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School Summary

First Year:

Last Year: ACTIVE

State Team Championships: 4

State Team Qualifiers: 49

State Individual Championships: 26

Most successful school year: 1995-96 and 2015-16

State Champions

Boy's Golf: 1-time state champs, 1964 (A); 2 Individual State Titles

Boy's Track: 1-time state champs, 2016 (WC); 9 Outdoor Event Titles; 2 Indoor Event Titles

Girl's Track: 2 Outdoor Event Titles

Wrestling: 1-time state champs, 1996 (2A); 1-time state duals champs, 1997 (2A); 11 Individual State Titles

State Qualifiers

(2) Baseball: 1996 (3A), 2010 (3A)
(5) Boy's Basketball: 1935, 1954, 1980 (2A), 1989 (2A), 1990 (2A)
(1) Girl's Bowling: 2020 (1A)
(4) Football: 1985 (3A), 2014 (3A)*, 2015 (3A)*, 2019 (3A)
(12) Boy's Golf: 1955, 1961 (B), 1963 (B), 1964 (A), 1965 (A), 1966 (A), 1992 (3A), 1994 (3A), 1998 (3A), 2000 (3A), 2002 (3A), 2003 (3A)
(2) Girl's Golf: 1999 (2A), 2001 (2A)
(1) Girl's Soccer: 2011 (2A)
(9) Softball: 1995 (2A), 2000 (2A), 2001 (2A), 2002 (2A), 2003 (2A), 2004 (3A), 2005 (3A), 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A)
(3) Girl's Volleyball: 2013 (3A), 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A)
(10) Wrestling: 1997 (2A), 2002 (2A), 2005 (2A), 2008 (2A), 2009 (2A), 2014 (2A), 2015 (2A), 2016 (2A), 2019 (2A), 2020 (2A)

Other Undefeated Seasons

(2) Football: 1942, 1973

Year-by-Year State Qualifiers, State Champions, and All-Staters

1926-27

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1927 (discus) Mike Wilkinson, Independence 113-05 5/8

1934-35

Boy's Basketball: 1935 State Qualifier

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1935 (2nd/1st) C - Paul Griffith, Independence

1942-43

Football: 1942 Undefeated Season

Football: All-State 1942 (3rd/-) E - Charles Burkett, Independence

1944-45

Football: All-State 1944 (5th/-) E - Risk, Independence

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1945 (3rd/3rd) C- Don Risk, Independence

1947-48

Football: All-State 1947 (6th/-) HB - Loyd Johnson, Independence

1949-50

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1950 Hwt - Dick Schmidt, Independence

1953-54

Boy's Basketball: 1954 State Qualifier

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1954 (5th/4th) F - George Cabalka, Independence

1954-55

Boy's Golf: 1955 State Qualifier

1960-61

Boy's Golf: 1961 (B) State Qualifier

1962-63

Boy's Golf: 1963 (B) State Qualifier

Boy's Golf: Individual State Champion 1963 (B) Mike Ruffcorn, Independence *74

1963-64

Boy's Golf: 1964 (A) STATE CHAMPIONS

Boy's Golf: Individual State Champion 1964 (A) John Long, Independence *71

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1964 (4th/3rd) C - Kent Johnson, Sr., Independence

1964-65

Boy's Golf: 1965 (A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1965 (A) (shot put) Mike Mulvaney, Independence 49-06.25

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1965 (A) (1 mi) Steve Cornelius, Independence 4:40.1

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1965 (A) (shot put) Mike Mulvaney, Independence 52-06.25

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1965 (A) (discus) Mike Mulvaney, Independence 150-11

Football: All-State 1964 (4th/-) T - Bill Donnelly, Independence

1965-66

Boy's Golf: 1966 (A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1966 (A) (shot put) Mike Mulvaney, Independence 53-04 2nd time

Football: All-State 1965 (1st/3rd) G - Mike Mulvaney, Independence

1966-67

Football: All-State 1966 (5th/-) G - Bob Black, Independence
Football: All-State 1966 (-/5th) E - Mike Ghere, Independence

1967-68

Football: All-State 1967 (6th/-) E - Mike Ghere, Independence 2nd time

1968-69

Football: All-State 1968 (5th/-) FB - Barry Black, Independence

1971-72

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1972 (A) (discus) Mark Smith, Independence 166-11

1973-74

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1974 (A) (discus) Jeff Donley, Independence 168-07

