Sports Roundup: Monday 2/16/26

Some area high school basketball on tap today, Mitchell hoops tomorrow, DWU Baseball with a winning weekend and NBA All-Star festivities come to a close.

By Drew Ivery February 16, 2026 9:08 am

Tonight’s Basketball Games

Kimball/White Lake @ Bridgewater-Emery at 4pm (girls)
Ethan vs Leola/Frederick Area at 6pm (boys)
Tri-Valley @ McCook Central/Montrose at 7:15pm (girls)
Wolsey-Wessington @ De Smet at 7:30pm (boys)

Mitchell Basketball: The Kernel basketball teams return to the court after a week off from game action. They’ll be taking on Sioux Falls Washington with girls at home and boys on the road. Boys/girls JV and boys freshman all play at 4pm, then the sophomore boys/girls play at 5:15pm. It all ends with the varsity teams as the (RV) Kernel girls play at home at 7pm and the boys start at the same time on the road.

DWU Baseball: The Tiger baseball team got back in rhythm over the weekend with a four-game sweep of the Dickinson State Blue Hawks in Mitchell, SD. Wins of 6-3 and 5-4 on Saturday, then 4-3 and 5-1 yesterday afternoon. That marks a now 6-2 start for DWU baseball and the best eight-game start under head coach Charlie Dubanoski.

NBA: The NBA held its All-Star festivities over the weekend. The Miami Heat’s Keshad Johnson won the dunk contest, Team Knicks (Allan Houston, Karl-Anthony Towns & Jalen Brunson) won the Shooting Stars Challenge, Damian Lillard won the 3-point contest, Team Vince won the Rising Stars competition and Team Stars won the All-Star game under the new format. Anthony Edwards was named the All-Star game MVP.

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