Upcoming sporting events in the Brainerd lakes area:

FRIDAY

Boys basketball

East Central at Aitkin, 7:30 p.m.

Staples-Motley at Crosby-Ironton, 7:30 p.m.

St. John's Prep vs. Lake Region Christian at Baxter, 7:30 p.m.

Pine River-Backus at Sebeka, 7:30 p.m.

Park Rapids at Wadena-Deer Creek, 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball

Aitkin at Chisholm, 7:30 p.m.

Brainerd at Rocori 7:30 p.m.

Alexandria at Little Falls, 7:30 p.m.

Pequot Lakes vs. LP-Grey Eagle at Long Prairie, 7:30 p.m.

Pierz vs. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa at Belgrade, 7:30 p.m.

Pillager at New York Mills, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit Lakes at Staples-Motley, 7:30 p.m.

Verndale at Menahga, 7:30 p.m.

Wadena-Deer Creek at Park Rapids, 7:30 p.m.

Boys hockey

Sartell at Brainerd, 7:30 p.m.

Park Rapids vs. C-I/Aitkin at Crosby, 7 p.m.

Wrestling

Aitkin in Great River Conference at Rush City, 4 p.m.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted at Pierz triangular, 5 p.m.

Frazee vs. B-H/V at Verndale, 7:30 p.m.

Gymnastics

Wadena-Deer Creek at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY

Boys basketball

Brainerd at Buffalo, 2:45 p.m.

Virginia at Aitkin, 3 p.m.

Pierz vs. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Target Center, Minneapolis, 1:30 p.m.

Staples-Motley at Fergus Falls, 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball

Pequot Lakes vs. Hawley at Moorhead State University, 1 p.m.

Boys hockey

Morris/Benson vs. C-I/Aitkin at Crosby, 2 p.m.

Wadena-Deer Creek at Red Lake Falls, 2 p.m.

Girls hockey

Section 8, Class 2A Quarterfinals

No. 7 Brainerd at No. 2 Moorhead, 7 p.m.

Section 2, Class 1A Quarterfinals

No. 13 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Wadena-Deer Creek, No. 14 Little Falls

Gymnastics

Brainerd, Little Falls in Central Lakes Conference championship at St. Cloud Tech, 1 p.m.

Women's college basketball

Itasca at Central Lakes, 1 p.m.

Men's college basketball

Itasca at Central Lakes, 3 p.m.