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2019 Fall Newsletter
Heart of the SDIC was South Dakota Talent
or more than eight decades
F there was an NAIA
conference that was always
welcoming to basketball players
coming from high schools in
South Dakota.
In many ways it was a league of
opportunity.
The best players in the South
Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
were capable of competing at a
higher level. That was proven each
year when league schools faced
NCAA Division II opponents in
pre-conference games.
But the SDIC rosters also had
spots available for players who
lacked ideal size or strength, but
nonetheless wanted to be a part
of a college basketball program.
Those players were able to Submitted Photo
participate in practices, take part Northern State coach Bob Wachs (with ball) built a winning SDIC program relying on in-state
players like, from left, Terry Jordre (Corona), Mel Klein (Aberdeen) and Gerald Sayler (Aberdeen).
in strategy and game-planning
sessions, and occasionally get
some court time. In so doing they final outing Wingen went for 39
learned the nuances of the sport against Wesleyan.
and often later went on to careers
In this Issue: Others on the all-conference
in coaching. 3-Class Royalty ................2 first team were Kenny Geis (Belle
There were indeed some Fourche) of Black Hills, Elton Byre
Tie that Binds...............4-5
exceptional SDIC players who (Reliance) of Wesleyan, Garney
came from outside the state. St. Francis ......................6-7 Henley (Hayti) of Huron and Mel
Among all-time conference greats Klein (Aberdeen) of Northern
were Mike Savoy (Washington, State University, then called
D.C.) of Black Hills State University, west as Belle Fourche, as far Northern State Teachers College.
Lloyd Piggee (Chicago) of Dakota north as Aberdeen and as far east Geis averaged 18.9 points per
Wesleyan University, Jim Heard as Hayti. game, Byre 18.3, future Canadian
(McHenry, Ill.) of Huron College Probably the premier player in Football League star Henley 15.7
and CerCi Mahone (Kenosha, Wis.) the conference at that time was and Klein 14.7.
of USD-Springfield. from the small Miner County town On the all-SDIC second team
But most often the top-level of Canova. were Gerald Sayler (Aberdeen) of
talent in the SDIC was home Jerry Wingen was a 6-foot-4 Northern; Gene Applewick
grown. A prime example was the senior at USD-S, then called (Madison) of Dakota State
all-conference team of 1960. All 10 Southern State Teachers College. University, then called General
players were South Dakotans. He won the SDIC scoring Beadle State Teachers College;
Members of that all-SDIC team championship by averaging 26 Jerry Lund (Belle Fourche) of
came from communities as far points per game. In the Pointers’ Continued on Page 22019 Fall Newsletter • Page 2 Heart of the SDIC was South Dakota Talent Continued from Page 1 The SDIC paths. Augustana University, Black Hills; Terry Pexa (Eagle was chartered in Black Hills, Northern, South Butte) of Northern; and Harvey 1917. Its final Dakota Mines and the University Schaefer (Hayti) of Wesleyan. season was of Sioux Falls are NCAA Division II Applewick was runner-up behind 2000. Then the with Augustana looking towards Wingen in the conference scoring remaining Division I. Dakota State, Mount race with 20.3 points per game. schools split Marty College and Wesleyan Competition for the scoring into the Dakota remain in NAIA. And schools such championship was often intense A t h l e t i c as Huron, USD-S and Yankton and the title was usually won by a Jerry Wingen Conference and College no longer exist. player who had prepped in South the Great Plains But the memories endure for Dakota. For example, Byre was Athletic Conference. There were those who played or coached in the kingpin in 1959 at 19.6 points periods in the 1940s and 1990s the SDIC as well as for the per game, Wingen won in 1960, during the 83-year odyssey of the countless fans who loyally and Sayler was tops in 1961 at 23.7. SDIC when the league expanded followed the fortunes of their The conference title in 1960 and was known as the South favorite teams within the league. was claimed by Northern for the Dakota-Iowa Conference. The brotherhood of the SDIC fifth consecutive season. The Today the schools which had was eventually disbanded. While Wolves were 13-3 in league play membership at some stages of it lasted, the conference offered and 18-6 overall. the SDIC have taken different priceless opportunity to many. Kernels have been Golden in 3-Class Era It was in 1985 when South Some schools have spent time GIRLS Dakota left the two-class system in more than one class during the Class AA – Mitchell 16, Sioux behind and switched to three three-class era. Points were Falls Roosevelt 16, Yankton 11, classes for boys and girls assigned in each class, not Sioux Falls Washington 10, Sioux basketball. collectively. The same applies to Falls O’Gorman 8. Which program has had the schools that reached a Class A – Sisseton 12, St. most success in the three-class championship game then