FRIDAY SPORTS, JANUARY 9, 2025
MITCHELL KERNELS
— Mitchell Kernels girls wrestling split a pair of duals in Harrisburg on Thursday night, while the boys lost both matchups vs. Yankton and Harrisburg. The Mitchell girls defeated Yankton 43-28 before losing to Harrisburg 42-36. The Mitchell boys lost to Harrisburg 64-13 and Yankton 61-17. The girls are back on the mats at the Harrisburg Invitational on Friday, Jan. 16, then both the Mitchell boys and girls will host the Jerry Opbroek Invitational at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, at the high school gym.
— Mitchell Kernels basketball hosts Yankton on Friday as part of a doubleheader with the girls game at 6 pm and the boys at 7:30 pm at high school gym.
— Mitchell Kernels gymnastics competes at the Brookings Invitational on Saturday.
DAKOTA WESLEYAN
— No. 10 Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball, 12-4 on the season and 8-2 in the GPAC, hosts Mt. Marty on Saturday at 2 pm.
— Dakota Wesleyan men’s basketball, 8-9 on the season and 3-6 in the GPAC, hosts Mt. Marty on Saturday at 3:45 pm.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— South Dakota State men’s basketball defeated Denver on Thursday night 87-79 in Brookings. Damon Wilkinson led four Jackrabbits in double figures with 19 points and nine rebounds on 8-of-11 shooting. After going 0-for-10 from three in the first half, SDSU hit 6-of-8 three’s in the second half. The Jacks, 9-9 on the season and 2-1 in the Summit League, will be at North Dakota State on Wednesday at 7 pm.
— South Dakota State women’s basketball, 12–4 overall and 2–0 in Summit League play, hosts Oral Roberts on Saturday at 1 p.m. SDSU has won 64 straight Summit League regular season games, the longest active regular season conference win streak in the nation and sixth longest streak in NCAA history. Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the Jackrabbits are 82-1 in the Summit League regular season.
— No. 8 South Dakota State wrestling heads to the NWCA National Duals this weekend in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Jackrabbits are 4-0 in dual competition this season. They will face Harvard on Friday at 4 pm, followed by Northern Illinois at 6 pm. On Saturday, SDSU faces Campbell and Central Michigan.
SOUTH DAKOTA
— USD women’s basketball lost to Oral Roberts on Thursday night 83-61 in Vermillion. The Coyotes shot just 29% from the field and were led by Molly Joyce, who finished with a game-high 24 points. USD, 11-5 on the season and 1-1 in the Summit League, will be at St. Thomas on Saturday at 4 pm.
— USD men’s basketball, 8-9 on the season and 0-2 in the Summit League, host Denver on Saturday at 1 pm.
AA GIRLS BASKETBALL – THURSDAY
No. 1 Brandon Valley 69, Brookings 27
No. 2A Lennox 43, Huron 28
Harrisburg 55, Pierre 28
Spearfish 53, Hill City 35
AA BOYS BASKETBALL – THURSDAY
No. 4 Spearfish 72, Hill City 54
Brandon Valley 62, Brookings 36
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
— Miami will head back home for a shot at its first national championship since 2001 after beating Mississippi 31-27 on Thursday night in a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl. QB Carson Beck scrambled for a 3-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left for the game winning score. He threw for 268 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. QB Trinidad Chambliss had put Ole Miss ahead with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Dae’Quan Wright with 3:13 left. They will face either top-ranked Indiana or Oregon for the national title on Monday, January 19th at their home field in Miami.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS – SEMIFINALS
No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 5 Oregon – Peach Bowl, 6:30 pm, Friday, on ESPN
NFL
— The Miami Dolphins have fired head coach Mike McDaniel following a 7-10 season in which Miami missed the playoffs for the second straight year. The decision Thursday ends McDaniel’s four-year tenure in Miami. The Dolphins went 35-33 under McDaniel, reaching the playoffs in his first two seasons but losing in the first round each time. The Detroit Lions have reached out to Mike McDaniel about their offensive coordinator opening. The Lions are looking for their third offensive coordinator in three seasons.
MLB
— Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal asked for a record $32 million in salary arbitration while the Detroit Tigers offered the left-hander $19 million. Skubal was the most prominent of the 18 players who swapped figures with their teams. Those without agreements face hearings before three-person panels from Jan. 26 to Feb. 13. A two-time All-Star, the 29-year-old Skubal will be eligible for free agency after the World Series. He is 54-37 with a 3.08 ERA in six major league seasons.
NHL
— Patrick Kane became the 50th player in NHL history to reach 500 goals, scoring his second goal of the game into an empty net with 3:53 left to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1. The 37-year-old Kane is the fifth U.S.-born player to reach the milestone, following Mike Modano, Keith Tkachuk, Jeremy Roenick and Joe Mullen.
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BAKSETBALL – THURSDAY
No. 3 Parkston 55, Parker/Marion 20 – Berkley Ziebart with 18 points.
No. 5 Ethan 58, Avon 41 – Marissa Storm with 20 points.
No. 7A Wagner 68, Bon Homme 25 – Ashlyn Koupal with 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.
No. 8 Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 57, Howard 24
No. 10 Corsica-Stickney vs. Platte-Geddes 19 – Liz Boschee with 20 points.
Hanson 37, Viborg-Hurley 24
Freeman 56, Bridgewater-Emery 51 – Rylee Peters with 20 points.
