A look back at some of the sports happenings during the week of July 26-Aug. 1, 2026:

Last year on July 26, 2025: SDSU football captains for the 2025 season: Chase Mason (Hurley), Quinten Christensen (Wessington Springs), Sam Hagen (Fordville, ND), Joe Ollman (Mequon, WI), Logan Green (Northboro, IA) and Kobe Clayborne (Sioux City, IA). That means with Mason and Christensen as two of the captains, the Jacks will take to the field this fall for the 12th season in a row led by at least one team captain from South Dakota. Since 2016, 18 of the Jacks’ 50 captains have been from South Dakota: Gus Miller (Brookings) and Tucker Large (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) in 2024; Mason McCormick of Sioux Falls Roosevelt in 2023 and 2022; McCormick, Wes Genant of Parkston and Xavier Ward of Freeman in fall 2021; Genant and Preston Tetzlaff of Brookings in spring 2021; Evan Greeneway of Yankton in 2019; Dalton Cox of Aberdeen Roncalli in 2018; Taryn Christion of Sioux Falls Roosevelt in 2018; Christion and Dallas Goedert of Britton in 2017; Shayne Gottlob of Salem in 2016; and Nick Mears of Milbank in 2016.

10 years ago on July 31, 2016: Rapid City Post 22 defeated Renner Post 307 12-2 to win the State A American Legion Baseball Tournament. It was the fourth consecutive title for Post 22 and 41st overall.

20 years ago on July 29, 2006: The Sioux Falls Storm defeated Lexington 72-64 to win back-to-back United Indoor Football titles. The Storm finished 17-0.

30 years ago on July 26, 1996: Running back Josh Ranek of Bon Homme scored one of his team’s three touchdowns to lead the South to a 20-6 win in the South Dakota All-Star football game in Aberdeen.

40 years ago on. Aug. 1, 1986: Groton defeated Howard 12-2 in the first round of the State B Legion Baseball Tournament. Mike Blackmun had four hits for Groton.

50 years ago on Aug. 1, 1976: The defending champion Huron Teeners are the favorites in the upcoming State AA baseball tourney in Sioux Falls. (Huron won defend its title, and Bill Gayton led Aberdeen to third place.)