In Play with Craig Mattick: Recent Episodes
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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 Mt. Rushmore State.
On this edition of In Play, Craig Mattick talks with Emma Hardin, Bill Becker and Dale Goetschius on the growth of softball in South Dakota.
For over 10 years, he had the title of the Fastest Man in High School Track in South Dakota. Chris Fischer joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
She is one of the all-time, multi-sport athletes. She saw success in three different sports. A track champion, a two-time state volleyball champion, and played in a national college basketball championship. Heather Goehner (Sieler) joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
On this edition of In Play, Craig Mattick talks with Terry Nielsen, John Papendick, and Alex Heinert about their relationship and memories of the Howard Wood Relays.
He was once the all-time winningest boy's basketball coach in South Dakota. He spent 34 years coaching at Parker High School. Gayle Hoover joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
Charlie Ziminga shares some memories of his playing and coaching career at Pine Ridge with Craig Mattick. He also looks back at some memories of one of the all-time South Dakota greats SuAnne Big Crow.
Today's guest, one of the all-time great girls' basketball players in South Dakota. She scored more than 2,000 points in her high school career and was named South Dakota's Miss Basketball. Megan Mahoney joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
He was the first class A wrestler in South Dakota to win four straight wrestling titles. He's a former Watertown Arrow and SDSU Jackrabbit. Rick Jensen joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
He never won a state wrestling title in South Dakota but later became a national wrestling champ and wound up being an Olympic bronze medalist in the '88 Seoul Olympics and a silver medalist in the '92 Barcelona Olympics. Dennis Koslowski joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
She won three straight state basketball titles with Yankton, went on to become a dominant player in college and then played professionally in Europe. Lisa Van Goor joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
Today's guest spent 34 years as an educator and athletic director at Sioux Falls Christian. Jim Groen joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
She led her team to the Class B Volleyball State Title and still holds two state tournament volleyball records. Jussy Tuscherer Smith joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
She is one of the winningest coaches in South Dakota history, coaching volleyball for 36 years in Gregory. Donna Schmitz joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
He is a former Brandon Valley Lynx, had stints with four National Football League teams, is a reality TV star, a model, an actor, and even an ambassador for Special Olympics. Dale Moss joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
He was a three-sport athlete in high school and had great success as a quarterback in Northern State, and a 22-year career as a high school football coach. Mick Wysuph joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
He is the winningest high school football coach in South Dakota history, Kim Nelson joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
From high school rodeo in Huron to college rodeo at South Dakota State University to now coaching college rodeo at Wyoming, Jaycey Hupp joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
Jo Auch has devoted over 40 years to the youth of South Dakota as a teacher, coach, athletic director, referee, administrator, and assistant executive director at the South Dakota High School Activities Association. She joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
He is one of the most recognized public address announcers in the state. Greg Merrigan joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
John Simko is on a short list of South Dakota High School multi-sport athletes. He was a four-sport athlete in high school and college. Simko joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
He is the all-time leading scorer in South Dakota high school boys' basketball, a former USD Coyote, and the current administrator at his alma mater, White River. Louie Krogman joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
She is the former Jefferson Hawkette, University of South Dakota Coyote, and coach of the University of Sioux Falls. Katie Dailey joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
She is the winningest girls basketball coach in South Dakota and is now the activities director at Aberdeen Central. Dawn Seiler joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
A longtime educator, football and wrestling coach at Parkston, John Gilman joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
South Dakota Sports Hall of Famer and former Armour Packer Burnell Glanzer joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
A former Garretson Blue Dragon and now the head wrestling coach for the Parkston Trojans, Dan Bonte joins Craig Mattick on the latest edition of In Play.
Vermillion native Mark Manning is the head wrestling coach at Nebraska and joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
One of the most successful high school gymnastics coaches in South Dakota history, Sheri Keck joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
She played high school ball at O'Gorman, but then went on to have a collegiate career at Creighton while finishing at LSU in beach volleyball. Taryn Kloth joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
From growing up in Milbank to becoming the head coach at the University of Washington, Kalen DeBoer joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
She started the volleyball program in Hanson and has been one of the top volleyball officials in South Dakota. Sandy Neugebauer joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.
Clyde Hagen is a hall of fame basketball referee and he joins Craig Mattick on the latest episode of In Play.
Tom Culver who won five state championships as the head football coach for Avon joins Craig Mattick on the latest episode of In Play.
Craig Mattick talks with Jason Leber who is considered to be one of the best prep football players in South Dakota history.