1974-75

Football: All-State 1974 (3rd/-) DE - Jim Peterson, Independence

1975-76
Football: All-State 1975 (3A-2nd/-) E - Kevin Thorp, Independence

1973-74

Football: 1973 Undefeated Season

1979-80

Boy's Basketball: 1980 (2A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1980 (A) (discus) Matt Haven, Independence 179-07

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1980 (-/5th) C - Matt Haven, Independence

1980-81

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1981 (-/2nd) C - Andy Myers, Independence

1984-85

Football: 1985 (3A) State Qualifier

1986-87

Football: All-State 1986 (3A-2nd/-) T - Dave Potts, Independence

1987-88
Football: All-State 1987 (3A-2nd/-) LB - Rich McCardle, Independence

Football: All-State 1987 (3A-3rd/-) RB - Tony Merfield, Independence

1988-89

Boy's Basketball: 1989 (2A) State Qualifier

Softball: All-State 1989 (5th) P - Pam Emberton, Independence

1989-90

Boy's Basketball: 1990 (2A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1989 (3A-2nd/-) OL - Eric Stone, Independence

Football: All-State 1989 (3A-3rd/-) DL - Jeff Benetes, Independence

1990-91

Football: All-State 1990 (3A-3rd/-) RB - Bob Beatty, Independence

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1991 (2A--/3rd) G - Chad Beatty, Jr., Independence

1991-92

Boy's Golf: 1992 (3A) State Qualifier

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1992 (2A) 140 - Dan Sperry, Independence

Football: All-State 1991 (3A-2nd/-) LB - Dan Sperry, Independence

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1992 (2A-1st/1st) G - Chad Beatty, Independence 2nd time

Girl's Basketball: All-State 1992 (5v5-5th/-) U - Carie O'Brien, Independence

Baseball: All-State 1992 (3A-2nd/2nd) SS - Brian Kegler, Jr., Independence

Softball: All-State 1992 (5th) P - Jenny Spencer, Independence

1992-93

Football: All-State 1992 (3A-3rd/-) LB - Tim Doyle, Independence

Girl's Basketball: All-State 1993 (5v5-4th/3rd) G - Carie O'Brien, Independence 2nd time

Baseball: All-State 1993 (3A-2nd/Elite) U - Brian Kegler, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Baseball: All-State 1993 (3A--/2nd) U - Scott Grawe, Jr., Independence

1993-94

Boy's Golf: 1994 (3A) State Qualifier

Girl's Basketball: All-State 1994 (3A-3rd/-) G - Sara Davis, Independence

Baseball: All-State 1994 (4A-1st/Elite) P - Jay Sirianni, Sr., Independence

Baseball: All-State 1994 (3A-2nd/1st) SS - Adam Spencer, Sr., Independence

Baseball: All-State 1994 (3A--/2nd) OF - Aaron Plein, Sr., Independence

Softball: All-State 1994 (2A-4th) 2B - Sara Davis, Independence

1994-95

Softball: 1995 (2A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1994 (3A-3rd/-) OL - Tim Waskow, Independence

Baseball: All-State 1995 (3A-1st) U - Adam Spencer, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Baseball: All-State 1995 (3A-2nd) U - Rob Mudd, Sr., Independence

1995-96

Wrestling: 1996 (2A) STATE CHAMPIONS

Baseball: 1996 (3A) State Qualifier

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1996 (2A) 119 - Michael Pentecost, Independence

Baseball: All-State 1996 (3A-1st) SS - Andy Fischels, Sr., Independence

Baseball: All-State 1996 (3A-2nd) C - Chris Crawford, Sr., Independence

Baseball: All-State 1996 (3A-2nd) U - Rob Mudd, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 1996 (2A-2nd) P - Lisa Olson, Independence

Softball: All-State 1996 (2A-4th) OF - Kim Stainbrook, Independence

1996-97

Wrestling: 1997 (2A) STATE DUALS CHAMPIONS

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1997 (2A) 275 - Scott Eddy, Independence

Baseball: All-State 1997 (3A-1st/1st) SS - Scott Bantz, Sr. Independence

Baseball: All-State 1997 (3A-1st/2nd) U - Greg Torgerson, Jr. Independence

Softball: All-State 1997 (2A-1st) P - Candice O'Connor, Independence

Softball: All-State 1997 (2A-2nd) U - Trina Reed, Independence

Softball: All-State 1997 (2A-3rd) 1B - Carrie Crawford, Independence

1997-98

Boy's Golf: 1998 (3A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1997 (3A-2nd/1st) DB - Bryce Schweitzer, Independence

