212 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HISTORY

1947 - 1974

 

YEAR BY YEAR:
1959 - 1960

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1959 Conference Champions:  Hector Bulldogs

     The Hector Bulldogs dominated the 212 Conference by going 7-0 in league play and 8-0 overall.  Led by twin touchdown halfbacks of Tom Haspert and John Jurisch, the Bulldogs scored 241 points in 8 games for a 30.1 scoring average.  Jurisch scored 18 touchdowns on the season, and Haspert 13.  Defensively, Hector only gave up 32 points for a 4.0 per game average.  Led by veterans Barry Fosland, Morris Torbert, Darwin Carlson, Grant Leff, Jim Keltgen and Elton Johnson, they never gave up more than one touchdown in a game. Lineman, Elton Johnson was the conference champion in the 100 and 220 yard dashes in the spring. The biggest game of the year was the last game against Renville when both teams were undefeated in conference play.  Hector won the game 35-7, with John Jurisch rushing for 161 yards on 11 carries, with 4 touchdowns.

Conference Standings
Hector
Renville
Bird Island
Stewart
Buffalo Lake
Brownton
Sacred Heart
Danube
 
8-0-0
6-2-0
4-3-1
4-4-0
3-3-2
3-5-0
2-5-1
0-6-2

 

Leading Scorers
John Jurisch, Hector
Haspert, Hector
Fredrickson, Renville
Meyer, Brownton
Degree, Renville
Flann, Bird Island
L.Scholla, Hector
Skogberg, Sacred Heart
Carlson, Hector
Rettman, Stewart
Nordin, Bird Island
 
TD’s
16
12
  8
  5
  3
  4
  4
  3
  3
  2
  2
 
PAT
7
2
2
5
8
0
0
0
0
5
2
 
TP
103
  74
  50
  35
  26
  24
  24
  18
  18
  17
  14
 
All Conference Team
Dave Hoff, Sacred Heart
Paul Schwinghammer, Sacred Heart
Donnelly Jahnke, Danube
Elton Johnson, Hector
Barry Fosland, Hector
Morris Torbert, Hector
Charles Olsen, Stewart
Jerome Jacobs, Renville
Ken Bratsch, Bird Island
Duane Peterson, Bird Island
Jerry Mantheny, Brownton
Tom Haspert, Hector
John Jurisch, Hector
Dennis Lade, Stewart
Jim Fredrickson, Renville
Bob Nordin, Bird Island
Ed Roepke, Buffalo Lake
Len Degree, Renville
Honorable Mention
Jerry Romness, Sacred Heart
Gary Meier, Stewart
Dick Barnes, Stewart
Del Senst, Buffalo Lake
Larry Bahr, Buffalo Lake
Jim Meyer, Brownton
 
Line
Line
Line
Line
Line
Line
Line
Line
Line
Line
LBer
HB
HB
HB
HB
FB
QB
FB

 

 

Wrestling        Back To Top

1960 Conference Wrestling Champions:  Buffalo Lake Bison

  The Buffalo Lake Bison dominated the first annual 212 Conference Wrestling  Meet held at the Buffalo Lake gymnasium.  Buffalo Lake scored 111 points for first place, followed by Hector with 92 points, Stewart with 62 points and Brownton 61 points.  The 212 Conference decided to forego a conference meet in 1959, as Brownton and Sewart started their programs in the winter of 1958.  Buffalo Lake was the first to have wrestling in the conference which began in 1956.  Hector started their program in 1957.  With Brownton and Stewart having a year of wrestling experience, it was decided to have a conference tournament.

1960 Conference Wrestling Champions
95-Bill Bulau, BL
103-Del Steinhaus, BL
112-Ron Stockman, S
120-Larry Mackey, BL
127-Larry Eitel, Stewart
133-Ed Markgraf, BL
138-Ralph Bulau, Brownton
145-Grant Leff, Hector
154-Dan Schafer, Buffalo Lake
165-Barry Fosland, Hector
175-Bill Reopke, Hector
Hwt.-Sheridan Peterson, Brownton
 
