18.5 million with the company and received a video message from Harper as a VIP reward. Thompson later filed a lawsuit alleging FanDuel and DraftKings took advantage of his gambling addiction. Harper said he recorded the video through Cameo, an app where fans pay celebrities for personalized messages, and was unaware of any connection between the request and FanDuel’s VIP program. Harper said if he had known FanDuel’s intent or the details of Thompson’s situation, he would not have made the video. He also said FanDuel did not have permission to use the recording.
— The Athletics have dismissed pitching coach Scott Emerson following a nine-game losing streak heading into the All-Star break. The team announced bullpen coach Dan Hubbs will take over as interim pitching coach for the remainder of the season. Oakland entered the break with a 41-55 record and sits fourth in the American League West. The Athletics have the second-worst team ERA in Major League Baseball at 5.21, ahead of only the Colorado Rockies. The move came after a 9-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, extending the team’s losing streak to nine games.
NCAA TOURNAMENT
— The NCAA women’s basketball tournament is making a major change to its bracket format beginning next season. The top 16 teams will now be placed in the bracket according to their true overall ranking, regardless of conference affiliation. Previously, the selection committee separated top teams from the same conference into different regions to prevent them from meeting before the Final Four. The change allows teams to remain in the spots they earned through the selection process. The adjustment could have the biggest impact on conferences such as the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big 12, which have regularly placed four or more teams in the tournament. The men’s tournament will continue separating top seeds from the same conference into different regions.
NFL
— Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has been named the NFL’s top quarterback entering the 2026 season in a preseason poll conducted by The Associated Press. Allen received five first-place votes from a panel of eight AP pro football writers, beating out Patrick Mahomes, who had held the top spot in the poll the previous three seasons. Mahomes finished second after an injury-shortened season in which he suffered a torn ACL late in the year. Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, the reigning NFL MVP, was third. Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson ranked fourth, while Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow rounded out the top five.
— Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has been voted the NFL’s top coach by The Associated Press for the fourth consecutive year. Despite last season’s struggles, Reid remains one of the most successful coaches in NFL history. He has won three Super Bowls with Kansas City and ranks fourth on the league’s all-time wins list with 307 victories. Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay finished second, while Seattle’s Mike Macdonald, who led the Seahawks to a Super Bowl championship last season, placed third. San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan was fourth, and Denver’s Sean Payton rounded out the top five.
WNBA
— Kayla McBride scored a season-high 37 points, while rookie Olivia Miles had a career-high 33 points and eight assists as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Phoenix Mercury 104-100 for their third straight victory. The game featured 23 lead changes and 13 ties, with both teams shooting 55% from the field. Minnesota (18-6) made 24 of 26 free throws. The Lynx host Los Angeles on Wednesday.