A look back at some of the sports happenings during the week of May 15-21:
Last year on May 15, 2021: It was a big day for Aberdeen track and field as well as hockey:
At Swisher Field in Aberdeen, coach Greg Murley and his Golden Eagle boys won Aberdeen Central’s first Eastern South Dakota Conference track meet since 2004. Central overtook Brandon Valley with one event left to win the meet. Central was led by Sam Rohlfs (won the long and triple jumps and second in the 100 and 200 meters) and Josh Martin (3,200-meter champion and anchor of the winning 3,200 relay).
Meanwhile, the Aberdeen Wings finished their regular season winning 51 of their 56 games. That is the most in the history of the 46-year-old North American Hockey League. The Wings also totaled an NAHL regular-season record of 103 points. The Wings also outscored their opponents 251-75. It was one of the greatest regular-season performances in the history of any level of hockey.
10 years ago on May 17, 2012: Tyler Schultz of Custer became the first high school shot putter in state history to break the 70-foot barrier. His throw of 70 feet, 6 inches would turn out to be the best high school throw of the season in the nation in 2012.
20 years ago on May 19, 2002: Kelly Haberling of Miller graduated high school having earned 22 letters: four in football, cross country and track and three in basketball and golf. He also earned four letters by serving as a student manager in sports in which he was not competing.
30 years ago on May 15, 1992: Augustana pitcher John Sutton set a school record this baseball season for victories with seven. Sutton is from Agar.
40 years ago on May 15, 1982: Lonni Stover of Webster and Gretchen Schad have been named high school basketball All-Americans. Wade Rozell of Warner was an honorable mention selection.
50 years ago on May 19, 1972: A few days prior to the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Track meet, basketball star Doug Schlepp of Java joined the South Dakota Tech track team. In his first triple jump of the year, Schlepp recorded the winning leap of 44 feet, 1.5 inches.
