212 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HISTORY
1947 - 1974
YEAR BY YEAR:
1952 - 1953
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1952 Conference Football Champions: Danube Hawks
The Danube Hawks stayed unbeaten for the 3rd straight year by winning the 212 Conference title with a perfect 6-0 record. Led by All-State quarterback, Shorty Schroeder, and All-Conference players, Red Reetz, Larry Good, and Arvin Reetz, the Hawks remained undefeated for 27 straight games. Danube led the league in scoring with a 29.6 per game average on offense and 10.3 average on defense. Danube's toughest game of the year was against Renville in the second game of the year. Renville led 12-0 late in game when the injured Schroeder came back into the game and ran a 45 yard touchdown, and then with 50 seconds remaining in the game caught a 50 yard touchdown pass from Larry Good. Both extra points were made good and Danube kept their winning streak alive.
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1952 Final Standings Danube Bird Island Renville Hector Buffalo Lake Stewart Brownton Sacred Heart Roger (Shorty) Schroeder of Danube High School was voted the Most Valuable Player and nominated him for the all-state team. 212 Conference Final Scoring Larry Good, Danube Shorty Schroeder, Danube Bob Robinson, Bird Island George Reetz, Danube Roger Wolff, Bird Island Bob Lohrenz, Brownton Harley Anderson, Hector Roger Lindemen, Brownton Dave Kotz, Danube Howie Mueller, Danube Bruce Sherwood, Bird Island Roger Duinick, Renivlle Gail Ryberg, Hector Orville Hable, Danube Milan Wehking, Buffalo Lake Dave Spreiter, Hector Jim Jurisch, Hector Billy Haen, Renville Roger Agre, Renville Charles Krause, Danube Darrel Radke, Brownton Larry Youngs, Renville Red Reetz, Danube Roger Lovald, Buffalo Lake |
6-0-0 6-2-0 4-2-0 5-3-0 3-4-0 2-5-0 1-5-0 0-6-0 14 84 13 78 11 74 11 73 9 56 8 51 8 50 7 46 7 45 6 45 7 42 7 42 6 36 4 27 4 26 4 25 4 24 4 24 3 21 3 20 3 20 3 19 3 18 3 18 |
1952 All-Conference Team Robert Wolff, Bird Island Wayne Burke, Stewart Roger Schroeder, Danube Roger Groetsch, Renville Harvey Kienholz, Bird Island Bruce Pagel, Bird Island Arvid Reetz, Danube Don McClung, Renville Jerry O’Connor, Renville Vernon Fischer, Buffalo Lake Garland Graves, Hector Larry Good, Danube Honorable Mention Ralph Orton, Stewart Norm Renner, Buffalo Lake Reuben Mueller, Buffalo Lake Vern Strandjord, Sacred Heart Richard Rick, Hector Doug Kramer, Hector Bob Lohrenz, Brownton Gerald Meuleners, Bird Island Arvin Reetz, Danube Allan Olson, Renville Tom Sorenson, Buffalo Lake Gene Kirgiss, Hector The 212 coaches voted Buffalo Lake's Jim Schafer to an honorary all-conference position. Schafer broke his legs in an air plane crash in the summer of 1952. |
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1953 Conference Basketball Champion: Danube Hawks
The Danube Hawks won the 1953 212 Conference Championship with a 11-1 record. Their only conference loss came to Renville with two games remaining on the conference schedule. The Hawks finished the regular season with a 17-2 record. Their other loss came to District 6 Champion, Madelia. Seniors, Roger “Shorty” Schroeder and Gary Knutson, juniors Red Reetz and 6’3 Garry Good and 6’4 sophomore Del Roelofs were the starting line-up for the Hawks. In District Tournament play, Bird Island upset the 1951 and 1952 Champions, Glencoe, in the quarterfinals. Norwood beat Olivia, Renville got by Buffalo Lake, 44-41, and Danube trounced Hutchinson 53-36. In the semi-final round Danube and Renville matched up for the third time of the season. In a game where 45 fouls were called and 10 players fouled out, Danube was upset, 64-57 in overtime. Renville outscored Danube 13-6 in the overtime period. Renville made 30 out of 45 free throws, while Danube made 19 out of 40. The Hawks led most of the game and had the ball for the last shot of the game. Schroeder's 30 foot shot fell short and the game went into overtime. Renville beat Bird Island in the final game of the district for their first District 12 Championship. Granite Falls brought an end to Renville's season in the first round of the Region Tournament. Granite Falls went on to win the Region Tournament and the first game of the State Tournament.
