SOUTH 50-6 LEAGUE
This site is a history of teams participating in the South-50-6 League from 1967 on. Included will be team rosters, write-ups from newspapers, and anything else that I find pertinent. Contact me at stan.ewy@gmail.com if you have any information that would of interest.
(1967-68)
From Great Bend Tribune, Sept. 24, 1967
Friends Academy Topples Bison
HAVILAND - Bison Buffaloes felt the nip of Haviland Academy 21-13. Haviland built up a small lead in the first quarter 8-6 on a TD and a safety. Bison went ahead i the second quarter when they scored two TDs., 13-8. Irvin Erb went for a four and 75 yards. Haviland Academy got scoring from Jim Stockton on a pass from Nove and Ross raced five yards and Roy Laughlin recovered a safety. Bob Schaffer ran four yards for a TD and Jim Stockton added the extra point. Haviland gained eleven first downs, Bison 7. Haviland rushed for 22 yards, Bison carried for 81 yards. Through the air, Friends Academy threw 20 passes, connected on nine for eighty yards and Bison threw 17 times with four completions for fifty-nine yards.
From Great Bend Tribune, Sept. 25, 1967
South 50-6 Standings
Sept. 22 Results
McCracken (19) Bazine (13)
Pawnee Rock (54) Hanston (14)
Haviland Academy (21 Bison (13)
Hudson Off
W L Pts. Opp.
McCracken 2 0 45 38
Pawnee Rock 1 0 54 18
Haviland Acad. 1 0 47 39
Hanston 1 1 28 61
Bison 1 1 51 38
Hudson 0 1 7 38
Bazine 0 2 20 33
From Great Bend Tribune, Oct. 1, 1967
McCracken Cracks Hanston Badly
MCCRACKEN - McCracken may have stirred up the 50-6 League as they thoroughly thrashed Hanston 52-7 in a homecoming affair at McCracken. This game may well serve notice to Pawnee Rock, the favorite in 50-6 play that McCracken is a bona fide contender. McCracken scoring: Higgins threw a TD pass for the first score to Klaus, Higgins ran an extra; Higgins made a three yard run for TD, ex failed; Higgins went three yards to score, ex failed; Whitis tossed the bomb to Klaus once more, Morgan ran ex; Whitis scored from eight yards out; then Whitis heaved a 57 yard pass to Klaus, ex failed; Morgan ran the last two TD's from three and four yards out respectively, ex failed. Hanston scoring consisted of Cossman running five yards. McCracken came up with six first downs while Hanston gout four. McCracken attempted 13 passes connect on nine and went 124 yards by the air waves. Hanston threw 20 times connect but four times for 31 yards. McCracken plays at Odin next Tuesday (Oct. 3rd).
From Great Bend Tribune, Oct. 2, 1967
Sept. 29 Results
Bazine (27) Haviland Academy (12)
McCracken (52) Hanston (7)
Pawnee Rock (68) Hudson (15)
Bison Off
McCracken 3-0
Pawnee Rock 2-0
Bison 1-1
Hanston 1-2
Bazine 1-2
Haviland Acad. 1-2
Hudson 0-2
From Great Bend Tribune, Oct. 8, 1967
Pawnee Rock Scalps Bazine
PAWNEE ROCK - Despite a heavy downpour, the Pawnee Rock Braves trounced the Bazine Indians by a score of 52-12 in a South 50-6 League game Friday night. Steve Crosby was the big Brave for the night scoring three times; two on short runs and one on a 54 yard punt return. he also passed for two touchdowns and ran for two extra points. Glenn Mull scored once on a 52 yard run and again ona 60 yard pass from Crosby. Terry French made two scores on short runs and ran for the extra point. Bruntz and Eberhart were the scorers for Bazine. Pawnee Rock had 138 yards on the ground and 78 in the air. Bazine rushed for 134 and passed for 20 yards. Friday's game leaves Pawnee Rock with a 3-0 record for the season.. The Braves will entertain Haviland Academy Friday night at ther Homecoming game.
