Cresco Honor Roll

School Summary
First Year: 
Last Year: 1959-60
State Team Championships: 8
State Team Qualifiers: 3
State Individual Championships: 53
Most successful school year: 1953-54


State Champions
Boy's Cross Country: 1-time state champs, 1945 (B)
Boy's Track: 1-time state Indoor champs, 1954 (A); 2 Outdoor Event Titles; 4 Indoor Event Titles
Wrestling: 6-time state champs, 1928, 1933, 1935, 1948, 1958 (B), 1960 (B); 47 Individual State Titles

State Qualifiers

Other Undefeated Seasons
(3) Football: 1927, 1932, 1953

Year-by-Year State Qualifiers, State Champions, and All-Staters
1920-21
Boy's Basketball: 1921 (Ames) State Qualifier

1921-22
Girl's Basketball: 1922 State Qualifier

1922-23
Girl's Basketball: 1923 State Qualifier

1925-26
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1926 115 - Blair Thomas, Cresco

1926-27
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1927 85 - Albert Dufey, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1927 135 - Bob Hess, Cresco
Boy's Basketball: All-State 1927 (3rd) C - Rink, Cresco

1927-28
Wrestling: 1928 STATE CHAMPIONS
Football: 1927 Undefeated Season
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1928 85 - Paul Thomas, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1928 115 - Dick Jones, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1928 125 - Wallace Kent, Cresco

1928-29
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1929 105 - Albert Dufey, Cresco 2nd time

1930-31
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1931 95 - Bo Cameron, Cresco

1931-32
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1932 95 - Don Maland, Cresco

1932-33
Wrestling: 1933 STATE CHAMPIONS
Football: 1932 Undefeated Season
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1933 95 - Don Nichols, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1933 105 - Don Maland, Cresco 2nd time
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1933 115 - Bo Cameron, Cresco 2nd time
Football: All-State 1932 (5th) B - Harold Kvam, Cresco

1933-34
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1934 85 - Dale Hanson, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1934 115 - Earl Thomas, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1934 125 - Don Maland, Cresco 3rd time

1934-35
Wrestling: 1935 STATE CHAMPIONS
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1935 85 - Newell Engel, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1935 95 - Ed Lybbert, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1935 105 - Dale Hanson, Cresco 2nd time
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1935 115 - Earl Hilke, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1935 135 - Don Nichols, Cresco 2nd time

1942-43
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1943 145 - Gordon Landswerk, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1943 Hwt - Harry Linderbaum, Cresco

1945-46
Boy's Cross Country: 1945 (B) TEAM MILE STATE CHAMPIONS
Football: All-State 1945 (-/2nd) G - Bill Foley, Cresco

1947-48
Wrestling: 1948 STATE CHAMPIONS
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1948 118 - Barney Dunneman, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1948 123 - Ray Steiger, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1948 129 - Gene Aberg, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1948 135 - Charles Hyke, Cresco

1948-49
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1949 95 - Dale DeSart, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1949 129 - Ray Steiger, Cresco 2nd time
Football: All-State 1948 (6th/3rd) G - Roger Mohs, Cresco

1949-50
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1950 95 - Dale DeSart, Cresco 2nd time
Boy's Basketball: All-State 1950 (-/4th) C - Paul Sir, Cresco

1951-52
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1952 118 - Don Hall, Cresco

1952-53
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1953 127 - Don Hall, Cresco 2nd time
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1953 Hwt - Gary Kurdelmeier, Cresco
Football: All-State 1952 (-/3rd) G - Gary Kurdelmeier, Cresco

1953-54
Boy's Track & Field: 1954 (A) INDOOR STATE CHAMPIONS
Football: 1953 Undefeated Season
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1954 Hwt - Gary Kurdelmeier, Cresco 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1954 (A) (440y) Bob Helming, Cresco   53.7
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1954 (A) (pole vault) (tie) Lee Sill, Cresco   11-00.50
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Relay Champion 1954 (A) (4x440y relay) Cresco (Bob Ratcliff, Ronnie Roberts, Leo Praska, Bob Helming)   3:47.7
Football: All-State 1953 (1st/1st) G - Gary Kurdelmeier, Cresco 2nd time

1954-55
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1955 (A) (pole vault) (tie) Lee Sill, Cresco   11-00.50
Football: All-State 1954 (4th/2nd) HB - Lee Sill, Cresco

1955-56
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1956 112 - Don Webster, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1956 133 - Ken O'Kada, Cresco

1956-57
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1957 (B) 120 - Don Webster, Cresco 2nd time
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1957 (B) 127 - Gordon Loy, Cresco
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1957 (A) (60y high hurdles) George Ratcliffe, Cresco   8.1

1957-58
Wrestling: 1958 (B) STATE CHAMPIONS
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1958 (B) 127 - Dave Gates, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1958 (B) 145 - Bill Murray, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1958 (B) 154 - Jim Grover, Cresco
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1958 (A) (high jump) (tie) Harold Ferkinstad, Cresco   5-10

1958-59
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1959 (B) 103 - Don Henry, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1959 (B) 112 - Merlin Schmauss, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1959 (B) 127 - Joe Frank, Cresco

1959-60
Wrestling: 1960 (B) STATE CHAMPIONS
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1960 (B) 95 - Richard Schmauss, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1960 (B) 112 - Merlin Schmauss, Cresco 2nd time
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1960 (B) 127 - Tom Peckham, Cresco
Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1960 (B) 145 - Alex Egorenko, Cresco


Related Pages
Crestwood Honor Roll (joined in 1960-61)
Ridgeway Honor Roll (joined Cresco after 1958-59)