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   Coach Meseke's final year - his last home game was memorable. A 2 point overtime win over Emporia made all the fans happy. The semi-final loss to Santa Fe Trail
was that team's only real test on their way to an undefeated season and State Championship.  My last memory of that game was watching Coach Meseke pacing back and forth
along the bench as the clock wound down. The Hayden team had come very close to another monumental upset which was a specialty with Coach Meseke.


1996-97 COACH: Ben Meseke
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Centennial League
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DATE TEAM W/L HAY OPP PLACE LEAGUE/TOURNEY







12/10/96 Sabetha W 57 45 Sabetha
12/13/96 Atchison W 40 37 Atchison
12/17/96 Baldwin W 57 53 Bueltel A.C.
12/20/96 Seaman W 49 46 Bueltel A.C. Centennial
1/3/97 Topeka West W * 39 37 Bueltel A.C.
1/4/97 Concordia W 52 30 Bueltel A.C.
1/10/97 Shawnee Heights L 30 31 Shawnee Heights Centennial
1/14/97 Washburn Rural L 58 60 Bueltel A.C. Centennial
1/17/97 Emporia L 47 49 Emporia Centennial
1/23/97 Lawrence L 59 71 Topeka High Topeka Inv
1/24/97 Highland Park L 43 55 Topeka High Topeka Inv
1/25/97 Topeka West L 37 53 Topeka High Topeka Inv
2/1/97 Highland Park L 52 54 Bueltel A.C. Centennial
2/4/97 Abilene L 36 41 Abilene
2/7/97 Washburn Rural L 49 72 Washburn Rural Centennial
2/10/97 Baldwin W 77 40 Baldwin
2/14/97 Seaman L 50 61 Seaman Centennial
2/18/97 Shawnee Heights L 43 53 Bueltel A.C. Centennial
2/21/97 Emporia W * 56 54 Bueltel A.C. Centennial
2/28/97 Highland Park L 48 51 Highland Park Centennial
3/3/97 Marysville W 46 41 Marysville 4A Sub-State
3/6/97 Santa Fe Trail L 45 48 Wamego 4A Sub-State










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 Roster

PLAYERS

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Scott Walker
22 90 45 0 225
Dan Davis

21 83 44 2 212
Kent Becker

22 46 23 40 155
Jon Suddarth 
22 44 36 3 128
John Tetuan

18 39 19 21 118
Darren Erpelding
22 40 22 6 108
Shaun Shufelberger
21 22 16 0 60
Juan Ortiz

14 9 10 1 29
Taylor Hill

7 5 2 1 13
Scott Harding

10 7 0 1 15
Shawn Menke

3 1 0 0 2
Tyler Marshall

2 1 0 0 2
Shaun Kramer

7 0 1 0 1
Doug Hubbell

1 0 0 0 0
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1/31/97 Highland Park Box score




Box score shows 8 points for Suddarth (2 FG & 4 FT) but gives total points for

Suddarth as 6. Story says that Erpelding and Shufelberger came off the bench

for a total of 15 points - yet the box score says each of them scored 8 points each.

I gave credit as follows : Suddarth 8, Erpelding 8 and Shufelberger 7.