SDHSAA revises state's Class 11AAA and 11AA schedules for this fall

PIERRE — Hold on a second. The 2024 Class 11AAA and 11AA high school football schedules released by the South Dakota High School Activities Association last week have been revised.

That includes the schedules for area Class 11AA teams Watertown and Aberdeen Central.

Since the Rushmore Bowl in Rapid CIty was not included in the original Class 11AAA schedule, the schedules for both classes were revised to make the adjustment.

As state last week, 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.

Revised 2024 Class 11AA Schedules:https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602477-2024-football-schedules-revised-11aa?responsive=1&title=1

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 new schedules for Watertown and Aberdeen Central.

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 — Revised: Week 1 (Pierre), Week 2 (at Tea Area), Week 3 (Brookings), Week 4 (Spearfish), Week 5 (at Sturgis), Week 6 (at Mitchell), Week 7 (Huron), Week 8 (Sioux Falls Lincoln) and Week 9 (at Watertown).

Previous: 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).

Revised 2024 Class 11AAA Schedules:https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602478-2024-football-schedules-revised-11aaa?responsive=1&title=1

Watertown — Revised: Week 1 (at Sioux Falls Jefferson), Week 2 (Yankton), Week 3 (at Pierre), Week 4 (Mitchell, homecoming week), Week 5 (at Douglas), Week 6 (Spearfish), Week 7 (Tea Area), Week 8 (Strugis Brown) and Week 9 (Aberdeen Central).

Previous: 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).

Links to the revised 11AAA and 11AA schedules for all schools can be found online at www.thepublicopinon.com.

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