212 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HISTORY
1947 - 1974
YEAR BY YEAR:
1972 - 1973
Football Back To Top
1972 212 Conference Champions: Renville Indians
Front Row: L to R. R. Nelson, M. Eckstrom, T. Smith, M. Rosaasen, T.
Eckhoff, D. Dolan, G.Carnes, K. Haug, B.Feldman, D. Bruns.
Second Row:
K.Prodoehl, G. Mulder, C. Raske, D.Eckhoff, C.Johnson, R.Berger, T. Berger,
D.Wolter. R. Santjer, G.Link.
Third Row: Coach Rick Torso, B.Zaske,
F.Fischer, C. Zaske, K.Mulder, S.Dietz, K.Rosaasen, R. Mulder, R.Zieske, L.Abbas,
K.Frieborg, L.Brastsch, Coach Dave Sorenson.
With first year coach Rick Torso, the Renville Indians won the 1972 212 football championship by going 7-0 in the conference and 9-0 in the regular season. The Indians rolled through the conference season with relative ease as the Hector Bulldogs would come the closest to defeating them with a 14-0 score. It was Hector's only loss of the season. Led by outstanding senior lineman Curt Raske, Ron Berger, and Chuck Johnson, the RHS defensive unit only gave up 26 points in the nine game schedule. Under classmen led the offense with quarterback, Don Dolan, directing a junior filled backfield. Dolan had an array of outstanding receivers with sprint champion, Larry Bratsch as a wide receiver, and the 6’4 Mulder boys as the ends. In conference play the Indians gave up 26 points for 3.7 points per game. On offense they scored 234 points (100 in the last two games) for a 33.4 average.
1972 marked the first year that the Minnesota State High School League allowed a play off system that would be played in 4 classes. Only four teams would be allowed to play off for the State Championship. In a league meeting in 1971, the 212 conference voted that they would play the Tomahawk Conference in a post season game . The Tomahawk Conference had been playing the Seven Star Conference for the past two seasons.
Renville would play the Gaylord Spartans at Redwood Falls with the winner advancing to the Class C play off for the State Championship. Gaylord was coached by former Stewart athlete, Tyrone Wacker. Both teams were loaded with athletes that would go on to win district and region tournaments in every sport. In what would be one of the all time classic games, Renville was defeated 19-6. Renville held the lead until the last play of the third quarter. Gaylord would go untested the rest of the way to claim their first of several State Championships. “It was the toughest game I have ever coached”, Coach Wacker of Gaylord said after the game.” “Renville had many quality athletes and both teams played every play like it was going to be the last of their lives.”
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Final 1972 Standings Renville Hector Bird Island Buffalo Lake Stewart Danube Brownton Sacred Heart 1972 All-Conference Team Curt Raske, Renville C - 12 Larry Bratsch, Renville E - 12 Ron Berger, Renville G - 12 Chuck Johnson, Renville G - 12 Don Dolan, Renville QB-11 Rick Gunderson, Hector HB-12 Jeff Heerdt, Hector FB-12 Ken DeGroat, Hector HB-12 Scott Waller, Hector LB-12 Mike Wertsih, Bird Island E - 12 Joel Holloway, Bird Island C - 12 Gary Melin, Bird Island HB-12 Brian Stark, Buffalo Lake QB-12 Joel Schraan, Buffalo Lake HB-12 Paul Moritz, Buffalo Lake T - 11 Chuck Kosek, Stewart T - 12 Mike Blum, Stewart LB-12 Parry Syverson, Stewart QB-11 Bruce Tepfer, Danube HB-12 Jerry Kodet, Danube C - 12 Sid Alsleben, Brownton LB-12 Randy Zaske, Brownton T - 11 Bob Knutson, Sacred Heart FB-11 |
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Top Ten Scorers Rick Gunderson, Hector Bruce Tepfer, Danube Joel Schraan, BL Larry Bratsch, Renville Mike Nuebauer, BI Tom Eekhoff, Renville Gary Melin, Bird Island Dave Knick, Brownton Jeff Heerdt, Hector Parry Syverson, Stewart Leading Rushers Rick Gunderson, Hector Bruce Tepfer, Danube Joel Schraan, BL Leading Passers Brian Stark, BL Don Dolan, Renville Rick Estenson, Hector Leading Pass Rec. Larry Bratsch, Renville |
TD’s EXP Tot. 10 4 64 9 54 8 48 6 7 43 6 6 42 6 4 40 5 30 5 30 4 24 4 1 25 Yards Tries 885 Yds. 154 Car. 503 Yds. 123 Car. 487 Yds. 101 Car. Yds. Att. Com. TD’s 1018 169 68 4 727 137 61 11 543 84 43 5 Rec. Yards TD’s 28 336 6 |
Wrestling Back To Top
1973 212 Conference Wrestling Champions: Renville Indians-Tournament and Bird Island Panthers-Dual Meet
1973 Tournament Champions:
Front Row: Jeff Thompson, Gary Link,
Jerry Frieborg, Paul Olson and Steve Bakker.
