1953-54 Return to Year-by-Year HOME Update: October 22, 2007
STATE CHAMPIONS CLASS AA: Wichita North CLASS A: Sacred Heart-Salina CLASS B: Partridge CLASS BB: Burdett
Coach Bueltel's second year as head coach took Hayden to their highest finish in the Class A State tournament. Loren Bartley was a great rebounder and scorer for this team and he scored more free throws in one season (173) than anyone in Hayden history. The team played three more games than the maximum allowed present day teams. The playoff system involved district play before the Regional tournament. The top two teams from the districts would advance. Under modern day rules Hayden would not have advanced to the Regional because they lost to Haskell in an early play-off game (district). It would take until 1972 for a Hayden team to finish higher than this squad. This team was known for a high scoring offense - 89 points against Immaculata was a record at the time.
Bueltel would comment in 1971 that he regretted a decision he made in the semi-final against Pratt. He called a time-out with 10 seconds left and stressed getting the ball into Loren Bartley for the last shot. He probably figured he would either score a field goal or get fouled or get the three point play. As it turned out his other players might have been more open for a shot than Bartley. Loren's shot failed with 5 seconds left. Hayden rebounded the next day to win the third place game against Russell.
1954 Photos - Topeka Daily Capital
| 1953-1954 | COACH | Ken Bueltel | Jayhawk League Champion | ||||||
| 1st Class A Regional | |||||||||
| 3rd Class A State | |||||||||
| WON 23 LOST 5 | |||||||||
| DATE | TEAM | W/L | HAYDEN | OPPONENT | PLACE | LEAGUE/TOURNEY | |||
| 12/1/53 | Immaculata - LV | W | 78 | 45 | Hayden East | ||||
| 12/4/53 | Holton | W | 63 | 52 | Holton | Jayhawk | |||
| 12/7/53 | Highland Park | W | 72 | 56 | Highland Park | ||||
| 12/11/53 | Seaman | W | 61 | 38 | Hayden East | Jayhawk | |||
| 12/18/53 | Wamego | W | 70 | 64 | Hayden East | Jayhawk | |||
| 12/22/53 | Highland Park | L | 63 | 69 | Hayden East | ||||
| 12/30/53 | Atchison | L | 46 | 52 | Highland Park | HPHS Xmas Inv | |||
| 1/1/54 | Seaman | W | 61 | 41 | Highland Park | HPHS Xmas Inv | |||
| 1/2/54 | Highland Park | L | 44 | 53 | Highland Park | HPHS Xmas Inv | |||
| 1/5/54 | St. Agnes - K.C. | W | 57 | 52 | St. Agnes - Kansas City | ||||
| 1/14/54 | St. Agnes - K.C. | W | 63 | 45 | Hayden East | ||||
| 1/15/54 | Washburn Rural | W | 51 | 48 | Washburn Rural | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/19/54 | Haskell - LA | W | 60 | 52 | Hayden East | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/22/54 | Osage City | W | 69 | 54 | Osage City | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/26/54 | Holton | W | 73 | 59 | Hayden East | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/29/54 | Seaman | W | 63 | 30 | East Indianola | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/5/54 | Wamego | W | 69 | 55 | Wamego | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/12/54 | Washburn Rural | W | 70 | 51 | Hayden East | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/16/54 | Immaculata - LV | W | 89 | 42 | Immaculata-Leavenworth | ||||
| 2/19/54 | Haskell - LA | W | 57 | 50 | Haskell - Lawrence | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/26/54 | Osage City | W | 60 | 55 | Hayden East | Jayhawk | |||
| 3/4/54 | Bonner Springs | W | 84 | 59 | Bonner Springs | A District | |||
| 3/5/54 | Haskell - LA | L | 52 | 60 | Bonner Springs | A District | |||
| 3/11/54 | Maur Hill - Atch | W | 58 | 57 | Topeka High | A Regional | |||
| 3/13/54 | Haskell - LA | W | 50 | 46 | Topeka High | A Regional | |||
| 3/18/54 | Nickerson | W | 53 | 48 | Salina | A State | |||
| 3/19/54 | Pratt | L | 57 | 59 | Salina | A State | |||
| 3/20/54 | Russell | W | 60 | 57 | Salina | A State | |||
| 1753 | |||||||||
| TDC | All | ||||||||
| TSJ | 1971 | ||||||||
| 1/2/54 | Story about Bueltel's wedding | |||||
| 1/26/54 | 68 Fouls in this game | |||||
| 3/5/54 | Top 2 in district qualified for Regional | |||||
| 3/19/54 | Loren Bartley misses shot with 5 seconds left. | |||||
| PLAYER | No | G | FG | FT | TP | |
| Loren Bartley | 28 | 101 | 173 | 375 | ||
| Ron Staab | 28 | 130 | 77 | 337 | ||
| Joe McDonnell | 28 | 107 | 88 | 302 | ||
| Jack Wempe | 28 | 86 | 107 | 279 | ||
| John Guth | 28 | 59 | 64 | 182 | ||
| Bob Turgeon | 22 | 21 | 23 | 65 | ||
| Carl Strecker | 18 | 15 | 10 | 40 | ||
| Del Flack | 20 | 16 | 6 | 38 | ||
| Tim Fink | 8 | 10 | 9 | 29 | ||
| Jim McDade | 15 | 10 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Ed Oswald | 15 | 5 | 11 | 21 | ||
| Larry Berberick | 15 | 5 | 9 | 19 | ||
| K Stephens | 17 | 6 | 6 | 18 | ||
| Ken Etzel | 14 | 4 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Tony Meier | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| George Holvey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Paul Valdivia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Sanderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Gannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Wunder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafferty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1/15/54 WRHS @ WRHS | -1 | |||||
| 1753 | ||||||
1/15/54 1 point too many listed in box score.