later Thomas More 12, Pine Ridge 6, era, based on appearances in consolidated with a neighboring West Central 6, Lennox 5, Miller 5, state tournament championship school or became part of a co-op. Tri-Valley 5, Wagner 5, Winner 5. games? Here are the top five point Class B – Baltic 10, Sully Buttes Mitchell has reached the Class leaders in each class. In some 10, Wakonda 10, Summit 7, Willow AA boys title game 12 times. The cases ties exist: Lake 7. Kernels won seven championships, reigning in 1986, BOYS Many repeat champions have 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997 and Class AA – Mitchell 19, Sioux emerged in the three-class era. 2005. Falls O’Gorman 17, Sioux Falls Noteworthy is the five-year run of Using a point system of two for Lincoln 12, Aberdeen Central 8, the St. Thomas More girls in Class a championship and one for a Sioux Falls Washington 7, A from 2014-18. runner-up finish, Mitchell totaled Watertown 7. Roosevelt’s girls won four 19 points. Class A – Custer 13, Madison 12, consecutive Class AA The highest point total among Lennox 11, St. Thomas More 10, championships beginning in 1997. girls has been achieved by two Tea 6, West Central 6. Among the boys O’Gorman Class AA programs, Mitchell and Class B – White River 10, claimed three Class AA titles in a Sioux Falls Roosevelt, both with Warner 8, Castlewood 6, De Smet row from 2010-2012. 16 points. 5, Northwestern 5.
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Ordell Braase and Dick Wold
Basketball: The Tie That Binds
By Bob Swanhorst
ick Wold is a well-known
D retired banker of 45 years,
and former standout high
school basketball and football
player for Sioux Falls Washington.
He graduated in 1953. Ordell
Braase was a well-known NFL
player for 12 years, and former
standout high school basketball
and football player for Mitchell.
He graduated in 1950. Braase
married Janice Rademacher and
Wold married her sister Jeanne.
Janice and Jeanne graduated
from Garretson High School.
As a young Washington High Wold Family Photo
athlete, Wold first saw and later Ordell Braase was a basketball and football star at Mitchell High School and the University of
met Braase at the 1950 State A South Dakota. He went on to play 12 seasons as a Baltimore Colts defensive end in the National
Football League. Braase (on left) is shown in this 1994 photo with Jeanne Wold, Janice Braase
Basketball Tournament. Braase holding nephew Eric Mathis, and Dick Wold. Janice and Jeanne were sisters.
was a senior and led the Mitchell
Kernels to the championship the football season 10-0-1 in 1953 Braase’s career, like that of
crown with a 51-42 win over with the only blemish a 14-14 tie Wold’s, became something of the
Vermillion. Braase was named to with a great Brookings team led epitome of a life well lived.
the all-tournament team along by Nig Johnson. The basketball Braase made the all-North
with Dutch Erickson from team finished 21-5 and was ESD Central Conference football team
Vermillion. Erickson later became champion. In late February Wold two years running while at
a well-known coach at Sioux Falls was diagnosed with a case of the Vermillion. The 1954 COYOTE
College. Because of his stellar mumps. Wold spent 10 days in wrote that two Coyotes, Ordell
play on the basketball court, bed but was able to play in the Braase and Ralph Polenz, were
Braase earned an athletic tourney. Although the Warriors selected for the NCC football
scholarship to the University of were favored to win the crown, team. The article went on:
South Dakota. Milbank upset them, being led by “ ‘Brace’ did a whale of a job on
Wold was a major player, along two great athletes in Carl Johnson defense and offense for the
with Jack Neuroth, for two years and the center on that team 6-7 Coyotes this year at the left tackle
on Washington High football and Max Gonzenbach. position. Not only did the big boy
basketball teams. An injury and a Basketball had opened the from Mitchell make the
case of the mumps gave him door to college for Braase, Conference team, but he was also
huge challenges. In 1952, during a Johnson, and Wold at the honorable mention Little All-
Bob Burns practice session, Wold University of South Dakota and at American. To top these honors he
had a collision with the legendary Michigan State for Gonzenbach. has been drafted by the Baltimore
John Peckham. A deep thigh Few sports figures in South Colts professional football team
bruise resulted. It was serious Dakota sports history are better as their 14th choice of football
enough to bring him medical known and have achieved more in players in the nation.”
attention from Rochester Mayo the sports world and in life than Also in 1953-54 Braase became
and the University of Minnesota Mitchell’s Ordell Braase. Since an all-North Central Conference
Hospital. The Warriors finished that basketball crown in 1950, Continued on Page 52019 Fall Newsletter • Page 5
Ordell Braase and Dick Wold
Basketball: The Tie That Binds
Continued from Page 4 Illustrated called it “The Greatest
selection on the hardcourt. The Game Ever Played.”
