Raiders On The Record

Brady Wasvick is a 2007 Raider graduate. While he was a student at Hastings High school, he participated in football and lacrosse. For the past 10 years, Brady has coached Little Raiders football, 9th and 10th grade football and boys lacrosse. He has been the head boys lacrosse coach for the past 5 years. 

Greg Sandkamp is a 1971 Raider graduate. The Sandkamp family moved to Vermillion when Greg was in 5th grade where he attended St. John the Baptist school until coming to Hastings High School in 9th grade. During high school, he competed in football, wrestling, and track and field. Greg received his teaching degree from The University of River Falls and started his teaching and coaching career in Farmington. In the late 70's, he started teaching at coaching in the Hastings school district. Over his 40 year teaching and coaching career, Greg has worked at numerous schools in the district while coaching soccer, cross country, wrestling, track and field, nordic skiing, and a variety of middle school sports. Over his career, he has taught and coached well over 10,000 Hastings' students and athletes. Greg is currently retired from teaching, but still coaches and substitute teaches throughout the district. 

In this episode we bring you Matt Van Der Bosch who is a 2000 Raider graduate. Matt transferred to Hastings at the beginning of his Junior year of high school and was a three sport athlete during his two years. He was a part of two state tournament hockey teams, taking 2nd and 3rd. He was also part of 1999 State Championship baseball team. Finally, Matt was a player on the 1999 state finalist football team. After college, Matt played baseball at Yavapai College for two years and then Oral Roberts University for his final two years of college. Matt was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 9th round and played a handful of seasons in the minor leagues. Today Matt enjoys playing amateur baseball for the Meisville Mudhens along with being a father or two and a husband to his lovely wife. 

Stephen Reifenberger is a junior at Hastings High School. He will be a 2022 Raider graduate. Stephen participates in Football and Hockey where he had some varsity playing time as a sophomore but has transitioned a full time varsity starter in both sports. During his junior football season, Stephen was named captain of the team. Stephen comes from a big family and sports have played a key role in his life by developing him into the person he is today. Listen to the whole interview to hear Stephen give great insight into the unique role sports can have on one's life. 

Deb Carlson is a 1991 Raiders graduate who participated in multiple state meets and earned all-state in both gymnastics and track and field.  Her gymnastics and track and field teams also won multiple conference team championships.    She is a teacher, parent, and has also coached sports at multiple levels.  Did you know she grew up on a farm, and that she used to practice her gymnastics beam routine while riding on the back of her Dad's hay wagon?   This episode was a lot fun!  Listen in to hear more from Deb.  

Jason Gergen is a 1992 Hastings High School graduate. While competing in alpine skiing as a high school athlete, Jason was a two time state individual qualifier and was part of two teams to qualify for the state tournament. These teams took 2nd in 1991 and 3rd in 1992. In 1995, Jason became an assistant coach for the alpine ski team and then rejoined the coaching staff again in 2019 as an assistant coach. In 2020, he took over as head coach of the alpine ski team and has been the head coach for the past two seasons. 

Vicki Davis has a legacy of service to the Hastings community that has spanned almost 50 years as a teacher, coach, and administrator. She personally started multiple Raiders girls’ athletics programs in the early 1970s including basketball, volleyball, tennis, and track & field. She was also a sports official – she refereed Minnesota’s-first state championship game in girls basketball – as well as a Region Secretary that managed MSHSL section playoff tournaments for 30 sports per year.   She is a member of the Minnesota State University-Mankato Hall of Fame, and the MSHSL Hall of Fame.  Did you know that Vicki was the first girl to ever play little league baseball in Minnesota.  That she played four different sports as a collegiate athlete?   That she is currently a coordinator and evaluator of officials for almost multiple Division I and II conferences across the country for women's basketball?  Vicki Davis is a true pioneer, a legend, and a proud Hastings Raider.

Adam Melstrom is the Certified Athletic Trainer that provides comprehensive athletic training services to the student-athletes and teams at Hastings High School. He is “everywhere” at Raiders sports and is an invaluable part of our athletic programs.   Tune in to hear about his professional training, a day in the life of an athletic trainer, why he appreciates Hastings, and hear his words of advice for parents and athletes.  

This episode features Adam Welch.  Adam is a 2002 Raiders graduate. He was a three-sport athlete who earned multiple all-conference and all-state accolades and played in 5 state tournaments in two different sports.  Currently Adam is a math teacher at HHS who coaches two sports; assistant varsity football and head boys hockey. He is a repeat conference and section Coach of the Year in boys hockey.  Did you know that Adam started playing hockey in Seattle? Played both basketball and hockey through 8th grade?  That he didn't play on an “A” or traveling teams until 7th grade?  Be sure to listen until the end, to hear Adam’s great advice for athletes and parents.

In this episode, we feature Kiki Radke, a 2016 Raider graduate. During her time at Hastings High School, Kiki competed in hockey, track, cross country, and soccer. In cross country, she was all conference and a captain of the team her freshman year. In soccer, Kiki was all-conference and all section team during her senior season. In hockey, she was all-conference 4 times, all- state honorable mention, and made all-state. Kiki was also a two-year captain, a finalist for Ms. Minnesota, and is 2nd all time for points in Hastings girls hockey history. After high school, she attended Bemidji State University where she majored in medical biology and chemistry. Kiki played hockey at BSU for four years where she was a 3 time all WCHA scholar athlete, 2 year captain, 2 time academic all-American and a nominee for BSU scholar athlete of the year.