District 12 Team Results held at Hutchinson
Hutchinson                     112
Buffalo Lake                    66
Glencoe                           65
Olivia                               47
Hector                             37
Stewart                            28
Brownton                         13
District 12 Individual Place Winners
95-1st Bulau, B.L. 2nd Hennessy, Hector
103-2nd Steinhaus, B.L.
112-2nd Stockman, Stewart
120-2nd R.Markgraf, BL.
127-1st Eitel, Stewart, 2nd Mackey, BL
133-3rd E. Markgraf, B.L.
145, Leff, Hector
165-Fossland, Hector
175-Keltgen, Hector
 
 
 

 

 

Basketball        Back To Top

1960 Conference Champions:  Renville Indians

     The Renville Indians won the 212 Conference basketball championship with a perfect 14-0 record.  With all five starters returning from the 1959 district championship team, they rolled on to 20 straight victories before losing in the semi-finals of the district tournament. Junior center, Jerome Jacobs led the conference with a 23.1 average, but great team balance and team play by senior guards, Jim Dolan and Frank Standfuss and senior forwards, Jim Fredrickson and Len DeGree made Renville the best team in the league for 1959-1960 season.   In District 12 tournament play, Renville was the number one seed and carried a 20 game winning streak into the tournament. Olivia was seeded 2nd, Buffalo Lake 3rd, Danube 4th, Hector 5th, Cosmos 6th, Bird Island 7th and Stewart 8th.  Renville beat Norwood in a close game in the first round at Olivia, and then beat Stewart in another close game at Danube in the quarter finals.  In the semi-finals in Olivia, Renville would play Danube.  Renville defeated Danube twice during the regular season in the 212 Conference.  In the other semi-final game Olivia would be playing Buffalo Lake at Glencoe.  With the scoring of Bob Bruggers (34) and Red Zaske (19) and the rebounding of Tom Svobodny, Danube completely dominated the game and upset the number one seed.  Danube then beat Olivia in the finals at Glencoe to win their first of three consecutive district 12 championships.

Conference Standings

Renville
Buffalo Lake
Hector
Danube
Bird Island
Stewart
Sacred Heart
Brownton
 
Conference Scoring
Jacobs, Renville
Bruggers, Danube
Bryan, Buffalo Lake
Robinson, Bird Island
Janke, Brownton
Zaske, Brownton
Barnes, Stewart
Roepke, Buffalo Lake
Haspert, Hector
Lade, Stewart
Kienholz, Bird Island
Schwinghammer, SH
Fredrickson, Renville
Wacker, Stewart
Meyer, Brownton
McDonald, Bird Island
Fahlberg, Hector
Romness, Sacred Heart
Bratsch, Bird Island
Standfuss, Renville
Flaata, Sacred Heart
Jakobitz, Buffalo Lake
Waller, Buffalo Lake
Dolan, Renville
DeGree, Stewart
Edgar, Hector
Homme, Sacred Heart
Svobodny, Danube
Hoff, Sacred Heart
Schemmel, Danube
Rec.
14-0
11-3
  7-7
  7-7
  6-8
  4-10
  4-10
  3-11
 
  G
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
13
14
14
13
14
14
14
13
14
13
14
14
13
14
13
14
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TP
336
323
246
230
204
196
194
180
169
167
157
152
152
140
143
141
128
134
133
131
116
123
113
121
118
107
109
100
108
107
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ave.
24.0
23.1
17.6
16.4
14.6
14.0
13.9
12.9
12.1
11.9
11.2
10.9
10.9
10.8
10.2
10.1
  9.8
  9.6
  9.5
  9.4
  8.9
  8.8
  8.7
  8.6
  8.4
  8.2
  7.8
  7.7
  7.7
  7.6
 
Area Scoring
(1)Bruggers, Danube
(2)Jacobs, Renville
(10)Robinson, BI
(19)Bryan, BL
(23)Janke, Brownton
(30)Zaske, Brownton
(35)Barnes, Stewart
(43)Wacker, Stewart
(44)Haspert, Hector
(46)Roepke, Buffalo Lake
(49)Lade Stewart
(56)Fredrickson, Renville
(57)Kienholz, BI
 
All Conference
Merle Bryan, BL
Bob Bruggers, Danube
Jerome Jacobs, Renville
Dick Robinson, BI
Don Zaske, Danube
Dick Barnes, Stewart
Frank Standfuss, Ren.
Ed Roepke, BL
Jim Fredrickson, Ren.
Honorable Mention
Paul Schwinghammer, SH
Jerry Romness, SH
Tom Haspert, Hector
Jim Meyer, Brownton
Jim Dolan, Renville
Tyrone Wacker, Stewart
 
 TP   AVE.
580  24.2
475  22.6
303  17.8
344  16.4
288  15.2
328  13.7
238  13.2
205  12.1
239  11.9
256  11.7
206  11.4
229  10.9
208  10.8
 
Ht. Yr.
6’2  Sr.
6’1  So.
6’2  Jr.
6’2  Jr.
5’10 Jr.
5’11  Jr.
5’10  Sr.
6’1  Sr.
6’1  Sr.
 
