TUESDAY SPORTS, MAY 19, 2026
MITCHELL KERNELS
— Three Mitchell baseball players have earned Class A all-region honors from the South Dakota High School Baseball Association. Seniors Jacob Ebert and Jaxson Hartman and junior Lincoln Bottum were named to the 60-player team. Ebert went 4-1 with a 1.51 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 27 2/3 innings, Hartman hit .327 with 16 hits, 14 RBIs and 13 runs scored, and Bottum batted .344 with 21 hits, 11 RBIs and 12 runs scored while also drawing 13 walks. Mitchell finished the season 14-13 and was eliminated in the regional qualifying round by Pierre.
— Mitchell Kernels softball had its regular season finale on Monday against Brookings cancelled due to weather. The Kernels are currently 3-12 overall on the season and the 15th seed in Class AA. Mitchell would match up with No. 2 seed Harrisburg. The SoDAK 16 is set for Tuesday, May 26.
— Mitchell Kernels girls golf will compete at the Brookings Invitational on Thursday at 10 am at the Brookings Country Club.
— Mitchell Kernels track and field competes on Thursday at the Wendelgass Relays in Huron ahead of the Class AA state meet next week in Sioux Falls.
— Mitchell Kernels boys tennis will compete at the Class AA state tournament, set for Thursday and Friday in Rapid City.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— South Dakota State right-hander Drew McDowell has been named the Summit League Pitcher of the Week. The sophomore threw six hitless innings in a 5-0 win over the Omaha on May 13, striking out seven while extending his streak of consecutive hitless innings to 12. McDowell improved to a team-leading four wins and helped the Jacks to a combined shutout with Ty Madison. McDowell is the third SDSU pitcher to earn the weekly honor this season. The Jackrabbits are the No. 4 seed in the Summit League Baseball Tournament and open play Wednesday against top-seeded Oral Roberts in Minneapolis.
SOUTH DAKOTA
— USD softball has entered the mid-major top-25 poll for the first time in school history, landing at No. 19 in the final 2026 rankings. The Coyotes earned the ranking after a strong NCAA Tournament run in the Lincoln Regional, where they went 1-2 and picked up their first-ever NCAA Tournament win, a 4-2 victory over Louisville. USD finished the season 21-36 and captured its first Summit League tournament title.
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF
— Burke’s Brody Indahl earned medalist honors and Platte-Geddes swept the girls and placed second in the boys team standings Monday at the Region 4B golf championships at Lakeview Golf Course. Indahl shot a 5-over-par 77 to win the boys title by two strokes, finishing with an eagle on his final hole. Bon Homme won the boys team championship with a 242, while Platte-Geddes placed second at 245. Both teams qualified for the Class B state tournament. On the girls side, Mallory Grant of Platte-Geddes won the individual title with an 85 as the Black Panthers claimed the team championship with a 276. The top 40% of individual golfers, along with the top two teams in each division, advanced to the Class B state tournament June 1-2 in Watertown.
MINNESOTA TWINS
— Josh Bell homered twice and drove in four runs as the Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 6-3. The game was delayed nearly two hours due to rain and lightning in the bottom of the fifth inning with the Twins leading 3-0. Bell homered in the second inning, then added a two-run shot in the fourth. After play resumed, Bell drove in his fourth run with an RBI single in the sixth. Game two of the three game series vs. Houston is Tuesday at 6:40 pm.
NBA
— Victor Wembanyama had 41 points and 24 rebounds, while Dylan Harper finished with 24 points and a team playoff-record seven steals as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-115 in double-overtime to open the Western Conference finals Monday night. Wembanyama sealed it with a pair of dunks in the final minute, one of them leading to a three-point play as the Spurs stole home-court advantage and beat the Thunder for the fifth time in six meetings this season. Stephon Castle had 17 points, Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson each scored 13 and Julian Champagnie added 11 for the Spurs, who were without De’Aaron Fox because of ankle stiffness. Alex Caruso scored 31 points, the second-highest scoring game of his career, off the bench for the Thunder — whose nine-game playoff winning streak dating to Game 7 of last season’s Finals was snapped. Jalen Williams returned from a six-game absence caused by a hamstring strain and scored 26 points for the Thunder, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, on the night he got his second straight Most Valuable Player trophy, had 24 points and 12 assists but shot 7 for 23. Game 2 is Wednesday at Oklahoma City.
— The New Orleans Pelicans have hired former Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley as their next coach. Mosley heads to New Orleans after spending the past five seasons with Orlando, which fired him this month after the Magic’s seven-game, first-round playoff loss to the Detroit Pistons. The Magic had a 3-1 lead in that series, as well as 24-point lead in Game 7. Mosley went 189-221 with Orlando. His teams qualified for the NBA playoffs in each of the past three seasons and won the Southeast Division twice, but were eliminated in the first round each time.
