MITCHELL, SD (MITCHELLNOW)

The Mitchell Aces are now 10-3 on the season after another great performance at home on Wednesday night at Cadwell Park. They are now on a current two-game winning streak thanks to great pitching and late inning come from behind victories thanks in part to timely hitting. The Mitchell Aces offense was red hot on Wednesday night as they jumped out to an early lead vs the visiting the Tabor Bluebirds after Mitchells Lincoln Bates got the scoring started for the Mitchell Aces as he singled to center scoring a run in the bottom of the 1st to give the Aces a one to nothing lead. Mitchells Peyton Mandell and Hudson Haley both drove in runs as well scored in the bottom of the 1st and the Mitchell Aces had a 3 to 1 lead. Mitchell’s Peyton Mandell would again come up in the bottom of the sixth and drive in two more runs giving the Aces’ lead to 5 to 2 lead.

The Aces would score 1 more run in the bottom of the seventh and would go on and win the game by the final of 6 to 3 over the Tabor Bluebirds. The Tabor Bluebirds had 8 hits in the game several from Chris Sutera and the Zach Sutera. The Mitchell Aces Tyson Sabers went 4 innings and only allowed two runs on one hit and picked up the win. Blake Brosz would finish the final five innings as he allowed one run and 8 hits while striking out three. The offense for the Mitchell Aces was led by Lincoln Bates who scored two runs and collected one hit and one RBI in the bottom of the eighth. The Mitchell Aces have now won two games in a row and look to stay red hot on next Wednesday against the Yankton Tappers starting 7:30 pm in Yankton.

The 2024 DWU Football putt and shoot fundraiser is on Friday July 26th with a 10 a.m. Trap Shoot session at the Mitchell Gun Club. That will be followed by a 1:00 p.m. golf outing at Wild Oak Golf Course. The cost of the DWU Football shoot and putt fundraiser is $250 for one team =2 people. $100 for golf only with one participant or $400 for two teams. The DWU Football Trap Shoot and putt fundraiser is on July 26th with an 10 a.m. Trap Shoot and 1:00p.m. Golfing outing. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE DWU ATHLETIC OFFICE AT 605-995-2112

The Mitchell 16u teener baseball team scored early and often scoring 4 runs in the 2nd inning thanks to Carter Mc Cormick one RBI Day and he scored five runs. He also finished the game going 3 for 3 at the plate. Mitchell’s Jaxon Hartman then followed suit with 2 RBI’s going 1 for 4 at the plate as well scoring a run. The Mitchell 16u teener baseball team would close out the Brandon Valley 16u baseball team winning by the final of 13 to 3. Quinton Wilson picked up the win for the Mitchell 16u teener baseball team going 4 innings allowing no runs on one hit while fanning 2.

Dakota Wesleyan University Athletic Director Ross Cimpl has announced the appointment of Ryan Chase as the new DWU cross country and track and field head coach. Chase, a 2020 graduate of DWU, holds a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in political science and communication. He comes from his previous head coaching job at Mitchell Christian School in Mitchell, S.D.

While coaching at Mitchell Christian for the last two years as the cross country and track and field coach, Chase led his cross-country team to a second-place finish at state, broke seven school records, achieved 70 top-ten marks in the school’s history and coached an athlete to three individual state titles.

The 5B District baseball bracket has been released. The tournament starts Thursday, July 25 in Parkston and continues until Friday, Aug. 2. There will be six teams that qualify for the Class B state amateur baseball tournament, which is Aug. 7-18 in Mitchell.

The first-round pairings include: 

No. 1 Winner/Colome vs. No. 8 Parkston Devil Rays, 8 p.m., Thursday.

No. 3 Platte vs. No. 6 Corsica-Stickney, 6 p.m., Friday.

The DWU Men’s youth boys individual Basketball Camps is on Tuesday and Wednesday July 30th and 31st and are for youth boys’ basketball players who will learn basic to advanced technique that feature progressive drills that will improve an individual’s game so they will be more skilled at basketball. The camp instructors are the DWU Men’s basketball coaches and players. The youth boys’ basketball camps are designed for instruction and coaching and will be given in small groups to help campers master the skills that are covered. There be a focus on basketball fundamentals and competitions throughout the day. The DWU boys’ basketball camps are for boys in kindergarten through 8th grade. Check in time is at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday’s schedule is 1:00pm to 3:00pm. The DWU boys’ youth basketball camp is $40 per camper. The DWU basketball camps are being taught at the Avera Sports Complex. For more information, please contact the DWU WBB assistant head basketball coach Sam Nicholson at sam.nicholson@dwu.edu