http://www.aberdeennews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=sports18 Sports Podcast with American News Sports Editor, John Papendick en-us http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080926sportsradio.mp3 Milbank football fans have a lot to like in Grant Count Review teammates Jeff Natalie-Lees and Debbie Hemmer. The duo from the Milbank newspaper produced a 48-page, two-section tab as part of the recent celebration of 100 years of Milbank football. Hemmer is this week’s guest on the American News Sports Internet radio show. She talks about the project and how it came about. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080919sportsradio.mp3 Lisa Schriver, NSU Volleyball Coach talks about her team's 9-1 start and the quest to get better every day. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080912sportsradio.mp3 Northern State athletic director Bob Olson is this week's guest. He talks about an upcoming NSU athletic department event. On Sept. 21 at Melgaard Park in Aberdeen, all ages in the region will have a chance to mingle with the NSU coaches and student-athletes in a free picnic. The event, intended for the entire region, will feature a free meal from noon to 2 p.m. as well as activities for youth and adults. The NSU music department is also involved in this event and will be providing music for it. "It will be a great afternoon of fun and fellowship," said Northern State athletic director Bob Olson. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080905sportsradio.mp3 Aberdeen Central athletic director Gene Brownell is this week's guest. He talks about the sixth annual McDonald's Hub City Bowl on Sept. 5 at Swisher Field in Aberdeen. At 5 p.m., Aberdeen Roncalli will host Milbank in a Northeast Conference game. At 8 p.m., Aberdeen Central will host Brandon Valley. The event is a shared fund-raiser for the athletic booster clubs of both schools, so no passes will be accepted. Also at halftime of both games, a football will be auctioned to help with the fund-raiser. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080829sportsradio.mp3 Presentation College athletic director Rick Kline is this week's guest. Kline talks about his school's new coaches and the fall seasons ahead. He also talks about upcoming changes at the school, including a new partnership with Dakota Broadcasting radio. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080822sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Northern State athletic director Bob Olson. He talks about the expanded Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and the importantance of Wolves Club memberships. Those memberships play a key role in funding the NSU athletic department. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080815sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest will be Hecla farmer-rancher and well-known collegiate basketball official Bill Richter, who will be inducted into the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame this fall. Richter's 40-year baseball playing career included 10 years in his home state of Minnesota, but he also made his mark in South Dakota. Richter was a standout catcher at St. Cloud State, and moved to South Dakota in 1972. He played most of his amateur career with the Claremont Honkers before they disbanded in the late 1990s. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080808sportsradio.mp3 Gary Nelson of the Lee Park Golf Course is this week's guest. Nelson said his public course has had a great year and he talks about a couple of upcoming big events. Nelson also talks about what it takes to prepare a course for winter. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080801sportsradio.mp3 Butch Raymond is this week's guest. Butch is the commissioner of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. He talks about the new, expanded NSIC which recently added four schools: Minnesota-Duluth, Augustana, St. Cloud State and Minnesota State, Mankato. Northern State is a member of the NSIC. For the first time, the NSIC will host a football media day on Monday in Mankato where the NSIC coaches poll will be released. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080725sportsradio.mp3 Taylor Mehlhaff began his quest this week to win one of 32 jobs available in the world. The Aberdeen Central graduate is trying to win the job of the New Orleans Saints kicker. The Saints open their NFL training camp Thursday in Jackson, Miss., although the team ran their players through a series of tests yesterday. Mehlhaff, who is this week's guest, talks about life in the NFL and his upcoming competition with nine-year pro Martin Gramatica as they try to win the Saints kicking job. "Martin is a very good kicker," said Mehlhaff. "He also is a nice guy. I have great respect for him and his abilities. It is going to be an interesting competition." http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080718sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Keith Kusler. He is the director for the 22nd annual South Dakota All-Star Games in Aberdeen next week. The games feature many of the top athletes in the state who graduated from high school last spring. Also, the 57th annual South Dakota Coaches Clinic will be conducted at the Ramkota Hotel and Aberdeen Convention Center during the week. All-Star game schedules are: Tuesday - Golf at Lee Park Golf Course at 1:15 p.m.; wrestling at Wachs Arena at 6 p.m.; girls' basketball at Wachs Arena at 8 p.m. Wednesday - Golf at Lee Park Golf Course at 10 a.m.; volleyball at Wachs Arena at 6 p.m.; boys' basketball at Wachs Arena at 8 p.m. Thursday - Golf at Moccasin Creek Country Club at 9:30 a.m.; football at Swisher Field at 6 p.m. The All-Star cheer team will perform at halftime of both basketball games and prior to the football game. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080711sportsradio.mp3 Amy Albrecht is this week's guest. Amy is the director for the 2008 C.C. Lee Youth Tennis Tournament that will be played in Aberdeen Monday and Tuesday. The long-time tourney annually draws some of the best youth tennis players from across the state. The event for ages 12 and under to 18 and under draws out-of-state players as well, including one from Indiana this year. Albrecht, a former conference chaqmpion for Aberdeen Central who will be a senior this fall at South Dakota State, talks about this year's tourney. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080704sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Wade Merry of Sioux Falls. Merry is the executive director of the South Dakota Golf Association. He talks about the upcoming Match Play Championship at Moccasin Creek Country Club in Aberdeen July 10-14. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080627sportsradio.mp3 The seventh annual Northern Blast Soccer Tournament will be Friday through Sunday in Aberdeen. This week's guest is John Borchard of Aberdeen, who is the tourney director. He will talk about the event, which will feature about 50 teams and 750 players playing matches throughout the weekend at the Moccasin Creek Soccer Complex. Action will start at 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. There will be divisions for boys and girls ranging from 10 and under through 19. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080620sportsradio.mp3 Bruce Conley of Sioux Falls is this week's guest. Conley is the director of news information at Augustana College. Before joining Augie in 1990, Conley was a sports writer for the Argus Leader for 28 years. Conley talks about the North Central Conference, which will end after 87 years with a farewell party in Sioux Falls on Saturday. Conley talks about his memories of the conference, including a 1992 football game in Brookings between South Dakota State and Augustana that featured seven future professional football players. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080613sportsradio.mp3 Coach Rick DenHerder is this week's guest. DenHerder is the women's fast pitch softball coach of the newly formed Black Hills Gold, a team of South Dakota all-stars who will play Team USA in Rapid City on July 15.Making the Gold's 18-player rooster was former Presentation College standout Jennifer Bourdon of Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. Her sisters, Heather and Kim, were named to the five-player alternate squad. The triplets were standout softball and volleyball players for the Saints until they graduated in 2007. Team USA will be concluding its Bound 4 Beijing Tour next month as it prepares for the 2008 Olympic Games in August. Since softball became an Olympic sport in 1996, the USA women have won all three gold medals. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080606sportsradio.mp3 Nick Pharris of the American News Digital Medial team is this week's guest. He talks about the godirttracking.com Web site, how it works and its benefits. The site, godirttracking.com, is sponsoring tonight's auto races at 7 at Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080530sportsradio.mp3 Aberdeen Area Running Club president Gaylan Lang is this week's guest. Lang talks about how the club organized last fall and how its membership has grown from 14 to around 100 in a short time span. There is a running event at 9 a.m. Saturday, the Schwan Financial Group Aberdeen Dash, at Swisher Field in Aberdeen. Lang also talks about Aberdeen hosting the USA Track and Field Dakotas Junior Olympics Track and Field championship on June 14 at Swisher Field. Registration deadline for that event is June 9. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080523sportsradio.mp3 The coach of the Aberdeen Smittys high school spring baseball team is this week's guest on the American News Sports Internet radio show. John Krogstrand talks about his team as they prepare for the Final Four State A Tournament in Yankton Monday. The Smittys have won the state title three times in the last four years, including last season. Aberdeen will face Mitchell in the semifinals at 2 p.m. Monday. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080516sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Northern State athletic director Bob Olson. He talks about the $350,000 renovations that started this week at the Barnett Center. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080509sportsradio.mp3 Randy Baruth is this week's guest. Randy is the assistant men's basketball coach at Northern State. He was the featured speaker this week at the Mr. and Miss South Dakota Basketball Awards program. He also talks about the new NSU basketball recruits from Serbia. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080502sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Aberdeen Central senior Sophia McDermott. The South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association recently named McDermott as the Class AA player of the year. She talks about her team, coach and her season. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080425sportsradio.mp3 Aberdeen Central graduate Taylor Mehlhaff talks about this weekend's NFL Draft. Mehlhaff has been the starting kicker at the University of Wisconsin for the past four seasons and has a chance to be drafted this weekend. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080418sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Northern State assistant athletic director Zach Flakus. He talks about the 20th annual Wolves on the Water Walleye Tournament, which will be May 9-10 at the New Evarts Lodge near Glenham on the Missouri River. Proceeds go to support Northern State athletic scholarships and recruiting. Call the NSU Foundation at 626-2550 to enter; cost is $210 per team. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080411sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is John Jave, deputy project leader at Sand Lake Wildlife Refuge. John talks about the refuge's auto tour that is now open during daylight hours only. It's a great time to view the waterfowl migration as new species are arriving daily. The wildlife drive is a 15-mile route (by car or bicycle) that travels through the heart of the refuge, whose headquarters from Aberdeen is east on U.S. Highway 12 to Bath, and then north 18 miles on Brown County 16. Headquarters has information that will guide you through 12 stops along the route to help you better understand refuge management and the habitat and wildlife you are seeing. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080404sportsradio.mp3 Former Presentation College men's basketball coach Randy Jordan is this week's guest. Jordan is now the boys' basketball coach at St. Cloud Technical School in Minnesota. He recently led his young team to a 29-3 season and a third place finish in the Class 4A tourney. Class 4A is the largest class of schools in Minnesota's 4-class system. Jordan's son, Nick, was the junior point guard on the team. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080328sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Cheryl Gapp of Salem. She is the manager of the United States Bowling Congress South Dakota Women's Bowling State Tournament that starts today at the Village Bowl in Aberdeen. It runs March 28-30; April 4-6; April 11-13; April 18-20; and April 24-27. Gapp talks about the tourney and what a great job Aberdeen volunteers do of hosting the event. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080321sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Frank Cutler. Frank is the head boys' basketball coach at Platte-Geddes, which won the State A tourney last weekend in Sioux Falls. Frank is a Claremont native who graduated from Langford High School. Frank talks about his team and his hometown area. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080314sportsradio.mp3 Aberdeen native Nate Malchow is this week's guest. Malchow talks about his Sioux Falls Washington girls' basketball team, which won the State AA Tournament last weekend in Rapid City. Malchow is in only his third year with Washington. Two years ago, his team went 3-18 and then 10-13 last season before going 22-3 this season. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080307sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Fellowship of Christian Athletes state director Brian Hansen of Sioux Falls. Hansen talks about his organization and its plans to break ground on a 30,000 square feet, $4 million building this summer. About 75 percent of the funds have been raised and the group is looking for more donations (www. southdakotafca.org) to have a debt-free building. FCA plans to occupy about 2,000 square feet of the building that will be near Sioux Falls Christian High School and the Sanford Health Sports Complex. Hansen was an NFL punter for 15 years. He was a two-time football All-American at the University of Sioux Falls in 1982 and 1983. Since 1954, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes has been challenging coaches and athletes on the amateur and professional level to use the powerful medium of athletics to impact the world for Jesus Christ. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080229sportsradio.mp3 Aberdeen Swim Club coach Elyce Kastigar is this week's guest on the Aberdeen American News Sports Internet radio show. She talks about this weekend's upcoming indoor state swimming championships in Aberdeen. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080222sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Aberdeen Central wrestling coach Toby Bryant. He talks about Aberdeen hosting this weekend's State A Wrestling Tournament at Wachs Arena Friday and Saturday. Bryant also talks about his Golden Eagles, who will send 11 wrestlers to the state tournament. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080215sportsradio.mp3 Aberdeen gymnastics coach Jennifer Deutsch is this week's guest. Coach Deutsch and her team are competing in this weekend's State Gymnastics Meet at Brookings. She talks about her young team, their successful season and their stratagy for this weekend's final competition. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080208sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Northern State football coach Chris Boden. Boden and his staff announced 29 recruits this week. Boden also discusses how the recruiting process works, the benefits of redshirting and the start of spring football at the end of March. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080201sportsradio.mp3 The third annual Northern State Football Team Bench Press Competition will be Saturday at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen. This week's guest is NSU strength and conditioning coach Derik Budig, who will talk about the event. The competition is between a NSU football player and two members of the community to see who can bench press 225 pounds for the most repetitions. The event will be at halftime of the men's basketball game on Saturday between NSU and Southwest Minnesota State. The men's game will start at 8 p.m., the women at 6 p.m. Representing the community will be Aberdeen firefighters J.R. Huebner and Joe Reiter. The NSU football player is Wes Uepi. The Wolves football team is 2-0 in this competition. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080125sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Northern State women's swim coach Elyce Kastigar. Her team will host the University of Minnesota-Morris at 4 this afternoon in Aberdeen. The dual will be held at the YMCA pool inside the Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center. Kastigar talks about that meet, her team and how things have gone during the first year of this new program at NSU. The Wolves have 10 swimmers and hope to double that number in the coming year. She also talks about possibly phasing in diving for the team as well. Kastigar, also the coach of the Aberdeen Swim Club, also talks about Aberdeen hosting the indoor state championships Feb. 29-March 2. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080118sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is University of Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne. The College Football Hall of Fame coach will be the featured speaker for the Aberdeen Boys' and Girls' Club annual burger buffet Monday at the Aberdeen Ramkota Inn. Osborne talks about his passion for helping children and his love of hunting and fishing in South Dakota. The coach who led the Cornhuskers to three national football championships also talks about how he is enjoying his return to the Nebraska campus after a six-year stint in politics. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080111sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Presentation College women's basketball coach Adam Houdeshell. The Saints' program has flourished under Houdeshell who has led his college to three conference titles and the United States Collegiate Athletic Association national championship in 2005. The Presentation basketball teams will play their next three games in Aberdeen. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20080104sportsradio.mp3 Aberdeen Swim Club assistant coach Kileen Cleberg is this week's guest. She talks about this weekend's upcoming indoor swim meet in Aberdeen. The meet will be held at the Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center Saturday and Sunday. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071228sportsradio.mp3 White River senior basketball standout Louie Krogman is this week's guest. Krogman recently set the South Dakota high school boys' basketball all-time scoring record. He now has 2,901 career points. Don Jacobsen of Lake Norden set the record in 1957 when he finished his career with 2,825 points. Krogman talks about his great teammates, how humbled he was at the great reaction from basketball fans at the Lakota Nation Invitational when he broke the record last weekend in Rapid City and his future at the University of South Dakota. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071221sportsradio.mp3 Hoven girls' basketball coach Twila Rausch is this week's guest. Rausch and her fifth-ranked team (5-0) will be playing in Abedeen this weekend at the Northern State Classic. The Greyhounds will be playing Groton at 8 p.m. Saturday at Wachs Arena. Rausch talks about her team and players on the show. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071214sportsradio.mp3 Wachs Arena on the campus of Northern State in Aberdeen will be the site for four girls' high school classics and two for boys this season. This week's guest is NSU men's basketball assistant coach Steve Smiley, who played a key role in setting up the boys' classics. He talks about both the boys' and the girls' classics. The first Pepsi/NSU men's classic for boys will be Dec. 14. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071207sportsradio.mp3 Northern State athletic director Bob Olson has served on the NCAA Division II championships committee for the past four years. This is a prestigious group as only 12 people from across the nation serve on the committee. Olson talks about his experiences and some of the issues ahead for Division II institutions such as Northern State. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071130sportsradio.mp3 Northern State senior Luke Wicks and his men's basketball teammates will open play in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference this weekend. NSU will host Upper Iowa on Friday and Winona Saturday at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen (women play at 6 p.m. and men at 8 both nights). Wicks talks about the upcoming conference season and his experiences at Northern State. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071123sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Warner volleyball coach Kari Jung. Kari and her team won the State B volleyball tournament in Sioux Falls on Nov. 17. Kari has built one of the best volleyball programs in the state over the last several years. Kari talks about her team, seniors, assistant coaches, program and supportive school and community. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071116sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Sisseton volleyball coach Cory Grimsrud. Sisseton is participating in its first-ever state volleyball tournament this weekend in Sioux Falls. Grimsrud talks about his seniors, their top-notch leadership and great performances on the court and in the classroom. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071109sportsradio.mp3 Northwestern football coach Eric Borge is this week's guest. Eric and his Northwestern Wildcats (10-1) will play defending champion Scotland (9-2) for the Class 9A Championship at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Eric talks about his team, his coaches and his background. Eric graduated from Northwestern High School and played baseball at Northern State. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071102sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is bowler Jackie Crady of Aberdeen, who talks about her sport and career. Crady recently bowled one of the highest three-game series (742) in the history of the Village Bowl in Aberdeen on Oct. 24. Bowling fans can watch Crady and some of the best bowlers in the area compete in the annual Battle of the Sexes Saturday at the Village Bowl in Aberdeen, starting at 7 p.m. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071026sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Aberdeen's Sid Schroeder of the Yelduz Shriners. This week, Northern State will host the 52nd annual Shrine Football Game when the Wolves take on Moorhead at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Swisher Field in Aberdeen. Schroeder talks about the Shriners and their work with children, their relationship with Northern State and how this game helps the organization. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071019sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Nick Cochran, a South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department conservation officer based in Brown County. In most of South Dakota, the pheasant season starts Saturday and runs through Jan. 6, 2008. Cochran talks about the state's abundant pheasant population and the rules and regulations of the season such as shooting hours and possession limits. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071012sportsradio.mp3 The director of the high school soccer tournament, Shelly Sutton of Aberdeen, is this week's guest. Sutton talks about the work that Aberdeen volunteers have done over the last several months in getting ready for the tournament. She also talks about how one goes about organizing a state tourney. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20071005sportsradio.mp3 Northern State assistant athletic director Zach Flakus is this week's guest. Flakus talks about this weekend's Gypsy Day celebration and the many events surrounding it. He discusses the 9 a.m. Saturday parade - one of the state's largest and oldest, the alumni tailgate party at noon Saturday at Swisher Field and the 2:30 p.m. football game. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070928sportsradio.mp3 Mary Clawson of the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is this week's guest. Mary talks about the upcoming hunting seasons, the area's tremendous waterfowl and pheasant populations, rules and regulations and tips on safety. She also talks about youth hunting and landowner-hunter relations. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070921sportsradio.mp3 Northern State strength and conditioning coach Derik Budig is this week's guest. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070914sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Aberdeen auto racer Kent Arment, a veteran who has won four national titles and is in the hunt for a fifth championship this year. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070907sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Ipswich football coach Brian Hogie. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070831sportsradio.mp3 Athletic director Rick Kline talks about his programs at Presentation College in Aberdeen. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070824sportsradio.mp3 Long-time high school educator and coach Tom Lee of Roslyn is this week's guest. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070817sportsradio.mp3 Northwestern volleyball coach Nora Groft is the guest this week. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070810sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is the president of the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Tournament, Dale Weber of Salem. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070803sportsradio.mp3 This week's guest is Northern State football coach Chris Boden. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070727sportsradio.mp3 On this week's show, Northern State athletic director Bob Olson talks about an important series of meetings this weekend in St. Cloud. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070720sportsradio.mp3 Dean Zahn of the Moccasin Creek Country Club is this week's guest. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070713sportsradio.mp3 Guest is Keith Kusler, director of South Dakota All-Star Games. http://www.aberdeennews.com/assets/audio/20070706sportsradio.mp3 First guest is Kurt Permann of the Redfield Dairy Queen amateur baseball team.