6’1  Sr.
5’7  Sr.
5’8  Jr.
6’1  Sr.
5’8  Sr.
5’8  So.

 

 

Track             Back To Top

1960 Track Champions:  Stewart Gophers

     After being runners-up for the past three years, the Stewart Gophers dethroned the Buffalo Lake Bison for the 1960 212 Conference Championship.  The Bison won the championship for six straight years.  Nine new records were set in the meet.  Stewart’s depth proved to be too much for Buffalo Lake to overtake as the Gophers sophomores scored 25 of 61 ½ points.  Ed Roepke was the meets' standout performer as he took four first places.   Buffalo Lake captured the District 12 and Region 3 championships.  Led by meet stand outs, Ed Roepke, Merle Bryan and Glen Rettman, the Bison captured first in the District 12 meet by out distancing Hutchinson 43-38 ½. Roepke was the meet standout as he won three events and placed in another. In the Region, the Bison scored 24 points to beat second place Walnut Grove who totaled 18 ½ points, all scored by Ron Anderson.  Advancing to the State Meet from the 212 Conference were Ed Roepke of Buffalo Lake in the high and low hurdles and mile relay, Glen Rettman in the mile run, Merle Bryan in the mile relay, Stuart Johnson in the mile relay.  Dick Barnes from Stewart placed 2nd in the pole vault to advance to state meet.  Roepke placed fourth in the 180 Yard Low Hurdles in the state meet.

1960 212 Conference Meet Results
Stewart                          61 ½
Buffalo Lake                  58
Hector                           25
Brownton                      20 ½
Danube                         18 ½
Sacred Heart                 14
Bird Island                      9 Ό
Renville                           3
 
High Hurdles      
1.     Ed Roepke, BL                    15.7
2,   Benedict, SH                      
3.   G. Meier, Stewart
4.   Lade, Stewart
5.   Jacobitz, BL
100 Yard Dash
1.     Elton Johnson, Hector    10.2 NR
2.     Lade Stewart
3.     Rose, Renville
4.     Zaske, Brownton
5.     Reinertson, Sacred Heart
Mile Run
1.     Glen Rettman, BL      4.46.0 NR
2.     Johnson, Buffalo Lake
3.     Leff, Hector
4.     Buboltz, Buffalo Lake
5.     Kirchoff, Stewart
440Yard Dash
1.    Ed Roepke, BL              52.6  NR
2.    Schilling, Stewart
3.    Hahn, Stewart
4.    Twite, Stewart
5.    L.Scholla, Hector
180 Low Hurdles
1.      E. Reopke, BL             21.4 NR
2.      Lade, Stewart
3.      Streich, Stewart
4.      Benedict, Sacred Heart
5.      Jakobitz, Buffalo Lake
880 Yard Relay
1.     Stewart                       1.39.6 NR
2      Hector
3.     Buffalo Lake
4.     Brownton
5.     Sacred Heart
880 Yard Run
1.  Merle Bryan, BL          2.10.5 NR
2.  L. Meier Stewart
3.  Mackey, Buffalo Lake
4.  Meyer, Bownton
5.  Starret, Buffalo Lake
 
220 Yard Dash
1.      Benedict, Sacred Heart
2.      Johnson, Hector
3.      Koebnick, Buffalo Lake
4.      Rettman, Stewart
5.     Schrupp, Danube
Mile Relay
1.     Buffalo Lake               3.48.0 NR
2.      Stewart
3.      Hector
4.      Brownton
5.      Sacred Heart
Shot Put
           1.  Bruggers, Danube              42’4
2.  Johnson, Hector
3.  Molenaar, Danube
4.  Peterson, Bird Island
5.  Meyer, Brownton
Discus
1.      Larson, Stewart                   120’9
2.      Peterson, Bird Island
3.      Bruggers, Danube
4.      Barnes, Stewart
5.      Fosland, Hector
Long Jump
1.     Roepke, Buffalo Lake         19’2 ½
2.     Schrupp, Danube
3.     Kienholz, Bird Island
4.     Zaske, Brownton
5.     Bruggers, Danube
 
