A look back at some of the sports happenings during the week of Oct. 18-24, 2026:

Last year on Oct. 18, 2025: Aberdeen native and former NSU standout Madelyn Bragg played her first basketball game for Colorado State in Sioux Falls against USD. It was an exhibition, so no stats were released. Colorado State veteran WBB coach Ryun Williams (2012-) played for USD and coached there as well as coaching at Wayne State.

10 years ago on Oct. 21-22, 2016: To start the 2016-17 season, Northern State junior Hannah Kastigar won the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference swimmer of the week award six out of eight times. Kastigar, also an all-conference cross-country runner for the Wolves, pulled off a rare feat in the modern college era, competing in two fall sports at the same time. After winning three individual events in record times at a swim dual against host Moorhead on the night of Oct. 21, she finished ninth in the NSIC cross-country championships in Sioux Falls the next morning.

20 years ago on Oct. 18, 2006: Pierre native Scott Rislov has signed with two-time ArenaBowl champion San Jose SaberCats. The former San Jose State standout threw an arena football record 106 TD passes for the Central Valley Coyotes in the Arena Football2 League.

30 years ago on Oct. 18, 1996: Laci Greenfield and Jill Felderman combined for 21 points to pace Doland-Conde over Florence 46-32.

40 years ago on Oct. 18, 1986: The Yankton boys’ golf team, coached by Norm West, won their fourth state title in the last five years.

50 years ago on Oct. 23, 1976: Redfield got touchdowns from Steve Stahl, Bernie Clemens and Gary Muellenberg to defeat Clark 24-22.