Coyote basketball team was When Braase’s NFL playing days
coached by the legendary came to a close in 1969, he had
gentleman Carl “Rube” Hoy. played on three NFL championship
Braase averaged double figures in teams and made the Pro Bowl
scoring and rebounding during twice. His career included 122 starts
that year. Over the course of his in 157 NFL games. Braase was also
career he had played basketball the NFL Players Association
with many USD greats including president for three years, ran a
Don Jongewaard (Hurley), Don restaurant in Maryland, and along
Bruce (Oregon), Jim Tays with Donovan had a game-day
(Gettysburg), Jim Rath (Leola), radio show. Braase is a member of
Matt Alexander (Centerville), Dick numerous Halls of Fame. He passed
Padrnos (Lake Andes), and Bob away in Bradenton, Fla., on March
Middleton (Watertown). 25, 2019, at age 87. His wife, Janice,
After being drafted by the died in 1997. Janice and Ordell had
Colts in 1954 Braase served in the raised four children. Mitchell and all
military for three years. Upon of South Dakota will forever be
returning from the service, he proud of Ordell Braase.
finished his final semester and A Baltimore Sun reporter wrote
went back to the Colts. Rather the following homage by
than 215 pounds he now weighed USD Photo Marchetti when he learned of
In Ordell Braase’s top performance as a Coyote
245 and was generally listed at 6- basketball player he had a 20-22 game when
Braase’s death:
4 or 6-5. He spent his NFL career he scored 20 points and also pulled down 22 “Braase had a lot of ability and,
with the Colts from 1958-68. rebounds against Iowa Teachers College. as soon as I left the Colts, he took
His NFL teammates included over. I was awfully proud of him,”
names like Johnny Unitas, replaced Marchetti, who had said Marchetti, 93. “Years ago, over
Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, Gino suffered a broken ankle, and a couple beers, I told him, ‘I feel
Marchetti, Art Donovan, and Jim played a key role in the game as a bad that I got the publicity when
Parker. They all became NFL Hall of defensive end. The game had you should have – but then you
Famers. And, like his playing days gone into overtime on a Steve became the man, and you were
at the University of South Dakota, Myhre, another former North damn good at it, so feel proud.’ ”
Braase never lived or acted like a Central Conference player, field Braase’s reply? “He looked at
star, but he always seemed to be in goal. The Colts won in overtime me, smiled and said, ‘I love to hear
the middle of the action. on a one-yard plunge by Alan things like that,’ ” Marchetti said.
One of the greatest moments “The Horse” Ameche. That game (Dick and Jeanne Wold and
and events in all of sports history propelled football to become the many others contributed to this
occurred on Dec. 28, 1958, at nation’s favorite sport and Sports story.)
Yankee Stadium when the Colts
played the New York Giants for
the NFL Championship Game. “(Ordell) Braase had a lot of ability and, as
There were 64,185 fans in the soon as I left the Colts, he took over. I was
stands and another 50 million
viewing the game on television. awfully proud of him.”
