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S.D. High School Activities Association releases the state’s 2024 football schedules
PIERRE — South Dakota’s 2024 high school football schedules have been released by the South Dakota High School Activities Association.
Official dates and times have not been finalized but each team knows who it will face, what week and whether it’s at home or away.
Class 11B and nine-man (9AA, 9A and 9B) can begin play in Week 0 (Thursday through Friday, Aug. 22-24) and conclude their regular season by Oct. 18. Playoffs are set for Oct. 24, Oct. 31 and Nov. 8.
Class 11AAA, AA and AA can begin play on Week 1 (Aug. 29-31) and conclude their regular season on Oct. 25. Playoffs are set for Oct. 31 and No. 8.
State championships in all classes are slated for Nov. 14-16 in the DakotaDome at Vermillion.
Here are the schedules for each of the Watertown and Aberdeen area schools. Links to the complete 11-man and nine-man schedules are posted online at www.thepublicopinion.com.
Most games will be scheduled on Fridays, but Thursdays and Saturdays are options. Here is the schedule key: Week 0 (Aug. 22-24), Week 1 (Aug. 29-31), Week 2 (Sept. 5-7), Week 3 (Sept. 12-14), Week 4 (Sept. 19-21), Week 5 (Sept. 26-28), Week 6 (Oct. 3-5), Week 7 (Oct. 10-12), Week 8 (Oct. 17-19) and Week 9 (Oct. 24).
Class 11AA
Aberdeen Central — Week 1 (Pierre), Week 2 (at Tea Area), Week 3 (Sioux Falls Lincoln), Week 4 (Spearfish), Week 5 (at Sturgis), Week 6 (Mitchell), Week 7 (Huron), Week 8 (at Brookings) and Week 9 (at Watertown).
Watertown — Week 1 (at Sioux Falls Jefferson), Week 2 (Spearfish), Week 3 (at Sturgis), Week 4 (Pierre), Week 5 (at Douglas), Week 6 (at Yankton), Week 7 (Tea Area), Week 8 (at Mitchell) and Week 9 (Aberdeen Central).
Class 11A
Milbank — Week 1 (Lakota Tech), Week 2 (at Tri-Valley), Week 3 (Groton Area), Week 4 (Dell Rapids), Week 5 (at Vermillion), Week 6 (Sisseton), Week 7 (at Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 8 (West Central) and Week 9 (at Madison).
2024 11-Man Football Schedules: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24549785-2024-11-man-schedule-final?responsive=1&title=1
Class 11B
Aberdeen Roncalli — Week 0 (at Clark-Willow Lake), Week 1 (Bye), Week 2 (Deuel), Week 3 (Mobridge-Pollock), Week 4 (at Miller/Highmore-Harrold), Week 5 (Webster Area), Week 6 (at Groton Area), Week 7 (Milbank) and Week 8 (at Sisseton).
Clark-Willow Lake — Week 0 (Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 1 (Bye), Week 2 (at Sisseton), Week 3 (Sioux Valley), Week 4 (at Parker), Week 5 (Groton Area), Week 6 (Deuel), Week 7 (at Mobridge-Pollock) and Week 8 (at Webster Area).
Deuel — Week 0 (Flandreau), Week 1 (Sisseton), Week 2 (at Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 3 (Winner), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Groton Area), Week 6 (at Clark-Willow Lake), Week 7 (at Webster Area) and Week 8 (Mobridge-Pollock).
Groton Area — Week 1 (Mobridge-Pollock), Week 2 (at Webster Area), Week 3 (at Milbank), Week 4 (Deuel), Week 5 (at Clark-Willow Lake), Week 6 (Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 7 (at Sisseton) and Week 8 (Baltic).
Mobridge-Pollock — Week 0 (Lead-Deadwood), Week 1 (at Groton Area), Week 2 (at Miller/Highmore-Harrold), Week 3 (at Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (Belle Fourche), Week 7 (Webster Area), Week 8 (Clark-Willow Lake) and Week 9 (at Deuel).
Sioux Valley — Week 0 (St. Thomas More), Week 1 (Bye), Week 2 (Baltic), Week 3 (at Clark-Willow Lake), Week 4 (Sisseton), Week 5 (at Deuel), Week 6 (at Flandreau), Week 7 (at Beresford) and Week 8 (Elk Point-Jefferson).
Sisseton — Week 0 (Webster Area), Week 1 (at Deuel), Week 2 (Clark-Willow Lake), Week 3 (at Flandreau), Week 4 (at Sioux Valley), Week 5 (Bye); Week 6 (at Milbank), Week 7 (Groton Area) and Week 8 (Aberdeen Roncalli).
