Upcoming sporting events in the Brainerd lakes area:

THURSDAY

Cross country running

Pequot Lakes Invitational at Wild Wedge Family Golf Park, Pequot Lakes, 4 p.m.

Boys soccer

Little Falls vs. Brainerd at Baxter, 5 p.m.

Girls soccer

Brainerd vs. Little Falls at Belle Prairie, 5 p.m.

Swimming and diving

Brainerd at Little Falls, 6 p.m.

Girls tennis

Aitkin vs. Greenway at Coleraine, 4:30 p.m.

Crosby-Ironton at Pequot Lakes, 4:30 p.m.

Little Falls at Alexandria, 4:30 p.m.

Staples-Motley at Park Rapids, 4:30 p.m.

Wadena-Deer Creek at Detroit Lakes, 4:30 p.m.

High school volleyball

Brainerd at Sartell, 7:30 p.m.

Isle at Aitkin, 7:30 p.m.

Crosby-Ironton vs. Greenway at Coleraine, 7:30 p.m.

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

Pierz at Rockford, 7:30 p.m.

Pillager at Sebeka, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

FRIDAY

Cross country running

Brainerd, Crosby-Ironton at Bemidji Crazy Shorts Invitational, 4 p.m.

High school football

Alexandria at Brainerd, 7 p.m.

Ogilvie at Aitkin, 7 p.m.

Crosby-Ironton at Braham, 7 p.m.

Little Falls at Sartell, 7 p.m.

Pequot Lakes at Crookston, 7 p.m.

Pierz at Rockford, 7 p.m.

Browerville at Pillager, 7:30 p.m.

Pine River-Backus at Cass Lake-Bena, 7 p.m.

Staples-Motley at East Grand Forks, 7 p.m.

Verndale at Ashby, 7:30 p.m.

Warroad at Wadena-Deer Creek, 7 p.m.

Boys soccer

Fourth Baptist vs. Lake Region Christian at Baxter, 5 p.m.

High school volleyball

Fourth Baptist vs. Lake Region Christian at Baxter, 5 p.m.

College volleyball

Vermilion at Central Lakes, 6:30 p.m.