From Great Bend Tribune, October 9, 1967
Oct. 2 Results
Odin (35) McCracken (19)
Oct. 6 Results
Hanston (25) Hudson (0)
Pawnee Rock (52) Bazine (12)
Bison (14) Odin (19)
Haviland Academy at Mullinville (postponed because of rain)
League Overall
McCracken 3-0 3-1
Pawnee Rock 3-0 3-0
Bison 1-1 1-2
Hanston 2-2 2-2
Haviland Academy 1-2 1-2
Bazine 1-3 1-3
Hudson 0-3 0-3
Hanston Elks Blast Ingalls
HANSTON - Hanston's Elks defeated Ingalls by a 18-13 here Friday night in a non-conference 8 man football battle. Hanston had beaten Bazine (14-7) and Hudson (21-0) while losing to McCracken (52-7) and Pawnee Rock (54-14). Halfback Don Base scored on runs of 35 and 6 yards for Hanston. He passed to end Terry Salmans for three other scores: 27 yards, 9, and 50. Quarterback Dale Cossman (1 yard) and halfback Danny Aistrup (6 yards) ran for the other Elk scores. Base ran for five conversions and Cossman passed to end Joe Hahn for another. Hanston converted six of its seven touchdowns. Ingalls scored in the late first quarter on a 5-yard end run by quarterback Ronnie Barnes. Halfback Greg Meng missed on run for point. Ingalls trailed just 14-6 at intermission. In the final stanza, Barnes swept left end for a 50-yard scoring jaunt. Meng converted via run. It was Hanston's Homecoming. (The score was actually 48-13. The write-up said 18)
From Great Bend Tribune, October 15, 1967
Pawnee Rock Is Victorious 69-0
PAWNEE ROCK - Pawnee Rock absolutely overpowered Haviland Academy by the score of 69-0. The Braves scored 32 points in the first quarter and never gave the soldiers a chance. Glen Mull scored three TDs on nine, four and 20 yard runs. The latter came on an intercepted pass. Steve Crosby had TDs as he went 15 yards ona pass interception and passed the other one to Doug Weathers 26 yards. Terry French ran a six yard TD, Larry Crosby crossed the stripes from 33 yards out. Marty Loving went twenty yards. Richard Daugherty ran 15 yards, Crosby made two point afters, on a run and kick. Tutak ran one. Pawnee Rock gained 178 yards on the ground while Haviland only got a minus 19 yard. Rock threw 8 times and completed half for 86 yards. Haviland threw 30 times with 7 completions for 89 yards. Thus poerful Pawnee Rock asserts itself as the best team in eight man football in these parts.
From Great Bend Tribune, October 16, 1967
Oct 9 Results
Mullinville (35) Haviland (6)
Oct. 10 Results
McCracken (19) Hudson (0)
Oct. 13 Results
Bison (20) Bazine (12)
Pawnee Rock (69) Haviland Academy (0)
Hanston (43) Ingalls (13)
League Overall
McCracken 4-0 4-1
Pawnee Rock 4-0 4-0
Bison 2-1 2-2
Hanston 2-2 3-2
Haviland Academy 1-3 1-4
Bazine 1-4 1-4
Hudson 0-4 0-4
From Great Bend Tribune, Oct. 22, 1967
Pawnee Rock Blanks Bison
BISON: The Pawnee Rock Indians romped, tromped, and stampeded the Bison Buffaloes by a score of 53-0 Friday night in a South 56 league game. Rick Tutak paced his team with three touchdowns - 31 yards, 23 yards, and 1 yard runs. Doug Weathers ran 24 yards twice to bring home two touchdowns. Glenn Mull also scored twice, once on an 18 yard run and another time by running 32 yards. Terry French scored on a short run to complete the scoring. Extra points were made by Mull (1) and Steve Crosby (4). Pawnee Rock had 195 yards rushing and 145 in the air. Bison gained only 73 yards on the ground and 6 by passing.