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1953 Final Standings Danube Renville Bird Island Buffalo Lake Hector Brownton Sacred Heart Hector Stewart 1953 All-Conference Larry Good, Danube Roger (Shorty) Schroeder, Danube Roger Groetsch, Renville Roger Agre, Renville Bruce Pagel, Bird Island Bob Robinson, Bird Island Vernon Fischer, Buffalo Lake Mike Ramsland, Sacred Heart Honorable Mention Dave Spreiter, Hector Jim Jurisch, Hector Allen Olson, Renville Lloyd Schatz, Brownton Bob Lohrenz, Brownton Tom Sorenson, Buffalo Lake Roger Laven, Buffalo Lake Wayne Burke, Stewart |
11-1 9-2 9-3 8-4 6-6 4-8 2-9 2-9 1-10 11 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 |
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210 17.4 185 15.4 163 13.5 161 16.1 151 15.1 161 11.7 133 13.5 127 10.5 117 10.6 113 12.5 111 9.2 107 8.9 106 8.9 104 9.4 104 10.4 101 9.1 92 90 90 90 88 86 79 79 76 74 73 73 71 70 70 70 68 67 65 55 53 50 48 43 37 37 36 |
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1953 212 Conference Track Champions: Bird Island Panthers
Bob Robinson led the Bird Island Panthers to the 2nd annual 212 Conference Track Meet held at Bird Island. Bird Island won the meet in 1952. Robinson won five first places and ran on the winning relay team. As expected, nine new records were set in the meet. Don Liendecker of Bird Island set new marks in the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Bob Robinson broke records in the High Jump and Long Jump. Nelson of Buffalo Lake set a new standard in the 880. Larry Good of Danube set records in the Shot Put and Discus. And freshman, Dale Moritz of Buffalo Lake set the Mile Run record
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Final Standings Bird Island Buffalo Lake Danube Brownton Stewart Hector |
47 ˝ 24 ˝ 15 10 6 2 |
100 Yard
Dash-10.8 Liendecker, Bird Island Smith, Hector Lindeman, Brownton 220 Yard Dash-25.6 Liendecker, Bird Island Lindeman, Brownton Sorenson, Buffalo Lake |
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440 Yard
Dash-59.9 Good, Danube Kienholz, Bird Island Strande, Buffalo Lake 880 Yard Run-2.18.3 Nelson, Buffalo Lake Valentine, Bird Island Klabunde, Brownton Mile Run-5.15.0 Moritz, Buffalo Lake Rettman, Buffalo Lake Johnson, Bird Island 180 Yard Hurdles-22.45 Robinson, Bird Island Fischer, Buffalo Lake Wehking, Buffalo Lake 120 High Hurdles-17.5.5 Robinson, Bird Island Fischer, Buffalo Lake Precht, Hector |
Long Jump-19’2 ˝ Robinson, Bird Island Lindeman, Brownton Fischer, Buffalo Lake High Jump-5’5 Robinson, Bird Island Walter, Buffalo Lake Pagel, Bird Island Shot Put-42’6 Good, Danube Burke, Stewart Kienholz, Bird Island Discus-119’9 Good, Danube Burke, Stewart Kienholz, Bird Island Pole Vault-9’0 Robinson, Bird Island Frazee, Bird Island Fischer, Buffalo Lake 880 Yard Relay-1.48- Bird Island |
1953 District 12 Track Results
212 Conference Place Winners
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100 Yard
Dash Leindecker, Bird Island, 1st 10.7 Lindeman, Brownton, 3rd 220 Yard Dash Leindecker, Bird Island, 1st 24.9 Good Danube, 3rd 440 Yard Dash Klabunde, Brownton, tie 4th Kienholz, Bird Island, tie 4th 880 Yard Run Nelson, Buffalo Lake, 1st 2.19.4 Valentine, Bird Island, 3rd 180 Yard Hurdles V. Fischer, Buffalo Lake, 1st 23.0 NR Robinson, Bird Island, 2nd 120 High Hurdles Robinson, Bird Island, 1st 17.1 Fischer, Buffalo Lake, 2nd Mile Run Moritz, Buffalo Lake, 5.17.6 |
High Jump Pagel, Bird Island, tie 5th Robinson, Bird Island, tie 5th Shot Put Good, Danube, 3rd Wolf, Bird Island Discus Good, Danube, 3rd Burke, Stewart, 4th Keinholz, Bird Island 5th Pole Vault Robinson, Bird Island, 2nd Long Jump Lindeman, Brownton, 2nd Robinson, Bird Island, 3rd Hartberg, Buffalo Lake, 5th Hutchinson won the 1953 District Meet. Bird Island finished second. |
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1953 Conference Baseball Champions: Bird Island Panthers
First
Row:
Elwood Wright, Gary Weers, Jerry Schwarzkopf, Rod Deleeuw, Gordy Klemp, Dean
Campbell, Bob Lundquist, Luverne Kienholz, Neil Hammer.
Second Row: Denny
Flann, Dale Scott, Ron Birkemeyer Coach Al Swanson, Bob Robinson, Mel Linn,
Gale Johnson, Terry Frazee,, Goerge Rust, Rog Wolf, Harvey Kienholz.
The Bird Island Panthers won their 2nd straight Conference Championship by defeating Hector. The Danube Hawks went on to win the District 12 Tournament by winning the West Sub-Section. They defeated Buffalo Lake 5-1, Hector 5-0 and Renville 18-3. Renville advanced to finals of the Sub Section by beating undefeated conference champion Bird Island. The Hawks defeated Glencoe, 8-4 in the finals. They lost to Granite Falls, 5-4 in the first round in the Region.
District 12 Champions-Danube Hawks