And, yes, in the middle of the – NFL Hall of Fame defensive end Gino Marchetti
action was Ordell Braase. He had2019 Fall Newsletter • Page 6 History of Basketball in South Dakota St. Francis Indian Boarding School By Terry Slattery slams in your face, another one will In April of 1877, less than a year soon open," or something like that. after "Custer's Last Stand," With that in mind, my story President Rutherford B. Hayes moves to the University of Chicago hosted a meeting of Indian chiefs and their athletic director, Amos in Washington. Sioux chiefs Alonzo Stagg. His name is Spotted Tail and Red Cloud were St. Francis synonymous with football, and both quoted as asking, "We want rightly so. His teams won the Big 10 those men who wear black dresses Conference seven times, and his to come teach us to read and write career record of 314 wins puts him English." The men they were from that area for the next decade. among the leaders yet today. He referring to were Catholic priests, We know the game of basketball also coached a number of other who were referred to as Black was gaining in popularity sports, including basketball. This left Robes after that meeting. everywhere. Regular schedules, little time for recruiting, so he It took some time but in 1886 conferences, and tournaments were looked for a way to bring some of two Jesuit teachers, Father Jutz becoming the norm all over South the better athletes to him, and and Brother Nunlist, began to build Dakota, but at a much slower pace started what would become the St. Francis Indian Boarding School. on the reservations due to lack of National Interscholastic Basketball It was a slow process, mainly transportation. While railroads were Tournament. The first was held in because all supplies had to be laying a network of tracks for 1917 with 16 teams, mostly from the brought in by horse drawn wagons, passenger trains in eastern South area in and around Chicago. Due to and partially due to the ill feelings Dakota, that was not true for West the USA's participation in World between the settlers and the River. The first passenger train to War One the tourney was not held Indians. The "Massacre at cross the river on the Chicago in 1918 and '19, but began again in Wounded Knee," just 70 miles west Northwestern's bridge at Pierre was 1920. By 1923 there were 40 teams of St. Francis, happened in in 1907. A statewide 1920 map of from 24 states competing for the December 1890, and while being a railroads show none at all in Todd, championship. There were a horrible tragedy it seemed to be a Bennett, Jackson and Shannon number of South Dakota teams turning point in Indian/white counties, all reservation land. invited to play, and they fared well relations. Soon more money If St. Francis had earned any throughout the 20's. arrived, from governments and advantage by being first, it did not It wasn't long before Joseph donations, that helped build two last. The first state tournaments Thorning, athletic director at new dormitories and a large were sponsored by Huron College Loyola University, could see the addition to the class room. from 1912 thru 1915 and open to any success of the tournament in In 1893 there was a need for a school that sent in a roster and a funding and recruiting, and third teacher. A young Jesuit priest $50 entry fee. In 1916 the State decided to copy the idea. He from Springfield, Mass., came to fill Athletic office had set up 16 district started his own tournament, and that spot and brought along two tournaments, with the winner of even used the same name, just soccer balls and Dr. James each qualifying for State, also held adding "Catholic" between Naismith's rules for the game of at Huron College. There was no National and Interscholastic. basketball. He hung one "basket" mention of parochial schools, and Loyola was and still is a Jesuit on the side of a barn and another there may not have been any other college. The Jesuits are a branch of from a tree, making what probably than the four Indian boarding the Catholic priesthood dedicated was the first basketball "court" in schools. Those four were all on to missionary and educational South Dakota. The game was an reservation land, so transportation work, so Loyola had a direct line to immediate hit with the boys and problems may have been part of a number of high schools and girls at St. Francis and many teens the reason. missions run by Jesuit priests. and adults living in the area. There's an old saying that goes Saint Francis Indian Boarding There is very little information something like "when one door Continued on Page 7
2019 Fall Newsletter • Page 7
History of Basketball in South Dakota
St. Francis Indian Boarding School
Continued from Page 6 A reception committee met the crowd loved it, and it was the start
School was high on their list. team at the train and drove them of a tradition of St. Francis School
Thorning had seen how Chicago to Mayor William E. Dever's office. entertaining the crowd at half time
had recently welcomed Wild Bill Passing through The Loop in of each championship for the next
Cody and his Wild West Show and downtown Chicago they stopped twelve years. Girls in white buckskin
was certain they would respond in traffic while pedestrians gazed in dresses with colorful adornments
the same manner to an Indian open-eyed astonishment at the and boys in dark leather with all
basketball team. The first Catholic young warriors. "The next few days types of feathered headdresses
tournament was in 1924 and St. passed as a dream. They were dancing to the beat of a drum.
Francis was one of the first teams carried all over the city and Played to a sellout crowd every year.
invited, but a spring blizzard made everywhere the lads drew large The Warriors never did win the
the trip impossible. 1925 was much crowds of spectators who watched tournament, but improved a little
better. Imagine nine Indian boys who them until the last feather each year and made the semifinals
had probably never seen a disappeared in traffic." three times. They were back by
passenger train, ready for a long ride The team did not live up to their invitation the next eight years and
to Chicago. "With eyes glued to the off-court hype. They were then by winning the South Dakota
windows they sat for hours watching competitive but lost to St. Xavier of State Catholic Tournament in each
the fields and houses and telephone Louisville, Ky., and were eliminated of the first four years of its
poles whiz past in a dizzy in the first round. The boys early existence. Proving they belonged
procession. Just before arriving at loss did not end the public support. in competition at the national level.
Union Station the boys donned their Responding to the cry of "We want That made 13 straight years they
traditional Lakota outfits. It was hard the Indians," the players took the went to Chicago, and may have
to tell who were the more surprised, floor at halftime of the added more, but the bombing of
the Indian lads at the greatness of championship game. The announcer Pearl Harbor and WWII ended the
Chicago or the bystanders at the introduced each boy by name, and streak, and Loyola did not host the
sight of real Indians." asked them to do a war dance. The tournament again.
