Mitchell meets Brandon Valley in Class AA SoDak 16

BRANDON, S.D.– Following Friday’s extra-inning thriller, Mitchell High School softball seeks to ride the momentum into its Class AA SoDak 16 contest.The No. 12-seeded

Kernels draw No. 5 Brandon Valley in this year’s SoDak 16, as they look to secure their very first state tournament trip in the three-year history of South Dakota High School Activities Association-sponsored softball. Mitchell previously bailed out at this stage the past two seasons, being up to Sioux Falls Washington in 2023 and Sioux Falls O’Gorman in 2015. It’s the 2nd conference between the teams this season, with the Lynx putting

together a nine-run 4th inning to down the Kernels 16-3 on May 2 in 5 frames. Brandon Valley is 2-1 versus Mitchell given that 2023, with the Kernels scoring their victory over the Lynx on Might 10, 2024. Mitchell’s Macey Linke enters her stride with batting in a Class AA high school softball game on Friday, May 23, 2025, in Mitchell.Adam Thury/ Mitchell Republic Sporting a 6-10 record, Mitchell’s run production has been inconsistent this season. The team ranks 11th in Class AA in runs scored, averaging 6.4 per game.

However, the Kernels have actually set up double-digit

runs in their last two victories, versus Spearfish on May 10 and Tea Area on May 23. Generally relying on situational hitting to push throughout runs this season, Matteah Graves, Mallory Miedema and Macey Linke have each driven in a minimum of 10 runs in 2025, combining to strike 5 of the Kernels ‘6 home runs.Inside the

pitching circle, Rylee Jennings has actually thrown 82 2/3 innings with 73 strikeouts, pitching to a 6.86 earned run average. She’ll try to find aid from the defense, which sports a cumulative fielding percentage of.838, balancing almost four errors a

game. At 13-4, Brandon Valley boasts among the top home run-hitting offenses in the class this season, going lawn 24 times primarily off the bats of Gabriel Kreich and Danielle Schoby. The Lynx likewise own the fourth-best run-scoring mark in Class AA, pressing

across approximately 12 runs per game.Kreich is the top run manufacturer on the group, leading Brandon Valley with nine crowning achievement and 34 RBIs. Schoby has actually gone deep seven times and has driven in 29 runs, and Peyton Amdahl and Macy Lembcke are the other Lynx players with a minimum of 20 RBIs in a deep lineup.Kreich and

Lembcke have also divided the pitching work this season, helping Brandon Valley just permit approximately 4.8 runs per game. Lembcke leads the team with 51 2/3 innings, while Kreich sports a 3.71 made run typical. Kreich allowed just one made kept up four strikeouts in 5

innings against the Kernels on May 2. Mitchell and Brandon Valley play in the Class AA SoDak 16 at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27, at Aspen Park. The winner advances to the Class AA state tournament, which begins on Thursday, June 5, in Sioux Falls. Blake Durham is a Sports Reporter for the Mitchell Republic, having actually participated October of 2023. He finished from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in December of 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in Communications. Durham can be discovered covering a variety of preparation and college sports in the area.