Argyle High School - Treasured Echoes Yearbook (Argyle, WI)

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According to a pre-season poll of league coaches Argyle was again destined to be a cellar dweller in 1972 after winning only one game the previous year. However, the Orioles developed into a title contender only to be denied the league championship by losing to cochamps Belleville on a missed extra point, 16-14, and to Black Hawk, 26-8, while playing under poor field conditions. A squad of 38 players led Argyle on its best football campaign in many years as the Orioles compiled a 7-2 season record and finished only one game out of first place. The Orioles opened their season with two easy victories, beating both Holy Name and Juda by twenty points. In the non-conference game against Cassville the defense shone by intercepting four passes and the offense finally took charge in the second half to defeat them by three touchdowns. Argyle made it 4-0 by tearing apart New Glams' heralded d e f e ns e which so far hadn't been scored on. The Glarners couldn't cope with the Eric Anderson to Jon Erickson passing which produced two of our three touchdowns. Belleville dealt us our first defeat in a game featuring two evenly matched teams. Only a missed two-point conversion prevented the tie. Barneveld's rugged defense stopped the Orioles for one half but a big second half brought victory. Traditional rival Pecatonica was our homecoming opponent. The Vikings had upset in mind but a 67 yard touchdown run by quarterback Eric Anderson proved too much to overcome. Black Hawk ended any Argyle title hopes by defeating us with their unyielding defense. In the season finale Argyle had to over-take Brodhead three times to fi-nally win on two touchdowns by Tom Ritschard in the final two minutes. Argyle was a strong offensive power leading the league in passing and finishing second with 2178 total yards. The Orioles posed three major threats and all three were honored as all-conference selections. Eric Anderson was by far the league's best quarterback completing 65 of 133 passes for 1122 yards and twelve TDs. He made it both ways by also being selected as a defensive back. Jon Erickson was a unanimous choice at split end as grabbed 20 passes for 326 yards and 4 TDs. Fullback Tom Ritschard rushed 146 times for 770 yards, caught 19 passes for 294 yards and scored 15 TDs to capture the league scoring title with 102 points. FOOTBALL STATE LINE LEAGUE TEAM STANDINGS Conference Season Team W L T W L T Belleville 7 1 0 8 1 0 Black Hawk 7 1 0 8 1 0 ARGYLE 6 2 0 7 2 0 New Glarus 5 2 1 6 2 1 Brodhead 4 3 1 4 4 1 Pecatonica 3 5 0 3 6 0 Barneveld 2 6 0 2 6 0 Juda 0 7 1 0 7 1 Holy Name 0 7 1 0 8 1 SCORES OF GAMES Argyle Opponent 21 Holy Name 0 28 Juda 6 25 Cassville 6 21 New Glarus 7 14 Belleville 16 22 Barneveld 6 15 Pecatonica 12 8 Black Hawk 26 26 Brodhead 19 ARGYLE SCORING Tom Ritschard 102 Jon Erickson 36 Carl Weibel 16 Eric Anderson 12 Brian Nelson 8 Steve Rossing 6 FRONT: Carl Weibel, Brian Nelson, Jon Erickson, Ed Anderson, Dan McGinnity, Robin Berg. SECOND ROW: Dan Ball, Daryl DeNure, Tom Ritschard, Bob Berget, Eric Anderson, Gary Vlasak, Jim Pittz, Alan Johnson, Larry Wahl, Steve Brandt. THIRD ROW: Bruce Hanson, Larry Erickson, Ron Nipple, John Engeli, Steve Rossing, Jim Wenger, Gregg Stamm, Mark Howard, Kim Gruenberg, Jerry Pittz, Randy Campbell, Coach Bullock. BACK: Jim Schlafi, Kirk Wenger, Steve Dammen, Myron Nolty, Kevan Hartwig, Randy Flannery, Kim Godfrey, Scott Ritschard, Jon Thompson, Brent Erickson, Dan Bredeson, Assistant Coach Fischer. 12

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ALL-CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORS went to Eric Anderson (12), Tom Rits-chard (33) and Jon Erickson (80 ). OFFENSIVE TEAM FRONT: Jon Erickson, Dan McGinnity, Jim Wenger, Gary Vlasak, Greg Stamm, Robin Berg, Carl Weibel. BACK: Dan Ball, Tom Ritschard, Eric Anderson, Steve Rossing. DEFENSIVE TEAM FRONT: Gary Vlasak, Jim Wenger, Steve Brandt, Ed Anderson, Alan Johnson, Robin Berg. BACK: Dan Bredeson, Eric Anderson, Tom Ritschard, Jon Erickson, Carl Weibel. 14