Tomnitz, Allen

Born July 22, 1921 in Great Bend, Kan. 1940 Great Bend HS grad. The only South Dakotan in the National Trapshooting Hall of Fame, Tomnitz grew up in Kansas, but he lived in Sioux Falls for almost 60 years. Tomnitz started shooting trap in 1945. Because of his job as a corporate pilot, he was […]

Hughes, Frank

At the 1924 Olympics in Paris, the 43-year-old won a gold medal in the team clay pigeons competition and a bronze medal in the individual trap. The Sept. 2, 1924 Mobridge Tribune reported: “Never has a man gone out of Mobridge that has attracted as much attention throughout the world as Frank Hughes. His name […]