
In Play with Craig Mattick
In Play Conversations with Craig Mattick will have some of the more in-depth discussions in South Dakota – all things sports.
Through these conversations, we’ll learn about the players, programs, and legends who helped shape the current sports landscape of the Mount Rushmore State.
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Dean Mann, who just recently celebrated his 90th birthday, has worked the Howard Wood Relays for 64-straight years. He was a student, coach, and administrator at Sioux Falls Washington, and even played for legendary high school football coach Howard Wood back in the day. In 2007, Mann was inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame.
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For nearly 50 years, Gene Brownell was a teacher, coach, and educator in South Dakota. Most recently, he was the long-time athletic director at Aberdeen Central. Brownell is also one of the key people who has helped organize the 'B' boys basketball tournament over the years.
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From West Central to the University of South Dakota, to the Skyforce and playing professionally, Josh Mueller was one of the most prolific high school basketball players in South Dakota history.
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She was one of the top girls' hoops players of her generation. Steph Schueler of Sioux Falls Lincoln is a former Gatorade Player of the Year and a three-time first-team all-state team honoree in girls basketball. She's also the first four-year letter winner in Sioux Falls history for girls or boys hoops.
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For nearly five decades, Jim Kocer has been involved in South Dakota high school wrestling. He's been to every state wrestling tournament since 1975 and is a member of the South Dakota high school wrestling coaches hall of fame. He spent 22-years coaching wrestling at Scotland and is now an assistant with the Scotland-Bon Homme wrestling co-op.
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For 34-years, Ruth Rehn was on the executive board for the South Dakota High School Activities Association. She played a pivotal role in getting girls sports like basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, and track sanctioned at the high school level in South Dakota.
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He was South Dakota's first six-time state wrestling champion in high school with one of the most dominant resumes of any high school athlete in the state. Kirk Wallman had an overall record of 201-0 on the mat. Between himself, his dad, and two brothers, the Wallman family has 18 combined state wrestling championships.
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Nate Tibbetts, son of legendary girls basketball coach Fred Tibbetts, has surrounded himself with basketball his entire life. He played high school hoops at Jefferson and Sioux Falls Roosevelt, and college basketball at USD, where he's currently in the school's hall of fame, before getting into coaching. He’s currently an assistant coach with the Orlando Magic, but he’s got quite the resume that led him to where he is today.
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Northwestern Red Raiders head girls basketball coach Kristin Rotert joins the program to talk about growing up in Salem, SD, and playing basketball for McCook Central on varsity as an 8th grader. She would go on to play college ball at SDSU, and was on the first Jackrabbits women's team to win the Summit League tournament in the 2008-09 season.
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Bob Winter has one of the best overall win percentages of any South Dakota high school coach in history, winning 86 percent of his games. He coached the Yankton boys basketball team in the '60s and ’70s and led the Bucks to a state championship in 1974. Winter then transitioned to being the Yankton girls coach, where he won over 300 games and led the Gazelles to eight state titles in the ’70s and ’80s.