Wessington Springs 53, Sunshine Bible 18
Tri-Valley 49, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 31
Canistota 42, Garretson 32
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BAKSETBALL – THURSDAY
No. 1 Viborg-Hurley 62, Hanson 38 – Brady Schroedermeier had 33 points and 13 rebounds.
No. 6 Wessington Springs 64, Sunshine Bible 26
Parker/Marion 65, No. 8 Parkston 60
No. 9 Freeman 59, Bridgewater-Emery 57 – David Walter with 22 points and seven rebounds.
Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 61, Tri-Valley 43
Ethan 58, Avon 39 – Creighton Klumb with 15 points.
Platte-Geddes 50, Corsica-Stickney 43 – Issac Leader had 20 points and 16 rebounds.
Tripp-Delmont/Armour 60, Mitchell Christian 43
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 54, Howard 44 – Grant Edwards finished with 18 points and 11 rebonds.
Wagner 62, Bon Homme 54 – Jesse Zephier had a game-high 18 points.
Garretson 69, Canistota 37
NBA
— The Minnesota Timberwolves held a moment of silence before their game on Thursday night for Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman fatally shot in her car by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Good was killed following a brief confrontation with ICE officers Wednesday morning on a Minneapolis street about 3 miles from Target Center. The shooting fueled further protests around the Twin Cities in light of a recent surge of ICE activity in the area.
— Anthony Edwards became the third-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career points as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 131-122. Edwards at 24 years and 156 days old was beaten to the mark by LeBron James and Kevin Durant. He is one of seven players who’ve hit 10,000 points before age 25. Edwards had 25 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Minnesota improved to 25-13 on the season and currently sit in fourth place in the Western Conference as they near the halfway point of the season. The Timberwolves will be at Cleveland on Saturday at Noon on Amazon Prime Video.
— Pascal Siakam scored 30 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and made a driving layup with 11 seconds left to lift Indiana to a 114-112 win over the Charlotte Hornets that snapped the Pacers’ 13-game losing streak and gave head coach Rick Carlisle his 1,000th career win. Carlisle had been stuck on 999 victories since his injury-depleted team beat Sacramento on Dec. 8. He improved to 1,000-891 in 24 seasons as an NBA coach.
— Lauri Markkanen had 33 points and seven rebounds and the Utah Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with a 116-114 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
— The game between the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on Thursday night was postponed after a nearly two-hour delay due to condensation on the court. The officials cited “court conditions” for the delay in starting the contest. There appeared to be moisture on the floor at the United Center, which is also home to the Chicago Blackhawks, who played Wednesday and will skate at the arena again Friday. Workers tried to dry the surface using mops and towels. The game was officially postponed at 8:53 p.m., prompting boos from the crowd. A rescheduled date for the game was not immediately announced.
NFL WILD CARD PLAYOFFS
Carolina Panthers vs. Los Angeles Rams – 3:30 pm on Saturday, FOX
Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers – 7 pm on Saturday, Amazon
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Buffalo Bills – Noon on Sunday, CBS
Philadelphia Eagles vs. San Francisco 49ers – 3:30 pm on Sunday, FOX
New England Patriots vs. Los Angeles Chargers – 7 pm on Sunday, NBC
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Houston Texans – 7:15 pm on Monday, ABC/ESPN
TOP 25 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL – SATURDAY
Indiana vs. No. 10 Nebraska (15-0), 11 am on Big Ten Network
No. 2 Michigan (14-0) vs. Wisconsin, Noon on CBS
No. 11 Vanderbilt (15-0) vs. LSU, Noon on SEC Network
No. 5 Purdue vs. Penn State, 1 pm on Big Ten Network
No. 6 Duke vs. No. 24 SMU, 1 pm on ESPN
TCU vs. No. 1 Arizona (15-0), 3 pm on ESPN
No. 3 Iowa State (15-0) vs. Oklahoma State, 3 pm on ESPN2
No. 13 Alabama vs. Texas, 7 pm on ESPN
Utah vs. No. 9 BYU, 9 pm on ESPN
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL – FRIDAY
Ethan vs. Wessington Springs (DH)
Bridgewater-Emery vs. James Valley Christian (DH)
McCook Central Montrose vs. Beresford (DH)
Alcester-Hudson vs. Canistota (DH)
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL – SATURDAY
Freeman vs. Tripp-Delmont/Armour (DH)
Scotland/Menno vs. Corsica-Stickney (DH)
Winner vs. Wagner (boys)
AA GIRLS BASKETBALL – FRIDAY
No. 2 O’Gorman vs. Watertown
SF Roosevelt vs. Rapid City Stevens
Sioux Falls Lincoln vs. Rapid City Central
AA BOYS BASKETBALL – FRIDAY
No. 1 SF Lincoln vs. Rapid City Central
No. 3 SF Roosevelt vs. Rapid City Stevens
Watertown vs. O’Gorman
AA GIRLS BASKETBALL – SATURDAY
Pierre vs. No. 3 SF Washington
No. 4 Aberdeen Central vs. SF Jefferson
No. 5 Tea Area vs. West Fargo, N.D.
Harrisburg vs. Huron
SF Roosevelt vs. Rapid City Central
SF Lincoln vs. Rapid City Stevens
AA BOYS BASKETBALL – SATURDAY
No. 1 SF Lincoln vs. Rapid City Stevens
No. 5 Harrisburg vs. No. 2 Huron
No. 3 SF Roosevelt vs. Rapid City Central
SF Washington vs. Pierre
Tea Area vs. Sioux Center, Iowa