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WEEKEND SPORTS: End of State Tournament for Mitchell, DWU VB National Tournament & More

WEEKEND SPORTS: End of State Tournament for Mitchell, DWU VB National Tournament & More

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Mitchell Volleyball

The No. 8 seed Kernel volleyball team will have their final day of State Tournament action on Saturday. They’ll either be playing for the Consolation Championship against the winner of No. 7 seed Sioux Falls Washington and No. 11 Sioux Falls Jefferson or for seventh place against the loser of those two teams. The seventh place game will be at 11am MT/Noon CT and the Consolation Championship is to be played at 12:45pm MT/1:45pm CT. See here for Kernels results and the final matchup.

DWU

The No. 25 Tiger volleyball team (18-11) begins National Tournament action Saturday in Parkville, MO. DWU is facing the No. 23 Park Pirates (20-7) at the Breckon Sports Center. First serve will be at 6pm.

The Tiger women’s wrestling team will be competing bright and early Saturday morning. They’ll get started at 9am in the Beaver Bash at the MSU Dome in Minot, ND.

The Tiger basketball teams remain at home this weekend in the World’s Only Corn Palace. Saturday they will take on the Midland Warriors. The No. 19 women’s basketball team (3-2) will face Warrior WBB (0-6) beginning at 2pm. The Tiger men (4-3) will face Warrior MBB (2-4) after the women’s game at around 3:45pm.

SDSU

The No. 22 Jackrabbit football team will look to end their four-game losing streak in their final game of the season. Saturday they will be on the road in Grand Forks, ND taking on No. 13 North Dakota (7-4) at 1pm. The game will air on Midco Sports/ESPN+.

NFL

The Minnesota Vikings (4-6) are in action this Sunday. They will hit the road to Green Bay, WI to take on the Green Bay Packers (6-3-1). The game will be played at Lambeau Field, and kickoff is at Noon on FOX.

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