South Dakota high school basketball HOF announces 2022 class

SIOUX FALLS — Fourteen former gamers who had distinctive careers will probably be inducted into the South Dakota Excessive Faculty Basketball Corridor of Fame as members of the Class of 2022.

Standouts from seven totally different many years are represented. Commencement years of the inductees vary from 1947 to 2004. The twelfth annual induction banquet will probably be Aug. 27 on the Ramkota Resort in Sioux Falls. Ticket info will probably be introduced quickly at www.sdbbhof.com.

Six members of the Class of 2022 helped their group win a state championship. A type of, Sherri Brende, was a part of two state titles, main Baltic to Class B women championships in 1995 and 1996.

The Brookings women of 1985 will probably be honored as a Staff of Excellence. Jim Holwerda coached the Bobcats, who have been ranked No. 3 nationally by USA At this time. Brookings was Class AA champion and went 23-0.

The Class of 2022 consists of:

• Lisa (Kannegieter) Bahe, Brookings (Willow Lake 1990): Bahe was Miss Basketball and Gatorade Participant of the 12 months in South Dakota as a senior at Willow Lake. She was an all-North Central Convention participant at South Dakota State the place she scored 1,130 profession factors.
• Jeff Booher, Lincoln, Neb. (Brookings 1988): Brookings was 53-15 in Booher’s three seasons and received the Class AA state title in 1987. He was Naismith Participant of the 12 months in South Dakota as a senior. Booher had 1,018 profession factors at SDSU and was chosen to the all-NCC group.
• Sherri Brende, Iowa Metropolis, Iowa (Baltic 1997): Miss Basketball and USA At this time Participant of the 12 months in South Dakota as a senior, Brende led Baltic to Class B state titles in 1995 and 1996 whereas scoring 1,886 profession factors. At SDSU she was all-NCC three years and totaled 1,444 factors.
• Bernard Duffy (Fort Pierre 1947): The late Duffy led Fort Pierre to a three-year file of 64-7 and the primary two district titles in class historical past. He was among the many state’s earliest practitioners of the one-handed bounce shot and was an excellent participant at Sioux Falls School.
• Delbert Gillam (Argonne 1953): The late Gillam averaged 25.9 factors per recreation as a senior at Argonne. He made South Dakota basketball historical past when he set the state scoring file of 72 factors in a recreation in opposition to Canova that was performed on Feb. 10, 1953.
• Gordie Groos, Sisseton (Sisseton 1966): An excellent two-sport athlete, Groos averaged 20 factors and 17 rebounds per recreation as a senior at Sisseton. Whereas at Northern State he was a four-year starter in basketball with 1,002 profession factors and an NAIA All-American in soccer.
• Laurie (Bruns) Kruse, Lennox (Lennox 1987): On the time of her commencement Kruse held Lennox profession information of 1,073 factors and 633 rebounds. She scored 1,370 factors at SDSU. Kruse led the NCC with 23.5 factors per recreation in 1991 and was league MVP.
• Matt Martin, Sioux Falls (Spearfish 2004): Martin was all-state three years and led Spearfish to the Class AA state title in 2002. He had 1,602 profession factors and was Gatorade Participant of the 12 months in South Dakota in 2004. Martin was a four-year starter on the College of Montana.
• Clyde Olsen, Plankinton (Plankinton 1956): Plankinton completed fourth within the Class B state tourney in 1956 as Olsen totaled 84 factors, together with a file 40 within the semifinals. He shot 90 p.c on free throws that season and ended his profession with 1,335 factors.
• Tom Rops, Luverne, Minn. (Lennox 1992): Rops and the Orioles received the Class A state title in 1991 and completed unbeaten at 24-0. Custer topped Lennox within the title recreation in 1992 regardless of 30 factors from Rops. He was an all-NCC participant at SDSU and totaled 1,147 factors.
• Milton Sorenson (Wakonda 1953): The late Sorenson joined the Wakonda varsity as an eighth-grader and went on to attain 2,480 profession factors. After commencement he served within the U.S. Military after which returned to South Dakota to play collegiately at Southern State.
• Wayne Thue, Hayti (Hayti 1960): Thue led Hayti to a No. 1 rating within the Class B ballot and a 28-2 file in 1960. The Redbirds have been 47-6 in Thue’s closing two seasons. At Dakota Wesleyan he was all-South Dakota Intercollegiate Convention thrice and scored 1,404 factors.
• Daybreak (Hull) Zahn, Sioux Falls (Sisseton 1992): A 1,267-point profession scorer, Zahn led Sisseton to the Class A state title in 1990. She averaged 22 factors per recreation as each a junior and senior. Zahn earned all-NCC honors at SDSU the place she totaled 1,125 factors.
• Harley Zephier Jr., Dupree (Aberdeen Roncalli 1975): Zephier made his third look on an all-state group in 1975 when Roncalli received the Class A state title. He averaged double figures in every of his 4 seasons, together with 28 factors per recreation as a junior at Northwestern.