Garnier, Oliver

The Pine Ridge man was picked as the outstanding baseball player in South Dakota for the 1900s by the Argus Leader during the state’s centennial in 1989. Garnier had his best years in the late 1920s, when major league teams expressed an interest in him. In all, he played 51 seasons of town team baseball, […]

Goff Newcombe, Mattie

A lifelong South Dakota rancher from Meade County, Mattie Goff was born Dec. 21, 1899, at Tepee Creek south of White Owl. She was educated at the Tepee Creek School. Goff Newcombe, who died July 26, 2005, used her love of horses to become a pioneer for women in rodeo in the 1920s. Goff Newcombe […]

Donohue, Phil

Sioux City (Trinity High School 1936). Notre Dame 1940. Born July 11, 1918. Donohue has been one of the state’s finest golfers since his first tourney in South Dakota, in 1949, when he won the state match-play at age 30. He was also state champ in 1960 and ’61 and was runner-up in ’51 and […]

Carlson, LeRoy

One of the greatest softball pitchers in South Dakota and Iowa, Carlson’s career began at the age of 13 on a team from Baltic and lasted for 41 seasons, ending in 1979 in Sioux City. Carlson grew up in Baltic and Sioux Falls, graduating from Washington High. After spending four years in the Navy, he […]