• Groton Area will take on Ethan as part of the 34th Annual Parkston Girls' Basketball Classic on Saturday at the National Guard Armory. The Groton Area-Ethan game is slated for 5:30 p.m., the sixth of eight on the schedule. Ethan is 3-1 on the season while Groton is 5-0. The rest of the games are as follows: Parkston vs. Centerville, 10 a.m.; Highmore-Harrold vs. Corsica-Stickney, 11:30 a.m. Ipswich vs. Mitchell Christian, 1 p.m.; Aberdeen Roncalli vs. Dell Rapids, 2:30 p.m.; Wagner vs. Tri-Valley, 4 p.m.; Ethan vs. Groton, 5:30 p.m.; Hanson vs. Sully Buttes 7 p.m.; Elk Point-Jefferson vs. St. Thomas More, 8:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students.
• The Parkston Boys' Basketball Classic will be Monday at the National Guard Armory. Seven games are on the schedule, starting with Corsica-Stickney against Canistota at 10:30 a.m. The rest of the schedule is as follows: Miller vs. McCook Central-Montrose, noon; Sully Buttes vs. Parker, 1:30 p.m.; Hitchcock-Tulare vs. Ethan, 3 p.m.; Vermillion vs. Mt. Vernon-Plankinton, 4:30 p.m.; Hanson vs. James Valley Christian, 6 p.m.; Parkston vs. Dakota Valley, 7:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Pierpont, will be having its final worship service on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Declining attendance has led to the closure of the church and unless something happens between now and Jan. 5, the church will be closed. The closure of the church will leave the town of Pierpont without a church. The First Presbyterian Church in Pierpont closed earlier this year with that building being moved out of town.