The lights will be on for at least one more night at the Ipswich football field, when the Tigers, 7-1 during the regular season will host Lemmon/McIntosh (4-4) in a Class 9AA high school football playoff opener on Thursday at 7 p.m. Ipswich comes in as the overall third seed in the state. Hanson is the number one seed and Parkston seeded second.

The Tigers tuned up for the post-season with a Lake Region Conference 54-0 win over visiting North Central in a game that was ended in the third quarter on the 50-point-lead rule. Those last six points were derived by Ipswich's defense when Trevor Beye...