South Dakota style felt in Pac-12
A product of South Dakota high The Utes were 20-10. Gylten
school girls basketball has scored a career-high 24 points
emerged as one of the rising stars against Southern California while
of the Pac-12 Conference. going 7-for-9 from the field and 8-
Dru Gylten of the University of for-8 on free throws.
Utah is one of 20 players nationally Oregon won the Pac-12 with a
to be named to the watch list for 16-2 conference record. Utah and
the Nancy Lieberman Award for Cal shared sixth place at 9-9.
2020. The award goes to the top Gylten ranked fourth in the Pac-
point guard in NCAA Division I. 12 in assists. Her single-game high
As a prep Gylten helped St. was 11 against non-conference
Thomas More to four consecutive opponent Seattle.
Class A state championships from Utah plays at the 15,000-seat
2014-17. She scored 1,250 career Huntsman Center. In 1979 it was
points. the site of the famous NCAA
Last season the 5-foot-11 guard men’s national title game in which
averaged 8.8 points and 5.5 assists Magic Johnson led Michigan State
U of Utah Photo per game for Utah and was selected past Larry Bird and Indiana State
Dru Gylten is a Utes sophomore. to the Pac-12 all-freshman team. 75-64.2019 Fall Newsletter • Page 8
Fast Break of Things to Know
HOF Overview: The South Dakota
High School Basketball Hall of
Fame is located at the Sanford
Pentagon pictured at right.
Exhibits are on display in the main
Hall of Fame area on the ground
floor with additional items on the
second floor. We are a non-profit
organization and chartered as a
501(c)(3) in 2009. To learn more
about the Hall of Fame visit our
website at www.sdbbhof.com.
Elite Club: South Dakota high
schools have produced 15 boys
and nine girls who went on to
score at least 2,000 points in
college. The first was 1954 Sioux Sanford Photo
Falls Washington graduate Gayle
Hoover with 2,169 at Sioux Falls Streak Continues: Last season, Palace Challenge: A new Sacred
College. Aberdeen Central’s Eric for the 12th consecutive year, Hoops Classic will be introduced
Kline leads the men (3,062 at Northern State’s men and women this winter and will feature a full
Augustana and Northern State) both led NCAA Division II in day of games at the Corn Palace
while Rapid City Stevens’ Becky basketball attendance. The in Mitchell on Jan. 4. Native
Hammon is tops among the Wolves averaged 3,680 per men’s American boys and girls teams
women (2,740 at Colorado State). game at the Barnett Center while will be matched against
the women drew 2,609. NSU’s opponents from outside the
Helping Hand: Oglala Lakota varsity rosters included 16 former reservation.
College has established the new South Dakota preps (seven men
Marty Waukazoo Scholarship to and nine women). Heading Programs: Randy
help provide financial assistance Baruth of Alpena and Craig Doty
to its students. Waukazoo is a Popular Voice: Curt Byrum has of Alcester are preparing their
former Rapid City and Black Hills been an analyst for The Golf teams for the new season. Baruth
State star who is a member of the Channel since 2001. The former enters his eighth year as coach at
SDBBHOF. He lives in San PGA Tour player was an all- Saginaw Valley State (Mich.).
Leandro, Calif., and is founder of state basketball player for the Doty is in his second season
the California Urban Health Sully Buttes Chargers in 1976 guiding Emporia State (Kan.).
Consortium. and 1977. Baruth was Class B all-state in
1995 and 1996 while Doty earned
Turning 100: The 100th birthday Back Home: Clear Lake product Class A honors in 2004.
