Stephenson, Warren

Native of Nebraska City, Neb. Peru (Neb.) State. Football and basketball coach at Yankton High. Yankton’s basketball teams reached the state tourney every year he coached there (1927-35), winning state titles in 1928, ’29 and ’31 and finishing second in ’30. The 1928 team took part in the last of the national prep tourneys held […]

Tibbs, Casey

Casey Tibbs: Born March 5, 1929 near Fort Pierre. Perhaps the most famous rodeo competitor of all time, Tibbs was to rodeo what Babe Ruth was to baseball. A 28-foot tall bronze statue of Tibbs riding the famed bucking horse Necktie was dedicated outside the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs in 1989. […]

Henley, Garney

Hayti High School. 1960 Huron College grad. After a brief tryout with the Green Bay Packers, Henley became a Canadian Football League legend with the Hamilton Tiger Cats, mostly as a defensive back. The 6-foot, 180-pounder, a CFL all-star for 10 consecutive years (1963-72), was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1979. […]