212 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HISTORY
1947 - 1974
BASKETBALL
Conference Champions and Runners-Up
All-Time Team Records Back To Top
Renville - Eight Championships and three ties. Five
runner ups.
Danube - Six Championships and one tie. Nine runner
ups and one tie.
Brownton - Five Championships and one tie. One runner
up.
Hector - Two Championships and one tie. One runner up
and one tie.
Bird Island - Two Championships. Two runner ups and two
ties.
Buffalo Lake - Two Championships and two ties. Three
runner ups.
Sacred Heart - One tie for the Championship. Three
runner ups and one tie.
Stewart - One tie for runner up.
Basketball Renville Indians Danube Hawks Hector Bulldogs Buffalo Lake Bison Brownton Bears Bird Island Panthers Sacred Heart Vikings Stewart Gophers |
Win-Loss 368-173 329-192 296-240 281-239 258-242 253-259 217-286 157-341
|
PCT .661 .631 .552 .544 .516 .492 .431 .315 |
Tot. Games 541 521 536 520 500 512 503 498 |
Conference Champions and Runners-Up Back To Top
Year 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 1974 |
Champion Buffalo Lake Brownton Brownton Danube Buffalo Lake Danube Danube Renville Sac.Heart/Buff.Lake Bird Island Brownton Brownton Renville Danube Danube Renville Buffalo Lake/Ren. Dan./Brow./Ren. Renville Hector/Renville Hector Hector Bird Island Renville Renville Renville Renville |
Record 11-2 9-0 9-1 11-1 11-1 11-1 12-0 13-1 11-3 12-2 14-0 13-1 13-1 13-1 13-1 13-1 13-1 9-5 13-1 12-2 14-0 14-0 13-1 13-0 14-0 14-0 14-0 |
Runner-Up Brownton Danube Sacred Heart Buffalo Lake Danube Renville Renville Sacred Heart Danube Danube Hector Renville Buffalo Lake Hector Renville Danube Danube Sac.Heart/Bird Island Danube Danube Danube/Bird Island Danube Renville Bird Island Stewart/Hector Bird Island Sacred Heart |
District Champion Hutchinson Brownton Hutchinson Glencoe Glencoe Renville Renville Renville Hutchinson Olivia Brownton Renville Danube Danube Danube Hutchinson Hutchinson Norwood Hutchinson Renville Hector Glencoe Glencoe Renville Renville Renville Renville |
Conference Individual Records Back To Top
1000 Point
Scorers Bob Bruggers, Danube Ted Burke, Stewart Greg Mulder, Renville Gary Kaiser, Danube Paul Williams, Buffalo Lake Jerome Jacobs, Renville Brad Danielson, Bird Island Dick Peik, Brownton Larry Mulder, Renville Ken Abram, Brownton Bob Robinson, Bird Island Curt Munsch, Renville Brian Schuette, Brownton Doug Wertish, Renville Rob Anderson, Renville Milan Wehking, Buffalo Lake Mark Olson, Bird Island Bill Bartels, Brownton Terry Frazee, Bird Island Don Dolan, Renville Mike Dahlheim, Hector |
Year 58-62 63-66 70-74 55-58 67-69 59-61 65-67 56-59 69-72 56-59 51-54 62-64 67-69 69-71 65-67 53-55 69-71 54-56 54-57 72-74 62-65 |
Total 2364 1801 1480 1433 1421 1359 1311 1218 1202 1183 1182 1140 1129 1104 1095 1094 1084 1032 1026 1017 1007 |
Conference
Tot. Points Bob Bruggers, Danube Ted Burke, Stewart Paul Williams, BL Brad Danielson, BI Greg Mulder, Renville Gary Kaiser, Danube Jerome Jacobs, Renville Curt Munsch, Renville Ken Abram, Brownton Dick Peik, Brownton Season Total Points Paul Williams, BL Bob Bruggers, Danube Ted Burke, Stewart Ted Burke, Stewart Dave Mueller, BL Bob Bruggers, Danube Jerome Jacobs, Renville Walter Hagen, SH Brad Danielson, BI Daryl Lippert, Danube |
Year 58-62 63-66 68-70 65-67 71-74 55-58 58-60 62-64 56-59 56-59 1970 1962 1966 1965 1964 1961 1960 1968 1967 1970 |
Points 1341 1333 1140 1006 952 867 862 849 822 784 443 428 406 378 377 364 336 344 325 324 |
Bob Bruggers, Danube, 1962, scored 768 points his senior year. The most points scored by any 212 Conference player.