Baseball: All-State 1998 (3A-1st/1st) U - Greg Torgerson, Sr. Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 1998 (2A-1st) P - Candice O'Conner, Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 1998 (2A-4th) 1B - Megan Plein, Independence

1998-99

Girl's Golf: 1999 (2A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1998 (3A-2nd/-) E - Matt Uthoff, Independence

Softball: All-State 1999 (2A-3rd) P - Michelle Osterhaus, Independence

1999-00

Boy's Golf: 2000 (3A) State Qualifier

Softball: 2000 (2A) State Qualifier

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 2000 (2A) 135 - Tim Halligan, Independence

Football: All-State 1999 (3A-2nd/-) DB - Josh Kohrs, Independence

Baseball: All-State 2000 (3A-2nd/1st) OF - Brad Keggler, Sr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2000 (2A-2nd) P - Michelle Osterhaus, Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2000 (2A-3rd) 1B - Andrea Toale, Independence

Softball: All-State 2000 (2A-4th) P - Trixie Reed, Independence

Softball: All-State 2000 (2A-5th) 3B - Megan Plein, Independence 2nd time

2000-01

Girl's Golf: 2001 (2A) State Qualifier

Softball: 2001 (2A) State Qualifier

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2000 (2A-3rd) Sarah Post, Independence

Baseball: All-State 2001 (3A-2nd/2nd) 2B - Kelly Huston, Jr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2001 (2A-1st) P - Michelle Osterhaus, Independence 3rd time

Softball: All-State 2001 (2A-1st) 1B - Andrea Toale, Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2001 (2A-5th) OF - Katie Leaven, Independence

Softball: All-State 2001 (2A-6th) P - Becki Buls, Independence

2001-02

Wrestling: 2002 (2A) State Duals Qualifier

Boy's Golf: 2002 (3A) State Qualifier

Softball: 2002 (2A) State Qualifier

Baseball: All-State 2002 (3A-2nd/1st) 2B - Kelly Huston, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Baseball: All-State 2002 (3A-1st/2nd) 3B - Dustin Hopkins, Jr., Independence

Baseball: All-State 2002 (3A-1st/-) 1B - Trent Robinson, Jr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2002 (2A-1st) P - Michelle Osterhaus, Independence 4th time

Softball: All-State 2002 (2A-5th) P - Becki Buls, Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2002 (2A-5th) 3B - Traci Schmitt, Independence

2002-03

Softball: 2003 (2A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2003 (3A) (400m) Jason Crosser, Independence 49.60

Baseball: All-State 2003 (3A-1st/1st) IF - Dustin Hopkins, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Baseball: All-State 2003 (3A-2nd/2nd) OF - Trent Robinson, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2003 (2A-1st) P - Becki Buls, Independence 3rd time

Softball: All-State 2003 (2A-3rd) OF - Christa Thomas, Independence

Softball: All-State 2003 (2A-4th) C - Megan Jack, Independence

Softball: All-State 2003 (2A-4th) U - Katie Post, Independence

Softball: All-State 2003 (2A-6th) OF - Bonnie McKernan, Independence

2003-04

Softball: 2004 (3A) State Qualifier

Softball: All-State 2004 (3A-1st) P - Leah Buls, So., Independence

Softball: All-State 2004 (3A-1st) C - Megan Jack, Jr., Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2004 (3A-3rd) 2B - Jackie Miller, Jr., Independence

2004-05

Wrestling: 2005 (2A) State Duals Qualifier

Boy's Golf: 2003 (3A) State Qualifier

Softball: 2005 (3A) State Qualifier

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 2005 (2A) 215 - Ben Lehman, Independence
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 2005 (2A) 275 - Mike Zimmerly, Independence

Football: All-State 2004 (3A-1st/1st) DL - Mike Zimmerly, Sr., Independence

Girl's Basketball: All-State 2005 (3A--/3rd) G - Jackie Miller, Sr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2005 (3A-2nd) P - Leah Buls, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2005 (3A-2nd) OF - Christa Thomas, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2005 (3A-2nd) U - Megan Jack, Sr., Independence 3rd time

2005-06

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 2006 (2A) 171 - Andy O’Loughlin, Independence
Football: All-State 2005 (3A--/2nd) LB - Ben Lehman, Sr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2006 (3A-2nd) C - Julie Jack, So., Independence

