By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… A multi-sport high school athlete at Bridgewater, John Papendick has been a life-long South Dakota journalist/editor/historian who has interviewed some of the biggest names in the history of SD athletics as well as many legends such as John Wooden, Pete Rose and Pat Summitt. In early 2000s, he started one of nation’s first sports’ podcasts featuring SD athletes and guests like Nebraska’s Tom Osborne. He has done extensive radio work as well as being an accomplished photojournalist and videographer and social media content creator. He has researched, created and continued numerous lists of SD sports records/events that are still in use today. Went from typewriters to the digital/social media age. John will join 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… South Dakotan Lou Koupal (1898-1961) of Tabor played 19 seasons of professional baseball. In 1929, Koupal pitched on a Brooklyn team that featured five future Major League Baseball Hall of Famers. He will be among 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Jason Sutherland was one of South Dakota’s most amazing multi-sport athletes at Watertown, and then an all-conference basketball player at Missouri. He played professionally in Italy and Germany, before an injury (torn ACL) ended his basketball career. In 2007 at age 34 — 15 years after his last high school football game, Sutherland started playing minor league football as quarterback for the Kansas Kaos. By the third game, he had won the starting job and was thriving. Jason will join 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… In March 1952, coach Mylo Jackson (1910-2001) and his Aberdeen Central basketball team was making its way to Mitchell for the state tourney when a SD blizzard hit. They had to stop in Huron, whose hotel rooms were full. The team slept on Army cots in the Marvin Hughitt Hotel dining room. The team bus followed a snow plow the next day to Mitchell where they arrived minutes before tip-off. Aberdeen wowed the crowd in their shiny blue and gold, full-length batman capes (Golden Eagle on extended back collar, “Aberdeen” and players’ number on back of cape), warmed up a couple of minutes and beat well-rested Mitchell 43-41 in the first-round. Mitchell had beaten Aberdeen twice during regular season. Jackson’s teams also practiced on baskets with inserts that made the rims smaller. As a high school coach in less than 20 years at Aberdeen Central in the 1940s and 1950s, Mylo Jackson (1910-2001) won seven state titles and eight Eastern South Dakota Conference titles in coaching three sports. He will be among 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Jim Dorman has devoted a lifetime to contributing, developing and bettering sports in South Dakota as an athlete, coach, administrator and statewide leader. Along the way, Dorman became one of the most respected athletic administrators and leaders not only in South Dakota, but nationally as well. Jim will join 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… A proud native of Doland and South Dakota, Tim Miles has built one of the most respected coaching careers in college basketball, defined by program building, player development. and sustained success across every level of the sport. At Doland High School, Tim earned the male athlete of the year award as he was an outstanding football, basketball and track athlete. Tim will join 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Now the head coach at San José State University, Miles continues to elevate programs using the same blueprint that has guided his career for decades.

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… At a time with no prep football playoffs, all-stater Dan Freidel helped the Armour Packers go 30-4 in his four years. On the basketball court, Freidel was again an all-stater who helped Armour go 97-3, win two undefeated state titles (1978, 1979) and finish as state runner-up in 1977. The team set a state record 64-game winning streak and Freidel was the only player to play in every game. Freidel also helped Armour win state baseball titles and two state track titles in 1978 and 1979. Freidel will join 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… After high school, Freidel became a dominant athlete on the South Dakota college scene, becoming a North Central Conference legend in basketball and football at Augustana.

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Born in Chamberlain and a Sioux Falls Washington graduate, Barry French (1922-1990) was a star player in the NFL and at Purdue. Injuries shortened the pro career of this versatile offensive and defensive lineman who played in 49 NFL games from 1947-52 with Baltimore Colts and Detroit Lions. With 50 seconds left in the Purdue game on Oct. 10, 1942, at highly favored Northwestern, French broke through the Wildcat line to block Allen Pick’s game-tying PAT to preserve Purdue’s 7-6 win. French will be among 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Injuries shortened the pro career of this versatile offensive and defensive lineman who played in 49 NFL games from 1947-52 with Baltimore Colts and Detroit Lions. French played all positions on NFL offensive and defensive lines as well as returning two kicks during his pro career. (Submitted Photos)

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Before becoming an All-American on a national championship team at Stanford, Greg Jimmerson was a three-time state cross country champ (1990-92) for Rapid City Stevens. He finished second in the 1992 high school cross country national meet in San Diego. In track, Jimmerson was a two-time 3,200 state champ who set a state record (9:04.10) in that event in 1993. Greg will join 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… (Rapid City Journal/Associated Press Photos)

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Wherever he went in life, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound Kent Mueller made an impression, a difference and history as an athlete, teacher/coach and person. Mueller is one of only four (Bill Marquardt, Paul Raasch and Marv McCune) high school head coaches in state history to win state football and basketball titles as a head coach, and the only one to win multiple state titles in both sports. He also was a standout high school and college athlete. The former Freeman standout will join 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…

From the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame featuring today 2009 inductee Bob Young (1939-2023). 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Not only was Jeff Fylling (1956-2026) the voice of the Augustana Vikings for decades, he also was a long-time Heisman Trophy voter and a multi-sport athlete at Lennox High School and a golfer at Augustana. He was a long-time baseball player and manager and contributor to the betterment of South Dakota athletics. Jeff will be among 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… @GoAugie

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From the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame featuring today 2002 inductee Don Young. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Under 1960s Sioux Falls Washington and Augustana graduate Jim Sorensen, Beresford High School was a powerhouse for decades in golf and boys’ basketball. Before that, Sorsensen was a standout athlete in high school and college. Sorensen earned six letters at Augie (three each in basketball and golf). In high school, Sorensen helped Washington to the 1962 State A basketball runner-up finish and the 1962 golf state championship. Sorensen will join 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…

By the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. 2026 Banquet tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd… Howard “The Bowdle Blaster” Blumhardt (1928-1992) was a multi-sport star at Bowdle and USD, earning 20 letters in three sports. However, it was on the football field where he made his biggest impact. He was a four-year starter as a bruising, pile-driving, 215-pound fullback at USD. Many opponents would bounce off him or be run over. He helped the Coyotes earn a share of the North Central Conference title in 1947 as a college sophomore when Blumhardt was only 18 years old and named an All-American. That season, Blumhardt was the only unanimous All-NCC selection. The Coyotes went 14-5-1 in 1947 and 1948 (beat SDSU 26-7 and 33-0 those two seasons). Amos Alonzo Stagg, one of the most historic and influential figures in college football, wrote Howard a letter in 1947 stating he was one of the best fullbacks he had seen play that year. After graduation from USD, Blumhardt chose the Army over the NFL. He was severely wounded (Purple Heart recipient) in the Korean War. It ended his NFL chances, but Blumhardt went on to have a distinguished and decorated military career. He is among 20 others being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention (old SF arena). Please join us. Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sd…