Back Row: Kapseon Kim, Dick Eekhoff, Koji Miyagi, Arlen Frieborg,
Kevin Rosaasen, Bill Olson, and Gary Carnes
Front Row:
D.Hagen, L.Lundstrom, B.Eiler, R.Buboltz,
R.Beckler, S.Setzephant, J.Stein
Back Row:
B.Manderscheid, P.Caspers, J.Eiler, D.Youngkrantz,
R.Billmeier, D.Erickson, M.Bauman.
The Renville Indians won more consolation championships than their arch rival, Bird Island, to outscore the Panthers 91-79, to claim the 212 Conference Tournament Championship. Bird Island won the Dual Meet Championship with a 7-0 record. Both Bird Island and Renville had four champions, but Renville had three third place finishers to pull out the victory. There were five champions who repeated as conference champions; Jim Stein, Bird Island at 98, Scott Setzephant, Bird Island at 103, Rick Beckler, Bird Island at 112, Paul Olson, Renville at 145, and Dale Hotovec, Danube at Heavyweight.
Conference Tournament
Results
98-1st-Jim Stien, BI dec. Kapseon Kim, Renville 19-7
3rd-Alan Kandt, BL dec, Greg Spiering, Brownton 11-2
103-1st-Scott Setzephant, BI dec. Randy Frieborg, Renville 3-0
3rd-Aaron Koepp, Brownton dec. Scott Haas, BL 4-2
112-1st-Rick Beckler, BI dec. Dick Eekhoff, Renville 7-0
3rd-Doug Allen, SH dec. Paul Windschitl, Stewart 2-0
119-1st-Gary Carnes, Renville dec. Robin Buboltz, BI 6-3
3rd-Keith Fischer, BL dec. Scott Katzenmeyer, Brownton 6-1
126-1st-Bob Windschitl, Stewart dec. Greg Kodet, Danube 5-2
3rd-Phil Guerrero, Brownton dec. Wyatt Peterson, SH 7-2
132-1st-Ketih Holien, SH dec. Mike Katzenmyer, Brownton 3-0
3rd-Arlen Freiborg, Renville dec. Dan Hagen, Bird Island 4-0
138-1st-Koji Miyagi, Renville dec. Brad Myers, Danube 9-2
3rd-Kevin Fluhrer, Buffalo Lake dec. Kaivin Anderson, Sacred
Heart 31-2
145-1st-Paul Olson, Renville, dec. Martin Koepp, Brownton 3-0
3rd-Dennis Erickson, BI dec. Gary Sindeir, Danube 2-0
155-1st-Jerry Freiborg, Renville dec. Randy Zaske, Brownton 13-1
3rd-Jack Miller, Hect14or dec. Myron Minkel, Danube 8-0
167-1st-Lon Holien, SH dec. Dave Schwiess, Hector 2-0
3rd-Jeff Thompson, Renville dec. Steve Sportel, Danube 9-5
180-1st-Perry Caspers, Bird Island dec. Paul Anderson, SH 10-1
3rd-Gary Link, Renville dec. Jeff Heerdt, Hector 3-2
Hwt.-1st-Dale Hotovec, Danube dec. Brad Manderscheid, Bird Island 2-1
3rd-Jon Lindeman, Brownton dec. Gene Wiehr, Hector 3-0
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Tournament Standings Renville Bird Island Sacred Heart Brownton Danube Buffalo Lake Hector Stewart |
91 79 59 55 45 24 24 17 |
Dual Standings Bird Island Renville Sacred Heart Brownton Danube Hector Buffalo Lake Stewart |
7-0 6-1 5-2 4-4 3-5 2-5 1-6 0-7 |
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Hutchinson won the District 12 title by ½ point over Norwood-Young America, 65-64 ½. In a meet held at Hutchinson, Bird Island finished 3rd, Renville 4th and Sacred Heart 5th. 212 Conference Place Winners:98-Jim Stein,BI, 2nd 98-Kim Kapeseon, Renville, 3rd 98-Alan Krandt, Buffalo Lake, 4th 105-Paul Windschitl, Stewart, 2nd 105-Scott Setzephant, Bird Island, 4th 112-Rick Beckler, Bird Island, 1st 112-Doug