TUESDAY SPORTS, JUNE 2, 2026
MITCHELL KERNELS
— Mitchell girls golf team sits third after the opening round of the Class AA State Tournament in Watertown. The Kernels shot a 308, just three strokes off their program record, and trail leader Aberdeen Central by 13 strokes. O’Gorman is second at 304, with Mitchell holding a 13-shot edge over fourth-place Sioux Falls Lincoln. All four Mitchell scoring golfers shot 78 or better, led by Maddie Childs with a 3-over 75, good for a tie for eighth place individually. Brynlee Sabers is 12th after a 77, while Mia Larson and Londyn Hajek are tied for 13th at 78. O’Gorman’s Ari Jacobs holds the individual lead after a 2-under 70. The tournament concludes Tuesday with the final 18 holes.
— Mitchell Legion baseball 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 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 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.
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
— Wessington Springs is firmly in contention for a Class B boys state golf title after the opening round Monday at the Brookings Country Club, sitting second in the team standings. The Spartans shot a 232, 16-over par, and trail leader Philip by just three strokes. Bon Homme is third at 234. J.D. Thompson led Wessington Springs with a 1-over-par 73, tying him for second place individually. He is two shots behind Sully Buttes’ Gavin Colson, who leads after a 1-under 71. The final round of the Class B Boys State Golf Tournament wraps up today in Brookings.
— Defending champion Brynn Roehrich of Clark/Willow Lake and Miller’s Jayce Pugh are tied atop the Class B girls state golf leaderboard after the opening round Monday at Edgebrook Golf Course in Brookings. Both players carded 74s to share the lead heading into the final round. In the team standings, Dell Rapids St. Mary leads at 239, followed closely by Miller at 240.
— Dakota Valley’s Katie Betsworth opened the Class A girls state golf tournament with a 4-under-par 66 to take the first-round lead in North Sioux City. St. Thomas More leads the team standings with a 297, followed by Dakota Valley in second at 310.
MINNESOTA TWINS
— Tristan Gray hit a grand slam in the fourth inning as the Minnesota Twins added four more runs in the fifth on the way to a 9-4 win over the Chicago White Sox. The Twins snapped a five-game losing streak. The White Sox had their five-game winning streak halted. Trevor Larnach hit an RBI single in the first to get the Twins on the board. Austin Martin and Victor Caratini added one-run singles in the fifth before Luke Keaschall and Gray each drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to stretch Minnesota’s lead to 9-4. Joe Ryan allowed four runs on eight hits in six innings with nine strike outs.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES
No. 2 Texas 5, No. 7 Tennessee 2
No. 2 Texas 4, No. 7 Tennessee 0
No. 11 Texas Tech 5, No. 1 Alabama 4
No. 11 Texas Tech 2, No. 1 Alabama 0
Texas and Texas Tech advance to the College World Series Final on Wednesday, best of three series.
STANLEY CUP FINALS
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vegas Golden Knights – Tuesday at 7 pm on ABC
NFL
— The Cleveland Browns have traded two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams in a deal that sends pass rusher Jared Verse and multiple draft picks to Cleveland. Garrett led the NFL with 23 sacks last season and broke the single-season sack record. The Browns receive Verse, the 2024 Defensive Rookie of the Year, along with a 2027 first-round pick, a 2028 second-round pick and a 2029 third-round selection.
— The Philadelphia Eagles have traded wide receiver A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots, reuniting him with former coach Mike Vrabel in a deal announced Monday. The Eagles will receive a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick in return for the three-time Pro Bowl receiver. Brown, 28, departs Philadelphia after three seasons in which he topped 1,000 receiving yards each year and helped the Eagles win a Super Bowl during the 2024 season.
TENNIS
— Tennis legend Serena Williams is returning to professional competition at age 44, accepting a wild-card entry into a doubles event nearly four years after her last match in 2022. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion will begin her comeback in doubles next week in London, with speculation building that she could also appear at Wimbledon later this month and potentially the U.S. Open. Williams won seven Wimbledon singles titles and six U.S. Open crowns before stepping away from the sport, has not competed since the 2022 U.S. Open.
