A look back at some of the sports happenings during the week of Nov. 26-Dec. 2:

Last year on Nov. 26, 2022: The 114th Apple Cup in Pullman, WA, had a distinctive South Dakota flavor. This year’s edition of the college football rivalry between the University of Washington and Washington State had two head coaches with all sorts of South Dakota backgrounds. UW coach Kalen DeBoer is a Milbank native, a University of Sioux Falls graduate and former coach of his USF college team. WSU coach Jake Dickert is a former assistant coach at SDSU, Augustana and USD. The No. 13th-ranked Huskies (10-2) won the game 51-33 to take a 75-33-6 lead in the series. DeBoer is in his first season with UW while Dickert has led the Cougars to a 10-7 record over the last two seasons and is 1-1 in Apple Cups.

10 years ago on Nov. 26, 2013: The NSU volleyball team earned its second trip to the national tourney in program history. The Wolves would end the season with its first All-American in Kelsey Chambers and ranked No. 23 in the nation.

20 years ago on Dec. 2, 2003: State runner-up Aberdeen Central had five players on the first-team Class 11AA all-state team: Taylor Mehlhaff, Brian Jark, Derek Larson, A.J. Hofer and Todd Lamont.

30 years ago on Nov. 27, 1993: Rob Hodgson, a 6-foot-7 guard from Long Island (NY), announced he will play for Bob Knight and his Indiana Hoosiers next season. Hodgson was born in Mitchell and also lived in Winner, Redfield, Presho and Sturgis as his dad Bob Hodgson was a teacher and coach. Bob Hodgson ended up playing at Penn State, but also was recruited by Coach Knight at Army in the 1960s.

40 years ago on Nov. 26, 1983: Mobridge senior defense end Mike Monfore was named to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader all-state football 11-man defensive team. Monfore was key in the Tigers’ pitching four shutouts and giving up only an average of eight points a game during the season. He averaged eight tackles a game and had 27 quarterback sacks.

50 years ago on Dec. 1, 1973: USD held off South Dakota Tech 113-100 in a men’s basketball game that featured 161 field-goal and 64 free-throw attempts. Miller native Rick Nissen scored 22 for the Coyotes while Java native Doug Schlepp scored 36 for Tech.