| Mineral Leopard Basketball Quick Facts
Overall Record 1939 – 61 330 wins – 252 losses Winning Percentage – .567
Home Record 1939 – 57 109 wins – 53 losses Winning Percentage – .672
(Games from the 1958 – 61 yearbooks are not listed as “here” or “there”)
Mineral Versus……
Below are listed all of the opponents the MHS Leopard basketball teams played from the 1938-39 season through the 1960-61 season. There are fifty different teams listed with Mineral’s overall record against them following their name (MHS wins are listed first). An asterisk (*) denotes a school which is still active.
The Mineral Leopards versus…
Alpha – 0-1
Amboy* – 0-1
Andover – 1-0
Annawan* – 33-28
Atkinson – 26-29
Bradford – 4-0
Brimfield* – 0-2
Buda – 26-10
Bureau – 5-2
Cambridge* – 1-9
Cherry – 6-0
Coal Valley – 2-0
DePue* – 1-5
Erie* – 3-16
Eureka* – 0-1
Fulton* – 1-1
Galva* – 1-3
Geneseo* – 0-2
Geneseo JV – 2-0
Hennepin – 1-1
Hillsdale – 6-8
Hooppole – 17-1
Kewanee* – 0-1
Lafayette – 4-4
LaMoille* – 3-2
LaRose – 2-0
Lostant – 0-2
Lyndon – 23-7
Magnolia – 2-0
Malden – 9-1
Manlius – 13-11
Morrison* – 0-1
Neponset – 31-6
New Boston – 1-0
Ohio* – 2-4
Port Byron – 6-9
Princeton* – 0-1
Prophetstown*- 9-15
Riverdale* – 1-4
St. Bede* – 0-1
Sheffield – 25-25
Spring Valley*- 0-3
Tampico – 20-14
Tiskilwa – 3-3
Walnut – 6-1
Wethersfield* – 3-1
Williamsfield*- 2-4
Woodhull – 2-0
Wyanet – 10-6
Most Wins vs. one team – 33 vs. Annawan (33-28)
– 31 vs. Neponset (31-6)
Best Winning % against – .944 vs. Hooppole (17-1)
– .837 vs. Neponset (31-6)
Most Points in a Game – 91 versus Magnolia – 1960
Largest Margin of Victory – 62 points versus Hooppole 1939 (won 76 – 14)
Record vs. Bureau Co. Schools – 137 – 81
The Score Book
This page lists the points scored by every player at Mineral High School from 1938-39 to 1957 – 58. Unfortunately the yearbooks from the 1958-59 through 1960-61 seasons did not list individual statistics. I would welcome any research conducted that would give me the points scored for each player during those seasons.
1) Bill Baird (‘52) – 1,249 *All Two Rivers Conference Selection – 1952
2) Oris Miller (‘60) – 1,013 *All Little Six Conference Selection – 1960
3) Bob Studley (‘48) – 861 .
4) Eldon Hodgett (‘54) – 854 *All Two Rivers Conference Selection – 1954
5) Don “Pete” Moore (‘47) – 832
6) Gerald DePauw (‘58) – 751
7) Richard Nielsen (‘50) – 693
8) Benny Morey (‘51) – 682
9) Bob Rakestraw (‘52) – 677
10)Donnie Miller (‘56) – 637
11)Russell Buysse (‘43) – 632
12)Don Rodgers (‘44) – 626
13)Herb Gingrich (‘42) – 621* Honorable Mention All-State, 1942, no stats fr. yr. 1938-39
14)Palsy Rakestraw (‘52) – 572
15)Jerry Sierens (‘59) – 538
16)Clarence Flint (‘54) – 519
17)Vern Hansen (‘43) – 464
18)Ken Sierens (‘59) – 447 *no stats for senior year 1958-59.
19)Morrie Foes (‘41) – 445 *no stats for freshman/sophomore years 1937-38, 1938-39.
20)Don Miller (‘52) – 436
21)Mickie DeFauw (‘48) – 432
21)Poly Hagerman (‘44) – 432
22)Roland Croegart (‘55) – 430 *All Two Rivers Conference Selection – 1955
23)Ron Jensen (‘53) – 422
24)Stan Gingrich (‘53) – 407
25)Dale Gingrich (‘48) – 404
26)Wayne Prokup (‘48) – 389
27)Jack Jenkins (‘46) – 343
28)Charlie Hasbrook (41) – 331
29)Kaye Lyon (‘45) – 301
30)Jimmy Hodgett (‘55) – 275
31)Ron Childs (‘53) – 273 *All Two Rivers Conference Selection – 1953
32)Gene Tunney (‘49) – 269
33)Roger Lorenson (‘60) – 254 *no stats from jr./sr. years 1958-59, 59-60, 2nd Team Little 6, senior yr.
