TUESDAY SPORTS, SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
MITCHELL KERNELS
— Mitchell Kernels boys golf finished seventh at the ESD conference meet on Monday in Brandon. Mitchell shot 307 as a team, one shot behind sixth place Tea Area. The Kernels were led by Asher Dannenbring’s +2 (73) to finish in a three-way tie for ninth. Harrisburg won the team title shooting +2 as a team. Mitchell now competes at the Class AA state tournament next week at Meadowbrook Golf Course in Rapid City on Monday and Tuesday.
— Mitchell girls tennis holds a 134 to 130 edge in team points over Aberdeen Central after the opening day of the ESD conference championships on Monday in Yankton. Day two will include play-in matches and quarterfinals in both singles and doubles.
— Mitchell volleyball is on the road at SF Lincoln on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on KORN.
— Mitchell Kernels boys soccer will be at Aberdeen Central on Tuesday at 4 pm.
— Mitchell Kernels girls soccer will be at Aberdeen Central on Tuesday at 6 pm.
— Mitchell Kernels football will be at Aberdeen Central this Friday night at 7 pm.
DAKOTA WESLEYAN
— Dakota Wesleyan women’s golf finished eight out of 13 teams at the Mustang Invitational in Marshall hosted by the Southwest Minnesota State. The Tigers shot +69 as a team over the two rounds. Sara Sudenga finished 8th overall at +10. Allison Meyerink finished in a tie for 13th at +11. DWU will compete at the Mustang Derby at Whispering Creek Golf Club in Sioux City starting on Monday.
— Dakota Wesleyan women’s soccer, 1-2-5 on the season, will be at Northwestern on Wednesday at 7:30 pm.
— Dakota Wesleyan men’s soccer, 4-5-1 on the season, will be at Northwestern on Wednesday at 5 pm.
— Dakota Wesleyan volleyball, (9-7 overall, 3-3 GPAC), hosts the College of St. Mary on Friday at 7:30 pm.
— Dakota Wesleyan football is at Doane on Saturday at 1 pm.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— South Dakota State running back James Basinger was honored Monday as the Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Week. A freshman from Littleton, Colorado, Basinger had a team-high 53 rushing yards on 12 carries and scored two touchdowns in the Jackrabbits’ 51-7 home win over Mercyhurst on Saturday. He also caught three passes for 32 yards, giving him 85 all-purpose yards.
— South Dakota State has canceled its home cross country meet, as announced by the team on Monday afternoon. The Jackrabbit staff has made the decision to cancel the SDSU Classic cross country meet due to safety concerns surrounding the forecasted high temperatures for that evening. The SDSU Classic was scheduled for Friday at Edgebrook Golf Course in Brookings. The Jacks will look to add a meet to their schedule to make up for the cancellation.
— South Dakota State football starts Missouri Valley Conference play on Saturday with a road game at Youngstown State at 5 pm.
— South Dakota State volleyball will be at Denver on Thursday.
— South Dakota State women’s soccer host North Dakota on Thursday at 7 pm. SDSU’s unbeaten streak is at nine straight matches.
SOUTH DAKOTA
— USD football hosts Murray State on Saturday for homecoming at 2 pm.
— USD volleyball (9-5 overall, 1-1 Summit League) will be at Denver on Saturday at 2 pm.
— USD women’s soccer hosts North Dakota State on Thursday at 6 pm.
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF
— The Winner boys golf team secured a dramatic victory in the Region 3A golf championship at Lakeview Golf Course in Mitchell on Monday with a team score of 332. They narrowly defeated Parkston, who finished second on shot behind. Chamberlain also qualified for state with a third-place finish of 337. Landon Weber of Parkston and Trysten Eide of Mt. Vernon/Plankinton tied for first with a +3 (75). The top three teams and the top 17 individual golfers earned spots in the Class A state tournament, which takes place at The Bluffs Golf Course in Vermillion on Monday.
