Rochester and Culver will get the holiday weekend underway with a boys basketball rivalry game tonight on GIANT fm Sports.
The Zebras and Cavaliers have met in the opener since the 2000-2001 season. Rochester has won 16 of those 21 meetings and the last five in a row.
Rochester was 9-13 last season and dropped its last five games.
Head coach Rob Malchow enters his sixth season with a more veteran unit.
Malchow says game one is always a feeling out process.
Other boys action tonight
Tippecanoe Valley at Mishawaka
joe Luce makes his debut as Vikings head coach
Bremen at Argos
Dragons are 73-26 over past five seasons but have beaten by Triton in sectional championship each of last two seasons.
Logansport at Peru
Oak Hill at Wabash
John Glenn at Plymouth
LaVille at Westville