Allen,Sacred Heart,3rd 112-Doug Eekhoff, Renville, 4th 119-Gary Carnes, Renville 3rd 119-Keith Fischer, Buffalo Lake 4th 126-Greg Kodet, Danube, 4th 132-Keith Holien, Sacred Heart, 1st 132-Mike Katzenmeyer, Brownton, 2nd 138-Mark Bauman, Buffalo Lake, 3rd 145-Paul Olson, Renville, 1st 145-Randy Zaske, Brownton, 2nd 145-Rock Karl, Buffalo Lake, 3rd 155-Jerry Freiborg, Renville, 1st 155-Myron Minkel, Danube, 3rd 167-Lon Holien, Sacred Heart, 1st 167-Dave Manderscheid, BI, 2nd 167-Dave Schweiss, Hector, 4th 180-Perry Caspers, Bird Island, 2nd 180-Paul Anderson, Sacred Heart, 3rd Hwt.-Dale Hotovec, Danube, 1st |
Canby won their fourth straight Region 3
Wrestling Championship in a meet held at Montevideo. Bird Island
finished in 5th place, and Renville in 9th
place. 212 Conference Place Winners: 98-Jim Stein, Bird Island, 3rd 103-Rick Beckler, Bird Island, 1st 145-Paul Olson, Renville, 1st 155-Jerry Freibory, Renville, 3rd 167-Lon Holien, Sacred Heart, 3rd Hwt.-Dale Hotovec, Danube, 3rd Hwt.-Brad Manderschied, Bird Island |
Basketball Back To Top
1973 212 Conference Basketball Champions: Renville Indians
Front Row: J. Bulthuis, manager, C. Johnson, T. Eekhoff, D.Dolan,
L.Bratsch, K.ProdoehlS.Dietz, C. Raske.
Back Row: R. Lockwood,
A.D., Asst. Coach R.Toso, C.Zaske, R.Mulder, G.Mulder, K.Mulder, D.Wolter,
S.Dietz and Coach Rob Anderson.
The Renville Indians claimed their third straight 212 Conference Championship by going 14-0 in conference play. First year head coach, Rob Anderson, took over the coaching duties from Jerry Vanek, who took the head coaching job at Brainerd High School. Anderson was one of the outstanding athletes in Renville High School history and the 212 Conference history. It was Anderson's second year back at his alma mater after having a stellar basketball career at Gustavus Adolphus College. The Indians had scoring balance with junior Greg Mulder averaging16.6 points per game to lead the team. Kevin Mulder averaged 14.9, Don Dolan 13.6 and Roger Mulder 11.2. Greg Mulder went over the century mark on the last regular season game of the season. In District 12 tournament play, the Indians struggled with Glencoe, 83-75, in the quarterfinals. In the semi-final round, Hutchinson beat Olivia, 67-50, and Renville got by Lester Prairie, 73-59. In the final game of the District 12 tournament held at the Willmar High School gymnasium the Indians would meet their district rival, Hutchinson. The two teams sparred evenly for the entire game. With the score tied at 64, the Indians managed to sink some crucial free throws for their final points. Renville won their third straight District 12 Championship, 70-68. In Region 3 tournament at Montevideo, Renville would play Gaylord in the first round. As it was in football, the match up would be of the two best athletic programs in the area. It would be a game of Renville's offense that averaged over 80 points per game, against Gaylord's defense that held opponents under 50 points per game. Gaylord won the game, would later beat Marshall in the finals and advance to the two class State Tournament.
