In Play with Craig Mattick

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.

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.

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.