 
High Jump
1.      Merle Bryan, BL 5’7  NR
2.     Braun, Brownton
3.     Tie, Penk, Stewart,Meyer, Brownton
4.     Tie, Remus, Stewart, Wangerin, St. Kienholz, BI     and DeGree, Renville
Pole Vault
1. Dick Barnes, Stewart     10’3 NR
2. Eichelberger, Stewart
3. Braun, Browton
4. Tie, Weber, Stewart, Manthei, Danube
1960 District 12 Results
Buffalo Lake                      43
Hutchinson                         38 ½
Stewart                              31
Glencoe                             26 ½
Hector                               18
Lester Prairie                     12 ½
Olivia                                 12 ½
Danube                              11 ½
 
120 High Hurdles
1.      Ed Roepke, Buffalo Lake      
2.      Striech, Stewart
3.      Koebnick, Buffalo Lake
4.      Lade, Stewart
5.      Benedict, Sacred Heart
Mile Run
1.
     Glen Rettman, BL             4.45.0
440 Yard Dash
5.
      Schilling, Stewart                          
180 Yard Low Hurdles
1.
     Roepke, Buffalo Lake     20.2 NR
2.
     Streich, Stewart
220 Yard Dash
1.
     Elton Johnson, Hector     23.2 NR
3.
     Koebnick, Buffalo Lake
4.
     Benedict, Sacred Heart
880 Yard Run
Merle Bryan, Buffalo Lake 2.10.5
Pole Vault
1.
     Tie, Dick Barnes and Len Weber, Stewart                                9’6
Long Jump
  2. Roepke, Buffalo Lake
  5 .Schrupp, Danube
High Jump
3. Tie Bryan, Buffalo Lake, DeGree, Renville, Meyer, Brownton     5’4
5. Tie, Bob Bruggers, Danube
 
Discus
1.
     Ralph Larson, Stewart          132’0
2.
     Bob Bruggers, Danube
3.
     Tie, Dick Barnes Stewart, Peterson, Buffalo Lake
4.
     Peterson, Bird Island
Shot Put
3.     Bob Bruggers, Danube           42’10
4.     Johnson, Hector
5.     Peterson, Bird Island
Mile Relay
1.  Buffalo Lake                        3.43.3
3.  Stewart
 
880Yard Relay                              1.38.2
Stewart, 3rd
Hector, 4th
 
Buffalo Lake won the Region 3 Track Championship with 24.  Walnut Grove was second with 18 ½ points.  All of Walnut Grove's points were scored by Ron Anderson.  Hector scored 6 points and Stewart 3 ½.
The Mile Relay team of Buffalo Lake set a new Region 3 record with a time of 3.39.4.
The team consisted of Ed Roepke, Merle Bryan, Glen Rettman and Stuart Johnson.
 
Ed Roepke went on to place 4th in the State Track Meet at the University of Minnesota in the 180 Yard Low Hurdles.
 
Pole Vault, 2nd-Barnes, Stewart
120 High Hurdles, 2nd Roepke, BL
100 Yard Dash, 2nd  Johnson, Hector
Mile, 1st, Glen Rettman, BL
180 Yard Low Hurdles, 1st Roepke, BL
220 Yasrd Dash, 2nd Roepke, BL
Mile Relay, 1st Buffalo Lake
 
 
 

 

 

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1960 Baseball Champions:  Renville Indians

     The Renville Indians won the 1960 212 Conference Baseball Championship. They won the West division by beating Danube, Bird Island and Sacred Heart, and beat Hector to win the Championship.  Renville's John Waller gave up only 2 hits and struck out 12 batters in that game.  Hutchinson won the District and Region title and placed 3rd in the State Tournament.  Renville was led by senior 3rd baseman, Jim Dolan.  Dolan was a five year starter in the infield for the Indians. Other outstanding players were 2nd baseman, Frank Standfuss, shortstop Jim Fredrickson, 1st baseman, Jerome Jacobs and junior pitcher, Earl Waller.