Prep Baseball Report

2026 South Dakota Diamond Notes: Week 2


Dayne McNaughton
Upper Midwest, Prep Baseball

    

Starting on Opening Day, our staff will be covering the 2026 season, publishing scout notes and additional in-season content along the way, like weekly roundups, Player of the Week awards, and weekly top performers included inside these Diamond Notes.


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SOUTH DAKOTA DIAMOND NOTES 💎 WEEK 2

All players are submitted weekly by their high school coaches. 
Names in alphabetical order.

PLAYER GRAD YEAR SCHOOL NOTES
Ben Thompson 2026 Rapid City Stevens Closed Game vs. Roosevelt: 2 IP / 10 BF / 4 SO / 1 BB / O ER.
Boston Den Boer 2028 Bishop O'Gorman Boston pitched a complete game against Pierre in a 1-0 loss. Stats: 7IP 2 Hits 0 Earned Runs 10K's.
CJ Den Boer 2026 West Central He was 2-4 batting and pitched 2.1 innings of relief for the save: 2.1 IP,  2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.
Colt Beck 2026 Elkton-Lake Benton Complete game win against Garretson. 3 hits, one run, 5 k's on 78 pitches. Also 2-3 at the plate with a walk and RBI.
Easton Feser 2026 Yankton In four games, Easton mashed a line of 8-14, 8 RBI, 2 2B, 1 3B.
Gage Reichert 2026 Parkston/Ethan 3-5 with 3B, 2 Runs, 1 RBI, 1 SB vs Freeman
2-4 with 3B, 2 Runs 1 RBI, Walk Off hit vs Bon Homme.
Gunnar Alfson 2027 West Central 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R,  0 ER, 4 BB, 11 SO, 1-3 with an RBI, WC beat Hanson/Bridgewater/Emery 5-2.
Isaac Oakley 2026 Baltic 4.2 inning, 27 BF, 1 hit, 1 ER, 2 SO, 1.50 ERA
Jackson Goehring  2026 Baltic .571 Ave, 1.238 OPS, 4 Hits, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K.
Jaxson Rude 2027 Redfield Tossed 7 innings, 0 earned runs, 3 hits, 4 K's.
JD Prorok 2026 Madison 6IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 12 Strikeouts vs Grand Forks Red River in the Border Battle.
Karter Brager 2026 Rapid City Stevens 15 PA / 14 AB / .429 AVG / 6 H / 5 RBI / 4 R / O SO / O BB / 1 SF / 1 SB.
Landyn Johnson  2027 Tea Area Landyn allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in 6 innings of work while striking out 8. 
Markus Pitkin 2026 Watertown .667 BA (6-9) 2B, (2) 3B, 3 RBI, 3 R, 2 SB, in Watertowns first DH of the Season on Saturday against Shanley, ND and SF Lincoln. 
Ryland Johnson 2026 Madison/Chester Ryland for the week went 6-13 with 7R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HPB, 1D, 1T, and 5-5 in Stolen bases against Grand Forks Central, Grand Forks Red River, and Rapid City Central.
Samuel Gokie 2027 Yankton 5 innings pitched. Win. 2 hits. 0 runes. 0 BB. 6Ks.
Tyson Gilbert 2027 Tea Area Tyson went 5-11 with two doubles and 5 additional walks. 

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