Daryl Lippert, Danube, 1970, averaged 32.4 points per game, but only played 10 games.
Over Three Hundred athletes have been selected to the 212
All-Conference Basketball Team. Thirty of those have been selected
two times. Only Fourteen players have made the All Conference three
times.
Ken Abram,
Brownton Rob Anderson, sta Renville Bob Bruggers, Danube Ted Burke, Stewart Mike Dahlhheim, Hector Brad Danielson, Bird Island Larry Good, Danube Gary Kaiser, Danube Greg Mulder, Renville Curt Munsch, Renville Don Padrnos, Brownton Dick Peik, Brownton Paul Williams, Buffalo Lake Jerry Omholt, Sacred Heart |
57, 58, 59 65, 66, 67 60, 61, 62 64, 65, 66 63, 64, 65 65, 66, 67 52, 53, 54 56, 57, 58
50, 51, 52 57, 58, 59 68, 69, 70 50, 51, 52 |
First Team
All History Team Dave Mueller, Buffalo lake Bob Bruggers, Danube Larry Mulder, Renville Paul Williams, Buffalo Lake Ted Burke, Stewart 2nd Team All History Team Greg Mulder, Renville Ken Abram, Brownton Gary Kaiser, Danube Rob Anderson, Renville Warren Brandt, Renville |
6’3 6’1 6’7 6’5 6’6 6’4 6’4 6’4 5’9 6’6 |
Who Was the Best Team Back To Top
Danube Hawks 1950-1954-(80-20) To go along with their 35 game football winning streak, the Hawks also had an excellent basketball program. The Hawks won the conference championship four out of five years in the first half of the decade. Led by an array of outstanding athletes such as: Bill Standfuss, Clarence Seehusen, Roger Schroeder, Larry Reetz, and Larry Good, Danube would be the dominant factor in conference in all sports.
Renville Indians 1953-55. (63-9)While the Danube Hawks would dominant the conference, the Indians from Renville would win the District 12 Championship in 1953, 1954 and 1955. At no other time in conference history would a rivalry be as intense as the Danube-Renville match-ups of the early 1950’s. Whereever the game would be played, it was standing room only for these hotly contested basketball games. In most cases, the game would be very important in regards to the conference or district championship. The Renville teams of that era were tall and talented. The 1954 team would win the District and Region Tournament, and go on to finish fourth in the State Tournament. Center, Warren Brandt, was a key figure on all three of the teams. From 1947 through 1974, Danube and Renville would play 64 games. Both schools won 32 games.
Danube Hawks 1960-62. (60-17) The Hawks from Danube regained basketball prominence by winning three straight District 12 Championships in 1960, 1961 and 1962. In the 1960 District 12 Tournament, number one seed and undefeated, Renville, and Danube would meet in the semi-finals at Olivia. The Hawks would go on to upset the Indians in an all-time classic game to win their first district crown. Danube would go on to win the conference, district and region in 1961 and 1962. They finished fourth in the State Tournament in 1962. Some of the outstanding players on those teams were; Larry Kleinhuizen, Woody Schemel, Red Zaske, Tom Svoboda, Gary Hoffman and Bob Bruggers.
Hector Bulldogs 1967-1969 (58-8) Under the new veteran head coach, Perry Doney, the Hector Bulldogs dominated the 212 Conference in the late 60’s by going 40-2 in league play. In 1968 they would win their first District 12 Championship. Some of the outstanding players on those teams were Greg Kragenbring, Neil Christensen, Neil Sing and Dave Hauer.
Renville Indians 1971-74. (89-8 over all and 55-0 in Conference) The Renville Indians completely dominated the conference like it was never done before as they went undefeated for four straight years in the conference. Not only did the Indians go to a record 57 straight conference wins, they also won four consecutive District 12 Championships. Their 1971 and 1972 team would win the District 12 and Region 3 crowns. On all four of the teams the Indians had great height and great leadership. Outstanding players on those teams were Doug Wertish, brothers Larry, Greg, and Kevin Mulder, Lowell Hoffman, Delton Grussing and Skip Dolan.
State
Tournament Teams Renville Indians Brownton Bears Danube Hawks Danube Hawks Renville Indians Renville Indians |
Year 1954 1958 1961 1962 1971 1972 |
Beat Hibbing, lost to Bemidji, lost to Austin Lost to Willmar, lost to Cloquet Lost to Duluth Central, lost to Mahtomedi Beat Ada, lost to St.Louis Park, lost to Wells Beat Luverne, lost to Red Wing, lost to East G.F. Lost to Howard Lake |