WATERTOWN -- The Dell Rapids Mudcats (Class B) and the Sioux Falls Flying Squirrels (Class A), the defending state champions, lead their respective classes in the first South Dakota amateur baseball poll of the 2023 season.

The complete rankings include:

Class B: 1. Dell Rapids Mudcats; 2. Winner-Colome Pheasants; 3. Lennox Only One Alpacas; 4. Canova Gang; 5. Garretson Bluejays; 6. Mount Vernon Mustangs; 7. Humboldt-Hartford Gamecocks; 8. Alexandria Angels; 9. Flandreau Cardinals; 10. Larchwood (Iowa) Diamonds. Others receiving votes: Dell Rapids PBR, Dimock-Emery Raptors and Lake Norden Lakers

Class A: 1. Sioux Falls Flying Squirrels; 2. Brookings Cubs; 3. Renner Monarchs; 4. Sioux Falls Brewers; 5. Yankton Tappers. Others receiving votes: Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar.