WEEKEND SPORTS: HS State Championship final games, Dakota Wesleyan busy weekend, SDSU, Vikings & Timberwolves

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State Championship Football Games in the DakotaDome:

11A:

3 seed Lennox vs No. 1 seed Sioux Falls Christian at Noon

11AAA:

2 seed Sioux Falls Lincoln vs No. 1 seed Brandon Valley at 5pm

DWU

The Tiger men’s and women’s wrestling teams each see action on Saturday. Both are competing on the road. The women will wrestle in the Dust Bowl Open in Colby, KS at the Colby Event Center at 9am. For the men, they will be in Marshall, MN competing in the SMSU Dual. They’ll be in the R/A Facility and get started at 7pm.

The Tiger basketball teams each have road competition Saturday. They will head to Hastings, NE to face the Hastings Broncos in Lynn Farrell Arena. The No. 16 women’s basketball team (2-1) will face No. 25 Hastings (2-2) at 2pm in another Top 25 ranked matchup – their third in a row. For the men (3-2), they will follow and play their game against their men’s team (1-4) at around 3:45pm.

The Tiger football team (4-6) will hit the field Saturday for the final time this season. They’ll be at home in Mitchell hosting Senior Day at Joe Quintal Field and playing the Hastings Broncos (4-5). Kickoff is set for 1pm.

SDSU

The No. 16 Jackrabbit football team (7-3) is in desperate need of a turnaround. They’ve now lost their last three games. SDSU will get a chance to turn things around on Saturday when the host No. 14 Illinois State (7-3) at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings. They’ll play at 2pm on Midco Sports/ESPN+.

The (RV) Jackrabbit women’s basketball team (3-0) are set to play Saturday in Rapid City, SD. They will take on Montana (1-2) with the game airing on the Summit League Network and start at 6pm MT/7pm CT.

NFL

The Minnesota Vikings (4-5) will be playing on Sunday afternoon for their week 11 game. Vikings Quarterback JJ McCarthy was upgraded to healthy on Thursday after practicing in full after previously being listed as questionable (right hand) earlier in the week. Minnesota will play against the Chicago Bears (6-3) at Noon on FOX.

NBA

The Minnesota Timberwolves are playing on the second night of a back-to-back following their game yesterday against the Sacramento Kings. Saturday they are going up against the Denver Nuggets and three-time MVP Nikola Jokic. The Nuggets are on a six-game winning streak and have won nine of their last 10 games. That game will be in Minneapolis, MN in the Target Center at

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