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Sports Roundup: Wednesday 10/22/25

Sports Roundup: Wednesday 10/22/25

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Area Sports

Tomorrow’s Playoff Football Games:

Class 11B:

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

Class 9A:

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

Class 9AA:

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

Class 9B:

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

Mitchell Football

The Kernel football is preparing to play their last game of the season tomorrow night. 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 took on Aberdeen Central last night on the road. The seven-game win streak came to an end last night as Mitchell was swept by Aberdeen Central, 3-0. Next, they’ll play Friday at Tea Area at 6:30pm.

DWU Soccer

The Tigers soccer teams will both be competing this afternoon. They’ll hit the road to Sioux City, Iowa and play on Faber Field against Briar Cliff. The men will play first at 1pm and the women will play after at 2:30pm.

DWU Volleyball

The (RV) Tiger volleyball team will be in action tonight. They’ll be in Forest City, Iowa taking on the Waldorf Warriors. Their game will be played at Denny Jerome Court beginning at 7:30pm.

MLB

The World Series is set to begin this Friday. 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

Tomorrow is Thursday Night Football on Prime Video which will 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 season kicked off last night with the Houston Rockets at the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors at the Los Angeles Lakers. The Rockets and Thunder went into double overtime to kick off the new season. It was the defending champion Thunder who came away with the win, 125-124 (2OT). Ending the night was Warriors vs Lakers. It was Golden State who took the win in regulation over LA, 119-109. The Minnesota Timberwolves will play their first game of the season at 9pm tonight on the road at the Portland Trail Blazers on NBA League Pass.

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