Evans, Dave

Born Nov. 11, 1911 at Alpena. 1929 Alpena grad. 1935 Dakota Wesleyan grad. Evans, who was superintendent at Kadoka for 20 years, joined the staff of the South Dakota High School Activities Association as the assistant executive secretary in 1962. He was named executive secretary in 1970. He retired in 1977. Evans became a member […]

Collins, Dave

Rapid City (RC Stevens High School, ‘71). Had the longest big-league career of any South Dakotan. Perhaps the fastest player in all of baseball during his big-league career, the outfielder played for eight teams over 16 years (1975-90): California, Seattle, Cincinnati (twice), the New York Yankees, Toronto, Oakland, Detroit and St. Louis. It was in […]