In Thursday's league outing, the Mitchell Kernels (Mitchell, SD) basketball squad knocked off the visiting Huron Tigers (Huron, SD), by a margin of 56-42.

The Kernels (9-1) will now prepare for their outing against Aberdeen Central (Aberdeen, SD). The Golden Eagles go into the AA District 3 outing with a 3-4 record. In their last outing, Aberdeen Central topped Yankton (Yankton, SD), 57-44, in a non-league outing.

The Tigers now own a 4-5 record. They take the field next when they host Yankton for a non-league outing on Friday, January 13. Huron will encounter a Bucks/Gazelles squad coming off a 53-37 non-league loss to Brookings (Brookings, SD). The Bucks/Gazelles record now stands at 1-7.