Mitchell Kernels
The Kernels gymnastics team will be in action tomorrow. They’ll travel to Pierre to compete in a Girls Varsity Invitational. Which will begin at 11am at Pierre Riggs High School.
It is match day! The boys and girls wrestling teams will have a varsity triangular here in Mitchell against various different schools. The wrestling competition will begin for the boys and the girls at 5pm tonight. The boys will continue action again tomorrow as well when they head to Watertown to compete in a tournament at Watertown High School Arena beginning at 10am.
Dakota Wesleyan
More Tigers hoops will get rolling again tomorrow as both teams travel to Crete, NE to face Hastings. Each coming off a tough loss and looking for a bounce back game. Your No. 17 ranked women’s basketball team will get the action started at 2pm and then continue with the men’s game afterwards at about 3:45pm
Men’s Wrestling took on Waldorf last night and came away with the win. They defeated the Warriors 33-14. Jackson Remmers and Jaxson Irvine led the way with one pin each in the team victory. The team will compete again on tomorrow in the Doane Open at 9am. The women’s wrestling team is also set to compete tomorrow. They’ll be taking on Buena Vista also beginning at 9am.
It’s season opener time for both DWU track & field teams! Tomorrow they will head to Brookings, SD for the SDSU Holiday Open. Events will get started at 9am.
NBA
Seven games on tap in the association tonight. Starting with a lone 6pm game with the Orlando Magic on the road playing the Philadelphia 76ers. Then a pair of 6:30pm games as the Los Angeles Lakers are on the road at the Atlanta Hawks and the Milwaukee Bucks at the Boston Celtics on ESPN. Followed by a pair of 7pm games as the Sacramento Kings hit the road to face the San Antonio Spurs and the Minnesota Timberwolves are at the Golden State Warriors on ESPN. Ending the night with the Utah Jazz at the Portland Trail Blazers.
WNBA
Tonight is the expansion draft in the WNBA. Where the new franchise, the Golden State Valkyries, will select an unprotected player from each current WNBA roster to fill out their new team. The expansion draft will take place at 5:30pm on ESPN.
NFL
Had some Thursday Night Football last night between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers. Bit of a slow start for the Packers early on, but they pulled things close in the second half. It game down to a game-winning field goal from Detroit to seal the win, 34-31.