LAUREL FOOTBALL 1961 CONTINUED!

     Only three teams scored on Laurel during the year and St. Mary's of Marshalltown could manage as many as 14 points. The smallest margin of victory was a 21-0 of Tri-County, while the largest was a 74-0 walk over Gilman. That 21- point, incidentally, marked the only time all year the Hornets were held under 40 points.

      At season's close, Stineman was named to the Times Republican first all-territory team, and Wunn was placed on the second unit. The 1961 performance did not surprise Betz. "We kind of expected them to come along real well this year," he says. "We knew they were going to be tough.

       Betz credits a combination of speed and size, plus good blocking, for the Hornets success. He also emphasizes that team balance, the fact that Laurel had no weak spots, played an important part. The experience, of course, was invaluable, and team depth, which enabled  him to keep his players fresh through liberal substitution, was a contributing factor.

       No coach to grab any glory for himself, he insists that it was good offense (winged-T) which got the job done. "Campbell and Laverty were real good in the open field, particularly Campbell" he points out. "And Stineman and Wunn were standouts. I would say we had two of the best guards in the state in Wunn and Schollenburger. 

       "I didn't think the all conference team did us justice" Betz declares. ( Campbell, Stineman, Miiller, and  Wunn, were first team choices.) "Our center, Jerry Roberts, did us a real good job. And Miiller was one of our best blockers and tacklers." Jim Latham at quarterback did a real good job faking and calling signals."

      Next spring Laurel will graduate 13 seniors off this team, including every regular except Bruce Schnelle, defensive linebacker Dave Anderson and Defensive safteymen Gary Brindle and Danny Osborn. And that's a sigh of relief you hear going through the Ta-Ma-Ja Conference.