NBA PLAYOFFS – TUESDAY
New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, 7 pm on ESPN – Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals
NFL
— Former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer has lost a multimillion-dollar arbitration case against the NFL team that fired him in 2021. Meyer was dismissed with cause in December 2021 following an 11-month tenure, including allegations of misconduct and internal turmoil. He had challenged the firing through arbitration, seeking the remainder of a five-year contract worth about $6 million per year. Meyer is now a college football analyst for FOX Sports.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
— The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences have reached an agreement in principle to resolve pending lawsuits over “poaching” and exit fees. The conferences issued a joint statement along with five schools on Monday saying the parties agreed to stay lawsuits in California and Colorado while they “work to negotiate and finalize the settlement.” Boise State, Utah State, Colorado State, San Diego State and Fresno State joined the conferences in the statement. The Pac-12 and some of the schools joining the conference filed a lawsuit in California in 2024, claiming the poaching clause the league agreed to when it signed a scheduling agreement for its football teams was invalid. The clause called for payments to the Mountain West of $10 million for the first team that left, with the amount increasing by $500,000 for every additional team, to a total of $55 million.
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS – MONDAY
Montreal Canadiens 3, Buffalo Sabres 2 (OT) – Montral wins the series 4-3
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS – WEDNESDAY
Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights – 7 pm on ESPN
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS – THURSDAY
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal Canadiens – 7 pm on TNT
MLB
— Adam Frazier singled leading off the ninth inning for the first hit against Athletics starter J.T. Ginn, while Zach Neto followed with a two-run homer that gave the Los Angeles Angels a 2-1 victory. Ginn struck out 10 and issued one walk on 105 pitches. The right-hander was perfect through 4 1/3 innings and came within three outs of the first major league no-hitter since Sept. 2024.
— Rookie Carson Benge led the New York Mets to an extra-inning victory, hitting an RBI single and a two-run double during a 10-run 12th inning in a 16-7 victory over the Washington Nationals. New York became the first National League team to score at least 10 runs in an extra inning since the 1919 Cincinnati Reds. The Nationals made four errors and left 19 runners on base.
— Jake Bauers homered and drove in four runs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3. Christian Yelich went deep for the second straight day as Milwaukee improved to 9-2 in its last 11 games. Chicago lost for the seventh time in nine games. The Cubs had won 15 in a row at home.
— Miguel Andujar homered off Yoshi Yamamoto in the first inning, while Michael King struck out nine during seven shutout innings of four-hit ball as the San Diego Padres snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers’ five-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory.
— José Ramírez homered and hit a two-run double on a 3-for-4 night as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 8-2. Slade Cecconi held the Tigers to two runs in 7 1/3 innings, his longest outing of the season.
— Yandy Díaz had four hits and four RBIs, while Junior Caminero homered and drove in four runs as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 16-6. Tampa Bay is 13-3 this month and owns the best record in the majors at 31-15.
— Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit two-run homers in the seventh inning as the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6.
— Bryson Stott hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. The Phillies won for the eighth time in nine games and moved two games over .500 for the first time this season. They are 16-4 under interim manager Don Mattingly.
— Javier Sanoja hit his first career grand slam, while rookie Joe Mack drove in four runs as the Miami Marlins shut out the Atlanta Braves 12-0. Max Meyer limited the Braves to just three hits over six innings to improve to 4-0.
— Touted prospect Colt Emerson launched a three-run homer for his first major league hit as the Seattle Mariners stopped a three-game slide with a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Bryan Woo pitched six shutout innings for the Mariners, allowing three hits and two walks. The right-hander struck out eight and retired his final 11 batters.
— Nolan Arenado hit his seventh career grand slam as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants 12-2. Arizona matched season highs with 12 runs and 16 hits.
— Willson Contreras hit his team-leading 10th homer as the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1.
— Texas starter MacKenzie Gore surrendered a two-run double to Ezequiel Tovar and then left with an injury after one inning as the Rangers lost 7-6 to the Colorado Rockies.
CLASS B HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
WEST (Wednesday in Platte)
No. 1 Platte-Geddes/Dakota Christian/White Lake vs. No. 8 Chamberlain/Kimball/Lyman, 2 p.m.
SOUTH (Tuesday in Vermillion)
No. 1 Vermillion vs. No. 8 Scotland/Menno, 3 p.m.
No. 4 Bon Homme vs. No. 5 Parkston/Ethan, 5 p.m.
Winners play for state tournament bid, 7 p.m.
(Tuesday in Freeman)
No. 2 Freeman/Canistota/Marion vs. No. 7 Canton, 3 p.m.
No. 3 Dakota Valley vs. No. 6 Beresford Area, 5 p.m.
Winners play for state tournament bid, 7 p.m.
METRO (Tuesday in Humboldt)
No. 1 West Central vs. No. 8 Hanson/Bridgewater-Emery, 3 p.m.
(Tuesday in Dell Rapids)
No. 2 Dell Rapids vs. No. 7 McCook, 3 p.m.
CLASS A BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENT – FRIDAY AT RONKEN FIELD, SIOUX FALLS
No. 1 Harrisburg (12-4) vs. No. 8 Watertown (12-7) – 5 pm
No. 2 Brandon Valley (17-3) vs. No. 7 O’Gorman (16-9) – 7:30 pm
No. 3 Sioux Falls Jefferson (18-5) vs. No. 6 Pierre (18-8) – Noon
No. 4 Yankton (20-4) vs. No. 5 Rapid City Stevens (17-4) – 2:30 pm
Winners advance to Saturday’s semifinals with the championship game at 7:30 pm