212 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HISTORY
1947 - 1974
FOOTBALL
Conference Champions and Runners-Up
All-Time Team Records Back To Top
School Hector Danube Stewart Renville Bird Island Buffalo Lake Brownton Sacred Heart |
Championships 13 (5 Ties) 6 (2 Ties) 5 (3 Ties) 4 (1 Tie) 4 (2 Ties) 1 (1Tie) 0 0 |
Runner-Up 4 3 4 3 5 5 3 2
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Team Hector Renville Danube Stewart Bird Island Buffalo Lake Brownton Sacred Heart
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Win-Loss-Tie 174-42-3 120-92-7 112-95-11 115-99-10 113-98-13 97-117-7 89-124-7 64-144-10
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Pct. .806 .566 .546 .537 .535 .453 .418 .308 |
Tot. Games 219 219 218 224 224 221 220 218
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Conference Champions and Runners-Up Back To Top
Year | Champion | Record | Runner-Up | Record |
1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 |
Hector Hector/Bird Island Hector Danube Danube Danube Danube Hector/Renville Hector Buffalo Lake/Danube Hector Stewart Hector Stewart Hector/Stewart Bird Island Hector Bird Island Hector/Stewart Hector Hector/Stewart Hector Renville Renville Bird Island/Danube Renville Bird Island |
7-0 7-0/6-2 7-0 7-0 6-0 6-0 8-0 7-0-1 8-0 6-1/6-1 7-0 7-0 7-0 6-0-1 6-0-1 7-0 7-0 5-1-1 6-1 7-0 6-1 7-0 7-0 7-0 7-0 7-0 7-0 |
Buffalo Lake/Brownton Sacred Heart Danube Stewart Hector Bird Island Bird Island Sacred Heart Buffalo Lake Stewart Stewart Brownton Renville Hector Danube Buffalo Lake Bird Island Stewart Renville Renville Buffalo Lake/Bird Island Danube/Buffalo Lake Brownton Bird Island Hector Hector Renville |
6-1 5-2-1 6-0-1 6-1 6-1 5-1 4-2-1 5-2-1 6-1 5-2 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-2 6-1 5-1-1 4-2-1 5-1-1 6-1 4-3 5-2 6-1 5-1-1 5-2 6-1 6-1 |
Conference Individual Records Back To Top
Touchdowns
Career TD’s (Total) John Jurisch, Hector Bob Bruggers, Danube Jim (Todd) Macik, Hector Doug Wertish, Renville Tom Haspert, Hector Season TD’s (Total) Bob Bruggers, Danube Mike Wertish, Renville Neil Sing, Hector Todd Macik, Hector Several |
1957-60 1958-61 1961-63 1968-69 1958-60 1961 1969 1968 1963 ----- |
41 36 36 31 30 22 19 19 18 16 |
Conference TD’s (Career) John Jurisch, Hector Todd Macik, Hector Doug Wertish, Renville Bob Bruggers, Danube Larry Radloff, Hector Conference TD’s (Season) Mike Wertish, Renville Bob Bruggers, Danube John Jurisch, Hector Tom Haspert, Hector Todd Macik, Hector |
1957-60 1961-63 1968-69 1959-61 1961-63 1969 1961 1959 1960 1963 |
37 33 31 30 29 19 19 16 16 16 |
Bob Bruggers, Danube, 1961, scored 22 touchdowns and 7 extra points for a conference record 145 points.
DougWertish, Renville, 1969, scored 19 touchdowns and 20 extra points for a conference record 134 points.
