WEDNESDAY SPORTS, JULY 29, 2026
DISTRICT 3B AMATEUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENT – CHAMBERLAIN
Colome 19, Winner Demons 10
Kimball/White Lake vs. Four Corners – 7:30 pm on Wednesday, District 3B Championship
Burke vs. Winner – Thursday, Elimination Game
Wessington Springs vs. Colome – Thursday
DISTRICT 4B AMATEUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENT – HUMBOLDT
Dell Rapids PBR 7, Canova 1 – Drew Sweeter with a solo home run, along with nine innings on the mound, allowing just six hits and one run. Riley Calhoon added four hits for PBR.
Dell Rapids Mudcats 11, Madison 0
Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks vs. Flandreau Cardinals – Elimination Game, 6 pm on Wednesday
Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks vs. Salem – Elimination Game, 8:30 pm on Wednesday
Dell Rapids PBR vs. Dell Rapids Mudcats – Championship Game on Saturday
DISTRICT 5B AMATEUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENT – PLATTE
Winner/Colome 11, Corsica 4 – The Pheasants took control with five runs in the third inning and four more in the fourth inning after being down 3-0 after two innings.
Mt. Vernon 9, Dimock/Emery 6 – Bradley Dean threw a complete game for Mt. Vernon, allowing four earned runs with 13 strikeouts. Spencer Neugebauer and Parker Mandel each had two RBI’s.
Parkston Mudcats vs. Winner/Colome – 6 pm Wednesday
Platte vs. Mt. Vernon winner – 8:30 pm on Wednesday
Alexandria vs. Parkston Rays – Championship Game on Friday
DISTRICT 6B AMATEUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENT – MENNO
Tabor 12, Lesterville 2 (8 innings)
Freeman vs. Crofton (Neb.) – Thursday
Tabor vs. Wynot (Neb.) – Championship Game on Saturday
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— South Dakota State has broken ground on Dakota Layers Stadium, the future home of Jackrabbit women’s soccer. The natural grass facility, located next to Dykhouse Stadium, is scheduled to open for the 2027 season. The project, funded by lead gifts from Dakota Layers and the Ramsdell family, will feature lights, a scoreboard, permanent grandstands and a press box. Coaches and players say moving from Fishback Park to an on-campus venue will boost recruiting, increase student attendance and transform the program’s future.
MINNESOTA TWINS
— Royce Lewis hit a two-run triple with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Taj Bradley threw six innings for the Twins, allowing two runs on three hits with 10 strikeouts. Byron Buxton left in the fifth inning with right hip soreness after running to first base. It’s the same joint that caused him to miss the All-Star Game this month. The Twins have won three straight and five of six and they improve to 54-54 on the season and sit just ½ game behind Cleveland for the final Wild Card spot in the American League and two games behind the Chicago White Sox for the division lead. Game two of the three game series is Wednesday at 6:40 pm.
CLASS A LEGION BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENT – TUESDAY IN RAPID CITY
No. 2 Sioux Falls West 8, No. 8 Harrisburg 0 – Caden Voss with five shutout innings, allowing one hit.
No. 5 Brookings 3, No. 4 Brandon Valley 0 – Nolan Krogman with nine strikeouts over seven shutout innings.
No. 6 Rapid City Post 320 9. No. 3 Yankton 0 – Noah Wald went 4-for-4 with a double. Burke Eschemeyer with 5 2/3 shutout innings.
No. 1 Rapid City Post 22 10, No. 10 Watertown 2 – Kain McLeod with three hits and two RBI’s.
No. 3 Yankton vs. No. 8 Harrisburg – 11 am CST
No. 4 Brandon Valley vs. No. 10 Watertown – 2 pm CST
No. 2 Sioux Falls West vs. No. 6 Rapid City Post 320 – 5 pm CST
No. 1 Rapid City Post 22 vs. No. 5 Brookings – 8 pm CST
CLASS B LEGION BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENT – FRIDAY IN MADISON
Volga vs. Dell Rapids, 10 a.m.
Parkston vs. Belle Fourche, 12:30 p.m.
Groton vs. Garretson, 5 p.m.
Madison vs. Dakota Valley, 7:30 p.m.
