WEDNESDAY SPORTS, JUNE 3, 2026
MITCHELL KERNELS
— Mitchell girls golf finished third at the Class AA State Tournament Tuesday at Cattail Crossing Golf Course in Watertown. The Kernels shot 58-over-par for the event, finishing behind state champion Aberdeen Central at 27-over and runner-up O’Gorman at 50-over. Mitchell featured four golfers finishing inside the top 17. Maddie Childs led the way in ninth place at 12-over-par 156, while Londyn Hajek tied for 10th at 14-over. Mia Larson and Brynlee Sabers both tied for 13th, and Anna Eliason placed 17th. Aberdeen Central claimed the team title with four golfers in the top 13, led by individual champion Olivia Braun, who shot even-par 144.
— Palace City Post 18 baseball opened its season on Tuesday with a doubleheader split at Watertown, winning the first game 8-4 before losing game two 6-3. Palace City scored all eight of its runs in the fifth inning. Tyler Christensen got the win, throwing all seven innings and allowing four runs. Palace City Post 18 plays a doubleheader at Aberdeen on Wednesday at 5 pm.
— 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
— Bon Homme captured the Class B boys state golf championship Tuesday at Brookings Country Club, rallying into first place to earn the school’s first boys golf state title. The Cavaliers finished at 40-over-par, six strokes ahead of runner-up Philip. Wessington Springs finished fifth at 50-over after entering the final round just three strokes off the lead. Hamlin’s Aiden Abraham won the individual state title after shooting a three-under-par 69 in the final round to finish at two-over 146. Wessington Springs’ JD Thompson tied for fifth overall at eight-over-par 152.
— Clark/Willow Lake’s Brynn Roehrich won her third consecutive Class B girls state golf championship Tuesday at Edgebrook Golf Course in Brookings. Roehrich finished at 3-under-par 141, pulling away from the field with a dominant second round of 67 after opening with a 74. She won the title by 13 strokes over Miller’s Jayce Pugh, who finished second at 154. Roehrich also led Clark/Willow Lake to the team championship, as the squad posted a two-day total of 481 to edge Dell Rapids St. Mary’s.
— Dakota Valley’s Katie Betsworth earned her second Class A girls state golf championship in three years, winning Tuesday at Two Rivers Golf Club in North Sioux City. Betsworth finished at 6-under-par 138 after opening with a 66 and closing with a 72, edging St. Thomas More’s Kaitlin Strain by one stroke. St. Thomas More won the team title with Dakota Valley finishing second, 16 strokes back.
DAKOTA WESLEYAN
— Dakota Wesleyan softball coach Stephen Oswald Jr. is stepping down after one season following a record-setting year for the program. Oswald led the Tigers to a 35-17 record in 2026, the most wins in school history, and guided the team to a GPAC Tournament appearance. The team also earned nine all-conference selections and continued a two-year stretch of sustained success, with a combined 69-33 record over that span. Despite the strong season, Oswald is departing the program and has not announced his next move, saying he is considering whether to continue coaching or pursue other opportunities. The university has begun a search for its next head coach for the second straight season.
SOUTH DAKOTA
— USD has named Shannon Pivovar as its next head softball coach, officially making her the program’s 11th head coach. Pivovar had been an assistant and later associate head coach at USD for the past three seasons and played a key role in the Coyotes’ historic 2026 campaign, which included the program’s first conference title and first NCAA Tournament appearance and win. Before returning to USD, she spent four seasons as head coach at USF, where she compiled a 109–113 record, and earlier served as an assistant at South Dakota State. She replaces former head coach Robert Wagner, who stepped down last month.
MINNESOTA TWINS
— Luke Keaschall and Tristan Gray drove in two runs apiece as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4. Keaschall, Gray and Alex Jackson — batting seventh, eighth and ninth — each had two hits off White Sox start Davis Martin, who lasted 4 2/3 innings in his shortest of 12 starts this season. Twins rookie Connor Prielipp pitched into the seventh inning to match his longest start as a pro. The left-hander had seven strikeouts, allowing four runs on six hits and three walks over a career-high 94 pitches. The Twins go for a three-game sweep vs. Chicago on Wednesday at 12:40 pm.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES – WEDNESDAY
No. 2 Texas 4 vs. No. 11 Texas Tech – Game 1 in the best of three series.
STANLEY CUP FINALS
— The Vegas Golden Knights rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday night in Raleigh. Tomas Hertl scored the game-winning goal with 3:24 remaining in the third period, helping Vegas extend its playoff winning streak to seven games. The Golden Knights erased a 2-0 first-period hole and took home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven series. Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice for Carolina, while Vegas got goals from Hertl, Shea Theodore, Ivan Barbashev, William Karlsson and Brett Howden. Game 2 is Thursday in Raleigh.
