212 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HISTORY
1947 - 1974
YEAR BY YEAR:
1957 - 1958
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1957 Conference Football Champions: Hector Bulldogs
The Hector Bulldogs won the 1957 212 Conference Football Championship with an 8-0 record. Led by an outstanding senior class that was highly successful in every sport, the Bulldogs went through the football season with relative ease. In six of the eight games Hector scored on their first possession of the game. The Bulldogs scored 269 points on the season for a 33.6 average per game. On defense they gave up 46 points for a 5.8 per game average. Hectors toughest game of the season was at Stewart in the 2nd game of the year. With the game tied at 6-6 late in the 4th quarter, quarterback Lee Raitz scored on a 6 yard run. Raitz also kicked the extra point to make the score 13-6. Stewart got inside the Hector 20 yard line when the game ended. The Gophers finished the season at 7-1. Hector's offense was led by quarterback Lee Raitz. Valedictorian of his class, Raitz was one of the best all-around student athletes in HHS history. In the backfield with Raitz was senior fullback George Beske, senior halfback Ted Hauer and freshman halfback John Jurisch. Jurisch led the team with rushing yards and touchdowns scored. He finished his high school career with 41 touchdowns. Outstanding lineman for the 1957 Bulldogs were seniors Jeff Johnson, Bruce Rueber and Dennis Ackerman.
1957 212 Conference
Standings Hector 8-0-0 Stewart 7-1-0 Danube 6-2-0 Brownton 4-3-1 Sacred Heart 3-5-0 Bird Island 2-5-1 Buffalo Lake 1-6-0 Renville 1-7-0 1957 All-Conference Team Rod DeLeuw, Bird Island G 12 148 Jeff Johnson, Hector G 12 160 Jim Trettin, Stewart T 12 185 John Briese, Buffalo Lake T 12 185 Pat Maiers, Stewart T 11 180 Bob Fredrickson, Renville E 12 170 Larry Johnson, Brownton G 11 170 Gary Kaiser, Danube E 12 200 Bruce Rueber, Hector E 12 180 Dennis Ackerman, Hector E 12 175 Lee Raitz, Hector QB 12 155 Delano Wacker, Stewart HB 11 160 Julian Wigen, Danube FB 11 185 Ted Hauer, Hector HB 12 150 Dick Peik, Brownton HB 11 160 Jim Davidson, Sacred Heart QB 12 160 Honorable Mention Wright, Toren and Rouna- Bird Island Beske- Hector Schimming, Sunvold, Slater and Olson-SH Lundquist, Dykema and Schroeder-Danube Pfaff, Vacek-Stewart Schwartz-Brownton All-Area (Willmar) Jeff Johnson Jim Trettin Rod DeLeuw Lee Raitz Julian Wign Honorable Mention All-Area Gary Kaiser Bruce Rueber Pat Maier Delano Wacker |
Leading
Scorers TDs EP Pts. Raitz, Hector 10 20 80 Hauer, Hector 10 1 61 Wigen, Danube 10 0 60 Schimminng, Sacrd Heart 8 6 54 Wacker, Stewart 6 5 41 Peik, Brownton 6 5 41 Jurisch, Hector 6 5 41 Stockman, Stewart 6 3 39 Vacek, Stewart 6 2 38 Pfaff, Stewart 6 0 36 |
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1958 ConferenceBasketball Champions: Brownton Bears
Front Row: Ken Abram, Marllin Schauer, Jim Vinar, Harlin Klitzke, Dick Peik
The Brownton Bears won the 1958 212 Conference Championship with a perfect 14-0 record. The Bears also captured District 12 and Region 3 championships. Led by the play making of junior guard, Dick Peik, the shooting of Ken Abram, and the inside play of two 65 post players, Marlin Schauer and Jim Vinar, the Bears went to a 24 and 4 final record. Brownton beat Olivia in the district finals, 83-64. Peik scored 27, Schauer 22, Vinar 18 and Abram 12 in what was considered their best game of the year. In the Region, the Bears upset the region favorite, Walnut Grove, in the first game, 52-49. Walnut Grove was the region champion in 1957. In the finals of the region the Bears beat Canby, 61-55. In the state tournament at Williams Arena on the campus of the University of Minnesota, the Bears lost in the first round to a very talented Willmar team, 66-55. In the consolation game on Friday, they lost to Cloquet, 57-50.
