A look back at some of the sports happenings during the week of Dec. 19-25:
Last year on Dec. 19, 2020: Aberdeen Central freshman Rayden Zens won the 106-pound division at the Brookings Invitational. Zens pinned all three of his opponents.
10 years ago on Dec. 24, 2011: Senior Hank Taken Alive Jr. scored 46 points to help McLaughlin erase a 21-point first half deficit to defeat Red Cloud 71-68 in the third-place game at the Lakota Nation Invitational in Rapid City. Taken Alive finished 17-of-24 from the field, nailed five three-pointers and grabbed 12 rebounds.
20 years ago on Dec. 19, 2001: Sundance Wicks of Northern State was named player of the week in men's basketball in the Northern Sun Conference. Wicks, a 6-foot-5 junior from Gillette, Wyo., led NSU over North Dakota 80-65 last weekend by scoring 21 points. He made nine of his 11 field goals (81.8 percent), including three of his five three-point attempts. Wicks also had eight rebounds and four assists to help the
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