Editor's Note: This new series "Gimme 5 or 10" is about some of the most memorable athletes (both boys and girls) writer Roger Merriam has covered since arriving at the Watertown Public Opinion in December of 1984. Some area schools also were part of the Aberdeen News coverage area.

De SMET — First off, let me apologize. Finally after a bit of break (been busy getting the fall season going), the series returns with a look at one of the schools that has enjoyed a ton of statewide success these past 40-plus years: De Smet.

Actually, my association with De Smet athletics stretches back 45 years of more. As a junior varsity basketball player at Huron, we played against a De Smet varsity team that included Mark Schultz (later played at South Dakota State) and Dan Olson (later played at th

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