Posted by (+15) 12 years ago
I posted these in response to an older thread in the General Discussion about SHHS inspirational teachers and coaches, then decided they'd fit in this forum, too (and, being a new post, maybe more people will read it here anyway).
These were originally in response to one poster who was wondering who coached the SHHS boys' basketball team to the 1965 Class C State Championship, and another who commented on Glenn Hageman coaching the football team to the 1980 Class B State title:
PART 1
It was before my time, but the Sacred Heart basketball coach in 1965 (the year they won State) was Dan Connors. Harold Schwann came later (late 1960s or early '70s), and then Glenn Hageman by the late 1970s.
The best player on that 1965 team was Marty Derrig, who's about 6'4" and was very talented. For a few years in the mid- to late-1980s SHHS had an alumni tournament over Christmas vacation. In 1985, my brother Daren (who's also about 6'4" and had just graduated in '84) was playing in that tournament on the '84-85 team against a team of alums from the 1965 team. I figured the young guys would run those old men into the ground (I was 12 at the time - now that I'm 37, or about the same age as the "old men" were at the time, I realize maybe they weren't so old after all). Of course, I was wrong. The old guys blew out Daren's team, and Marty Derrig scored 27 (I think Daren had 8). After the game, my dad asked Daren if he'd ever met Marty Derrig before. Daren said, "I met him tonight." That answer's always cracked me up.
By the way, someone mentioned Reed Reyman earlier - he's a great guy and was my 7th grade math and P.E. teacher at SHHS, the last year it was open. I also remember him telling the class once about how, when he was just little, he saw SHHS lose its only game of the season in that 1965 championship year. They lost at Terry (where Reed is from), and he said Connors was so mad he got two technicals in that game.
PART 2
Somebody also mentioned earlier that Glenn Hageman coached SHHS to its only state football championship in 1980 (my brother Conan was a junior on that team). Glenn's a great guy and has gone on to be a very successful school administrator around the state. All respect and thanks to him for helping SHHS bring home the title that year.
It should be remembered, however, that SHHS most likely would have won several state Class B football titles in the 1960s and '70s, much of which time they were coached by Dan Connors - except that back then, there was no state championship for Class B football. You could win your division, which SHHS did many times, then the season was over. Considering that the football team won 99 conference games in a row during one stretch (think about that - an entire class went from 1st grade through high school graduation without ever seeing SHHS lose a conference game), it seems likely that they also would've won state during some of those seasons.
These were originally in response to one poster who was wondering who coached the SHHS boys' basketball team to the 1965 Class C State Championship, and another who commented on Glenn Hageman coaching the football team to the 1980 Class B State title:
PART 1
It was before my time, but the Sacred Heart basketball coach in 1965 (the year they won State) was Dan Connors. Harold Schwann came later (late 1960s or early '70s), and then Glenn Hageman by the late 1970s.
The best player on that 1965 team was Marty Derrig, who's about 6'4" and was very talented. For a few years in the mid- to late-1980s SHHS had an alumni tournament over Christmas vacation. In 1985, my brother Daren (who's also about 6'4" and had just graduated in '84) was playing in that tournament on the '84-85 team against a team of alums from the 1965 team. I figured the young guys would run those old men into the ground (I was 12 at the time - now that I'm 37, or about the same age as the "old men" were at the time, I realize maybe they weren't so old after all). Of course, I was wrong. The old guys blew out Daren's team, and Marty Derrig scored 27 (I think Daren had 8). After the game, my dad asked Daren if he'd ever met Marty Derrig before. Daren said, "I met him tonight." That answer's always cracked me up.
By the way, someone mentioned Reed Reyman earlier - he's a great guy and was my 7th grade math and P.E. teacher at SHHS, the last year it was open. I also remember him telling the class once about how, when he was just little, he saw SHHS lose its only game of the season in that 1965 championship year. They lost at Terry (where Reed is from), and he said Connors was so mad he got two technicals in that game.
PART 2
Somebody also mentioned earlier that Glenn Hageman coached SHHS to its only state football championship in 1980 (my brother Conan was a junior on that team). Glenn's a great guy and has gone on to be a very successful school administrator around the state. All respect and thanks to him for helping SHHS bring home the title that year.
It should be remembered, however, that SHHS most likely would have won several state Class B football titles in the 1960s and '70s, much of which time they were coached by Dan Connors - except that back then, there was no state championship for Class B football. You could win your division, which SHHS did many times, then the season was over. Considering that the football team won 99 conference games in a row during one stretch (think about that - an entire class went from 1st grade through high school graduation without ever seeing SHHS lose a conference game), it seems likely that they also would've won state during some of those seasons.