Area Sports

Tonight’s Playoff Football Games:

Class 11AA:

• No. 7 seed Brookings @ No. 2 seed Huron at 7pm

Class 11A:

• No. 5 seed West Central @ No. 4 seed Madison at 7pm

Class 11B:

• No. 5 seed Wagner @ No. 4 seed Deuel at 7pm
• No. 7 seed Mount Vernon/Plankinton @ No. 2 seed St. Thomas More at 5pm MT/6pm CT

Class 9A:

• No. 7 seed Howard @ No. 2 seed Warner at 7pm
• No. 6 seed Platte-Geddes @ No. 3 seed Alcester-Hudson at 7pm

Class 9AA:

• No. 9 seed Kimball/White Lake @ No. 1 seed Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy at 7pm
• No. 10 seed Hanson @ No. 2 seed Elkton-Lake Benton at 6pm (on KOOL 98.3 w/Paul Lasley)
• No. 6 seed Bon Homme @ No. 3 seed Parkston at 7pm (on KMIT w/Drew Ivery)

Class 9B:

• No. 9 seed Corsica-Stickney @ No. 1 seed St. Mary’s at 3pm
• No. 7 seed Sioux Falls Lutheran @ No. 2 seed Avon at 7pm

Mitchell Volleyball

The No. 5 Kernel volleyball team will be in action tonight against Sioux Falls Washington here in Mitchell at the MHS gyms. JV and freshman play at 4:30pm, sophomores at 5:30pm and varsity at 6:30pm.

DWU Volleyball

The (RV) Tiger volleyball team took on the Dordt Defenders on the road last night. They took care of business against the Defenders and put them away in straight sets, 3-0. DWU is now 16-10 overall.

DWU Soccer

The Tiger soccer teams played against the Morningside Mustangs last night in Mitchell. It was 0-0 tie for the women in their matchup, and the men came away with a 3-0 win.

NFL

Thursday Night Football on Prime Video is happening tonight to begin week 9. You’ll have the Baltimore Ravens (2-5) at the Miami Dolphins (2-6) at Hard Rock Stadium at 7:15pm. Two-time MVP Lamar Jackson will make his return to the field tomorrow for Baltimore.

MLB

The World Series Game 5 was played last night between the No. 1 seed Toronto Blue Jays and the No. 3 seed Los Angeles Dodgers. It was pure dominance for the Blue Jays as they won it, 6-1. They now lead the series, 3-2. Game 6 is tonight at 7pm on FOX.

NBA

The Minnesota Timberwolves faced the Los Angeles Lakers last night on the road. Minnesota was down by as many as 20 points and got themselves all the way back and had a one-point lead in the final seconds. They were unable to close it out though due to a game-winning floater from Austin Reaves to seal the victory for LA, 116-115.