212 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HISTORY

1947 - 1974

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The Early Years

Howard Olson  (50) was an all conference halfback for the Bulldogs in the late 1940’s.

Neal Person (50)was an two time All Conference End in 1948 and 1949.  He made the All State team in 1949.

Gene McDonald was an All Conference Quarterback in 1949.

Undefeated1949 Hector Bulldogs Starting Line Up.

Starting Line Up for the last Bulldog football team to play Six Man Football in 1950.
RE-Clayton Torbett, C-Forest Broderius, LE-Don Hagquist, RHB-Jim Radloff, QB-Curt Sampson, LHB-Howard Olson.

A Stewart-Hector game at Stewart in the fall of 1950.  Number 22 is Clayton Torbert, Dale Dean is 28 and Howard Olson is 25.

Jim Radloff (52) and Harold Witte (52) were outstanding all around athletes for Hector High School in the early 1950’s.

1952 Hector High football cheerleaders: Left to Right: Barb Rueber, Evie Polesky, Darlene Niels.

Left to Right: Dave Spreiter (52), Ted Spreiter (54) and Steve Spreiter (56).  The Spreiter boys of the early 50’s were outstanding all around athletes at Hector High School. Dave and Ted played on the 1952 District 12 Runner Up team. Steve was an All Conference selection in football for their undefeated football team, led the conference in scoring and made All Conference in basketball, and was one of the outstanding pitchers in the area for the conference champion baseball team.

Left to Right: Harley Anderson, Dave Spreiter and Loren Novotny were football All Conference selections in 1953.

Gary Raitz (56) was a All Conference football player for the undefeated Bulldogs and a outstanding player on the Conference Champion Baseball Team.

1954 All Conference Football players. Left to Right:Ian (Corky) Ahl, Jim Jurisch, Gary Torbert and Forrest Broderius.

All State Halfback, Don Hennessy receives his All State award from Hector High School coaching legend, Wayne Dietz.

The Torbert Brothers were outstanding linemen for the Bulldogs in the mid and late 1950’s.  All of the brothers were built low to the ground and were known for their strength and quickness.  Left to Right:: Gary (55), Gene (57), Arden (59), and Morris (60).

1959 All Conference Football players. Left to Right:Barry Fosland, Tom Haspert, Elton Johnson, John Jurisch and Morris Torbert. Fosland, Johnson, and Torbert were part of the best set of linemen in conference history.  Halfbacks, Haspert and Jurisch, were first and second in the conference in scoring.

1957 All Conference Bulldogs. Front Row: Lee Beske, Lee Raitz and Ted Hauer. Back Row: Coach Hage, Jeff Johnson, Dennis Ackerman and Bruce Rueber. Johnson, Beske, Raitz and Rueber were also outstanding basketball players.

1958 District 12 Champions.
Back Row: Jerome Carlson, Lowell Grimm, Lee Raitz, Jeff Johnson, George Beske. Second Row: Mike Dahlheim, mgr., Ray Gunderson, Steve Broderius, Ted Hauer, Armand Peterson, Coach Bob Hage.

In the Region 3 Tournament the Bulldogs lost to Sanborn 2-1.  During the Region Tournament, the HHS senior class trip took place.  Only senior pitcher Ted Hauer stayed behind. The Bulldogs played the game with five “B” squad players.

Legendary Coach Bob Hage coached baseball at HHS from 1956 until 1972.

Armand Peterson (59) was an outstanding catcher in the conference in the late 50’s.  He caught for the 1958 District Champions and for the 1959 Conference Runner Ups.

1959 Conference Runner Up.

Curt Halverson (58), was a outstanding center on the 1958 District 12 runner up basketball team.

Jeff Johnson (58) was one of the best all around athletes in the area.  Johnson was an offensive linemen for most of his football career, but filled in at quarterback for one game when Lee Raitz was injured.

Ted Hauer (58) was an All Conference halfback in 1957, but was better known as a hard throwing pitcher for the Bulldogs.

1961 Hector Bulldog Cheerleaders: Left to Right: Karen Butler, Elouise Anderson, Vereen Peterson, Maureen Dahlheim, Barb Raitz, Karen Heil.

Action picture from the 1960 Homecoming game against Stewart.  Both teams were undefeated in conference play.  Stewart won 26-0.  Gary Leff  (23), Roger Hackbarth (27) and Larry Scholla (28) are pictured

1961 Hector All Conference football players. L to R: Ken Nicolai, Gary Leff and Mike Roepke. The three boys were dominant players in the conference for two years.

1963 212 Conference All Conference football players. Halfback, Larry Radloff, Linebacker Eugene Buboltz, and Halfback Jim (Todd) Macik.  Radloff and Macik are considered to be the best pair of halfbacks ever to play in the 212 Conference.  Both gained over a 1,000 yards and scored over 100 points in their senior year.

Larry Radloff (64) won 85% of his wrestling matches in the early 60s. He was the Region 3 Champion in the 175 pound weight class in 1963 and 1964.

Roger Hennessy (64) was one of the outstanding wrestlers is HHS history.  He won 70 matches in his career and was a two time Region 3 Champion

1964 Bulldog All Conference Football players. Left to Right: Walt Milbrandt, Dennis Sorenson, Mike Dahlheim and Harlan Hallquist.

The Hauer Brothers

Ted (58) was an All Conference halfback in 1957.  In baseball, he was one of outstanding pitchers in the area.

Jon (65) was a member of the  football, wrestling, track and baseball teams in the mid 1960’s

Tom (67) was a member of the football, basketball, track and baseball teams in the mid 1960’s.

Twin brothers Duane and Dave (69) were excellent four sport athletes who excelled in all sports.  Both were All Conference Football and Basketball players, standouts on the championship baseball team, and ran on the record setting Mile Relay Team.  They were key members of the Class of 1969 athletic teams which dominated  212 Conference athletics.

Gary (75) was a member of the football, basketball, track and baseball teams in the early 1970’s.

Tim DeGroat (67) was the oldest of the three brothers (Mark and Ken) that completed for HHS.  Tim was an All Conference football player and a conference and district wrestling champion.

Karl Dickman (67) was a two time All Conference football and basketball player.  An outstanding passer, he was best known for great punting.

Don Cunningham (67) was an All Conference guard on the undefeated Bulldog football team in 1966.

Coach Perry Doney, Greg Kragenbring and Neil Christensen moments after their District 12 victory in 1968.  Doney was a 1926 graduate of HHS. A veteran coach of many years, he returned home and led the Bulldogs to three straight 212 Conference Championships in 1967, 1968 and 1969.

Neil Sing (69) is one of the elite athletes in conference history.  Sing scored 19 touchdowns his senior year, six against Fairfax in the first game of the season.

Mark Peterson (70) was an All Conference football player in 1969.  In wrestling he was the 212 Conference, District 12 and Region 3 Champion.

Football captains, Jeff Heerdt and Rick Estenson.  Heerdt was a two time All Conference Football Player and Estenson was one of the leading passers in football and scorers in basketball in the conference

Shawn Specht (71) was one of the top basketball scorers in the Conference in 1970 and 1971.  He was a two All Conference selection in Basketball.

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