Gibbs, Donovan

(Born 1931. Died 2010.) 1949 Claremont High School/USD. Star running back who led Claremont to three straight unbeaten seasons to begin its national-record 61-game win streak for six-man football. In 1948 Claremont set another national record by scoring 608 points in a 10-game season and Gibbs likely set a national individual scoring record but game […]

Combs, Jessi

JESSI COMBS (Born 1980. Died 2019.) 1998 Rapid City Stevens/2004 WyoTech (Laramie) graduate. Born in Rockerville; moved to her hometown of Piedmont when she was 2; and later to Rapid City when she was older. Extreme athlete and national celebrity in the speed world, she always clung to her South Dakota roots while on a […]

Auch, Jo (Haase)

1978 Scotland/1982 USD graduate. JoAnn (Haase) Auch was one of the first women scholarship athletes at USD (basketball and softball) and in South Dakota. Olivet native who was the state’s first Class B three-time, first-team, all-state high school girls’ basketball player. At Scotland, she was a four-year starter who had a career 1,145 points and […]