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1973 Final Standings Renville Bird Island Sacred Heart Hector Buffalo Lake Danube Stewart Brownton 1973 All Conference Team Mike Wertish, Bird Island Brian Stark, Buffalo Lake Greg Mulder, Renville Don Dolan, Renville Chuck Kosek, Stewart Dan Marks, Bird Island Ken DeGroat, Hector Rick Estenson, Hector Kevin Mulder, Renville Brian Bergstrom, SH |
14-0 10-4 8-6 8-6 7-7 6-8 2-12 1-13 |
18-2 11-9 13-7 12-8 9-9 7-13 4-16 3-17 |
Leading Scorers Brian Stark, Buffalo Lake Chuck Kosek, Stewart Brian Bergstrom, SH Ken DeGroat, Hector Jack Breitkreutz, Danube Greg Mulder, Renville Brian Meier, Brownton Kevin Mulder, Renville Mike Wertish, Bird Island Dan Marks, Bird Island Don Dolan, Renville Mike Anderson, Hector Dale Mahlow, Bird Island Mike Neubauer, BI Greg Lippert, Danube Bruce Tepfer, Danube Jeff Slagter, Sacred Heart Roger Mulder, Renville Joe Holloway, Bird Island Parry Syverson, Stewart Les Imes, Sacred Heart Chuck Ahl, Hector Rick Estenson, Hector |
14 14 13 14 14 14 14 8 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 14 13 |
275 19.5 272 19.4 242 18.6 248 17.7 242 17.3 232 16.6 210 15.0 119 14.9 206 14.7 195 13.9 190 13.6 188 13.4 167 11.9 166 11.9 164 11.7 161 11.5 159 11.4 157 11.2 152 10.9 146 10.4 124 10.3 140 10.0 138 10.6 |
Track Back To Top
1973 212 Conference Track Champions: Renville Indians
The Renville Indians won their sixth straight 212 Conference Track Meet at Buffalo Lake. Renville had 85 ½ points to 49 ½ for runner-up Hector. In the 26 year history of the 212 Conference, it was the first time that one high school made a complete sweep of all five conference titles. They won the football title with 7-0 record, basketball with a 14-0 record, wrestling a conference wrestling tournament championship, (Bird Island won the dual meet championship), and shared the title with Brownton in baseball.
Two new records were broken in the meet. In the 880 Yard Relay, Renville's Brad Peterson, Ron Berger, and Larry Bratsch, ran 1.35.8 to break the old record set by Stewart in 1961. In the Mile Relay they ran a 3.38.4 to break the record they set in 1972. Members of that team were Brad Peterson, Mike Rosaasen, Larry Bratsch and Curt Raske. Larry Bratsch ran on two winning relays and won the 220 yard dash. Ron Berger, Curt Raske, Greg Mulder, Mike Rosaasen, Brad Peterson, and Pat and Kevin Branick were the leading point getters for RHS.
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212 Conference Track Standings Renville Hector Bird Island Buffalo Lake Sacred Heart Danube Brownton Stewart |
85 ½ 49 ½ 40 38 ½ 19 16 5 ½ 2 |
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1973 Track Results 120 High Hurdles Ken DeGroat, Hector 17.0 Estenson, Hector H.Smith, Renville R.Piehl, Hector Runke, Buffalo Lake Shot Put Berger, Renville 43’8 Fischer, Buffalo Lake Feldman, Renville Knutson, Sacred Heart Manderscheid, Bird Island 100 Yard Dash Schraan, Buffalo Lake 10.5 Tepfer, Danube Anderson, Hector Knick, Brownton Berger, Renville Rosaasen, Renville Discus G.Mulder, Renville 132’4 Berger, Renville Wertish, Bird Island Rodel, Bird Island Fischer, Buffalo Lake Mile Run Kevin Branick, Renville 4.46.7 Barry, Hector Potter, Danube Gabriel, Hector Mortiz, Buffalo Lake 880 Yard Relay NR 1.35.8 Renville Bird Island Buffalo Lake Hector Sacred Heart 440 Yard Dash M.Rosaasen, Renville 53.6 Wertish, Bird Island Wilfrong, Bird Island Seehusen, Sacred Heart Sagness, Sacred Heart |
180 Yard Low Hurdles Rick Estenson , Hector 22.2 Neubauer, Bird Island Piehl, Hector DeGroat, Hector D.Mulder, Renville High Jump DeGroat, Hector 5’7 G.Mulder, Renville Schafer, Buffalo Lake Hubin, Buffalo Lake Schjenken, Sacred Heart 880 Yard Yard Schjenken, Sacred Heart 2.09.5 Lundstrom, Bird Island Olson, Hector Melin, Bird Island Wolter, Renville Long Jump M.Neubauer, Bird Island 19’11 ½ Peterson, Renville Bratsch, Renville Smith, Renville Schraan, Buffalo Lake 220 Yard Dash Bratsch, Renville 23.0 Schraan, Buffalo Lake Tepfer, Danube Zimmerman, Bird Island Berger, Renville Two Mile Run Pat Branick, Renville 10.39.9 Ashburn, Sacred Heart Schafer, Buffalo Lake Scott, Hector Barry, Hector Mile Relay Renville 3.38.4 Bird Island Brownton Stewart Buffalo Lake |