NFL
— San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan took the blame for the car crash that left him with a concussion and other injuries, saying he took his eyes off the road to reach for his fallen cell phone before hitting another vehicle. Shanahan crashed into a 21-year-old woman driving in the other direction in Palo Alto on July 14 and was left with a concussion, broken ribs, a broken nose and broken left hand and stitches for a large cut above his right eye. Shanahan was briefly hospitalized following the crash and hasn’t been able to coach the team at the start of training camp. The other driver suffered minor injuries and did not need to be hospitalized. Shanahan spoke to a small group of reporters on Tuesday for the first time since the crash to explain what happened from his vantage point and to make clear the crash was his fault.
— The Philadelphia Eagles are set to make two-time Pro Bowler Jalen Carter the highest-paid defensive tackle in NFL history. The Eagles and Carter announced that they agreed to terms on a four-year extension through the 2031 season that includes $106 million guaranteed. Carter was runner-up for the Defensive Rookie of the Year award in 2023. He has 13 ½ sacks in 43 career games and was a key contributor when the Eagles won the Super Bowl during the 2024 season.
— Denzel Ward has agreed to a two-year extension with the Cleveland Browns that will make him the highest-paid defensive back in the NFL. The five-time Pro Bowl cornerback will sign a two-year extension worth $62 million, including $52 million guaranteed. The 29-year old Ward had two years remaining on a five-year, $100 million contract he signed in 2022.
— The Minnesota Vikings have suspended defensive backs coach Gerald Alexander for three weeks without pay following a drunken driving charge for an incident earlier this year. Alexander’s suspension began Friday and will be in effect until Aug. 13, two days before their first preseason game at the New York Giants. Alexander pled guilty on July 16 to a gross misdemeanor charge of third degree driving while impaired for refusal to submit to a chemical test. He was sentenced to 48 hours of community service, placed on two years of unsupervised probation and fined $600.
NBA
— Draymond Green has agreed to a one-year, $27.7 million deal to return to the Golden State Warriors. Green will sign the contract that essentially matches the deal he opted out of last month before the Warriors made an unsuccessful bid to sign LeBron James. Green is now set to play his 15th season with the Warriors and if he plays in 51 games he will join Steph Curry as the only players in franchise history to appear in at least 1,000 games.
MLB
— Detroit’s Eduardo Valencia homered twice and drove in four runs, while Gleyber Torres had a home run and five RBIs as the Tigers scored in every inning in a 14-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Detroit became the 22nd team in major league history to score in every inning they came to bat during a game. Troy Melton allowed just three hits and two walks in seven shutout innings.
— Gerrit Cole pitched six shutout innings of four-hit ball as the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 for their fifth victory in six games.
— Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits over seven shutout innings, while Kyle Stowers homered as the Miami Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0. It was the second straight win for Miami after a 12-game losing streak.
— Kyle Manzardo hit a grand slam and Chase DeLauter scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice bunt in the eighth inning as the Cleveland Guardians snapped a five-game losing streak, rallying for a 6-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of a doubleheader. JJ Bleday hit a solo home run in the first inning as five Cincinnati pitchers combined for the shutout as the Reds defeated Cleveland 2-0 in game two.
— Dominic Canzone hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning to rally the Mariners past the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6.
— Seiya Suzuki, Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner drove in two runs apiece as the Chicago Cubs jumped out to a seven-run lead after two innings on the way to a 10-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
— Austin Wynns homered and Cal Quantrill struck out seven as the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1. Griffin Jax tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts, allowing five hits and one earned run in 5 2/3 innings in the loss.
— James McCann singled in the winning run in the 12th inning with his fourth hit of the game as the Arizona Diamondbacks held on for an 8-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates despite blowing a six-run lead.
— Brice Turang had three hits and two RBIs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Francisco Giants 8-2 on Tuesday night behind Logan Henderson. Henderson had seven strikeouts and allowed two hits in 5 2/3 scoreless innings.
— Yordan Alvarez homered and hit a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
— Brian Serven hit his first major league home run in almost four years and rookie Gage Jump pitched six scoreless innings as the Athletics cooled off the Boston Red Sox with a 4-3 victory.
— Fernando Tatis Jr. went 5 for 5 with two RBIs in the first five-hit game of his career, while Xander Bogaerts’ sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the San Diego Padres an 8-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
— The Nationals drew six walks against Toronto starter Shane Bieber in a four-run first inning as Washington beat the Blue Jays 8-6.