Audubon High School - Wheeler Yearbook (Audubon, IA)

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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

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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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Audubon had 3 boys who ranked in Southwest Iowa's final statistics. They include Joel Williamson in rushing, Keith Crowe in tackling and punting, and John Feltner in tack- ling. The team was also ranked in total offense and defense. Audubon also had 4 boys honored on 2nd team All-Southwest Iowa. The De- fensive team included Joel Rattenborg, Joel Williamson, and Keith Crowe, Dave Jorgensen was on the Offensive team. Each game the Wheelers had an in- spiring outlook. They fought hard, tough battles every game until the very end. After a 1-8 record last year the boys bettered their season with a 4- 5 record. Audubon was ranked 10th in Southwest Iowa at the end of the season. 1. Joel Williamson tries to gain yardage, while an Atlantic Trojan strives to halt Joel in action. 2. Testing his tackling ability. Joel Rattenborg goes after an unidentified player. 3. Some Audubon JV players are attempting to tackle an opposing team member. The Freshman record for the 1981 season was 0-5-1. The JV record was 0-7. Although the teams did not win any games, it was a good learn- ing experience for both teams. Coach Clemsen stated that the im- portant part wasn’t winning. The most important part was giving all members of the young and inexperi- enced teams a chance to play. Football 9