of SDBBHOF member Harold Robin Anderson Thormodsgaard,
Thune is Dec. 28. He was a a member of the SDBBHOF, has Serving Country: Brett Theeler,
standout at Murdo, graduating in returned to South Dakota in the a former Mitchell standout player,
1937 after leading the Coyotes to role of Augustana director of has been deputy chief of the
their first Class B state tourney. athletic development. She Department of Neurology at
Thune then had an outstanding previously served as the director Walter Reed National Military
career at the University of of development at California- Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
Minnesota. Santa Barbara.2019 Fall Newsletter • Page 9
A: Amy Allard-Carmody, N: Dana Nielsen-Honner, Armour ’88: 2012
Jefferson ’82: 2016
Carla Allard-Watson,
Hall of Fame Rick Nissen, Miller ’72: 2011
Alan Nissen, Miller ’68: 2019
Bennett County ’87: 2015
Rich Andrzejewski, Arlington ’69: 2014 Members O: Tom Orton, Madison ’65: 2012
Melissa Olson-Guebert, Lincoln ’83: 2016
Robin Anderson-Thormodsgaard, P: Ann Pancoast, Washington ’81: 2017
Clear Lake ’80: 2010 Harley Petersen, Hayti ’54: 2011
Joe Ashley, Pierre ’79: 2017 Henry Park, Chester ’45: 2019
Dick Authier, Woonsocket ’67: 2014 Doug Peterson, Watertown ’60: 2019
B: Bruce Bad Moccasin, Pierre ’67: 2010 Jodi Pipes-Altenburg, Armour ’88: 2019
Dick Baun, Mobridge ’44: 2018 R: Marv Rasmussen, Claremont ’55: 2015
JoElle Byre-Benson, Wayne Rasmussen, Howard ’60: 2016
Washington ’82: 2011 Dona Ray-Reed, Yankton ’78: 2018
Ron Bertsch, St. Lawrence ’61: 2017 H: Julie Harmacek-Bridge, Avon ’83: 2014 Jared Reiner, Tripp-Delmont ’00: 2018
John Bertolero, Lead ’56: 2018 Fred Hecker, Washington ’57: 2016 Renee Ruesink, Castlewood ’84: 2013
SuAnne Big Crow, Pine Ridge ’92: 2017 Garney Henley, Hayti ’55: 2013 S: Renae Sallquist, Brookings ’86: 2011
Howie Bich, Yale ’58: 2018 Kent Hyde, Onida ’54: 2013 Jim Schlekeway, Britton ’64: 2013
Scott Bosanko, Aberdeen ’77: 2013 Diane Hiemstra-Gabriel, Jim Schmidt,
Frank Brost, Murdo ’55: 2018 Yankton ’80: 2011 Dell Rapids St. Mary ’41: 2017
Steve Brown, Hamlin ’74: 2010 Luther Hippe, Washington ’83: 2014 Harvey Schaefer, Hayti ’54: 2018
G.E. Buenning, Parkston ’66: 2014 Kris Holwerda-Woerner, Mike Sisk, Miller ’57: 2017
Jerry Buri, Hazel ’60: 2017 Brookings ’81: 2014 John Sivesind, Roosevelt ’96: 2015
Amy Burnett, Huron ’91: 2015 Cary Hornaman, Roncalli ’75: 2018 Holly Sivesind-Borchers,
Elton Byre, Reliance ’56: 2016 I: Jim Iverson, Platte ’48: 2010 Roosevelt ’93: 2016
Scott Beckstrand, Lincoln ’89: 2019 Chuck Iverson, Vermillion ’69: 2015 Terry Slattery, Salem St. Mary’s ’56: 2011
Mike Begeman, Parker ’75: 2019 J: Don Jacobsen, Lake Norden ’57: 2010 Gene Smith, Watertown ’47: 2010
C: Harry Carleton, Washington ’43: 2011 Steve Jansa, O’Gorman ’64: 2016 Rudy Soderquist, Rapid City ’37: 2016
Lee Colburn, Brookings ’69: 2015 Randy Jencks, De Smet ’71: 2012 Taran Stapp, Newell ’96: 2012
Conrad Collin, Huron ’30: 2016 Julie Jensen-Rozell, Langford ’91: 2015 Courtney Stapp-Pool, Newell ’94: 2012
Cathy Coyle-Grubb, Matt Jones, Alpena ’01: 2016 Lolly Steele, Pine Ridge ’84: 2016
Belle Fourche ’79: 2011 Terry Jordre, Corona ’57: 2017 Karla Stevenson, Hamlin ’83: 2012
D: Katie Dailey, Jefferson ’81: 2015 K: Eric Kline, Aberdeen ’91: 2012 Bob Stewart, Aberdeen ’49: 2012
John Diefendorf, Irene ’46: 2018 Mandy Koupal, Wagner ’99: 2014 Wayne Stone, Mitchell ’41: 2013
Chris Divich, Doland ’52: 2013 Lisa Kurtenbach-Glanzer, Jason Sutherland, Watertown ’93: 2012
Terry DuPris, Cheyenne-EB ’76: 2011 Brookings ’85: 2018 Jim Sutton, Onida ’53: 2011