Odin over Bazine 37-13
ODIN - Bazine and Odin met in non-league play Friday afternoon with Odin winning 37-13. Morris was busy during the game scoring all but one of Odin's touchdowns. He scored 5 TDs for 5, 15, 20, 15 and 40 yards. Leon Debes passed to R. Beren who ran 25 yards for the other TD. Barricklow made a 2 yard plunge for Bazine in the 1st quarter and Maier made the extra point. Titel made a 3 yard plunge for the their other TD. Odin completed 4 out of 10 passes and Bazine completed 6 out of 25. This was homecoming for Odin. Marilyn Kaiser was queen, her attendants were Patricia Debes, Waneta Kinzel, and Jo Ann Penka. The King was Gary Schneweis, attendants were Vernon Demel, Morris Prossser, and Leon Debes. Odin p lays Luray next Friday in league play.
From Great Bend Tribune, October 23, 1967
Oct. 17 Results
Bazine (34) Park (8)
Oct. 20 Results
Pawnee Rock (53) Bison (0)
Haviland Acad. (40) Hudson (26)
Odin (37) Bazine (13)
Pawnee Rock 5-0 5-0
McCracken 4-0 4-1
Bison 2-2 2-3
Hanston 2-2 3-2
Haviland Academy 2-3 2-4
Bazine 1-4 2-5
Hudson 0-5 0-5
From Great Bend Tribune, October 29, 1967
Pawnee Rock Keeps Hot Pace
PAWNEE ROCK - Pawnee Rock Braves continued to feel the crunch of their opponents as they raze them. Friday night it was Lewis which fell beneath the mighty charge by the score of 47-7. Pawnee Rock scoring: Glenn Mull romped for three touchdowns on 25, 2 and 55 yard runs. Terry French scored twice on a 21 yard and six yard run. Steve Crosby scored twice both on one yard runs. The Braves blocked a punt for a safety. Point after went in Crosby and Mull and Weathers caught a Crosby pass. Lewis scoring: Steve Carney ran 62 yards and Wiley Ward got the PAT.
From Great Bend Tribune, October 30, 1967
Oct. 24 Results
Skyline (24) Hudson (0)
Oct. 27 Results
McCracken (20) Bison 913)
Hanston (2) Haviland (0) - (Hanston won on a forfeit because of Officials not showing up.)
Pawnee Rock (47) Lewis (7)
*On a side note (Other League action finds Hanston traveling to Bison and Hudson entertaining Bazine. Because of teachers meeting games will be played on Tuesday night. This will complete the football season for most of the league teams.
Pts. Opp.
McCracken 5-0 175 103
Pawnee Rock 5-0 343 48
Hanston 3-2 103 118
Bison 2-3 98 132
Haviland Acad. 2-4 105 188
Bazine 1-4 118 162
Hudson 0-5 48 207
From Great Bend Tribune, November 1, 1967
Pawnee Rock Hits McCracken 60-7 To Win League
PAWNEE ROCK - The Pawnee Rock Braves slashed the McCracken men into the ground by the score of 60-7 to caputre the Sough 50-6 championship. The Braves were led by Glenn Mull who carried the ball into the stripped zone three times on runs of one, four, and three yards. Doug Weathers crossed goal line territory twice on a two yard run and creceived a Steve Crosby pass from 16 yards. Larry Crosby ran 35 yards to pay dirt. Rick Tutak hustled 35 yards to score and Terry French rambled one yard. Mike Dunlap recovered a fumble in the end zone for a safety. Mull scored two PAT's and Crosby ran one while Tutak passed to Glen Mull. McCracken scored when Doug Whitis passed to Rich Higgins 54 yards. Pawnee Rock is probably the best eight-man team in the state.
