Area Sports

State Championship Football Games in the DakotaDome:

11A:

• 3 seed Lennox vs No. 1 seed Sioux Falls Christian at Noon on Saturday

11AA:

• 3 seed Pierre T.F. Riggs vs No. 1 seed Yankton at 7pm on Friday

11AAA:

• 2 seed Sioux Falls Lincoln vs No. 1 Brandon Valley at 5pm on Saturday

11B:

• 2 seed St. Thomas More vs No. 1 seed Elk-Point Jefferson at 2pm on Friday

9A:

• 7 seed Howard vs No. 1 seed Wall at 10am on Friday

9AA:

• 2 seed Elkton-Lake Benton vs No. 1 seed Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy tomorrow at 7pm

9B:

• 2 seed Avon vs No. 1 seed St. Mary’s tomorrow at 11am

Mitchell Volleyball

The No. 8 seed Kernel volleyball team is at home tomorrow night for SoDak16 action. They will host the No. 9 seed Spearfish Spartans in the Auxiliary Gym at the Mitchell high school at 6pm. Additionally, a pair of Kernels were honored recently. Addie Siemsen was named All-Conference, and Audrey Miller was named Honorable Mention All-Conference.

DWU Volleyball

The (RV) No. 4 seed Tiger volleyball team remains alive in the Great Plains Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament. They’ll now take a trip tonight to face the No. 1 seed Northwestern Red Raiders. The game will begin at 7pm.

DWU Basketball

The Tiger men’s basketball team (3-1) will return home for their next game. They’re playing tonight in the World’s Only Corn Palace and host the Valley City State Vikings (3-0). Tipoff is set for 7pm.

SDSU Basketball

The Jackrabbit basketball teams are keeping their season rolling along. The (RV) Jackrabbit women’s basketball team faced Murray State at home last night at First Bank & Trust Arena. It was a dominant performance by Jackrabbit WBB at home as they cruised to a 91-60 victory. They improved to 3-0 to start the year. For the Jackrabbit men (2-1), they will be in action tonight, but they’ll be on the road in Eugene, OR. They will face the Oregon Ducks (2-0) at 8:30pm on Peacock.

NFL

Thursday Night Football begins week 11 in the NFL tomorrow. You’ll have the New York Jets (2-7) at the New England Patriots (8-2) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. It will air on Prime Video with kickoff at 7:15pm.

NBA

The Minnesota Timberwolves (7-4) will be off until they have NBA Cup – Group Play competition on Friday. They will take on the Sacramento Kings in the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN at 7pm.