Facilities prepared to host state volleyball tournaments

HURON, S.D. (KOKK) – The final events of the fall South Dakota high school sports season are coming up this weekend with the State Volleyball Tournaments. Huron will be host to the Class B tournament, Watertown Class A, and Brookings AA. Huron Activities Director Terry Rotert says all three tournaments will require masks for all spectators.

There have been some tweeks to the schedule, including evening sessions starting an hour earlier at 5 p.m., and more time in between matches.

Afternoon sessions will still start at 12 noon.

Rotert says he plans to open up the playing floor a bit more than usual.

Rotert says spectators in Huron will be allowed to watch all tournament matches if they prefer.

There will be sanitizer stations available throughout the arena for spectators. All three state volleyball tournaments will run Thursday thru Saturday.