Jim Dyer, Willow Lake ’60: 2015 Mandy Kappel, Roosevelt ’00: 2018 Bob Swanhorst, Cresbard ’57: 2010
E: Kriss Edwards, Watertown ’77: 2017 Freddie Knife, Cheyenne ’59: 2019 Wendy Swanhorst, Cresbard ’78: 2013
John Eidsness, Canton ’66: 2015 L: John Lillibridge, Burke ’58: 2017 Rex Swett, Huron ’58: 2010
Gary Evjen, Washington ’68: 2017 Jimmy Lovley, Elkton ’20: 2015 Shannon Schlagel-Huber, Clark ’01: 2019
Lefty Engebritson, Webster ’46: 2019 Lance Luitjens, Custer ’92: 2010 Cregg Skarin, Hitchcock ’70: 2019
F: Roger Faber, Canistota ’58: 2016 Jerry Lund, Belle Fourche ’57: 2013 T: Jim Tays, Gettysburg ’50: 2015
Randy Fletcher, Reliance ’65: 2012 M: Guy Mackner, Sisseton ’65: 2017 Kim Templeton, Miller ’72: 2011
Becky Flynn-Jensen, Tom Malchow, Aberdeen ’61: 2011 Denver TenBroek, McIntosh ’99: 2014
Wakonda ’92: 2010 Bob Marske, Andover ’44: 2016 Mark Tetzlaff, Hamlin ’81: 2014
Gordon Fosness, Presho ’53: 2011 Lien Marso, Harrold ’51: 2014 Jack Theeler, Sisseton ’63: 2012
Bart Friedrick, Mitchell ’85: 2014 Tom McGrann, Watertown ’59: 2010 John Thomas, Alexandria ’65: 2010
Mike Freier, Tripp ’67: 2015 Jesse Mendoza, Cheyenne-EB ’71: 2012 Harold Thune, Murdo ’37: 2010
Carol Freeman-Galbraith, Rod Merriam, Huron ’80: 2010 LaMoine Torgerson, Forestburg ’59: 2012
Canova ’79: 2013 Phil Miedema, Hitchcock ’58: 2014 Louis Tyon, Pine Ridge ’63: 2018
Dave Fischer, Wall ’61: 2019 Amy Mickelson, Brookings ’86: 2013 Lindsay Thomas, Roosevelt ’02: 2019
Rollie Furois, Deadwood ’40: 2019 Alan Miller, Stickney ’81: 2011 V: Lisa Van Goor, Yankton ’80: 2010
G: Barry Glanzer, Armour ’78: 2012 Chris Miller, Stickney ’71: 2016 W: Marty Waukazoo, Rapid City ’67: 2013
Max Gonzenbach, Milbank ’54: 2010 Mike Miller, Mitchell ’98: 2013 Chuck Welke, Warner ’94: 2013
DuWayne Groos, Sisseton ’62: 2014 Jim Mitchell, S.D. Deaf ’54: 2015 Vince Whipple, Rapid City ’56: 2015
Chad Greenway, Mt. Vernon ’01: 2018 Myron Moen, Sisseton ’63: 2012 Willie White, Pine Ridge ’87: 2014
H: Clyde Hagen, Webster ’66: 2013 Colleen Moran, Stickney ’79: 2014 Jerry Wingen, Canova ’56: 2011
Dale Hall, Ravinia ’54: 2016 Scott Morgan, Mitchell ’89: 2016 Lori Wohlleber-O’Farrell,
Ray Hamann, Yankton ’31: 2015 Josh Mueller, West Central ’01: 2016 Summit ’86: 2014
Steve Hammer, Pierpont ’69: 2014 Donna Muir, Cheyenne-EB ’78: 2017 Sox Walseth, Pierre ’44: 2019
Becky Hammon, Stevens ’95: 2010 Megan Mahoney, Sturgis ’01: 2019 Z: Harley Zephier, Dupree ’55: 2016
Greg Hansen, Hurley ’70: 2012 N: Chad Nelson, Yankton ’74: 2013
Maury Haugland, Murdo ’54: 2016 Roger Nelson, Brookings ’54: 20112019 Fall Newsletter • Page 10
In Solemn Remembrance and Tribute
Willus McGee, 92, of Sioux Falls died May 2, 2019. He Dick Voss, 94, of Andover died Sept. 3, 2019. He
was a standout at Lyons and once scored 38 points in played for Andover and later helped the town’s
a game before graduating in 1944. He was a veteran amateur team win five state titles from 1950-54.
of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Terry Seeman, 63, of Watertown died Sept. 4, 2019.
Harlan Bushfield Jr., 97, of Sun City, Ariz., died May 4, The longtime Watertown surgeon was a standout
2019. A U.S. Army Air Corps pilot during World War II, player at Mound Westonka, Minn., and Mankato State.
he was a graduate of Miller, where he was captain of
the basketball team, and Rutgers (N.J.) University. His Duane Greenfield, 101, of Sioux Falls died Sept. 17,
father served South Dakota as governor and U.S. 2019. A former Sioux Falls College player, he was a
Senator. graduate of Lennox and a longtime doctor.