Softball: All-State 2006 (3A-3rd) OF - Liz Donnelly, Sr., Independence

2006-07

Girl's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2007 (3A) (400m) Holli Hosch, Independence :56.99

Girl's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2007 (3A) (800m) Holli Hosch, Independence 2:15.06

Boy's Basketball: All-State 2007 (3A--/2nd) G - Brad Arnold, Sr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2007 (3A-1st) C - Julie Jack, Sr., Independence 2nd time

2007-08

Wrestling: 2008 (2A) State Duals Qualifier

2008-09

Wrestling: 2009 (2A) State Duals Qualifier

Softball: All-State 2009 (3A-3rd) P - Catie Flaucher, Jr., Independence

2009-10

Baseball: 2010 (3A) State Qualifier

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 2010 (2A) 215 - Ryan Fank, Independence

Baseball: All-State 2010 (3A-2nd/-) IF - Keaton Hosch, Sr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2010 (3A-1st) U - Catie Flaucher, Sr., Independence 2nd time

2010-11

Girl's Soccer: 2011 (2A) State Qualifier

2011-12

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 2012 (2A) 170 - Nick Fuller, Independence

2012-13

Softball: All-State 2013 (3A-3rd) Steph McMillan, Jr., Independence

2013-14

Girl's Volleyball: 2013 (3A) State Qualifier

Wrestling: 2014 (2A) State Duals Qualifier

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2013 (3A-2nd/-) Shelby Lehman, Jr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2014 (3A-2nd) Steph McMillan, Sr., Independence 2nd time

2014-15

Football: 2014 (3A)* State Qualifier

Wrestling: 2015 (2A) State Duals Qualifier

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 2015 (2A) 152 - Chase Straw, Independence

Football: All-State 2014 (3A--/2nd) DL - Brett Bowers, Sr., Independence

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2014 (3A-2nd/-) Kaitlin Niedert, So., Independence

2015-16

Boy's Track & Field: 2016 (WC) STATE CHAMPIONS

Football: 2015 (3A)* State Qualifier

Wrestling: 2016 (2A) State Duals Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2016 (WC) (shot put WC) Ryan Peyton, Independence 21-03

Football: All-State 2015 (3A-1st/2nd) DB - Nick Holt, Sr., Independence

Football: All-State 2015 (3A-1st/3rd) DL - Matt McMillan, Sr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2016 (4A-3rd/-) Mackenzie Hupke, Fr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2016 (4A-3rd/-) Jenna Price, Sr., Independence

2016-17

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2016 (4A-1st/-) Kaitlyn Niedert, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Baseball: All-State 2017 (3A--/2nd/-) 3B - Tom Reiff, Jr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2017 (4A-1st/-) Mackenzie Hupke, So., Independence 2nd time

2017-18

Girl's Volleyball: 2017 (4A) State Qualifier

Softball: 2018 (4A) State Qualifier

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2017 (4A-1st/-) Madison Larson, Jr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2018 (4A-1st/1st) Mackenzie Hupke, Jr., Independence 3rd time

Softball: All-State 2018 (4A-2nd/-) Lydia Butters, Sr., Independence

2018-19

Girl's Volleyball: 2018 (4A) State Qualifier

Wrestling: 2019 (2A) State Duals Qualifier

Softball: 2019 (4A) State Qualifier

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2018 (4A-1st/1st) Madison Larson, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2018 (4A-2nd/1st) Holly Cooksley, Sr., Independence

Softball: All-State 2019 (4A-1st/HM) Mackenzie Hupke, Sr., Independence 4th time

Softball: All-State 2019 (4A-2nd/-) Allie Jo Zieser, Jr., Independence

2019-20

Football: 2019 (3A) State Qualifier

Wrestling: 2020 (2A) State Duals Qualifier

Girl's Bowling: 2020 (1A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 2019 (3A-1st/1st) DB - Logan Schmitt, Sr., Independence
Football: All-State 2019 (3A--/3rd) OL - Dylan Reuther, Sr., Independence

Baseball: All-State 2020 (3A-3rd/-) SS - Marcus Beatty, So., Independence

Softball: All-State 2020 (3A-3rd/-) Allie Jo Zieser, Sr., Independence 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2020 (3A-3rd/-) Kenzie Fischels, Sr., Independence

Related Pages

‎Independence Home Page

Brandon Honor Roll (joined Independence after 1961-62)

Rowley Honor Roll (joined Independence after 1961-62)