A look back at some of the sports happenings during the week of Oct. 11-17, 2026:

Last year on Oct. 11, 2025: The NSU football team got one of its biggest wins in program history with a 34-31 win over No. 10 Minnesota-Duluth. The Wolves (4-2) made the most of turnovers. While NSU did not turn over the ball, Duluth (6-1). lost two fumbles and was intercepted by NSU’s Tasean Young Jr. to seal the win for the hosts and end a drive in the final minute of the game. Young also recovered a fumble and returned it 63 yards to end a Duluth drive and set up a NSU touchdown. NSU also got a fumble recovery from Andrew Ewald and 17 tackles from All-American Jake Adams.

10 years ago on Oct. 15, 2016: Taryn Christion threw a two-yard touchdown pass to Jake Wieneke with one second left as SDSU rallied from 14 down to stun top-ranked NDSU 19-17. One of SDSU’s TDs came from former Britton-Hecla standout Dallas Goedert. Coach John Stiegelmeier, a Selby native, and his Jackrabbits are now 4-2.

20 years ago on Oct. 14, 2006: Former NSU standout Johnny Bentley was the Dakota Lawdawgs’ leading rusher as his team crushed the Lincoln (NE) Renegades 54-16 in the North American Football League playoffs.

30 years ago on Oct. 11, 1996: Aberdeen Central outlasted Brookings 40-39 in football. Aaron Rich threw four touchdown passes while teammate Shane Carter rushed for two more.

40 years ago on Oct. 15, 1986: The Hulst family helped the Huron girls’ tennis team bring home a netful of hardware at the state tournament. Carmen Hulst won the top-flight state singles and state doubles titles along with being named MVP in both divisions. Sheryl Hulst won the state doubles title and shared the doubles MVP award with her sister along with winning the Flight 2 singles’ title. They also helped Huron tie Sioux Falls O’Gorman for the state team title. Huron’s coach Hank Hulst, is the father of Carmen and Sheryl.

50 years ago on Oct. 16, 1976: Webster defeated Sisseton 26-6 as Kirby Phillips scored all four of the Bearcats’ touchdowns.