FULL SHOW: Thirsty Thursday (prep hoops and football news), Stampede & Wolves Playoff Time!

Nothing quite hits a sports fans' lips as sweet as the first game of the playoffs.   It's like the first sip of beer on a Friday afternoon after a long work week, or the first bite of steak after a diet.   Over the last six months, the Sioux Falls Stampede and Minnesota Timberwolves grinded through 60 and 82 games, respectively. Now, the fun really begins for their fans.   The Herd open their USHL Western Conference semifinals on Friday. Their president and 20-year play-by-play voice Jim Olander joined the Happy Hour host and Stampede beat writer Trent Singer in the Orion Pub to preview the series and explain how the Herd won 40-plus games for the first time in club history.   The Wolves tip off their NBA Western Conference quarterfinals in Denver on Saturday in Round 3 of their playoffs trilogy with the Nuggets. Orion Pub co-owner Jon Oppold sat in with fellow Wolves die-hard Cordell Wright (the Happy Hour video producer) and the host to dive into the storylines and matchups.   Before those conversations, Singer and the host react to both Sioux Falls metro area boys basketball head coaching hires this week: Dan Jansen (O'Gorman) and Ben Schultz (Roosevelt).    They also break down the decision of Pierre four-star tight end Cooper Terwilliger — who Sanford Sports Academy football director Kurtiss Riggs calls a "Top 5 or 7" player he has seen in his 30 years following local prep football — to commit to Penn State over, among many others, Nebraska.   But first, some words about guillotines, non-alcoholic beer, and the Hair Club for Men.