Yankton Bucks Baseball has their final home games of the regular season this evening, as they host Mitchell in a doubleheader.
Yankton enters with a 13-5 record in Class A play while Mitchell is 12-6. Yankton is 7th in the standings with Mitchell in 9th, ahead of next week’s regionals.
First pitch of game one is set for 6:00 PM. Pregame coverage on KYNT and KYNTV begins at 5:15. Bryce Ladwig and Brayden Butler will be on the call.
Mount Marty Track and Field travels to Seward, Nebraska, today for the Concordia Twilight Meet.
Today’s meet is the last opportunity for Lancer athletes to compete before the NAIA Outdoor Championships in two weeks.
Events are scheduled to begin at 2:00 PM.
Yankton Gazelles Golf hosts their second home invitational of the week this morning at Fox Run Golf Course.
Athletes from fifteen schools are scheduled to compete in the invite. A shotgun start is scheduled for 10:00 AM.
Yankton Gazelles Softball travels west this weekend for three games over the next two days.
Yankton will play one game tonight, taking on Rapid City Stevens in Rapid City. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 PM Mountain time.
Yankton will play two games tomorrow. One against Spearfish at 10:30 AM Mountain, and one against Sturgis at 2:00 PM. Saturday’s games will be held at the Keating Resources Sportsplex in Spearfish.
Yankton Bucks Tennis travels to Brookings tomorrow for a quadrangular with Brookings, Aberdeen Central, and Huron.
Matches are scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM. The Bucks will not play Brookings during the event.
Yankton Track and Field claimed eleven event victories at yesterday’s First Dakota Relays at Williams Field.
The Bucks claimed six of those victories, three of which included Connor Slaba. Slaba took 1st in the 200 and 400-meter runs. He also placed 1st in the 400-meter relay alongside Alex Swihart, Evan Serck, and Tegan LaCroix. Also picking up wins for the Bucks were Miles Drotzmann in the 300-meter hurdles, Abram Chance in the 1600, and William Rounds in the pole vault.
The Gazelles took 1st in five events. Rozlyn Adamson played a role in three of the wins, taking 1st in the 100-meter, the 400-meter relay alongside Burkely Olson, Alivia Dimmer, and Josslyn Elwood, and the 800-meter relay with Olson, Auvianna Seiler (Sigh-ler), and Tyan Beste (Best-ee). Seiler also took 1st in the 400-meter, and Beste placed 1st in the high jump.
The Bucks and the Gazelles are off until next Saturday, May 17th, when they compete in the ESD Conference Meet in Harrisburg.
South Dakota Coyotes Head Men’s Basketball Coach Eric Peterson has announced the hiring of Matt Murken to his staff heading into the 2025-26 season.
Murken has spent past 13 years as head coach of Minot State, competing at the NCAA Division II level.
Muken compiled a 186-180 record with the Beavers and departs as the second-winningest coach in program history. He joins Peterson’s staff coming off back-to-back 20-win seasons at Minot State
During his 13 seasons in Minot, Murken recruited and coached the program’s all-time leading scorer, rebounder, assist leader, and 3-pointer maker in program history. He also recruited and coached 13 1,000-point scorers for the Beavers and the program’s first-ever NCAA All-Americans and first NSIC Player of the Year.
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