Passing
Conference (Season)
Dave Loe, Sacred Heart
Don (Skip) Dolan Renville Dick Peik, Brownton Brain Stark, Buffalo Lake Steve Hage, Hector Conference (Career) Don (Skip) Dolan Steve Hage, Hector Brain Stark, Buffalo Lake Brain Schuette, Brownton Dick Peik, Brownton Brain Kaatz, Buffalo Lake |
Year 1972 1971 1958 1972 1970 1971-73 1970-71 1971-72 1966-68 1956-58 1967-69 |
Yards 1050 1044 1028 1018 1002 2494 1725 1721 1701 1489 1477 |
Atts. 131 136 104 169 153 390 256 414 202 183 223 |
Comp. 61 63 54 68 72 184 123 156 103 94 107 |
TD’s 10 13 12 5 12 32 22 13 13 19 22 |
Pass Receiving
Conference (Season)
Ken Abram, Brownton Keith Klawitter, Hector Scott Johnson, Hector Larry Bratsch, Renville Larry Mulder, Renville Larry Schuette, Stewart Conference (Career) Keith Klawitter, Hector Ken Abram, Brownton Scott Johnson, Hector Larry Mulder, Renville |
Year 1958 1971 1970 1972 1971 1972 69-71 56-58 69-70 69-71 |
Rec. 34 32 31 28 28 27 58 48 45 43 |
Yards 669 585 431 336 364 412 1085 903 601 353 |
Rushing
Conference (Season)
Jim (Todd) Macik, Hector Bob Bruggers, Danube Randy Spaude, Brownton Larry Radloff, Hector Neil Sing, Hector Conference (Career) Jim (Todd) Macik), Hector John Jurisch, Hector Larry Radloff, Hector Bob Bruggers, Danube Galen Swoboda, Danube |
Year 1963 1961 1968 1963 1968 61-63 57-60 61-63 59-61 69-71 |
Yards 1123 1014 1009 957 953 2046 2041 2035 2030 1989 |
Who Was the Best Team Back To Top
Who Was The Best Football Team Ever To Play In The History Of the 212 Conference?
Any number of great football teams came out of the 212 Conference that could be classified as the best. Hector had numerous great teams during the first twenty five years of conference play. The Bulldogs had twelve teams that went undefeated during that time. Before the evolution of eleven man football in 1954, the Danube Hawks won thirty five consecutive games in the early 1950’s. Three Stewart teams had undefeated seasons in the late 50’s and early 60’s. The Renville Indians football teams of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s dominated the conference. Take Your Pick! 1947-Hector (6 Man) The best of the 1940’s Bulldogs averaged 45.0 points per game on offense with All State halfback Billy Enright scoring 22 touchdowns on the season. Center Don Silker, End Neil Silker, and halfback Curt Melberg were other standouts on this 7-0 team. 1953-Danube Hawks (8Man) All of the early Danube teams were excellent teams, but the 1953 Hawks were the best. In the last year of eight man football, Danube featured a highly successful senior class that won the conference championships in football, basketball and baseball. 17 seniors led the way to a 35 game winning streak. On offense the Hawks averaged 54.9 points per game. End, Larry Good, led the conference in scoring with 12 touchdowns. Twin brothers Arvin and Arvid Reetz, and center Roger Grund were other All Conference players. 1955-Hector Led by All State halfback, Don Hennessy, the Bulldogs dominated the conference by averaging 28.1 points per game on offense and only giving up 3.3 on defense. Their closest contest was 25-0 victory against arch rival Buffalo Lake. Other outstanding players on the team were halfback, Francis Krentz, ends Steve Sprieter and Glen Dovenmuehle and guard Gary Raitz. The Bulldogs ended the season with a 19 game winning streak. 1957-Hector An outstanding senior class led the Bulldogs to an undefeated season. Their closest contest of the year was a 13-7 win over Stewart in the second game of the year. The team featured backs, Ted Hauer, George Beske and freshman John Jurisch and an outstanding line led by Jeff Johnson, Dennis Ackerman and Bruce Rueber. Hector averaged 33.6 points per game on offense, and gave 5.8 points per game on defense. Quarterback, Lee Raitz was the standout player on the 1957 team. Raitz was the first quarterback in conference history to feature the “belly option” as part of their offense. Several times during the season, the whistle of the referee blew the play dead as Raitz was around the end with the ball. 1959-Hector The touchdown twins of Tom Haspert and John Jurisch scored a total of 31 touchdowns behind one of the best array of linemen ever put together in conference history. Barry Fosland, Morris Torbert, Darwin Carlson, Grant Leff, Jim Keltgen and conference 100 yard champion, Elton Johnson dominated every game of the year. The Bulldogs averaged 30.1 points on offense and gave up only 4.0 on defense. In the final game of the year Renville and Hector went into the game undefeated. HHS prevailed 35-7, with Jurisch scoring four touchdowns. 