Villisca Honor Roll

School Summary
First Year: 
Last Year: 2012-13
State Team Championships: 4
State Team Qualifiers: 9
State Individual Championships: 36
Most successful school year: 1966-67


State Champions
Boy's Cross Country: 1-time Team Mile state champs, 1971 (D); 5 Individual State Titles; 2 Individual Mile State Titles
Boy's Track: 2-time Outdoor state champs, 1966 (B), 1967 (B); 1-time Indoor state champs, 1965 (B); 19 Outdoor Event Titles; 9 Indoor Event Titles
Girl's Track: 1 Outdoor Event Title


Other Undefeated Seasons
(1) Football: 1925

Year-by-Year State Qualifiers, State Champions, and All-Staters
1925-26
Football: 1925 Undefeated Season
Football: All-State 1925 (1st) QB - Lynn King, Villisca
Football: All-State 1925 (3rd) T - Harold Cowell, Villisca

1932-33
Football: All-State 1932 (3rd) E - Claire Null, Villisca

1941-42
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1942 (120y high hurdles) Fred Eno, Villisca   14.9

1942-43
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1943 (120y high hurdles) Fred Eno, Villisca   14.8 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1943 (200y low hurdles) Fred Eno, Villisca   23.3

1944-45
Football: All-State 1944 (4th/2nd) G - John Anderson, Villisca

1945-46
Football: All-State 1945 (6th/-) T - Junior Brandt, Villisca

1946-47
Football: All-State 1946 (3rd/1st) FB - Don Heller, Villisca
Boy's Basketball: All-State 1947 (5th/3rd) F - Don Heller, Villisca

1952-53
Boy's Basketball: All-State 1953 (7th/-) F - Dick Orton, Villisca

1953-54
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1954 (B) (60y high hurdles) Ron Means, Villisca   8.0
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1954 (B) (60y low hurdles) Ron Means, Villisca   7.6
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1954 (B) (180y low hurdles) Ron Means, Villisca   20.8
Football: All-State 1953 (5th/-) QB - Ron Means, Villisca

1956-57
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1957 (B) (high jump) (tie) Dick Johnson, Villisca   5-08

1957-58
Girl's Golf: 1958 State Qualifier
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1958 (B) (high jump) Dick Johnson, Villisca   6-00

1961-62
Girl's Golf: 1962 State Qualifier

1964-65
Boy's Track & Field: 1965 (B) INDOOR STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1965 (B) (pole vault) Phil Wertman, Villisca   11-09
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1965 (B) (pole vault) Phil Wertman, Villisca   13-02

1965-66
Boy's Track & Field: 1966 (B) OUTDOOR STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1966 (B) (pole vault) Phil Wertman, Villisca   13-06.75 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1966 (B) (pole vault) Phil Wertman, Villisca   14-01.25 2nd time

1966-67
Boy's Track & Field: 1967 (B) OUTDOOR STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1967 (B) (pole vault) Phil Wertman, Villisca   14-00.25 3rd time
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1967 (B) (pole vault) Phil Wertman, Villisca   13-09 3rd time
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Relay Champion 1967 (B) (4x110y relay) Villisca (Mike Dukes, Fred Bryson, Jeff Griffin, Phil Wertman)   44.8
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Relay Champion 1967 (B) (4x220y relay) Villisca (Mike Dukes, Richard Lane, Richard Bangston, Phil Wertman)   1:33.3
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Relay Champion 1967 (B) (4x440y relay) Villisca (Mike Dukes, Richard Lane, Richard Bangston, Phil Wertman)   3:29.9

1967-68
Girl's Basketball: 1968 State Qualifier
Boy's Cross Country: Individual State Champion 1967 (B) Rick O’Rourke, Villisca   10:30.0
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1968 (B) (50y) Mike Dukes, Villisca   5.6
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1968 (B) (2mi) Rick O’Rourke, Villisca   10:34.7
Girl's Basketball: All-State 1968 (6th/3rd) G - Paula Means, Villisca

1968-69
Boy's Cross Country: Individual State Champion 1968 (B) Rick O’Rourke, Villisca   10:15.4 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1969 (B) (2mi) Rick O’Rourke, Villisca   10:05.0 2nd time
Girl's Basketball: All-State 1969 (5th/-) F - Colleen Means, Villisca