NBA
— Hall of Fame coach Rick Adelman, one of the NBA’s most successful and respected leaders who won more than 1,000 games and guided two teams to the Finals, has died at age 79. Adelman, the father of Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman, won 1,042 games over a coaching career that ranked 10th in NBA history with Portland, Golden State, Sacramento, Houston and Minnesota. He led the Trail Blazers to two NBA Finals appearances in 1990 and 1992 and led Sacramento to success in the early 2000s. Adelman also guided Houston to a 22-game winning streak in 2008.
MLB
— The head of the Major League Baseball Players Association said the union “has never been broken and never will be” as it prepares to fight Major League Baseball’s proposal for a salary cap, raising the possibility of a lockout when the current labor agreement expires Dec. 1. Interim executive director Bruce Meyer said Monday the players will resist any system that limits payrolls, arguing it would fundamentally alter the sport’s economic structure and reduce player compensation. Major League Baseball has proposed its first salary cap system since the 1994-95 labor dispute, alongside a payroll floor, setting up a potential confrontation similar to past work stoppages in the sport. Meyer said the union remains unified and strongly opposed to the idea, noting baseball is the only major North American sport without a salary cap and calling that structure essential to maintaining player freedom in the market.
— Brice Turang ended an 0-for-21 slump by going 2 for 2 with a double and triple in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 16-2 blowout of the San Francisco Giants. Milwaukee’s 16 runs and 18 hits were season highs, though the Brewers had no homers. The Brewers walked 11 times to match a season high.
— Dillon Dingler hit two of Detroit’s season-high five homers, while Riley Greene was a triple shy of the cycle as the Tigers held off the Tampa Bay Rays 10-9. Dingler had four hits and drove in four runs. Greene was 3 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs.
— Seattle’s Cole Young hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning as the Mariners beat the New York Mets 3-2 for their season-high seventh straight victory. The walk-off win was Seattle’s third in four games as the Mariners improved to a season-best three games over .500.
— Jacob deGrom threw five scoreless innings to earn his 100th career win as the Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1.
— Ketel Marte had a two-run homer, while Nolan Arenado and rookie Tommy Troy hit solo shots as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers lost for just the fourth time in 18 games.
— TJ Rumfield hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning as the Colorado Rockies used a five-run eighth to rally past the Los Angeles Angels 9-8.
— Miami’s Sandy Alcantara pitched seven innings as the Miami Marlins hit three home runs, snapping their five-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over the Washington Nationals.
STATE SOFTBALL
— 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. 1 Castlewood vs. No. 8 Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy – 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.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Los Angeles Regional – Cal Poly
Atlanta Regional – Oklahoma 8, No. 2 Georgia Tech 7
Athens Regional – No. 3 Georgia
Auburn Regional – No. 4 Auburn 8, Milwaukee 3
Chapel Hill Regional – No. 5 North Carolina
Austin Regional – No. 6 Texas
Tuscaloosa Regional – No. 7 Alabama
Gainesville Regional – Troy 10, No. 8 Florida 2
Hattiesburg Regional – Little Rock
Tallahassee Regional – St. John’s 5, No. 10 Florida State 4
Eugene Regional – No. 11 Oregon
College Station Regional – USC 7, No. 12 Texas A&M 1
Lincoln Regional – Ole Miss
Starkville Regional – No. 14 Mississippi State
Lawrence Regional – No. 15 Kansas
Morgantown Regional – No. 16 West Virginia 6, Kentucky 5
SUPER REGIONALS
Best-of-three series
Friday, June 5, through Monday, June 8
No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 14 Mississippi State
No. 4 Auburn vs. Ole Miss
No. 5 North Carolina vs. USC
No. 6 Texas vs. No. 11 Oregon
No. 7 Alabama vs. St. John’s
No. 15 Kansas vs. Oklahoma
No. 16 West Virginia vs. Cal Poly
Troy vs. Little Rock