Area Sports

Tonight’s Playoff Football Games:

Class 11B:

  • No. 13 McCook Central/Montrose @ No. 4 Deuel at 7pm
  • No. 10 Mobridge-Pollock @ No. 7 Mount Vernon/Plankinton at 6pm
  • No. 11 Winner @ No. 6 Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central at 6pm (on KOOL98.3 w/Paul Lasley)

Class 9A:

  • No. 10 Centerville @ No. 7 Howard at 7pm
  • No. 11 Lyman @ No. 6 Platte-Geddes at 7pm

Class 9AA:

  • No. 16 Garretson @ No. 1 Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy at 7pm
  • No. 9 Kimball/White Lake @ No. 8 Britton-Hecla at 6pm
  • No. 15 DeSmet @ No. 2 Elkton-Lake Benton at 7pm
  • No. 10 Hanson @ No. 7 Viborg-Hurley at 6:30pm
  • No. 14 Bennett County @ No. 3 Parkston at 7pm
  • No. 11 Gregory @ No. 6 Bon Homme at 7pm

Class 9B:

  • No. 9 Corsica-Stickney @ No. 8 Kadoka Area at 6pm MT/7pm CT
  • No. 15 Oldham-Ramona-Rutland @ No. 2 Avon at 7pm

Mitchell Football

The Kernel football is preparing to play their last game of the season tonight. It’ll be at home in Mitchell at Joe Quintal Field against the Yankton Bucks for Senior Night. The game begins at 7pm.

Mitchell Volleyball

The No. 5 Kernel volleyball team will return to action tomorrow to face the Tea Area Titans. It will be on the road in Tea at Tea Area high school with freshman and JV playing at 4:30pm, sophomores at 5:30pm and varsity at 6:30pm.

DWU Soccer

The Tigers soccer teams each took on the Briar Cliff Chargers yesterday afternoon. The men let their game slip in a long scoring affair and ended up falling, 1-0. The women were a bit more fortunate and got themselves a 4-2 win.

DWU Volleyball

The (RV) Tiger volleyball team faced the Waldorf Warriors last night on the road. It was one that was gonna be a sweep, but the Warriors battled in the third set to extend the game. It still ended up being DWU who won, 3-1. Next, they’ll play again tomorrow when they host Northwestern for Senior Night & Homecoming at 7:30pm in the Christen Athletic Center.

MLB

The World Series is set to begin tomorrow. It will be between the No. 1 seed Toronto Blue Jays and the No. 3 seed Los Angeles Dodgers. Game 1 will be in Toronto and begin at 7pm on FOX.

NFL

Thursday Night Football on Prime Video is on tonight to begin week 8 in the NFL. It’ll be the Minnesota Vikings at the Los Angeles Chargers with kickoff set for 7:15pm.

NBA

The Minnesota Timberwolves had a battle on the road at the Portland Trail Blazers last night. They had to rally late in the fourth quarter to come out on top with a 118-114 win. Anthony Edwards led the way with 41 points.