Redwood Falls High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Redwood Falls, MN)

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KNEELING: Lee Patten, I .vie, Sparowgrove, Dan Braken, Britt Klienart, Mike Zschunkc, Buuh Soupir, John Knudscn, Joe Bronson, Gregg Helgeson. STANDING: Mr. Duckstad, Coach. Kick Wegner, Herb Huhnerkock, Bill Boots, Chuck Walters, Jim Otto, Henry Huhnerkock, Jim Enabnit, Roger Nordby, John Smith. Mr. Thompson, Assistant Coach. Soupir Makes All-Conference Freshman, Lee Patten, rounds third base and on to home to give the Cards a run. As expected, 1966 was a rebuilding year for the Cardinal baseball team. Six regulars, including two All-Conference players, of last years Southwest Conference Champi- onship team graduated. Seniors Butch Soupir and John Knudsen and junior Bill Boots were the only returning lettermen. The remainder of the lineup was filled pri- marily by freshmen. The Cards finished the season with a 3-11 record with victories over Sleepy Eye, Tracy and Lamberton. The Card Baseballers heat the Lamberton Blackhawks in the first round of the district tournament hut were sidelined 2-0 by Fairfax in the quarter finals. Jim Enabnit, a junior firstbaseman, led the batters with a .300 average while fresh- man Dick Wegner was second at .275. Butch Soupir, a secondbaseman-outfielder, was the only Card named to the All- Conference Team. 26

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%owie! Matmen!! The 1965-66 season was mainly a year of re- building for coach Guy Jenks. Several of last year's District Ten championship team gradu- ated. and the task was left to a nucleus of under- classmen. The Cards had tough sledding throughout most of the season as they wrestled several highly ranked teams. One thing that was not lacking was the excite- ment. The wrestlers had some real cliff-hangers with the outcome often determined by the final match. The Cards failed to win the district cham- pionship for the first time in ten years but placed a respectable third. Denny Reck, Bill Boots, and Robin Norcutt capped district titles in their re- spective weight divisions. The Redwood grap- plcrs proceeded to the region tourney where they placed sixth. Reck and Boots both went to the state championship meet but were eliminated in early rounds. The wrestling team, choosing not to have a single captain, was led by tri-captains Denny Reck, Bill Boots, and Butch Soupir. Dennis Reck goes for another pin. Redwood Falls 18 Marshall 29 21 Jackson 31 22 Windom 19 23 Fairfax 25 31 New Ulm 20 17 Pipestone 29 14 Olivia 32 21 l.uverne 26 18 Montevedio 27 13 Slayton 32 15 YVillmar 26 0 Worthington 46 15 Tracy 32 forfeited to Redwood Falls

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TOP ROW: Jim Sheimo. Ric k Schlapkohl. Ronald Perry Tom l ed Schablin. Bob Stancer, Ricardo Petry. Jeff Stancer. Gary Buckley, Mr. Hollister, coach. BOTTOM ROW. Rick Schablin. Kodet. Over The Hill And Through The Woods In its eight regular meets, the RFHS cross country team failed to come in first. Yet this squad, loaded with underclassmen, managed to give every team, including strong competition from the Southwest conference, a real fight. It would have been called a building year with boys like sophomores Jeff Stancer and Iom Buck- lev gaining momentum with every meet. Stancer came in first in several meets with Buckley close be- hind, but still the Cards couldn’t tally enough points to win. In the region the Cards placed a respectable fourth, but failed to have an entry in the state meet. If the sport, which is relatively new at RFHS, can come up as fast as it has in its first years and if the younger members can provide a solid core of harri- ers, the coming years for cross country at RFHS will be f ruitf ul. 27