Category: Athletics

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 […]

Several Western Technical College student athletes have earned all-academic honors with the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) for the 2018-19 year. Volleyball: Kiersten Weiland, Occupational Therapy Assistant student from Colby, WI, 3.75 GPA Danielle Koch, Human Services Associate student from La Crescent, MN, 3.86 GPA Katie Olson, Associate of Science-Liberal Arts student from Livingston, WI, […]

Western’s athletic teams were busy in action this past weekend, preparing for the final stretch of 2018.  On the women’s side, the Cavaliers split their weekend slate of games. Western lost to Bay College at the Gogebic Winter Classic Friday afternoon, 43-33. The Cavaliers actually led after the first quarter, but Bay College pulled away […]

Western Technical College’s basketball teams were in action over the weekend with a string of non conference contests. The women’s team lost a close game to Madison College 64-61 on Dec. 5. Western was down nine at the half, and couldn’t make up for lost ground in the third and fourth quarters. Kerrigan Lyga was […]

Western’s basketball teams had a busy weekend, and both teams are trying to keep up their hot starts. On the men’s side, the Cavaliers lost a close game to Itasca CC on Friday, Nov. 30 by a score of 73-70. The game was tied at 36 at halftime, but Itasca outscored Western 37-34 in the […]

Western Technical College’s women’s basketball team was again in action this week, trying to continue the hot start to begin the season. The Cavaliers defeated UW-Richland 74-40 in a non conference game at home on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Caitlin Young was the leading scorer off the bench, scoring 14 points. Four players in total scored […]

Western’s men’s basketball team was busy over the Thanksgiving weekend with a pair of non conference games. The Cavaliers defeated UW-Sheybogan 84-63 on Saturday, Nov. 24. Western was in control for most of the game, leading 40-23 at halftime. Joshua Brownlee led the team with 26 points, 15 of which came from three-point range. Justen […]