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Jayhawk Football League: 1930-1961
This league began operation with the 1930 football season. Charter members were ESKRIDGE, HIGHLAND PARK, ST. MARY'S ACADEMY, SEAMAN and WAMEGO. SEAMAN and HIGHLAND PARK had previously belonged to the SCL (Shawnee County League). ST MARY'S Jesuit school closed after the 1930-31 school year. TOPEKA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (TCHS) was approved for membership in 1932 - they would compete later as CAPITAL CATHOLIC and finally as HAYDEN. ALMA entered the league in 1933 and OSAGE CITY followed in 1936.
WW II travel restrictions were some of the reasons ALMA and ESKRIDGE dropped out of the league in 1942. COUNCIL GROVE was recruited in 1944 but left after the 1945 season. MID-EAST League member WASHBURN RURAL was approved for play in 1947. HIGHLAND PARK outgrew the league and left the group after the 1950 season and eventually joined the NEKL. HOLTON left the BIG 7 to join the league in 1952. HASKELL was recruited in the same year - but did not become eligible for football play until 1953.
The JAYHAWK had always been in general a CLASS A League and, as Hayden changed classification to AA , it was decided that HAYDEN should try to join a larger school group. They became an Independent in 1955. There were no more changes in the membership until the league was disbanded after the 1961-62 school year.
Year Team League ALL Coach
| 1930 | Seaman | (3-0-1) | (6-0-2) | Chuck Logan | |
| 1931 | Seaman | (3-0-0) | (7-0-0) | Chuck Logan | |
| 1932 | Highland Park | (3-0-1) | (6-0-2) | Robert McIsaac | |
| Seaman | (3-0-1) | (7-0-1) | Chuck Logan | ||
| 1933 | Alma | (5-0-0) | (7-0-2) | George Wilson | |
| 1934 | Alma | (3-0-2) | (6-0-2) | George Wilson | |
| 1935 | Alma | (4-0-1) | (7-0-1) | Wesley Grout | |
| 1936 | Highland Park | (6-0-0) | (9-0-0) | D.L. "Heavy" Erwin | |
| 1937 | Highland Park | (6-0-0) | (7-0-0) | Paul Christensen | |
| 1938 | Wamego | (6-0-0) | (6-2-0) | Wesley Grout | |
| 1939 | Highland Park | (5-0-0) | (8-1-0) | Paul Christensen | |
| 1940 | Seaman | (6-0-0) | (9-0-0) | Dan Emrich | |
| 1941 | Wamego | (5-0-1) | (8-0-1) | Homer Hanson | |
| 1942 | Seaman | (4-0-0) | (6-2-0) | Dan Emrich | |
| 1943 | Wamego | (4-0-0) | (8-0-0) | Claude Reynolds | |
| 1944 | Seaman | (5-0-0) | (7-2-0) | Dan Emrich | |
| 1945 | Seaman | (5-0-0) | (9-0-0) | Dan Emrich | |
| 1946 | Highland Park | (4-0-0) | (9-0-0) | Barney Hayes | |
| 1947 | Highland Park | (5-0-0) | (9-0-0) | Barney Hayes | |
| 1948 | HAYDEN | (5-0-0) | (8-1-0) | John Starbuck | |
| 1949 | HAYDEN | (5-0-0) | (7-1-1) | John Starbuck | |
| 1950 | HAYDEN | (5-0-0) | (9-0-0) | Al Lee | |
| 1951 | HAYDEN | (4-0-0) | (8-2-0) | Al Lee | |
| 1952 | HAYDEN | (5-0-0) | (5-3-0) | Al Lee | |
| 1953 | Haskell | (6-0-0) | (9-0-0) | Tony Coffin | |
| 1954 | HAYDEN | (5-1-0) | (6-3-1) | Barney Byard | |
| Holton | (5-1-0) | (6-3-0) | Bill Frear | ||
| 1955 | Haskell | (4-0-1) | (6-1-1) | Tony Coffin | |
| Seaman | (4-0-1) | (7-1-1) | Carl Bierman | ||
| 1956 | Seaman | (4-0-1) | (7-1-1) | Carl Bierman | |
| 1957 | Holton | (3-1-1) | (7-1-1) | Ross Correll | |
| Seaman | (3-1-1) | (6-1-1) | Carl Bierman | ||
| 1958 | Seaman | (5-0-0) | (7-2-0) | Carl Bierman | |
| 1959 | Haskell | (4-0-1) | (7-1-1) | Eustace Lewellen | |
| 1960 | Seaman | (3-1-1) | (7-1-1) | Carl Bierman | |
| 1961 | Washburn Rural | (5-0-0) | (9-0-0) | Bob Peel |
Carl Strecker - 1954 Quarterback for Hayden High
| LEAGUE | ALL GAMES | |||||||
| 1930 | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||
| Seaman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| St. Mary's Academy * | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Wamego | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Highland Park | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Eskridge | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| * CLOSED >1931 | ||||||||
| 1931 | ||||||||
| Seaman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wamego | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Highland Park | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Eskridge | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 1932 | ||||||||
| Highland Park | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Seaman | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Eskridge | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Wamego | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| TCHS (Hayden) * | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| * INDEPENDENT | ||||||||
| 1933 | ||||||||
| Alma | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Eskridge | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Seaman | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Highland Park | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| TCHS (Hayden) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Wamego | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1934 | ||||||||
| Alma | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Seaman | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| TCHS (Hayden) | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Wamego | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Eskridge | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Highland Park | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1935 | ||||||||
| Alma | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eskridge | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Highland Park | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| TCHS (Hayden) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Seaman | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Wamego | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 1936 | ||||||||
| Highland Park | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alma | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Seaman | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Wamego | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Osage City | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Eskridge | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| TCHS (Hayden) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 1937 | ||||||||
| Highland Park | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Seaman | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Wamego | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alma | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Eskridge | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Osage City | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| TCHS (Hayden) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1938 | ||||||||
| Wamego | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Highland Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Seaman | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Eskridge | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Alma | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Osage City | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| TCHS (Hayden) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1939 | ||||||||
| Highland Park | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Seaman | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Osage City | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Eskridge | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Alma | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Wamego | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| CCHS (Hayden) * | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| * TCHS cancelled season | ||||||||
| 1940 | ||||||||
| Seaman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wamego | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Eskridge | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Highland Park | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Osage City | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| CCHS (Hayden) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Alma | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 1941 | ||||||||
| Wamego | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Seaman | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Highland Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Osage City | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Alma | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| CCHS (Hayden) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Eskridge | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 1942 | ||||||||
| Seaman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Osage City | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Highland Park | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Wamego | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| CCHS (Hayden) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1943 | ||||||||
| Wamego | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Seaman | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Osage City | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Highland Park | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| CCHS (Hayden) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1944 | ||||||||
| Seaman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Highland Park | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Wamego | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Council Grove | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| CCHS (Hayden) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Osage City | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 1945 | ||||||||
| Seaman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wamego | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Highland Park | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Council Grove | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| CCHS (Hayden) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Osage City | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 1946 | ||||||||
| Highland Park | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||