Two Central South Dakota basketball standouts are among those to be inducted into the South Dakota High School Basketball Hall of Fame.
White River’s Louie Krogman and Harrold High School alum Eric Lappe are among the 13 who will be inducted on August 26 in Sioux Falls.
Krogman, now the White River superintendent, is South Dakota’s all-time high school scoring leader with 3,521 points. In his senior season, 2008, as the Tigers won the Class B state championship, Krogman averaged 33 points per game. He was named as South Dakota’s Mr. Basketball and as Gatorade Player of the Year. He then scored over 1,600 points for the University of South Dakota.
Lappe scored 40 points in Harrold’s memorable comeback 84-79 win over Wagner to win the 1992 Class B championship. Lappe averaged 29 points per game that season and was named Co-Mr. Basketball. He scored 2,055 points for the Cardinals, then played in college at Mount Marty.
Miller’s 1972 state championship team will also be recognized at the awards banquet. Head Coach Bob Dockert’s Rustlers were 24-0 and won the Class A state championship.
The other inductees include:
- Chad & Scott Boekelheide, Northwestern & Northern State – The twin brothers led the Wildcats to Class B titles in 1989 and 1991. Later, they played on two NAIA national runner-up teams at Northern State.
- Brenda (Davis) Comstock, Tri-Valley & SDSU – Comstock played on Mustang teams that were 76-18 and scored over 1,600 career points. She was then on the Jackrabbits’ NCAA Division II national championship team in 2003.
- Dan Freidel, Armour & Augustana – Freidel helped the Packers to Class B championships in 1978 and 1979, then averaged 23 points per game and shot 58 percent from the field in his senior season, 1980. Armour was 97-3 during Freidel’s career. He then excelled in basketball and football for Augustana.
- Arnold Johnson, Brookings & SDSU – Johnson played on the Bobcats’ 1952 Class A state championship team as a junior. Brookings was 21-1. In 1953, Brookings finished fifth at state. Johnson was on the all-tournament team both years. He later played football and basketball for South Dakota State.
- Jeana (Hoffman) Krome, Mitchell & USD – Krome helped Mitchell win the AA state championship in 2003, one of six state tournaments in which she appeared. She was the Gatorade Player of the Year in her senior season, 2004, when she averaged 21 points per game. For South Dakota, Krome was a Division II All-American in 2008.
- Jenna (Hoffman) Kubesh, Mitchell & USD – Krome’s twin sister was the Gatorade Player of the Year a year before her sister, in 2003. Kubesh also played with her sibling at USD and helped the Coyotes finish second in the NCAA Division II national tournament in 2008.
- Harry Marske, Andover & Northern State – Marske, a 6’8” center averaged 35 points per game with a high game of 51 in his senior season, 1955, with Andover. He then was a four-time all-South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference selection for Northern State and selected by Detroit in the 1958 NBA Draft.
- Derek Paulsen, Custer – Paulsen led Custer to the Class A state championship in his sophomore season, 1998. In his junior year, 1999, the Wildcats finished third as Paulsen averaged 18 points and seven assists per game, drawing interest from major colleges. He was killed in an auto accident in July of 1999.
- Paige Paulsen, Custer, Northern Illinois & Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Paulsen scored just short of 1,800 points at Custer and was on the Wildcats’ 2002 Class A state champion in his junior year. He was named Mr. Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year. In his senior year, Paulsen averaged 25 points per game as Custer was the state runner-up. He then played at Northern Illinois and Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
- Jordan (Stapp) Proefrock, Newell & Jacksonville State – Proefrock was named as a Class A all-state selection five times and scored 2.815 career points for the Irrigators. Her points-per-game averages were, in chronological order: 24, 25, 29, 29 and 30.
Ticket information for the induction banquet will be available soon at the Hall of Fame’s website: www.sdbbhof.com.
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