Virgil Newman, 80, of Volga died May 7, 2019. The Rollie Larson, 77, of Rapid City died Oct. 26, 2019. He
graduate of Carthage, where he was a fine player, went was a Rapid City and Augustana basketball player who
on to earn a degree from South Dakota State. He was taught at Rapid City Central for 33 years.
a U.S. Army veteran. He coached at Wilmot, Webster,
Waubay and Sioux Valley. Loren Niederbaumer, 80, of Wecota died Oct. 28,
2019. He helped Cresbard go 70-5 (38-1 in the 1957 “B”
Noel Olson, 87, of St. Cloud, Minn., died May 10, 2019. title season). He played at Ellendale (N.D.) College.
Basketball coach at St. Cloud State before becoming
commissioner of the North Central Conference, he was Ron Flynn, 69, of Sioux Falls died Nov. 5, 2019. A
a native of Fergus Falls, Minn., a graduate of St. Olaf Parker all-state player, he graduated from Dakota
and a U.S. Air Force veteran. State and coached the champion Wakonda girls to a
101-game win streak. He was a former member of the
Roger Fox, 77, of Watertown died June 1, 2019. A key SDBBHOF Board of Directors.
member of Watertown’s state Class A title team in
1959, he went on to graduate from Huron College. He
practiced law in Watertown. Newsletters have featured Stories
Elwood Dietrich, 80, of Sturgis died June 2, 2019. from all Corners of South Dakota
After graduating from McLaughlin and Northern State, You are reading the 11th newsletter published
he spent 41 years in education. He served at Vivian, by the South Dakota High School Basketball Hall
Canton, Wall and Sturgis. He coached teams at Canton of Fame. We strive to ensure that each edition
and Sturgis to state basketball tournaments. reflects the diverse nature of our state.
Stories about athletes, coaches and teams
Julie (Heinz) Johnson, 53, of Ripon, Wis., died June 13, have focused on our largest cities as well as on
2019. An all-state player at Ipswich, she was all-South some of our smallest towns like Bancroft and
Dakota Intercollegiate Conference at Dakota State in Ravinia. And we’ve written about places that no
1985, 1986 and 1987. She was athletic director, and longer exist like Argonne.
former women’s basketball coach, at Ripon College. More than 40 towns from across the state
have been featured. Other stories have not
Ron Graves, 73, of Cresbard died July 4, 2019. He focused on a community, but rather on historical
played at Barnard, graduated from Northern and aspects of the evolution of basketball in South
coached at Little Eagle, Roscoe, Corsica and Cresbard. Dakota.
When the Cresbard school closed in 2004 the U.S. Visit our www.sdbbhof.com website and go to
Army veteran taught at Aberdeen Central. Newsletter Archives to read past editions.
We thank you, our readers, for your interest in
John Swanhorst, 85, of Aberdeen died Aug. 24, 2019. the Hall of Fame. And for your love of South
A fine basketball player during his prep career at Dakota basketball.
Cresbard, from where he graduated in 1953, he went Our 12th newsletter will be published in May.
on to serve in the U.S. Army.2019 Fall Newsletter • Page 11
‘Friends’ vital to Growth of Hall of Fame
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BUSINESS DONORS Chris & Sue Divich Don Jacobsen
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Building Systems - Sioux Falls The Family of Gene Furness Don Jacobsen
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CorTrust Bank - Sioux Falls Tom & Sharlene Gilbert Terry Slattery in memory of Don Jacobsen
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Dacotah Bank - Watertown Todd & Lisa (Kurtenbach) Glanzer Don Jacobsen; John Swanhorst
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Krull's Market - Armour Randy & Karen Jencks Roger Prouty; John Swanhorst;
Miller Class of 1968 Jay & Joellen Johnson John Evans
Parker Booster Club Matt & Katie Jones LaMoine & Barb Torgerson in memory of
Pereboom Café - Webster Terry & Geraldine Jordre Don Jacobsen; John Swanhorst
Sioux Falls Lincoln Booster Club Bob Judson Dave & Linda Wagner in memory of
Sisson Printing Brent Kallestad Don Jacobsen; John Swanhorst
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SDBBHOF Photo
The month of March, as it does nationally, produces basketball madness in South Dakota. It has been
that way since 1912. That’s when the first state tournament was held at the old Daum Opera House in
Huron. In the memorabilia-filled Hall of Fame room 2110 on the second floor of the Sanford Pentagon is
a display pictured above which has historical photographs of the different venues where the South
Dakota state tournaments have been contested through the decades.You can also read
