Mitchell Kernels
Kernel volleyball is set to play today. It’s Senior Night! The Kernels have a trio of seniors including Ava Brannan, Lauren VanOvershelde & Jaeda Stunes. They’ll be at home in Mitchell tonight hosting the Brandon Valley Lynx in the Mitchell High School Main Gym. It’ll start with the JV up first playing at 4:30pm, followed by the sophomores at 5:30pm and conclude with the varsity at 7pm.
Dakota Wesleyan
The first doubleheader of the season and the Tigers home opener will be tomorrow evening at the Worlds Only Corn Palace. It’s the second annual “Battle of the Blues” against Dakota State. Which will open with a Top 10 ranked matchup between the women’s teams. Your No. 9 ranked women’s basketball team will be playing the No. 6 ranked Trojans with tipoff at 6pm and our pregame beginning at 5:45pm. The men’s game will follow against DSU beginning at approximately 8pm and have a short pregame before.
The final home game and final regular season game for Tiger volleyball goes down tonight. It will be in the Christen Family Athletic Center. It’s also senior night! There are two seniors this year for the Tigers with those being outside hitter, Abigail Brunsing, and setter Mackenzie Weber. The Tigers will play against the Briar Cliff Chargers, and the game will have first serve at 7:30pm.
Playoff time for your men’s soccer team. They will compete in the Great Plains Athletic Conference men’s soccer tournament. They are the No. 8 seed and they will take on the Morningside Mustangs, who enter as the No. 1 seed in this tournament. This quarterfinal matchup will be in Sioux City, Iowa at Elwood Olsen Stadium and get started at 7pm.
NBA
Over a dozen games were played across the NBA last night. Your Minnesota Timberwolves were one of the teams in action as they faced the Charlotte Hornets. They were able to slide past the Hornets with ease. Taking them down, 114-93.
NFL
Last night was Monday Night Football between the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs. We had overtime last night in a highly competitive game between the two teams. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs drove the length of the field and won the game in OT, 30-24.