TUESDAY SPORTS, JULY 22, 2025
MITCHELL KERNELS
— Mitchell 16-and-under baseball (19-10 on the season), awaits the Class A 16U state tournament July 25-27 in Yankton. Mitchell will begin state tournament play at noon Friday in Yankton against Harrisburg Gold in pool play.
— Mitchell 14-and-under baseball (17-16 on the season) faces Tea Area for a 5 p.m. doubleheader on Tuesday in Tea.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and USD top the Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason poll released on Monday. Defending FCS national champion North Dakota State is the preseason favorite, earning 39 of 42 first-place votes. SDSU and USD, both 2024 semifinalists, ranked second and third, respectively. Illinois State was picked fourth with Youngstown State coming in fifth. SDSU starts the season by hosting Sacramento State on Saturday, August 30 at 6 pm. USD opens against Iowa State on August 30 at 2:30 pm.
— South Dakota State women’s soccer will host its Blue vs. Yellow scrimmage on Thursday, July 31 at 7 pm, followed by an exhibition vs. Nebraska on Tuesday, August 5. SDSU officially starts the season at Missouri on Thursday, August 14 at 7 pm.
YOUTH BASEBALL
— Parkston 10-and-under baseball defeated Canistota 4-1 on Sunday to win the VFW State Tournament in Webster. Parkston 12-and-under baseball also won a state title in Hot Springs on July 13.
DISTRICT 5B AMATEUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENT – MT. VERNON
THE SUNSHINE LEAGUE GETS 5 BIDS INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT
Winner/Colome vs. Dimock-Emery, Thursday at 6 p.m.
Platte vs. Parkston Mudcats, Thursday at 8 p.m.
Alexandria vs. Corsica, Friday at 6 p.m.
Parkston Rays vs. Mount Vernon, Friday at 8 p.m.
Class A American Legion Baseball First-Round
The teams will play a best-of-three series, beginning on Wednesday with games two and three on Thursday.
The best-of-three first-round pairings include:
No. 15 Spearfish at No. 1 Rapid City Post 22
No. 14 Sturgis at No. 2 Yankton
No. 13 Aberdeen at No. 4 Brandon Valley
No. 12 Sioux Falls West at No. 5 Renner
No. 11 Rapid City Post 320 at No. 6 Sioux Falls East
No. 10 Huron at No. 7 Pierre
No. 9 Brookings at No. 8 Harrisburg Gold
No. 3 Watertown receives a bye due to hosting the state tournament.
The winners will advance to the Class A state tournament on July 29-Aug. 2.
MINNESOTA TWINS
— Shohei Ohtani hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the bottom of the first after giving up a leadoff homer Byron Buxton in the top half of the inning, helping the Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Monday night. The NL West leaders snapped a six-game losing streak at home, their longest such streak since 2017. They were swept in three games by the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend. Buxton sent Ohtani’s second pitch of the game halfway up the left field pavilion. After Mookie Betts walked, Ohtani answered with a 441-foot HR to center that put the Dodgers in front, 2-1. Ohtani has homered in three straight games. Game two between the Dodgers and Twins is tonight at 9:10 pm.
NFL
— NFLPA chief strategy officer JC Tretter is resigning from his position and has withdrawn himself from consideration for the NFLPA’s interim executive director position. Tretter, 34, had been in the role since October 2024. He was the player president from 2020 to 2024 and reportedly was a candidate to serve as the interim executive director following Lloyd Howell’s resignation last Thursday.
— Tennessee quarterback Will Levis will have season-ending shoulder surgery, keeping him from competing for playing time in his third season with the Titans. The Titans announced Monday that Levis made his decision after consulting with doctors and his representatives. The Titans report Tuesday for training camp. Tennessee used the No. 1 overall pick on quarterback Cam Ward in April after going 3-14 with Levis last season.
— Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones did not have any updates on the status of contract negotiations with star defensive end Micah Parsons ahead of the start of training camp. Jones expressed confidence a potential hold-in by the 26-year-old Parsons would not impact the team’s preparations. The contract impasse with Parsons comes after Dallas went 7-10 last season after negotiations of new deals for quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. The 82-year-old Jones also said Monday he has no plans to step down as GM.
NBA
— Chris Paul is rejoining the Los Angeles Clippers for what is expected to be his 21st and final NBA season. The 12-time All-Star was a free agent after playing all 82 games for the San Antonio Spurs last season. He was the first NBA player to play all 82 games in his 20th season or later. Paul previously played six seasons with the Clippers from 2011-2017, where he set the franchise record for assists.