1960-Stewart An outstanding senior class that won football, baseball and track conference championships, and a junior class that would go undefeated the next season, made the Gophers a conference power in the early 1960’s. Their linemen averaged 215 pounds across the front line, three of whom placed in the Region 3 Wrestling tournament. Five of their backs won conference championships in the sprints, relays and hurdles. End Ralph Larson was the conference champion in the 100 yard dash and the discus. The other end, Gary Meier would go on to place 3rd in the high hurdles at the State Track Meet. The team was led by quarterback, Dick Barnes. Barnes was one of the most versatile athletes ever to play in the 212 Conference. Defensively the Gophers only gave up 15 points in conference play for a 2.1 average per game. On offense they averaged 28.5 per game. 1963-Hector The Hector Bulldogs dominated the conference with a perfect 8-0 record. In what is considered to be the best backfield ever assembled in conference history, the Bulldogs averaged 32.4 points per game on offense. Halfbacks Todd Macik and Larry Radloff scored a total of 33 touchdowns on the year and totaled over 2200 yards rushing. Macik was the conference and district 100 yard dash champion, and Radloff was the 175 pound conference wrestling champion for three straight years. Both played football at 195 pounds. Fullback Galen Johnson was an outstanding all-around athlete who went on to play baseball on the college level. Junior quarterback, Mike Dahlheim was in his 3rd year as the starting quarterback at HHS went on to play quarterback at Mankato State. 1966-Hector Led by an outstanding linebacking crew of Jay Johnson, Tim DeGroat and Don Cunningham, the Bulldogs held their opponents to 2.9 points per game. On offense they averaged 28.7 points per game. Other outstanding players on the team were quarterback Karl Dickman, guard Larry Kiovija, and halfback Harold Heller. 1968-Hector An outstanding senior class led the Bulldogs to a perfect 9-0 record. Hector won the football, basketball and baseball conference championships. 6’3, 190 pound halfback, Neil Sing scored 19 touchdowns on the season. The Hauer twins, Dave and Duane, also supplied much of the offense that averaged 34.4 points per game. Lineman Jim Roepke and Lee Anderson led the defense that gave up 6.5 points per game. 1970-Renville Doug Wertish scored 19 touchdowns and scored 134 points to break all existing records for points scored in one season. The Indians averaged 39.4 points per game in conference play which was also a conference record for eleven man football. Other outstanding players on the team were end Larry Mulder, quarterback, Doug Reetz, guard Mike Kashmark, linebacker and future State wrestling champion, Bill Schmidt. On defense the Indians gave up 6.9 points per game. |
Throughout the history of the 212 Conference, over 500 athletes have been honored with being selected to the Football All Conference Team. All of them played a major role in the success of their team. Only fifty of those athletes were selected two times in their career. Only eight athletes made the All-Conference Team three times. Jerry Omholt, Sacred Heart, 1949, 1950, 1951, 6’1, 170 pound HalfbackHarvey Kienholz, Bird Island, 1951, 1952, 1953. 5’11, 230 pound Linebacker. Larry Good, Danube, 1951, 1952 1953. 6’3, 195 pound End. Jerome Jacobs, Renville, 1958, 1959, 1960. 6’3, 190 pound End. Jim Roste, Sacred Heart, 1962, 1963, 1964. 6’0, 190 Guard. Brad Danielson, Bird Island, 1964, 1965, 1966. 6’4, 190 End. Rich Roste, Sacred Heart, 1969, 1970, 1971. 6’0 190 pound Guard. Paul Moritz, Buffalo Lake, 1970, 1972, 1973. 6’1, 185, Guard. (Paul Moritz was the only freshman in conference history to make the All Conference team.) |