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Roncalli football coach Terry Dosch, Ipswich runner Macy Heinz, Aberdeen Central swimmer Hannah Kastigar, Northern State wrestler Matt Meuleners, dirt-track auto racer Chad Becker of Aberdeen and (top) Timber Lake freshman Tatum Ward and her horse, Scooter, all had Rare Moments in sports in 2012. (American News Graphic by Tyler Oliver / January 2, 2013) |
- Munsen was the Mitchell girls’ coach from 1989 to 2001. During those 13 seasons, the Kernels went 230-71, won three state titles, were state runners-up four times and qualified for the state tourney 11 times.
- His total wins as a high school varsity coach were 902.
- His total wins as a high school varsity coach were 902.
- His Mitchell boys won a State AA record 40 games in a row from 1984 to 1987.
- His Mitchell girls went 68-1 from 1992 to 1994.
- His Mitchell boys won 15 Eastern South Dakota Conference titles, including five straight from 1983 to 1987.
- Munsen spent four seasons as the Mitchell assistant and sophomore coach from 1969 to 1973, with his sophomores winning 77 games.
March 19: USD senior women’s basketball player Jodie Boss ended her career as the Coyotes’ all-time career record holder in blocked shots with 226 in two seasons. In her first two seasons at Wayne State, Boss set the school career record there for blocked shots with 168.
March 19: The first hole-in-one at an Aberdeen golf course came early and was recorded by Aberdeen Roncalli junior Andrew Welk, who used a six-iron to ace the 175-yard Hole No. 13 at Moccasin Creek Country Club.
March 23: The pro roping team of Brock Hanson of Arizona and Ryan Motes of Texas tied the world record of 3.3 seconds. Hanson was riding RU Drifting Joe, which was raised by Ruzsa Quarter Horses near Selby.
March 24: Nebraska named Doland native Tim Miles as its new men’s basketball coach.
March 27: The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has sold 18,917 annual resident fishing licenses compared to 7,867 in 2011, thanks to an unseasonably warm spring.
March 30: South Dakota State men’s basketball coach Scott Nagy brought home a pair of awards from the Final Four festivities in New Orleans. The National Basketball Coaches Association awarded Nagy it’s NABC Guardians of the Game Pillar Award for Service, while Samaritan’s Feet honored Nagy as its Barefoot Coach of the Year.
March 30: South Dakota campgrounds are seeing record numbers of campers due to the unseasonably warm weather.
March 31: South Dakota pro cowboy Chuck Schmidt of Keldron won the saddle bronc riding championship at a rodeo in Atlantic City, N.J. He did the same thing the night before at a rodeo 1,460 miles away in Fargo. He turned 24 on March 28. The two wins jumped Schmidt from 48th to 23rd in the world standings.