Watertown, Aberdeen Central among 11 area teams playing for state-tournament berths
Eleven area teams, including Class AA Watertown and Aberdeen Central, will play in SoDak 16 state-qualifying games on Tuesday.
Sixteen teams each in Class AA, A and B will play in one-game matchups, with the winners qualifying for the state tournament May 30-June 1 at Aberdeen.
Watertown is the No. 9 seed in Class AA and visits No. 8 Brookings (107). Brookings won 11-7 in the regular-season matchup in Watertown.
Aberdeen is the No. 14 seed (4-14) and will visit No. 3 Sioux Falls Washington (14-3). The Golden Eagles and Warriors have not met this season.
Class A matchups include area schools Sioux Valley, Mobridge-Pollock and Sisseton. Area schools Castlewood, Deuel, Florence-Henry, Redfield, Arlington and Elkton-Lake Benton.
Defending state champion Castewood (No. 2 seed), Deuel (No. 7 seed) and Florence-Henry (No. 8 seed) are area teams set to play at home in Class B. Class A Sioux Valley (No. 7 seed) also will be at home.
Starting times (Central time) are now listed for most games.
Class AA
No. 16 Spearfish (2-14) at No. 1 Sioux Falls Lincoln (18-0), 5 p.m.
No. 9 Watertown (10-9) at No. 8 Brookings (10-7), 6 p.m.
No. 15 Pierre (3-18) at No. 2 Harrisburg (17-2), 7 p.m.
No. 10 Mitchell (8-11) at No. 7 O'Gorman (10-8), 5 p.m.
No. 13 Yankton (6-12) at No. 4 Sioux Falls Jefferson (15-5), 7 p.m.
No. 12 Sioux Falls Roosevelt (6-12) at No. 5 Brandon Valley (12-5), 5 p.m.
No. 14 Aberdeen Central (4-14) at No. 3 Sioux Falls Washington (14-3), 5 p.m.
No. 11 Sturgis (7-10) at No. 6 Rapid City Stevens (12-5), 7 p.m.
Class A
No. 16 Winner Area (5-14) at No. 1 West Central (19-0), 5 p.m.
No. 15 Lennox (4-10) at No. 2 Dell Rapids (11-2), 5 p.m.
No. 14 Flandreau (7-14) at No. 3 Tea Area (12-4), 5 p.m.
No. 13 Parkston (8-10) at No. 4 Madison (14-4), 6:30 p.m.
No. 12 Sisseton (3-12) at No. 5 Tri-Valley (12-7), 6 p.m.
State B Champion Castlewood: Warriors currently hold top seed in Class B with a 10-2 season record
No. 11 Mobridge-Pollock (11-4) at No. 6 Beresford (14-9), 5 p.m.
No. 10 Elk Point-Jefferson (8-9) at No. 7 Sioux Valley (16-5), 6 p.m.
No. 9 Vermillion (9-7) at No. 8 Dakota Valley (9-10), 6 p.m.
Class B
No. 16 Elkton-Lake Benton (6-10) at No. 1 Bon Homme (19-3), TBD
No. 15 McCook Central-Montrose (6-8) at No. 2 Castlewood (14-4), 5:30 p.m.
No. 14 Arlington (8-10) at No. 3 Alcester-Hudson (17-6), 6 p.m.
No. 13 Baltic (4-12) at No. 4 Chester (16-1), 5 p.m.
No. 12 Mount Vernon-Plankinton (5-7) at No. 5 Gayville-Volin (13-8), 6:30 p.m.
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No. 11 Freeman-Marion/Freeman Academy (7-8) at No. 6 Scotland-Menno (11-4), 5::30 p.m.
No. 10 Redfield (7-7) at No. 7 Deuel (13-5), 5:30 p.m. in Clear Lake
No. 9 Hanson (11-5) at No. 8 Florence-Henry (10-2), 5 p.m. in Florence
Follow Watertown Public Opinion sports reporter Roger Merriam on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PO_Sports or email: rmerriam@thepublicopinion.com
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