Mike Dreier, New London-Spicer girls basketball coach, becomes all-time state career leader in prep victories in his sport

Mike Dreier, in his 45th season as the New London-Spicer girls basketball coach, became the winningest high school basketball coach in state history after the host Wildcats defeated Delano 52-50 on Friday night.

Dreier, who now has 1,013 career victories, surpassed Bob McDonald, who had 1,012 victories in 59 seasons as a boys basketball coach before retiring in 2014.

The Wildcats, ranked No. 10 in Class 2A, improved to 4-0 this season.

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Jim Glogowski was named the head football coach at the University of Sioux Falls.

He joins the Cougars after spending seven seasons with Minnesota State Mankato as associate head coach and defensive coordinator. He helped lead the Mavericks to a 56-10 NSIC record while on their staff.

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• Nyalaam Jok, a sophomore from Annandale, broke the Gophers' indoor record in the high jump, clearing 6-1½ in the on-campus Minnesota Icebreaker. Teammate Shelby Frank had the second-best weight throw (72 feet, 10½) in program history.

• Graduate defender Jordy Rothwell will join the Gophers soccer team for the 2023 season. She played for Creighton as an undergraduate and was a team captain for three years.

• The Big Ten named 107 Gophers athletes Academic All-Big Ten for the fall season. Football has the most with 59, followed by soccer with 17.