Three recently-retired standouts and two past greats will be inducted into the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame this year. New inductees include former Lake Norden Lakers teammates Mick Hoglund of Dell Rapids and Paul Raasch of Webster, Kent Alm of Aberdeen, Jon Westling of Yankton and Mike West of Philip. Hoglund was also a member of the Dell Rapids PBR team.
The group will be recognized on Saturday, Aug. 11 during the final weekend of the 2012 State Amateur Baseball Tournament in Mitchell. They will inducted during a banquet slated for Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Lake Norden Community Center. Ticket information and more details on the banquet will be announced in the coming weeks.