NFL
— Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs remains with the team and is participating in organized team activities while Wisconsin prosecutors continue to review a domestic abuse investigation. Jacobs was arrested May 26 on allegations that include strangulation and suffocation. He has denied the accusations through his attorneys and was released from jail while the investigation continues.
— The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to a contract extension with wide receiver Drake London, locking him in on a four-year, $141 million deal that makes him one of the NFL’s highest-paid players at his position. The extension reportedly includes about $100 million guaranteed and could reach $150 million with incentives. London will still play the 2026 season under his fifth-year rookie option before the new deal begins. London, Atlanta’s 2022 first-round pick, has emerged as the team’s top receiving target with 309 catches, nearly 4,000 yards, and 22 touchdowns in his first four seasons.
— The Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed to a contract extension with outside linebacker Nick Herbig, locking him in for four years on a deal that could be worth up to $100 million. THE 25-year-old Herbig, a 2023 fourth-round pick, has steadily improved each season, increasing his sack totals from 3.5 as a rookie to a 7.5-sack campaign in 2025.
WORLD CUP
— FIFA World Cup venues across North America are temporarily dropping their corporate-sponsored names as the tournament begins next week. Stadiums such as AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and Lumen Field in Seattle are being rebranded with generic city-based names because their sponsors are not official FIFA partners. Under FIFA rules, only tournament sponsors receive exclusive branding rights during the World Cup. As a result, AT&T Stadium becomes Dallas Stadium, Lumen Field becomes Seattle Stadium, and MetLife Stadium in New Jersey will be known as New York New Jersey Stadium. One exception is BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, which keeps its name because the venue is government-owned. In Atlanta, FIFA allowed the Mercedes-Benz logo atop the stadium to remain after determining its removal could damage the retractable roof, though other logos were covered. The World Cup runs through July 19.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
— Iowa women’s basketball team is set for a nonconference matchup against Vanderbilt on Nov. 15 in Sioux City, Iowa. The neutral-site game at the Tyson Events Center will feature two nationally ranked teams that both reached the NCAA Tournament last year, with Vanderbilt finishing No. 10 after a Sweet 16 run and Iowa finishing No. 16 after a second-round exit.
MLB
— Seattle’s Patrick Wisdom hit his first home run this season, while Jhonny Pereda hit his second career HR as the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Mets 8-3 for their season-high eighth straight victory.
— Kyle Harrison matched his season high with 12 strikeouts, while Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Francisco Giants 8-3. Harrison allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings, improving to 6-0 in his last seven starts.
— José Ramírez doubled in three straight at-bats and drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning before the Cleveland Guardians pulled away for a 9-4 victory over the New York Yankees. Paul Goldschmidt homered and knocked in all four runs for the Yankees.
— Shohei Ohtani had a double, triple and two RBIs, while Freddie Freeman smacked a two-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers held on late to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 on Tuesday night. Los Angeles has won 15 of its last 19 games.
— Joc Pederson hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning as the Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 for their season-best fifth straight victory. Pederson went 3 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs.
— Oneil Cruz and Brandon Lowe hit three-run homers and Endy Rodríguez added a two-run shot to led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10-6 win over the Houston Astros. Yordan Alvarez had three RBIs and hit his 21st home run for Houston, which ranks second in the majors behind Kyle Schwarber’s 22.
— Bryce Harper hit his 377th career home run and Jhoan Duran struck out the side in a perfect ninth for his 13th save to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres.
— Gleyber Torres hit a leadoff homer, while Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene also went deep as the Detroit Tigers routed the Tampa Bay Rays 8-0.
— Matt Olson hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3. It was his 17th homer of the season.
— Cincinnati’s Blake Dunn hit a single in the 10th inning to drive in automatic runner Spencer Steer and give the Reds a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals. Steer homered twice and Will Benson hit a tying solo HR in the ninth for the Reds, who only had four hits in the game.
— Rookie Gage Jump pitched seven effective innings in his first major league win as the Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1. Gage allowed three hits and struck out five in his second career start.
— Pete Alonso hit a two-run homer and Shane Baz pitched seven innings as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2. Coby Mayo also homered for Baltimore, which won its third straight and ended a three-game road skid.
— TJ Rumfield got a gift when his long flyball bounced off Jo Adell’s head for a most unusual home run, and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Angels 8-2. Willi Castro hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning and Hunter Goodman had a solo shot in the second.
— Joe Mack, Heriberto Hernández and Otto Lopez hit successive home runs in the fifth inning to power the Miami Marlins past the Washington Nationals 7-3.
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 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