Audubon High School - Wheeler Yearbook (Audubon, IA)

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Team Strives Forward Dave Stolz and Dennis Stoberl, the team captains, went out for the flip of the coin The Wheelers won the toss and elected to play defense. The Tiger’s drove the ball two yards on the first play, on the second play Keith Crowe and Scott Jorgensen dropped the ball carrier at the line of scrimmage. The third play result- ed in a five yard loss by the head hunter linebacker. The fourth and fi- nal play resulted in an effective halt against the Tigers. After a disasterous first play, Joel Williamson bulled his way to the one yard line. On the next play Corey McVinua went into score on the quarterback sneak. The Wheelers won the game and started the sea- son 1-0. The following game was played against Denison on Denison’s field. The game was hard fought and the Wheelers played well, but could not hold on to their 13-7 lead. Denison came out on top 14-13. 3. Coach K. shows one of his many expres- sions during the season. 4. Joel Rattenborg, Corley Hansen. Dave Buser. and many others are seen during one of the many hard prac- tices. 5. Terry Jensen is attempting to stop an unidentified Atlantic player during the last game of the season. Football 7

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Wheeler aspirations were high for the 1981 football season. The Wheelers had to improve last year’s 1-8 record. There was a new man in charge to help the boys with their goal. After 31 years as assistant coach, Don Kristensen took the reign of the Audubon Wheelers. Practice began on a very hot Au- gust 14th. The team went into prac- tice unsure of what to expect, but through hard practice and high hopes their confidence strengthened. Three weeks later a young but con- fident Wheeler team stepped onto the Red Oak Tiger’s field. The game was a hard-fought defensive battle, a pass from McVinua to Rattenborg scored for a touchdown. The PAT by Crowe gave a 7-0 lead to the Wheelers. Late in the 3rd quarter, Red Oak tied the game 7- 7. A brutal 4th quarter resulted in neither team scoring. Audubon found itself in their first overtime football game. 1. A rugged Wheeler War Bonnet shows the battle scars and stickers proudly. 2. Front Row: Dave Jorgensen. Craig Jensen. Corley Hansen. Dave Buser, Joel Rattenborg. Kevin Shoesmith, Dennis Stoberl. Dave Stolz, Corey McVinua. Troy Jespersen, Keith Crowe, and Scott Jorgensen. 2nd Row: Joel Williamson, Andy Smalley, Randy Clausen. Casey Johansen. Terry Jensen. Kris Johnson, Pat Obermeier, Jeff Heller, John Feltner, Tom Testroet, Randy Jones, Chris Kauffman, and Clint Hansen. 3rd Row: Erik Madsen, Jim Shima. Bruce Kendle. Steve Hupp, Gary Jensen. Rick Spies. Kevin Edelman. Terry Firebaugh, Ethan Muzney, Tracy Knueven, Troy Bruun. Tim Feltner. Kevin Rugaard. Back Row: Lance Meike, Dave Swank, John Weitl, Alan Klein. Mike Palm. Mike Christensen. Charles Heiner, Danny Bald. Jim Hansen. Craig Hjuler Not pictured are Kent Inman and Clint Schmidt. 6 Football

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Wheeler’s Gain Revenge! The third game was played against Jefferson. With two minutes left in the 4th quarter, Jefferson scored to take the lead 7-0, and that’s the way the game ended. On the 25th of September the Wheelers met up with the Carroll Tigers in Carroll. At the half the score was 0-0. In the 3rd quarter there was a blocked punt which helped to give Audubon an incentive to win. The Wheelers won 33-7. October 2 the Wheelers hosted St. Edmonds. The Gaels and Wheelers fought a tough game. Turnovers proved to be fatal. The Gaels came out ahead 27-14. The following game was Homecom- ing. With a tough defense and charging offense the Wheelers made their Homecoming victorious, 20-2. On October 16th the Perry Bluejays came to Audubon turf. It was a well-played game. But turnovers still plagued the Wheeler team. Perry went home victorious 13-0. The next game was against the Manning Bulldogs in Manning. The game was expected to be a battle for both teams, but Audubon made it look easy. The Wheelers kept Manning from scoring through out the game and beat the Bulldogs 20- 0. The final game was with Atlantic in Audubon. Atlantic was undefeated in their regular season, and the Wheelers played well against them but couldn’t beat the tough Atlantic team. Atlantic won 44-6. The Wheelers had 8 boys receive all-conference recognition. Following are the names of the boys that re- ceived these awards and the posi- tion they played. The 1st team in- cluded Joel Williamson — Running Back, Keith Crowe — Punter, Joel Rattenborg—Defensive Back. The 2nd team was made up of these Wheelers: Dave Stolz— Offensive Lineman, Dave Jorgensen — Defen- sive End, Keith Crowe—Defensive Lineman. Those receiving Honorable Mention were Corey McVinua — Quarterback, Scott Jorgensen —Run- ning Back, and John Feltner—Line- backer. 8 Football