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Renville won the Class B District 12 Championship by outscoring Lester Prairie, 65 ½-59. Hector placed 4th place and Bird Island 5th place. 212 Conference Place WinnersShot Put-Tim Berger, Renville, 43’8 Shot Put-Feldman, Renville, 2nd Shot Put-Fischer, Buffalo Lake, 3rd Shot Put-Kknutson, Sacred Heart, 5th Discus-Greg Mulder, Renville, 1st 140’6 Discus-Berger, Renville, 2nd Discus-Wertish, Bird Island, 3rd Discus- Fischer, Buffalo Lake, 4rth Discus-Rodel, Bird Island, 5th Long Jump-Neubauer, Bird Island, 2nd Long Jump-Bratsch, Renville, 5th High Jump-Greg Mulder, Renville, 2nd High Jump-Ken DeGroat, 3rd High Jump-Schafer, Buffalo Lake, 5th 120 HH- Estenson, Hector, 2nd 120 HH-Smith, Renville, 3rd 120 HH-DeGroat, Hector, 4th 100 Yard Dash-Schraan, Buffalo Lake, 2nd 100 Yard Dash-Anderson, Hector, 3rd 100 Yard Dash-Knick, Brownton, 4th 100 Yard Dash-Berger, Renville, 5th Mile Run-Mike Wertish, BI, 1st 4.41.8 Mile Run-P.Branick, Renville, 2nd Mile Run-Barry, Hector, 4th Mile Run-Gabriel, Hector, 5th Pole Vault-Branick, Renville, 4th 880 Yard Relay-Renville, 1st 1.36.9 880 Yard Relay-Buffalo Lake, 2nd 880 Yard Relay-Bird Island, 3rd 880 Yard Relay-Sacred Heart, 5th 440 Yard Dash-Rosaasen, Renville, 2nd 440 Yard Dash-Seehusen, Sacred Heart, 4th 180 LH-Rick Estenson, Hector, 2nd 180 LH-Neubauer, Bird Island, 3rd 180 LH-Flak, Sacred Heart, 4th 180 LH-Piehl, Hector, 5th |
880 Run,Walter, Renville, 2nd 880 Run, Olson, Sacred Heart, 5th Sprint Med Rel.-Ren., 1st, 3.57.1 Sprint Med. Rel.-Hector, 2nd Sprint Med. Rel.-Sacred Heart, 5th 220 Yard Dash-Schraan, BL, 3rd 220 Yard Dash-Bratsch, Renville, 4th Two Mile Run-Branick, Renville, 3rd Two Mile Run-Ashburn, Sacred Heart, 4th Two Mile Run-Schafer, BL 5th Mile Relay-Renville, 1st 3.40.3 Mile Relay-Bird Island, 4th Mile Relay-Brownton, 5th Gaylord and Lester Prairie tied for the Region 3 Championship with 30 points. Renville finished 3rd with 23 points. The two class meet was held at Winthrop in 85 degree weather. Discus-Greg Mulder, Renville, 1st 145’11 Discus-Berger, Renville Long Jump-Neubauer, Bird Island, 5th Shot Put-Berger, Renville, 4th Shot Put-Feldman, Renville, 5th High Jump-G.Mulder, 4th 100 Yard Dash-Schraan, Buffalo Lake,4th Mile Run- Wertish, BI, 1st 4.38.5 Mile Run-Branick, Renville, 2nd 440 Yard Dash-Rosaasen, Renville, 3rd 180 LH-Estenson, Hector, 5th Sprint Med. Rel- Renville, 4th Mile Relay-Renville, 4th |
Baseball Back To Top
1973 212 Conference Baseball Champions: Renville Indians
The Renville Indians won the 1973 212 Conference Baseball title. In the first time in history, one school won the championship in every sport. Bird Island claimed the dual meet championship in wrestling, but the Indians won the all important tournament. Renville's only loss of the conference schedule came to Hector in a 9-2 loss. The Indians were led by outstanding junior shortstop, Don Dolan, senior pitcher, Larry Bratsch, senior third basemen, Chuck Johnson, junior catcher, Greg Mulder and sophomore first basemen, Kevin Mulder. In the District 12 Tournament, conference champion Renville lost their first game of the tournament, 6-4, to Sacred Heart. Sacred Heart's outstanding player, Mike Knapper, hit a grand slam home run in the 3rd inning off ace pitcher, Larry Bratsch, to win the game.
The Stewart Gophers rode the right arm of senior pitcher, Chuck Kosek, all the way to finals of the district against Glencoe. Glencoe would score two runs late in the game to claim the victory. Stewart pitcher, Chuck Kosek, used up his allotment of innings according to Minnesota State High School rules. The Gophers were ahead when he left the mound. Glencoe would go on to win the Region 3 Tournament and advance to the state tournament.