Marvin Garrett, a native of Belle Fourche, is a four-time world bareback champion, and a member of the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Nicknamed 'Marvelous Marvin,' for many years, Garrett defined what rodeo was in South Dakota.
Craig Mattick talks with Tony Schwan was one of the best high school sprinters in South Dakota history.
Craig Mattick talks with Megan Trotter who is still considered one of the best sprinters South Dakota has ever seen.
Craig talks to a Hall of Fame of the South Dakota Interscholastic Athletic Administrators member and longtime board member of the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls - Jim Dorman.
From growing up in Aberdeen, SD, attending Aberdeen Central high school, and then Northern State University, Craig Mattock talks to one of the all-time greats, Eric Kline.
Craig Mattick talks to members of the Brookings girls basketball team of 1985 which was one of the most dominant teams in state history.
Lincoln McIlravy has a resume that features five state high school championships, three NCAA titles, and a bronze medal in the 2000 Olympic games - all in wrestling.
Craig Mattick talks with Kent Hyde who had the best statistical season in South Dakota high school basketball history.
Craig Mattick talks with Mandy Koupal is one of the best female basketball athletes in South Dakota history.
Craig Mattick talks with Marv Sherrill who won eight state titles and was runner-up nine times during his 35-year career of coaching on the mat.
Craig Mattick talks with Tom Casey who is known as the voice of high school sports on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
In the latest episode of In Play, Craig Mattick talks with Lyle Dusty LeBeaux one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in South Dakota with 26-years of experience - all on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
She's the second-winningest coach in South Dakota high school volleyball history. Anita Boeck, who coached for 29 seasons in the Mt. Rushmore state won 731 games. She helped lead the Arlington Cardinals to 14 state tournament appearances, six runner-up finishes, and a state championship in 2010.
He put up record-breaking numbers at Brandon Valley and then went on to have a successful collegiate career at quarterback for South Dakota State University, Austin Sumner talks with Craig Mattick.
For the past twenty-two years, Jean O'Hara has been coaching volleyball at Chester Area. Despite only having one state title, the Flyers have been one of the best volleyball programs in the state throughout Jean's tenure. Not only does she have over 450 wins, but she's helped lead her squad to the state tournament a dozen times.
The SDHSAA sanctioned high school soccer in South Dakota in 2011. Fast forward a decade and there are two classes of competition and the level of play is as good as ever.
A teacher, a coach and an administrator. He's a Nebraska native, he coached and taught in Vermilion for 17 years before he become the Assistant Executive Director at the South Dakota High School Activities Association.
He grew up in Mobridge, played college football at USD, and then went on to be a tremendous high school coach in South Dakota. Harvey Naasz led Winner's football team to three state championships and was runner-up once during his time as the head coach of the Warriors.
Throughout her high school career, Brittany Garner of Rapid City Stevens won seven gold medal awards In both 2004 and 2006, she won three. Garner's relay team set the state meet record in the 4X400 in 2006 as well, which still stands to this day. She went on to run track at SDSU after high school.
From being a stand out runner for Huron high school, to being a decorated runner at SDSU, Rob DeHaven is one of the most well known running athletes in state history. And this doesn't include his olympic appearance in Sydney, Australia, or his sixth place finish in the 2001 Boston Marathon. He's now coaching cross country at SDSU, a place he's called home for the past 17-years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kathy Graves is one of the more well-known coaches in South Dakota when it comes to high school volleyball. She started the Northwestern volleyball program and helped lay the foundation for the powerhouse that they became. She also led the Wildcats to 338 career wins, won three state championships, and was runner-up four times.
It's been 40 years since the high school state football championships have existed in South Dakota. SDPB's Craig Mattick talks to four of the five Joe Robbie MVP award recipients from that inaugural year; Jay Schroeder of Bridgewater, Steve Korn of Freeman, Dan Olson of De Smet, and Jack Sharkey of Winner.
Chris (Sandvig) Dummermuth was a female pioneer for tennis in South Dakota, having success as both a collegiate athlete, when there was no women's team, and as a high school coach.
Lolly Forseth was the first female activities director in South Dakota. She was also the first female to be inducted into the South Dakota High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1989.
Dave Dolan coached high school track and field for nearly four decades at Rapid City Central. During his 18-years as the head coach, he led the Cobblers girls track team to two state championships and four runner-up finishes.
He was a part of five teams over the span of seven years in the National Football League. Neil Graff, a graduate of Sioux Falls Lincoln and the University of Wisconsin, is one of just two quarterbacks born in South Dakota to ever play in a regular-season NFL game.