In this edition of the South Dakota Gridiron Report, we take an initial look at all seven state title games, as the football championships get underway on Thursday, Nov. 10.
After an exciting finish to the regular season in the three largest-enrollment classes and the start of the small-school playoffs on Thursday night, the focus narrows on the final eight teams in each bracket, each now two victories away from a state championship game trip to the DakotaDome in Vermillion.
Taking stock of the standings with half the regular season gone in this week's Mitchell Republic web-exclusive look at high school football in South Dakota.