— A professional bettor placed 30 wagers in 46 minutes, all involving Terry Rozier in a 2023 NBA game, according to documents that reveal new details about the suspicious betting under scrutiny by federal investigators. On the morning of March 23, 2023, a bettor at a sportsbook in Biloxi, Mississippi, placed $13,759 in bets on the unders on Rozier’s stats in a game that night between the Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans. All 30 bets won, after Rozier, an eight-year veteran with the Hornets at the time, exited 10 minutes into the game, citing a foot issue. In all, at least six sportsbooks in multiple states detected suspicious betting on Rozier props that day, with the bulk of the activity occurring in Louisiana and Mississippi. The NBA investigated the unusual activity in 2023 and found that no league rules were violated. Two years later, Rozier is one of three NBA players known to have been under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Rozier has not been charged or accused of any wrongdoing.
MLB
— The Kansas City Royals plan to call up 45-year-old pitcher Rich Hill from the minors for a start against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, marking the left-hander’s 21st season in the majors. Hill has been at Triple-A Omaha after joining the Royals. He is 4-4 with a 5.36 ERA in nine starts at Omaha. Hill appeared in four games last season for Boston. A start on Tuesday will make him the oldest active player in baseball.
— Brandon Woodruff tossed six innings of two-hit ball as the Milwaukee Brewers won their 11th straight game, 6-0 over the Seattle Mariners. Woodruff needed just 62 pitches to make it through his third start of the season, giving up two singles. The right-hander missed all of the 2024 season because of surgery on his pitching shoulder.
— Salvador Perez homered twice and drove in four runs, while Jac Caglianone and John Rave added solo shots as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 12-4.
— Bo Bichette hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a four-run fifth as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 4-1, extending their home winning streak to a franchise-record 11 games. Toronto won 10 straight at its former home, Exhibition Stadium, in 1985.
— Paul Skenes allowed three hits over six innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0 . Skenes struck out six, walked one and a hit batter to pick up his first win since late May. The 23-year-old lowered his ERA to a major league-best 1.91.
— Automatic runner Brandon Marsh scored on a call of catcher’s interference with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 3-2 walk-off win over the Boston Red Sox. With nobody out in the bottom of the 10th, Edmundo Sosa’s made a check swing on a pitch that was called a ball and his bat hit the glove of catcher Carlos Narvaez. The Phillies’ asked for a review and the ball call was overturned, allowing Marsh to score the winning run without a Philadelphia hit in the inning. It is the first walk-off win due to catcher’s interference since 1971.
— Rookie Drake Baldwin drove in six runs and Ronald Acuña Jr. scored three times as the Atlanta Braves beat San Francisco 9-5, handing the Giants their season-high sixth straight loss.
— Juan Soto hit a tying single in the seventh inning and Francisco Alvarez delivered a double in his return from the minors as the New York Mets rallied past the Los Angeles Angels 7-5. Brett Baty had a two-run homer for the Mets, who erased an early four-run deficit to match their largest comeback victory this season.
— Brice Matthews hit his first two big-league homers and had five RBIs as the Houston Astros beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-3,
— Willson Contreras homered and drove in two runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies marked their 100th game with their 76th loss.
— Jackson Merrill and Martín Maldonado had run-scoring hits in the second inning as the San Diego Padres held on to beat the Miami Marlins 2-1. Miami’s Kyle Stowers hit a solo homer in the fourth. He now has an MLB-best 12 homers since June 22.
— José Ramírez had a three-run homer in the first inning, while Brayan Rocchio delivered a two-run single in the seventh as the Cleveland Guardians pulled away for a 10-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
— Josh Jung homered and scored three times as the Texas Rangers beat the Athletics 7-2.
— Josh Bell homered and doubled, while Daylen Lile hit a three-run triple as the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-8.
DISTRICT 3B AMATEUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENT – COLOME/CHAMBERLAIN
THE PONY HILLS LEAGUE GETS 5 BIDS INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT
No. 1 Kimball/White Lake vs. No. 8 Colome, 12 p.m., Saturday
No. 4 Plankinton vs. No. 5 Chamberlain, 2 p.m., Saturday
No. 2 Four Corners vs. No. 7 Winner, 4:30 p.m., Saturday
No. 3 Burke vs No. 6 Wessington Springs, 6:30 p.m., Saturday
DISTRICT 4B AMATEUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENT – MADISON
THE CORNBELT LEAGUE GETS 7 BIDS INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT
Defending Class B champion Dell Rapids PBR is the No. 1 seed and earned a first-round bye. They will face the Salem vs. Hartford/Humboldt winner on Saturday at 5 pm.
No. 2 Canova also earned a first-round bye and will take on the Flandreau Blue Teal vs. Colman winner at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
No. 8 Hartford/Humboldt Wood Ducks vs. No. 9 Salem, 6 p.m., Friday
No. 7 Flandreau Blue Teal vs. No. 10 Colman A’s, 8 p.m., Friday
No. 3 Madison vs. No. 6 Hartford/Humboldt Gamecocks, 12 p.m., Saturday
No. 4 Flandreau Cardinals vs. No. 5 Dell Rapids Mudcats, 2:30 p.m., Saturday