Hanston Wins Over Bison 13 to 12
BISON - Hanston and Bison played Tuesday night with Hanston winning 13 to 12. Bison gained 129 yards rushing and 98 yards passing. Hanston made 126 yards rushing and no yards passing. There were no individual scoring mentioned.
Claflin Is A Winner At Otis 13 to 0
OTIS - Claflin's Woldcats scored in the first and last quarter to trim otis 13-0 in a Quivera League contest, Tuesday night. Ricky Oberle broke the scoreing ince with a run in paydirt in the first quarter. From then on the two teams battled on even terms until the final quarter when Doug Doll went in for six points for Claflin and McAtee added the extra point.
(1968-69)
From Great Bend Tribune, September 29, 1968
Pawnee Rock Gets 16th Straight, Beat Hanston 35-6
PAWNEE ROCK - Pawnee Rock swept past Hanston 35-6 in a South 56 League game Friday night. It was the 16th straight win for the Braves. Rick Tutak and Glen Mull were double touchdown men for Pawnee Rock. Tutak with runs of 6 and 3 yards and Mull on a 1 yard plunge and 19 yard run. Larry Crosby snarred an 18 yard pass from Marty Loving for the other touchdown. Mull ran two extra points. French and Tutak one each and Loving passed to Doug Schmidt for a fifth. A 41 yard pass from Halling to Howe scored the lone Hanston touchdown.
From Great Bend Tribune, Oct 13, 1968
Pawnee Rock Skips Past Mullinville
PAWNEE ROCK - The Pawnee Rock Braves extended their winning streak to 18, starting in 1966 by trouncing Mullinville 28-0 in a non-league high school football game before a homecoming crowd here Friday evening. Rick Tutak scored two touchdowns in the first half and ran for an extra point to lead the Braves. Glen Mull scored on a 35 yard pass from Terry French in the fourth quarter and also ran for an extra point. French himself jaunted 55 yards for a third quarter counter. Marty Loving tacked on the extra point with a run around end.
(1970-71)
From Great Bend Tribune, December 20, 1970
South 50-6 All League Team
Offensive Team: Ends (Randall Stinemetz, SR. Hanston; Mark Cerr, Jr. McCracken); Guards (Wade Russell, Sr. Pawnee Rock; Gary Ritchie, Sr. Pawnee Rock); Center (Craig Kroeker, Sr. Pawnee Rock); Quarterback (Dennis Koerner, Sr. Bazine) Halfback (Doug Unruh, Sr. Pawnee Rock; Bruce Kraisinger, Sr. Pawnee Rock). Honorable Mention: Robin Jennison (Jr. Healy End), Brad Erb (Jr. Bazine, End), Steve Foos (Sr. Bazine, Center), Lonnie Irvin (So. McCracken, QB), Andy Johnson (So. Healy, QB), Cecil Stinemetz (So. Hanston, QB), Danny Cure (So. Hanston, HB), Dale Pike (Jr. Healy, HB), George Austin (Sr. Bazine, HB). Defensive Team: Ends (Andy Johnson, So. Healy; Wade Russell, Sr. Pawnee Rock); Guards (Craig Kroeker, Sr. Pawnee Rock; Greg Buster, Jr. McCracken); Linebackers (Steve Sloan, Jr. McCracken; Dennis Koerner, Sr. Bazine; Doug Unruh, Sr. Pawnee Rock); Safety (Bruce Kraisinger, Sr. Pawnee Rock). Honorable Mention: Arlan Nokes (Jr. Pawnee Rock, End), Robert Bruntz (Jr. Bazine, End), George Hertel (Sr. Hanston, End), Steve Lee (Sr. Hanston, Guard), Galen Doll (Sr. Healy, Guard), Gary Howe (Sr. Hanston, LB), Gary Ritchie (Sr. Pawnee Rock, LB), George Austin (Sr. Bazine, Safety), Emmett Aistrup (So. Hanston, Safety)