34)Orville Croegart (‘46) – 242
35)Wally Fellows (‘49) – 240
36)Francis Vermeire (‘56) – 234
37)Wayne Studley (‘47) – 209
38)Eddie Morey (‘55) – 186
39)Irvin Flint (‘52) – 180
40)Sam Hodgett (‘54) – 179
41)Steve Riley (‘54) – 170
42)Gene Breiser (‘56) – 156
43)Larry Wright (‘) – 147 *stats incomplete
44)Gerald Maas (‘57) – 133
45)Don Kruger (‘55) – 130
46)Francis Foes (‘41) – 125
47)Bill Wienforder (‘57) – 112
48)Herb Pierson (‘42) – 106
49)Byrl Clark (‘43) – 104
50)Frank Barnes (‘53) – 95
51)Lonnie Turner (‘60) – 84 *no stats from jr./sr. year
52) Stocking (‘) – 76
53)Rene Mirocha (‘55) – 75
54)Harold Jenkins (‘41) – 71 *no stats for fr./so. years
55)Del Gradert (‘53) – 67
56)Marshall Lyons – 65
57)Howard Notschale(‘41) – 64 *no stats for fr./so. years
58)Joe Van Loo (‘44) – 58
59)Bob Rodgers (‘40) – 53 *no stats for fr./so./jr. years
59)Gene Buker (‘58) – 53
60)Gerald Vermeire (‘58) – 47
61)Stan Riley (‘55) – 43
62)Chuck Weinforder (‘58) – 41
63)Dean Studley (‘42) – 37
64)Chet Goosens (‘42) – 33
65)Tom Strader (‘) – 30
66)Don Croegart (‘49) – 25
67)Don Bennett (‘50) – 22
68)Herb Lanseidel (‘56) – 19
69)Harry Baird (‘42) – 17
70) Mirocha (‘55) – 15
70)Dave Moon (‘60) – 15 *no stats for jr./sr. years
71)George Bartman (‘51) – 13
72)John Christian (‘44) – 10
72)Dale Desplinter (‘54) – 10
73)Bill Tunney (‘44) – 5
74)Tom Vessels (‘40) – 4 *no stats for fr./so./jr. years
74)Bill Doty (‘54) – 4
74) Gradert – 4
75)Bob Croegart (‘43) – 3
The Score Book continued…
The following athletes also played varsity basketball at Mineral. Unfortunately the yearbooks they are listed in do not have individual stats. Some players on the list only have partial stats because of this. Anyone willing to research the information through the Kewanee Star Courier, Moline Dispatch, or Bureau County Republican (Princeton), can do so and forward it to me. I will update the list appropriately. The top twenty could change dramatically if this were done.
1938-39: Francis Foes, Morris Foes, Herb Gingrich, Charles Hasbrook, Tracey Humphrey, Harold Jenkins, Stanley Lyon, Howard Notschalele, Herb Pierson, Robert Rodgers,
1958-59: Gerald DePauw, Gerald Foes, Roger Lorenson, Oris Miller, Dave Moon, Roger Nutter, Jerry Sierens, Ken Sierens, Lonnie Turner, Bill Winefordner
1959-60: Eldon Croegaert, Gerald Foes, Roger Lorenson, Dave Moon, Roger Nutter, Dick VanKerrebroeck
1960-61: Eldon Croegaert, Gerald Foes, Ronnie Heston, Dick Landsiedel, Don Maas, Doug Miller, Jim Peter, Gary Rakestraw, John Rieder, Dick VanKerrebroeck
Single Season Record – Points Scored
The following are the top twenty-five single season point totals for basketball. The year listed after the name is the year the point total was accomplished.
1) Oris Miller (‘60) – 530
2) Bill Baird (‘52) – 462
3) Roland Croegart (‘55) – 430
4) Donnie Miller (‘56) – 415
5) Ron Jensen (‘53) – 342
6) Bill Baird (‘51) – 340
6) Eldon Hodgett (‘54) – 340
7) Eldon Hodgett (‘53) – 336
8) Richard Nielsen (‘50) – 333
9) Bob Studley (‘47) – 332
10) Herb Gingrich (‘42) – 326
11) Don Rodgers (‘44) – 309
12) Bob Studley (‘48) – 303
13) Bill Baird (‘50) – 302
14) Morris Foes (‘41) – 301
15) Palsy Rakestraw (‘52) – 300
16) Don “Pete” Moore (‘47) – 294
16) Stan Gingrich (‘53) – 294
17) Poly Hagerman (‘44) – 292
18) Gerald DePauw (‘57) – 285
19) Don “Pete” Moore (‘46) – 284
20) Gerald DePauw (‘58) – 277
21) Ben Morey (‘51) – 271
22) Russell Buysse (‘42) – 266
23) Roger Lorenson (‘58) – 254
24) Vern Hansen (‘42) – 253
25) Clarence Flint (‘54) – 252 |