1969-70
Boy's Cross Country: Individual State Champion 1969 (C) Rick O’Rourke, Villisca   10:19.9 3rd time
Boy's Cross Country: Individual Mile State Champion 1969 (C) Rick O'Rourke, Villisca   4:40.3

1970-71
Boy's Cross Country: Individual State Champion 1970 (C) Mark Skahill, Villisca   10:18.3
Boy's Cross Country: Individual Mile State Champion 1970 (D) Mark Skahill, Villisca   4:48.8
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1971 (B) (2mi) Mark Skahill, Villisca   10:01.8

1971-72
Boy's Cross Country: 1971 (D) TEAM MILE STATE CHAMPIONS
Boy's Cross Country: Individual State Champion 1971 (C) Mark Skahill, Villisca   10:21.3 2nd time
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1972 (B) (2 mi) Mark Skahill, Villisca   10:05.5
Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1972 (B) (pole vault) Dave McAlpin, Villisca   12-06
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1972 (B) (2mi) Mark Skahill, Villisca   9:52.8 2nd time

1972-73
Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1973 (B) (shot put) Steve Scanlon, Villisca   51-02.50

1975-76
Football: All-State 1975 (1A-2nd/-) E - Joe Williams, Villisca

1976-77
Football: All-State 1976 (1A-1st/-) T - Rich Northrup, Villisca
Football: All-State 1976 (1A-2nd/-) E - Joe Williams, Villisca 2nd time

1978-79
Football: All-State 1978 (1A-1st/-) G - Rod Focht, Villisca

1981-82
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1982 (1A) (1600m) Jim Boggess, Villisca   4:32.51
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1982 (1A) (3200m) Jim Boggess, Villisca   9:50.00

1982-83
Football: 1982 (A) State Qualifier
Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1983 (1A) (3200m) Jim Boggess, Villisca   9:50.12 2nd time
Football: All-State 1982 (1A/A-1st/-) LB - Rick Behrens, Villisca
Football: All-State 1982 (1A/A-2nd/-) DB - Kevin Schaler, Villisca

1987-88
Football: All-State 1987 (A-2nd/-) DB - Cody Mauderly, Villisca
Baseball: All-State 1988 (1A--/1st) OF - Aaron Kline, Villisca

1988-89
Girl's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1989 (1A) (discus) Kerri Gray, Villisca   117-5
Girl's Volleyball: All-State 1988 (1A-5th) Kerri Gray, Villisca
Baseball: All-State 1989 (2A/1A-2nd/-) C - John Chapman, Villisca

1989-90
Football: 1989 (A) State Qualifier

1991-92
Girl's Volleyball: All-State 1991 (1A-7th) Darci Heard, Villisca

1995-96
Baseball: 1996 (1A) State Qualifier
Boy's Basketball: All-State 1996 (1A-1st/1st) G - Ben Wood, Sr., Villisca

1999-00
Football: All-State 1999 (A-2nd/-) P - Jack Case, Villisca

2000-01
Girl's Golf: 2001 (1A) State Qualifier

2007-08
Boy's Basketball: All-State 2008 (1A-2nd/3rd) F - Matt Herzberg, Sr., Villisca

2008-09
Boy's Basketball: 2009 (1A) State Qualifier
Boy's Basketball: All-State 2009 (1A-1st/2nd) C - Ryan Focht, Sr., Villisca

2009-10
Softball: All-State 2010 (1A-3rd) U - Courtney Auxier, Jr., Villisca

2010-11
Boy's Basketball: All-State 2011 (1A-3rd/3rd) F - Marshall Dolch, Sr., Villisca

2012-13
Girl's Basketball: 2013 (1A) State Qualifier
Football: All-State 2012 (8p-2nd/2nd) WR - Jared Spunaugle, Sr., Villisca
Girl's Basketball: All-State 2013 (1A-2nd/3rd) F - Amanda Focht, Sr., Villisca


Related Pages
Southwest Valley Honor Roll (joined in 2013-14)
Nodaway Honor Roll (joined Villisca after 1958-59)