Category: Athletics

Western Technical College’s women’s basketball team has earned the five seed at the 2019 NJCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship, playing four seed Hibbing Community College on Thursday, March 14 at approximately 1:00 p.m. at the Arthur L. Scott Center in Bethlehem, PA. The Cavaliers clinched the birth in the tournament by defeating Anoka-Ramsey Community […]

Western’s women’s basketball team earned several regular season honors from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) this week. Head coach Chad Dull was named Coach-of-the-Year for the MCAC South Division. Dull led the team to a 12-0 in conference, 18-5 record overall, becoming one of the most successful women’s teams in school history, and earning […]

Western’s women’s basketball team continues a fantastic season. With Saturday’s 59-53 victory over Minnesota State-Fergus Falls, the Cavaliers have captured the top seed in the MCAC South Division, and hosting the conference tournament this weekend. Western will be the one seed, playing Rochester Community and Technical College this Saturday, March 2, at 1:00 p.m. The […]

Western’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are nearing the end of their seasons. Both teams looking to finish strong. The women’s team won a key game against Anoka-Ramsey last Saturday, Feb. 16. Lexi Schmidtknecht led the team off the bench with 15 points. Kerrigan Lyga and Casey Moger led the team with seven rebounds each. […]

For Chad Dull, dean of the Learner Support and Transition division at Western Technical College, basketball runs in the family. His father, Greg, was a high school basketball coach at three different schools in the area over his career: Tomah, Sparta, and Brookwood. Success was immediate; he earned conference championships at each school, and won […]

We apologize for not providing an athletics update in a while. It’s been a fantastic season for both of our basketball teams! The women’s team have been dominant all season. Last Saturday, the Cavaliers defeated Rochester CTC 76-58. Kerrigan Lyga provided 20 points, while Krysten Lawver provided 10 points and eight rebounds. The women’s squad […]

Western women’s basketball player Caitlin Young, of Holmen, was named Player of the Week by the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC). Young scored 26 points off the bench in Western’s 99-56 victory over Ridgewater College on Feb. 2. Last week, Young totaled 37 points, including nine rebounds and three steals. Young is averaging 9.9 points […]

Spring is around the corner! Well, maybe. Regardless of the weather outside, it won’t be long before Western’s baseball team will be back in action! Western released their full baseball schedule today. See the link for details. https://www.westerntc.edu/sites/default/files/student-life/documents/BaseballSchedule.pdf The Cavaliers will open the season in Oklahoma this year Feb. 27-March 3. Other non-conference highlights include […]

Western’s basketball teams were in action over the weekend, both looking to improve upon a winning streak as of late. The women’s team defeated Minnesota West 68-56 on Saturday, Jan. 19. Despite a strong 3rd quarter by Minnesota West, the Cavaliers held on with a strong 16-5 4th quarter. Lexi Schmidtknecht led Western with 11 […]

Western’s basketball teams are back in action following the holiday break! On the men’s side, the Cavaliers lost to Ridgewater 98-79 on Wednesday, Jan. 9. Jarrell Tarr led Western with 20 points off the bench. Andrew Scott and Brian Huneck led the team with four rebounds each. Western also lost to Riverland CC 99-62 on […]