The winter sports seasons are upon us, starting with wrestling last week and now girls and boys basketball beginning later this weekend for our area teams.

That includes a Sioux Falls Pentagon classic on Saturday where both the Ipswich girls and boys hoopsters will play Hitchcock-Tulare. Then the area fans can see both the North Central Thunder girls and boys vs. their Ipswich counterparts on December 17 in Ipswich. And according to the calendar, just the Ipswich girls will be in another classic on December 28 in the Huron Arena, the site of their 2019 State B appearance to name just a few of the remaining 2019 area sports match-ups.

But we could mention also that Faulkton is one of the closest places Ipswich Area varsity wrestling fans can attend and see the Tigers in action and that event will get underway on Saturday, December 14.

And it's not even the New Year until January 1 and then indoor sports action always traditionally heats up in spite of how cold it is outside.