This weekend marked the 40th anniversary of South Dakota football state championships. The first year of a state championship was 1981 and Winner won the game and now fast forward 40 years to this Friday and Winner won the Class 11B state championship. Two people who have been involved in Winner football over those 40 years are Harvey Naasz, left, who coached the 1981 team and Dan Bechtold of the Winner Advocate. Bechtold has covered every Winner state championship over the 40 years and has not missed a Winner game in the Dome in Vermillion over those years.
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