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WEEKEND SPORTS: High School softball rounds out regular season, Amateur Baseball Sunday, Lynx face the Sky, Twins finish series with Red Sox & Conference Finals for East and West

WEEKEND SPORTS: High School softball rounds out regular season, Amateur Baseball Sunday, Lynx face the Sky, Twins finish series with Red Sox & Conference Finals for East and West

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Area Sports

Saturday’s Softball Games:

  • Garretson vs McCook Central/Montrose at 10am
  • Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy vs Viborg-Hurley at 10am
  • Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy vs Howard at 11:30am
  • Howard vs Viborg-Hurley at 1pm
  • Madison @ Dell Rapids at 3pm

Amateur Baseball

Sunday’s Games:

  • Parkston Rays @ Redfield Dairy Queen at 1pm
  • Mount Vernon Mustangs @ Corsica Horned Frogs at 5pm
  • Freeman Blacksox @ Irene Cardinals at 6pm

WNBA

The Minnesota Lynx will be in action over the weekend. They’ll hit the road this Sunday to Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Il to face the Sky. The game will tip off at Noon on CBS/Paramount+.

MLB

The Minnesota Twins have another full weekend of games. They’ll look to finish out their series with the Boston Red Sox with a pair of games. Saturday they’ll play at 3:10pm and Sunday they’ll play at 12:35pm with both games airing on MLBTV.

NBA

The playoffs continue this weekend with games in both the Eastern and Western Conferences. Saturday, it’s the East as the No. 3 seed New York Knicks visit the No. 4 seed Cleveland Cavaliers for Game 3 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, OH. Tipoff will be at 7pm on ABC. Then on Sunday it’s the West as the No. 1 seed Oklahoma City Thunder remain in San Antonio, TX for Game 4 at the Frost Bank Center. Tipoff will be at 7pm on NBC/Peacock.

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