1958 Conference Standings Brownton 14-0 Hector 11-3 Danube 10-4 Renville 7-7 Sacred Heart 5-9 Buffalo Lake 4-10 Stewart 4-10 Bird Island 1-13 1958 All-Conference Team Jeff Johnson, Hector Sr. 60 Bruce Rueber, Hector Sr. 62 Jim Davidson, Sacred Heart Sr. 61 Barry Thostenson, Renville Sr. 60 Marlin Schauer, Brownton Sr. 65 Gary Kaiser, Danube Sr. 64 Dick Peik, Brownton Jr. 58 Ken Abram, Brownton Jr. 63 Honorable Mention Smedstad, Danube Deleuw, Bird Island Ahlbrehct, Buffalo Lake Koopman, Buffalo Lake Stockman, Stewart Wacker, Stewart Fredrickson, Renville All-Area Team Jim Davidson, Sacred Heart Barry Thostenson, Renville Ken Abram, Brownton Gary Kaiser, Danube Honorable Mention All-Area Jeff Johnson, Hector Bruce Rueber, Hector Jim Dolan, Renville |
Gary Kaiser virtually rewrote the 212 conference scoring records during his career. He scored 328 points and averaged 23.4 points per game in conference play. Kaiser scored 867 points in his 3 year career at Danube, also a record. Hector's Steve Spreiter had the previous records in 1956. John Briese, a 175 pound wrestler from Buffalo Lake High won the District and Region Championships. He lost his first round match in the state tournament. Briese lost only one match during the season. Hutch won the district championship with 117 points. Olivia and Buffalo Lake tied for second with 66 points. Glencoe was 4th, Hector 5th and Cosmos 6th. |
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1958 Conference Track Champions: Buffalo Lake Bison
The Buffalo Lake Bison won their 5th straight 212 Conference Track Championship at Glencoe by scoring 53 ½ points. Stewart was runner-up with 46 Ό points. Lee Raitz of Hector was a triple winner by setting 212 conference records in the 100 and 220 yards dashes, and also winning the long jump. Gary Kaiser of Danube was a double winner in the shot put and discus, and Bob Frazee from Bird Island won both hurdle events. A total of seven records were broken in the 6th annual track meet.
1958 212 Conference Track Standings Buffalo Lake 53 ½ Stewart 46 Ό Hector 35 Sacred Heart 26 Danube 22 Ύ Bird Island 16 Brownton 14 Renville 0 Discus 1307 NR 1. Kaiser, Danube 2. Trettin, Stewart 3. Klammer, Stewart 4. Briese, Buffalo Lake 5. Schroeder, Danube Long Jump 1911 1. Raitz, Hector 2. Sell, Buffalo Lake 3. Kaiser, Danube 4. Koopman, Buffalo Lake 5. Schimming, Sacred Heart High Jump 56 ½ NR 1. Bryan, Buffalo Lake 2. Schafer, Buffalo Lake 3. Tie, Abram, Brownton and Anderson Buffalo Lake Pole Vault 94 1. Tie-Bethke and Dols, Stewart 2. Bulau, Brownton 3. Russel, Bird Island 4. Robinson, Bird Island 5. Shot Put 421 Ύ 1. Kaiser, Danube 2. Trettin, Stewart 3. Jahnke, Danube 4. Briese, Buffalo Lake 5. Toren, Bird Island 880 Yard Relay 1.42 1. Stewart 2. Hector 3. Buffalo Lake 4. Sacred Heart 5. Bird Island |
100 Yard Dash 10.5
NR 1. Raitz, Hector 2. Schimming Sacred Heart 3. Maiers, Stewart 4. Lade, Stewart 5. Benedict, Sacred Heart 220 Yard Dash 23.3 NR 1. Raitz, Hector 2. Kaiser, Danube 3. Rettman, Stewart 4. Schimming, Sacred Heart 5. Krumrey, Buffalo Lake 440 Yard Dash 55.5 1. Sell, Buffalo Lake 2. Maiers, Stewart 3. Schafer, Buffalo Lake 4. Johnson, Hector 5. Beske, Hector 880 Yard Run 2.11.2 NR 1.Bryan, Buffalo Lake 2.Peik Brownton 3. Olson, Sacred Heart 4. Lamb, Hector 5. Johnson, Buffalo Lake Mile Run 5.02.7 NR 1. Rettman, Buffalo Lake 2. Johnson, Hector 3. Kreie, Brownton 4. D. Rettman, Buffalo Lake 5. Braun, Brownton 120 High Hurdles 16.6 1. Frazee, Bird Island 2. Meyer, Sacred Heart 3. Klammer, Stewart 4. Lade, Stewart 5. Benedict, Sacred Heart 180 Low Hurdles 23.5 1. Frazee, Bird Island 2. Slater, Sacred Heart 3. Foesch, Hector 4. Koopman, Buffalo Lake 5. Klammer, Stewart Mile Relay 3.52.2 NR 1. Buffalo Lake 2. Hector 3. Stewart 4. Sacred Heart 5. Bird Island |
Hutchinson won their 9th straight
District 12 track title by scoring 56 points. Buffalo Lake was 2nd in the meet
with 29 points, Stewart 3rd 24, Hector 22, Glencoe 16, Olivia 15, Norwood 13,
Danube 11, Silver Lake 9, Brownton 4, Bird Island 1, Lester Prairie 1.