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS – TUESDAY
No. 3 Cleveland vs. No. 6 Detroit, Noon on ESPN
No. 4 New York vs. No. 5 Boston, 5 pm on ESPN
NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS – TUESDAY
No. 4 Chicago vs. No. 5 San Diego, 2 pm on ABC
No. 3 Los Angeles vs. No. 6 Cincinnati, 8 pm on ESPN
MINNESOTA TWINS
— The Minnesota Twins have fired manager Rocco Baldelli, ending his seven-year tenure that included three AL Central titles, but only one playoff appearance in his final five seasons. The Twins finished 70-92 this year. Baldelli’s firing came following a season marked by a major selloff leading up to the trade deadline. The Twins went 19-35 after the trade deadline passed following the departure of 10 players from their major league roster. Baldelli is 44. He went 101-61 and won the AL Manager of the Year award in 2019.
MLB
— Bruce Bochy will not return as manager of the Texas Rangers after a three-year stint that began with the franchise’s first World Series championship in 2023 before missing the playoffs in both seasons since then. The Rangers said Monday night that the team and Bochy mutually agreed to end his managerial tenure. Bochy has been offered a front office role to remain with Texas in an advisory capacity. The move came a day after the Rangers finished 81-81.
— Manager Bob Melvin has been fired by the San Francisco Giants after the club missed the playoffs for a fourth straight season. Giants President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey had shown his confidence in Melvin by exercising the veteran manager’s contract option for the 2026 season on July 1. But Melvin said after Sunday’s 4-0 victory against Colorado to conclude his second season that he had received no assurances about managing in 2026. The Giants finished 81-81 on the season.
NBA
— Kawhi Leonard said he didn’t receive all of the money he was owed from a company he had an endorsement deal with a business relationship that is under investigation by the NBA, but he insisted there was no wrongdoing. The Los Angeles Clippers superstar spoke Monday for the first time publicly on the matter at the team’s media day after a report earlier this month alleged the team violated the league’s salary cap rules involving a $28 million endorsement contract between Leonard and a now-bankrupt California company. The league has hired an outside firm to run its investigation.
NFL
— The Denver Broncos routed the Cincinnati Bengals 28-3 to snap a two-game losing streak and send Cincy to its second straight blowout loss since losing star quarterback Joe Burrow to a toe surgery. J.K. Dobbins recorded Denver’s first 100-yard rushing game since the 2022 season finale with 101 yards on 16 carries. The Broncos visit the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles next weekend, while the Bengals host the Detroit Lions.
— Darren Waller had a pair of touchdown catches in his first NFL game in nearly two years, and Tua Tagovailoa threw for 177 yards to lead the Miami Dolphins to their first win of the season, 27-21 over the New York Jets. The Dolphins lost star receiver Tyreek Hill to what appeared to be a serious knee injury in the third quarter. Hill was carted off and taken to a hospital. Tagovailoa completed 17 of 25 passes and didn’t have a turnover Monday night as he moved to 7-0 against the Jets as Miami’s starter. The Dolphins are 1-3 while the Jets fell to 0-4.
COLLEGE
— Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is proposing a bill that would rewrite a 1961 law that prohibits college sports conferences from banding together to sell their media rights in a move she says is designed to protect athletes, Olympics sports and smaller leagues that could be getting priced out of an increasingly expensive era of name-image-likeness deals. Cantwell said she will introduce the Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement Act on Tuesday to give lawmakers an alternative to a bill on the House side that has yet to come up for a vote in front of the entire chamber.
VOLLEYBALL – MONDAY
Parkston 3, Tri-Valley 1 – Parkston improves to 18-4 on the season
No. 3 O’Gorman 3, Aberdeen Central 0 – OG improves to 9-2 on the season.