Webster Area — Week 0 (at Sisseton), Week 1 (McCook Central-Montrose), Week 2 (Groton Area), Week 3 (Woonsocket-Wessington Springs-Sanborn Central), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 6 (at Mobridge-Pollock), Week 7 (Deuel) and Week 8 (Clark-Willow Lake).
2024 Class 9AA Football Schedules: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24550322-2024-class-9aa-schedule?responsive=1&title=1
Class 9AA
Britton-Hecla — Week 0 (at Hamlin), Week 1 (Leola-Frederick Area), Week 2 (at Redfield), Week 3 (Florence-Henry), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Great Plains Lutheran), Week 6 (Waubay-Summit), Week 7 (at Wilmot) and Week 8 (Waverly-South Shore).
De Smet — Week 0 (at Kimball-White Lake), Week 1 (Garretson), Week 2 (at Hanson), Week 3 (Elkton-Lake Benton), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Florence-Henry), Week 6 (Hamlin), Week 7 (Great Plains Lutheran) and Week 8 (at Estelline-Hendricks).
Elkton-Lake Benton — Week 0 (Waubay-Summit), Week 1 (at Viborg-Hurley), Week 2 (Freeman-Marion/Freeman Academy), Week 3 (at De Smet), Week 4 (Great Plains Lutheran), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (at Garretson), Week 7 (at Deubrook Area) and Week 8 (Hamlin).
Florence-Henry — Week 1 (Waverly-South Shore), Week 2 (Great Plains Lutheran), Week 3 (at Britton-Hecla), Week 4 (at Hamlin), Week 5 (De Smet), Week 6 (at Wilmot), Week 7 (at Redfield) and Week 8 (Waubay-Summit).
Great Plains Lutheran — Week 0 (Waverly-South Shore), Week 1 (at Waubay-Summit), Week 2 (at Florence-Henry), Week 3 (Hamlin), Week 4 (at Elkton-Lake Benton), Week 5 (Britton-Hecla), Week 6 (Bye), Week 7 (at De Smet) and Week 8 (Wilmot).
Hamlin — Week 0 (Britton-Hecla), Week 1 (Hanson), Week 2 (at Waubay-Summit), Week 3 (at Great Plains Lutheran), Week 4 (Florence-Henry), Week 5 (Redfield), Week 6 (at De Smet), Week 7 (Bye), Week 8 (at Elkton-Lake Benton).
Leola-Frederick Area — Week 0 (Redfield), Week 1 (at Britton-Hecla), Week 2 (Stanley County), Week 3 (at North Central), Week 4 (Faulkton Area), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (Northwestern), Week 7 (at Ipswich) and Week 8 (at Warner).
Redfield — Week 0 (at Leola-Frederick Area), Week 1 (Kimball-White Lake), Week 2 (Britton-Hecla), Week 3 (Stanley County), Week 4 (at Waubay-Summit), Week 5 (at Hamlin), Week 6 (at Warner), Week 7 (Florence-Henry) and Week 8 (Bye).
Waubay-Summit — Week 0 (at Elkton-Lake Benton), Week 1 (Great Plains Lutheran), Week 2 (Hamlin), Week 3 (at Waverly-South Shore), Week 4 (Redfield), Week 5 (Wilmot), Week 6 (at Britton-Hecla), Week 7 (Bye) and Week 8 (at Florence-Henry).
Class 9A
Castlewood — Week 0 (Warner), Week 1 (at Chester), Week 2 (at Wolsey-Wessington), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (Wilmot), Week 5 (Oldham-Ramona-Rutland), Week 6 (at Waverly-South Shore), Week 7 (Estelline-Hendricks) and Week 8 (at Deubrook Area).
Deubrook Area — Week 0 (at Centerville), Week 1 (Wolsey-Wessington), Week 2 (at Howard), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (at Chester), Week 5 (Waverly-South Shore), Week 6 (at Estelline-Hendricks), Week 7 (at Elkton-Lake Benton) and Week 8 (Castlewood).
Estelline-Hendricks — Week 0 (at Wolsey-Wessington), Week 1 (Howard), Week 2 (Chester), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (at Waverly-South Shore), Week 5 (at Colman-Egan), Week 6 (Deubrook Area), Week 7 (at Castlewood) and Week 8 (De Smet).
2024 Class 9A Football Schedules: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24550321-2024-class-9a-schedule?responsive=1&title=1
Ipswich — Week 0 (Timber Lake), Week 1 (at Faulkton Area), Week 2 (at Warner), Week 3 (Northwestern), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Herreid-Selby Area), Week 6 (at Hitchcock-Tulare), Week 7 (Leola-Frederick Area) and Week 8 (North Central).
