MITCHELL, SD (MITCHELLNOW)

The Mitchell boys’ varsity golf team was back on the course on Tuesday in a battle for the Marchand Cup at Yankton vs the Yankton Bucks at Yankton’s Fox Run Golf Course. The format in place is a Ryder Cup scoring point system that rewards the first team to reach 24 points is the Cup and Tournament winner. The Yankton Bucks won the six team four-ball competition by the score of 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 as able to get 2 1/2 points with wins for the Mitchell Kernels was the team of Sam Titze and Dawson Adams and Tyler Christensen and Gavin Polries.

The Mitchell boys’ varsity golf team dominated the six team two-man teams scramble competition winning 5 1/2 to 0.5 thanks to the teams of Carter Mc Cormick and Marshall Widstrom as each winning team received one point. They were followed by teammates Brady Reiners and Jordan Meyerink, Sam Titze and Dawson Adams, Tyler Christensen and Gavin Polries, and Matthew Mausycksi and Cannon Moller who won their matches.

The Mitchell boys’ varsity golf team dominated the 12-man singles winning 9 1/2 to 2 1/2 to win the Tournament and the Marchand Cup winning buy the final of 17 1/2 to 6 1/2 to retain the Cup. The victorious Mitchell boys’ varsity golf team hosts their first home varsity Invite of the season this Friday at Lakeview Golf Course starting at 10 a.m.

DWU Tigers Volleyball team opened Wednesday in Forest City Iowa vs their GPAC rival in the Waldorff Warriors volleyball team. It was all Lady Tigers on Wednesday taking the first match in three sets vs Waldorff dominating the first set 25-21, then winning 2 more straight sets by the final of 25-13, 25-8 to close out the sets and win the match. The Tigers have now won one match in a row and are now 5-5 on the season.

The DWU Tigers Volleyball team continued their hot play last Saturday dominating Mayville State and winning the match three sets to one. The set wins were 28-26, 25-12, they dropped the 3rd set 25-21 but rallied to take the fourth set and the match winning 25-15. The 2nd match on Saturday was won by Benedictine as they won the match 3 sets to one. The DWU Tigers Volleyball team had a great showing in the Siouxland Invite in Sioux City Iowa on Friday and Saturday going 3 and 1 for the tournament.

The South Dakota Prep Media volleyball poll for the week of Sept. 2 is listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in parentheses.

CLASS AA

1. Harrisburg (14) 1-0 70 1

2. O’Gorman 2-0 54 2

3. S.F. Washington 1-0 39 3

4. S.F. Jefferson 1-0 31 5

5. Watertown 3-2 12 4

RECEIVING VOTES: S.F. Lincoln (4-1) 4

CLASS A

1. Dell Rapids (6) 6-0 62 2

2. S.F. Christian (8) 2-3 60 1

3. Miller 3-0 33 4

4. Baltic 5-0 30 5

5. Dakota Valley 1-0 16 RV

RECEIVING VOTES: R.C. Christian (2-3) 4; Hill City (5-0) 3; St. Thomas More (5-2) 1; Hanson (3-0) 1

CLASS B

1. Chester Area (13) 6-0 69 1

2. Warner (1) 5-0 55 2

3. Northwestern 5-1 38 3

4. Burke 1-0 27 4

5. Hitchcock-Tulare 0-0 11 5

RECEIVING VOTES: Edgemont (5-0) 4; Colman-Egan (0-1) 3; Faith (1-0) 2; Bennett County (3-0) 1

 The Platte-Geddes cross-country teams dominated Tuesday’s Gregory Invitational run at the Gregory Golf Course.  The Platte-Geddes boys won the team title with 25 points, just ahead of White River (30). Freshman Walter Graesser finished second (18:23) while Carsen Vanden Berge was fourth (19:15) to lead the boys team. Only 12 runners in the girl’s competition and none of the teams had rough athletes to qualify as a team.

Boys top-15: 1. Luke Ludwig, Stuart, NE; 2. Walter Graesser, Platte-Geddes, 18:23; 3. Luke Barreto, Gregory, 19:07; 4. Carsen Vanden Berge, Platte-Geddes, 19:15; 5. Elijah Haukaas, White River, 19:38; 6. Isaac Leader, Platte-Geddes, 19:43; 7. Justin St. John, Crow Creek, 20:19; 8. Adrik Schoon, Jones County, 20:55; 9. Jaxon Krogman, White River, 20:57; 10. Kingston DeSersa, White River, 21:04; 11. Brayden Bordewyk, Corsica-Stickney; 12. Matthew Calhon, Winner, 21:38; 13 Bryson One Star, White River, 21:48; 14. Nathan DeHaan, Platte-Geddes, 21:51; 15. Jackson Rolston, Wagner, 22:05.

Girls top-12: 1. Berklee Mills, Platte-Geddes, 22:18; 2. Annie Ludwig, Stuart, NE, 23:59; 4. Presley Slaba, Wagner, 24:41; 5. Elle Hlavac, Scotland, 24:58; 6. Ellie DeHaan, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 25:33; 7. Lydia Yost, Wagner, 26:03; 8. Kala Maxon, Platte-Geddes, 26:16; 9. Kennedy, Sedlacek, Gregory, 26:50; 10. Sadie Thompson, Gregory, 26:50; 11. Nadia Van Zuidam, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 29:35; 12. Addison Krogstad, Corsica-Stickney, 32:15.

The Minnesota Twin wrap up their four game road series at the Tampa Bays Rays today looking to even up the series at two games apiece with a win. For the Twins it will be their ace Pablo Lopez who is 13-8 with a 4.05 era vs the Rays Taj Bradley who is 6-9 on the season with a 4.35 era today in Tampa starting at 12:10 p.m.