212 Place Winners
High Hurdles
5th Frazee, Bird Island
100 Yard Dash-1st-Raitz, Hector, 10.7
4th-Koopman, Stewart
5th Schimming, Sacred Heart
Mile Run-1st G. Rettman, Buffalo Lake, 4.53.2 (New Record)
2nd-Johnson, Hector
4th- D. Rettman, Buffalo Lake
5th-Kreie, Brownton
880 Yard Relay-2nd-Stewart
3rd-Hector
4th-Sacred Heart
440 Yard Dash-2nd-Sell Buffalo Lake
3rd Maiers, Stewart
4th-Homme, Sacred Heart
5th-Schaffer, Buffalo Lake
180 Yard Hurdles
5th-Frazee, Bird Island and Lade, Stewart
880 Yard Run-2nd-Bryan, Buffalo Lake
4th-Peik Brownton
5th-Lambs, Hector
220 Yard Dash-3rd-Raitz, Hector
4th-Kaiser, Danube
Mile Relay-1st-Buffalo Lake 3.46.2
2nd-Stewart
Pole Vault-2nd-tie-Dols and Bethke, Stewart
4th-tie-Robinson, Bird Island;Braun, Brownton;Koopman, BL;Bulau, Brownton
Shot Put-2nd-Kaiser, Danube
4th-Trettin Stewart
High Jump-1st-Bryan, Buffalo Lake 56
3rd-tie-Schaffer, Buffalo Lake; Abram, Brownton; Kaiser, Danube
Discus-1st-Kaiser Danube 14310 New Record
2nd-Trettin Stewart
5th-Briese, Buffalo Lake
Long Jump-2nd- Raitz, Hector
5th-Sell, Buffalo Lake
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1958 Baseball Champions: Stewart Gophers
Front Row: mgr. Gary Dawson, Howard Victorian, Dick Barnes, Arnie Blum,Eddie Kirchoff, Dennis Lenz, Bobbie Werner, mgr. Bob Kuehl
The Stewart Gophers won the 212 Conference baseball Championship by defeating Bird Island 7-1. Bird Island won the western division with a 3-0 record. Renville finished 2-1, Danube 1-2 and Sacred Heart 0-3. Brownton, Stewart and Hector all finished with a 2-1 record for a tie for first place in the division. Buffalo Lake finished 0-3. It was decided to have a play-off between the top three teams, the winner to play Bird Island for the title. Stewart and Hector met in the first game with Stewart winning 6-1. The next playoff was against Brownton with Stewart also winning that game,6-2. In the Championship game against Bird Island, the Gophers scored 5 runs in the 3rd inning and 2 runs in the 5th inning to ensure a 7-1 victory. Stewart pitcher, Bob Werner gave up 2 hits and struck out 14 batters. Although Stewart finished the season with a 12-2 record they were upset by Renville in the first round of the district tournament. Pitcher/3B Bobby Werner finished his 5 year of varsity baseball with a 15-5 pitching record. Werner struck out 100 batters in 67 innings in 1958. Other outstanding players on that team were 1B Johnny Pfaff, and juniors Delano Wacker, Eddie Kirchoff, sophomore Arlo Gehrke and freshman Dick Barnes.