Teams of Honor

2025: 1969 Football Team

The 1969 Waldorf football team was coached by A. David Bolstorff and Neil Boyd. Members of the team include: Reginald Green, Steve Wegner, Brian Fleming, Jack Allgood, Buddy Dodson, Lynn Hinderaker, Dane Mark, Alvino Milner, Al Nordsving, Pete Ulichney, Carl Anderson, Dick Corcoran, Bryce Juhl, Dwayne Bowles, Roy Keyes, Mike Cole, Don Larson, Jim Daniels, Phil Kloster, Paul Felix, Dan Wegand, John Scheevel, Jim Kennedy, Brice Miller, Bob Backlund, Ken White, Wayne Lavrenz, Jim Chesnik, Paul Kalkwarf, Larry Hansen, Ron Pierce, Bruce Nelson, Dennis Ahrens, Mike Hodgson, Rick Dosser, Randy Olson, Warren Johnson, Tim Westerberg, Craig Russell, Dick Fox, Jay Nackerud, Dave Sheppard, Denny Jerome, Spencer Olson, Jeff Howell, Larry Whitmore, Bob Knutson, Tim Tarris, Glen Booker, Gilbert Johnson, Dick Schnarr; trainer: Doug Book; and managers: Tim Heidenwirth and Brad Day.

The 1969 Football team, consisting of 51 players, two managers, one trainer, and two coaches, worked together to finish the season undefeated. In eight games, including five junior colleges and three four-year institutions, the offense scored 207 points, and the defense gave up a total of 17 points, allowing only three teams to score while the remaining five games finished in shutouts. Over the course of the season, the defense surrendered only 2.2 yards per carry, intercepted 14 passes, recovered 12 fumbles, blocked four punts, and scored three touchdowns. The offense outgained their opponents by 2213 yards to 1325. Quarterbacks Wegner and Allgood completed 66 of 130 passes for 861 yards and 14 touchdowns. The teams’ leading scorers were Wegner with 39, including 21 extra point conversions, Nordsving with 36, Jerome with 30 in just the first four games before sustaining a season ending injury, and Daniels with 24.

In the final game of the season, Waldorf entered the grid iron with rival NIACC from Mason City. With Waldorf leading 7 to 3 in the third quarter, Wegner, on third down and ten to go from the Waldorf 19, ran 81 yards for a touchdown. The team outscored their rivals 20-3 to finish the season undefeated.

The final scores were:

Waldorf 13, Willmar 0 (now Ridgewater College)

Waldorf 13, North Hennepin 0

Waldorf 33, Estherville (Iowa Lakes) 0

Waldorf 33, Concordia (St. Paul) 0, 4-year institution

Waldorf 20, Pillsbury 0, 4-year institution

Waldorf 13, Marshalltown 7

Waldorf 62, Midwestern 7, 4-year institution

Waldorf 20, Mason City (NIACC) 3

Waldorf was not in a conference at the time to claim a conference title, but they claimed tenth place in the national junior college rankings. The 1969 team is one of few undefeated teams in Waldorf Football history, including both the 2-year and 4-year eras.

2024: 1980-81 Baseball Team

The 1981 Waldorf baseball team was coached by James Hayden and Brian Grunzke. Members of the team include: Don Anderson, Tom Burdick, Jeffrey Chase, Mark Danker, Jeff Ellis, Todd Enfield, Jay Erickson, Scott Ewert, Ron Kozlowski, Dale McCarty, Gary Menssen, Todd Oakes, Glenn O’Banion II, Lynn Petersen, Todd Schmidtke, Rod Sickles, Kent Stock, Charles “Corky” Summers, Tony Thomson, Blaine Wakaruk, Craig Walter, Todd Wenberg, and Robert Wetzel and bat girls: Kathy Diehl and Cathy Meyer. They won a school-record 41 games, the most by any team in Waldorf history. The season was the culmination of four straight Northern Juco Conference championships. The team led all Iowa junior colleges in hitting with a .338 average. The squad was ranked as high as No. 7 in the country.

The team’s season success allowed them to host the sub-regional tournament. In the championship game, Waldorf came back from a 9-0 deficit to defeat Boone 13-12. Todd Enfield’s 2-run walk-off triple capped the rally and earn the sub-region title.

Members of the Sub-regional team included: P Todd Oakes, IF Scott Ewert, C Corky Summers, OF Craig Walter, IF Lynn Petersen, OF Jay Erickson.

Team lost in regionals to Indian Hills and Iowa Western to be eliminated.

Some of the notable players on the team included pitchers Todd Oakes and Mark Danker. Oakes was selected by three different teams in the Major League Baseball draft. He pitched in the minor league system of the San Francisco Giants for four seasons. In 1981, he was named a Junior College Second Team All-American. Danker pitched four shutouts in the 1981 season. His earned run average was a school record low 1.28.

Other players included Scott Ewert. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 1981 team. He was selected First Team All-Region. Gary Menssen led the team in home runs. Don Anderson batted .413 that season. Todd Enfield went on to be named to the All-Region team of 1982. Tony Thomson later went on to play for Team Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics Games in Seoul, South Korea.