Winter, Bob

Wessington Springs HS. Yankton College. One of the most successful coaches in state history, Winter won 86 percent of his games (319-53) as coach of the Yankton girls basketball team from 1975-91. Won eight Class A titles (1975, ’77-79, ’83, ’86-88) and was runner-up three times. Also won 12 Eastern South Dakota Conference titles. Was […]

Trautner, Phil

Born in Beulah, N.D. in 1926. 1944 Goodrich, N.D., HS grad. 1951 Minnesota grad. The most successful prep tennis coach in state history, Trautner’s teams were 361-61 from 1965-2002. He led the Governors to four state titles (1975, ’79, ’84-85), three runner-up finishes and 10 Eastern South Dakota Conference titles. Taught and/or coached in Pierre […]

Swett, Rex

Huron. Nebraska. Led the 1958 Huron Tigers to a 22-0 record and state Class A basketball title, averaging 15 points a game. He averaged 20.8 the previous season as Huron finished third. Held Huron High records in the 180-yard low hurdles (20.1) and long jump (22-9). He was named the state’s High School Athlete of […]

Schueler, Steph

Born July 15, 1968, in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Sioux Falls (1987 Lincoln HS grad). Iowa. Was the first four-year letterwinner in the history of Sioux Falls boys/girls basketball. Was a Parade magazine prep All-American in 1986, also South Dakota’s Gatorade player of the year in girls basketball and track. First-team all-state three years. Set the […]

Lewis, Randy

The 1977 Rapid City Stevens grad won the gold medal at 136.5 pounds in freestyle wrestling at the 1984 Olympics, outscoring his first four opponents 52-4 to advance to the final, where he crushed Japan’s Kosei Akaishi 24-11 in 4:52. He was the youngest member of 1980 Olympic wrestling team but President Jimmy Carter’s boycott […]