North Central — Week 0 (Lemmon-McIntosh), Week 1 (Dupree), Week 2 (at Timber Lake), Week 3 (Leola-Frederick Area), Week 4 (at Northwestern), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (at Faulkton Area), Week 7 (Warner) and Week 8 (at Ipswich).
Potter County — Week 0 (Harding County-Bison), Week 1 (Warner), Week 2 (at Lemmon-McIntosh), Week 3 (at Dupree), Week 4 (Sully Buttes), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (at Herreid-Selby Area), Week 7 (Timber Lake) and Week 8 (at Stanley County).
Warner — Week 0 (at Castlewood), Week 1 (at Potter County), Week 2 (Ipswich), Week 3 (Faulkton Area), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Northwestern), Week 6 (Redfield), Week 7 (at North Central) and Week 8 (Leola-Federick Area).
Waverly-South Shore — Week 0 (at Great Plains Lutheran), Week 1 (at Florence-Henry), Week 2 (Wilmot), Week 3 (Waubay-Summit), Week 4 (Estelline-Hendricks), Week 5 (at Deubrook Area), Week 6 (Castlewood), Week 7 (Bye) and Week 8 (at Britton-Hecla).
Class 9B
Arlington — Week 0 (at Sunshine Bible Academy), Week 1 (at Wilmot), Week 2 (Dell Rapids St. Mary), Week 3 (at Sioux Falls Lutheran), Week 4 (Oldham-Ramona-Rutland), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (Iroquois-Lake Prerston), Week 7 (at Colman-Egan) and Week 8 (Hitchcock-Tulare).
Faulkton Area — Week 1 (Ipswich), Week 2 (Herreid-Selby Area), Week 3 (at Warner), Week 4 (at Leola-Frederick Area), Week 5 (at Sully Buttes), Week 6 (North Central), Week 7 (at Hitchcock-Tulare) and Week 8 (Northwestern).
Herreid-Selby Area — Week 0 (Faith), Week 1 (Northwestern), Week 2 (at Faulkton Area), Week 3 (at Lemmon-McIntosh), Week 4 (at Timber Lake), Week 5 (Ipswich), Week 6 (Potter County), Week 7 (at Sully Buttes) and Week 8 (Bye).
Hitchcock-Tulare — Week 0 (Corsica-Stickney), Week 1 (at Iroquois-Lake Preston), Week 2 (at Northwestern), Week 3 (at Sully Buttes), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (Sunshine Bible Academy), Week 6 (Ipswich), Week 7 (Faulkton Area) and Week 8 (at Arlington).
Iroquois-Lake Preston — Week 0 (at Wilmot), Week 1 (Hitchcock-Tulare), Week 2 (at Canistota), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (Sunshine Bible Academy), Week 5 (Dell Rapids St. Mary), Week 6 (at Arlington), Week 7 (at Oldham-Ramona-Rutland) and Week 8 (Colman-Egan).
2024 Class 9B Football Schedules: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24550320-2024-class-9b-schedule?responsive=1&title=1
Northwestern — Week 0 (Sully Buttes), Week 1 (at Herreid-Selby Area), Week 2 (Hitchcock-Tulare), Week 3 (at Ipswich), Week 4 (North Central), Week 5 (Warner), Week 6 (at Leola-Frederick Area), Week 7 (Bye) and Week 8 (at Faulkton Area).
Oldham-Ramona-Rutland — Week 0 (at Dell Rapids St. Mary), Week 1 (Sunshine Bible Academy), Week 2 (Sioux Falls Lutheran), Week 3 (at Irene-Wakonda), Week 4 (at Arlington), Week 5 (at Castlewood), Week 6 (Colman-Egan), Week 7 (Iroquois-Lake Preston) and Week 8 (Bye).
Sunshine Bible Academy — Week 0 (Arlington), Week 1 (at Oldham-Ramona-Rutland), Week 2 (at Colome), Week 3 (Burke), Week 4 (at Iroquois-Lake Preston), Week 5 (at Hitchcock-Tulare), Week 6 (Corsica-Stickney), Week 7 (Bye) and Week 8 (Sully Buttes).
Wilmot — Week 0 (Iroquois-Lake Preston), Week 1 (Arlington), Week 2 (at Waverly-South Shore), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (at Castlewood), Week 5 (at Waubay-Summit), Week 6 (Florence-Henry), Week 7 (Britton-Hecla) and Week 8 (at Great Plains Lutheran)
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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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Partly cloudy skies are expected. A stray shower or two will be possible, but chances aren’t great. Highs will be in the 40s and 50s for much of KOTA Territory.
Wind gusts could range from 30 to 40 mph at times – especially across western South Dakota.
We’ll remain mild all Christmas week with highs in the 40s to near 50°. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies will be likely all week long. It could get a little breezy on Christmas Day, but nothing too crazy.
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