VOLLEYBALL – TUESDAY
Ethan vs. No. 5 Bridgewater-Emery
Mt. Vernon/Plankinton vs. Platte-Geddes
Wagner vs. Hanson
Corsica-Stickney vs. Wessington Springs
Mitchell Christian vs. James Valley Christian
McCook Central/Montrose vs. No. 1 Dell Rapids
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket vs. Highmore-Harrold
Tripp-Delmont/Armour vs. Burke
Howard vs. Colman-Egan
Tri-Valley vs. Canistota
Colome vs. Andes Central/Dakota Christian
Viborg-Hurley vs. Scotland
SF Roosevelt vs. No. 1 Harrisburg
No. 2 Dakota Valley vs. No. 2 Brandon Valley
No. 4 Watertown vs. Brookings
SF Washington vs. Huron
SF Jefferson vs. Yankton
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL POLL
CLASS AA
1. Harrisburg (13) 13-2 65 1
2. Brandon Valley 10-2 51 2
3. O’Gorman 8-2 40 3
4. Watertown 9-6 21 4
5. R.C. Stevens 14-3 13 5
RECEIVING VOTES: S.F. Washington (6-3) 3; S.F. Jefferson (4-4) 1; S.F. Lincoln (8-4) 1
CLASS A
1. Dell Rapids (6) 17-4 56 1
2. Dakota Valley (6) 16-1 52 3
3. S.F. Christian (1) 15-5 47 2
4. Clark-Willow Lake 15-0 22 4
5. Lennox 17-0 17 5
RECEIVING VOTES: R.C. Christian (16-7) 1
CLASS B
1. Chester Area (13) 18-1 65 1
2. Northwestern 16-1 51 2
3. Burke 16-1 33 4
4. Warner 15-5 30 3
5. Bridgewater-Emery 14-0 8 RV
RECEIVING VOTES: Hitchcock-Tulare (12-2) 3; Gayville-Volin (15-4) 2; Colman-Egan (12-2) 2
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLL
Class 11AAA
1. Lincoln (19) 5-0 115 1
2. Brandon Valley (5) 5-0 101 2
3. Harrisburg 4-1 62 4
4. O’Gorman 3-2 54 5
5. Jefferson 3-2 28 3
Class 11AA
1. Yankton (22) 4-1 118 1
2. Huron (2) 4-1 97 2
3. Pierre 3-2 64 3
4. Tea Area 4-1 49 5
5. Sturgis 3-2 12 4
Receiving votes: Spearfish 11, Brookings 9,
Class 11A
1. SF Christian (24) 5-0 120 1
2. Dell Rapids 4-1 79 3
3. Madison 4-1 73 2
4. West Central 4-1 60 4
5. Tri-Valley 4-1 18 5
Receiving votes: Lennox 10.
Class 11B
1. Elk Point-Jefferson (20) 5-0 116 1
2. St. Thomas More (4) 5-0 92 3
3. Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central 5-0 65 5
4. Mobridge-Pollock 5-0 54 4
5. Wagner 5-1 27 2
Receiving votes: Deuel 4, Clark/Willow Lake 2.
Class 9AA
1. Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy (21) 5-0 117 1
2. Hamlin (3) 6-0 96 2
3. Elkton-Lake Benton 4-1 69 3
4. Hill City 6-0 44 4
5. Parkston 4-1 30 5
Receiving votes: Hanson 2, Viborg-Hurley 2.
Class 9A
1. Wall (23) 5-0 119 1
2. Warner (1) 5-0 92 2
3. Alcester-Hudson 5-1 69 3
4. Platte-Geddes 6-0 47 4
5. Howard 4-1 29 5
Receiving votes: Centerville 2, Ipswich 2.
Class 9B
1. Sully Buttes (18) 5-0 113 1
2. Avon (5) 5-0 94 2
3. St. Mary’s (1) 5-0 81 3
4. Faulkton Area 2-3 27 5
5. Herreid/Selby Area 4-2 24 4
Receiving votes: Sioux Falls Lutheran 21.