2004 Football Kewpies are State Champs, Simple the Best!

"Awards Banquet" December 8, 2004 - Click for Details
"Championship Sunday" December 12, 2004 - Click for Details
See Fan Pictures and more - Homecoming Queen - 2004 Hog Roast
(Season Record) - (Kewpie News) - (***See Team Picture***)
See Last State Champs of 1974 - Poem for the Champs
2005 Football Kewpies - Kewpie Football Facts 1894 - 1973 - 2006 Football Kewpies

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Annual Touchdown Club
Auction and Silent Auction

Over $10,000 in Merchandise and Certificates
 

Was Held Saturday, October 30, 2004
6:00 pm
Holiday Inn Expo Center
2200 I-70 Drive SW

$20 Single   $35 Couple
Includes GOURMET BUFFET before the auction

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Schedule
2004 Varsity Games (11 - 1)


Fri. Sept. 3 - 7:00 p.m. HOMELee Summit North (37 - 7)
Fri. Sept. 10 - 7:00 p.m. HOME Rockhurst (7 - 14)
Fri. Sept. 17 - 7:00 p.m. Away Parkway South (44 - 0)
Fri. Sept. 24 - 7:00 p.m. Away Blue Springs (34 - 16)
Fri. Oct. 1 - OPEN (Hog Roast)
Fri. Oct. 8 - 7:00 p.m. Homecoming Hazelwood East (23 - 8)
Fri. Oct. 15 - 6:00 p.m. Away Riverview Gardens (54 - 0)
Fri. Oct. 22 - 7:00 p.m. HOME Ft. Zumwalt West (48 - 3)
Fri. Oct. 29 - 7:00 p.m. Away Rockbridge (35 - 0)
Fri. Nov. 5 - 7:00 p.m.Away Jeff City(27 - 7)
(Quarterfinal) Fri. Nov. 12 - 7:00 p.m. DeSmet (44 - 33)
(Semifinal) Fri. Nov. 19 - 7:00 p.m. Rockhurst (10 - 7)
(Final) Fri. Nov. 26 - Hazelwood East (34-7)

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TOTALS
Kewpies 282 - Opponents 48
Kewpie Average 35 - Opponents Average 6
Kewpies have scored 5.8 times what opponents have scored
Kewpies have out scored opponents by 234
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Jay Spangler, John Douglas & Sally Orr (1963 Kewpies) watching the Kewpies beat Parkway South, Sept 17, 2004
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The Kewpies beating Blue Springs 34-16, September 24, 2004



John Kurtz & Kent Wood (1965 Kewpies)



Judy Reynolds & Charley Blackmore (1963 Kewpies)
Bob Lambert in black hat, 1962 Kewpie and starter of the "1962 Kewpie State Championship Basketball Team"
Principal, Dr. Wanda Brown in black hat in front of Bob



John Kurtz & his wife (Trish)


Cheryl & Blake Tekotte

View at Riverview Gardens
Riverview Gardens team is coached by John Atwell, a 1989 Kewpie!

Kewpie Cheerleaders at Riverview Gardens
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Wednesday December 8th
at 6:30 PM
"End of Season Awards Banquet"
happens at the Hickman Commons.

The meal will be catered by Bandana’s.
The cost $8.00 payable at the door
(Hickman football players are free).

 If you plan to attend please RSVP
Coach Gregg Nesbitt at 213-3053
by Monday December 6, 2004.

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Sunday December 12, 2004
from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
in the Hickman Commons,
for Kewpie Championship Sunday!

Come celebrate State Championship Cross Country Winner, Tim Cornell,
and the Class 6 State Championship Football Team, the Hickman Kewpies.

Players and coaches will be available for photos, autographs, and congratulations.
Sportswear will be available as well.

Congratulations to the entire team,
staff, school, fans and alumni!

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Simply the best
 


The Hickman football team, fresh off a Class 6 state semifinal appearance in 2003, opened the 2004 season with state-championship aspirations. But before the first game was over, those plans needed a revision. Senior quarterback Blake Tekotte, who broke the school record for passing yards as a junior, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a 37-7 victory over Lee’s Summit North.

The next week, the Kewpies suffered a 14-7 loss to Rockhurst. Two weeks later, they traveled to Blue Springs to play the top-ranked Wildcats. But a funny thing happened on the way to the pity party. Hickman overcame a 16-13 halftime deficit and thumped Blue Springs 34-16. That gave the Kewpies the top ranking in the state, which they never gave back.

Thanks in large part to a defense that yielded just 8.5 points per game, Hickman wasn’t seriously challenged again until a rematch with Rockhurst in the state semis. Trailing 7-0 entering the fourth quarter, the Kewpies broke through for 10 points, and senior Reggie Hatton blocked a potential game-tying field goal in the waning seconds.

John Darkow illustration
The state championship game wasn’t nearly as dramatic. Hickman spanked Hazelwood East 34-7, giving the Kewpies their first state title since 1974.

It was a team effort in every sense. It appears that none of the seniors will receive Division I scholarships, but they more than held their own against more highly recruited opponents. Luke Harper anchored the offensive and defensive lines, Brandon Kendrick rushed for more than 1,000 yards and Cedric Alvis piled up more than 1,000 all-purpose yards.

Coach Gregg Nesbitt made all the right moves keeping the team together after the early loss of Tekotte.

"Every year, you come in as a coach, and you have a certain amount of question marks," Nesbitt said. "We just had more positive answers than the other teams. It’s almost like everywhere we needed somebody to really step up, they did."

from the "Columbia Daily Tribune" December 26, 2004
 
 
 



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The above poster of the 1974 Champs provided by Bill Smith, Class of 1963 & donated to the "Class of 1974"
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Kewpie State Champions "74"
by Shelley C. Caldwell “Chilidog” (class of ‘75 - don't take no jive)
written 07/07/06, In memory of us all.

This is in honor of us,
Who would make such a fuss?
But when I look back, I thought of us all,
And how much we loved the game of football.
We’ve all grown up, we live different places,
But I haven’t forgotten any of the faces.
We’d done something Kewpies never did before,
We stormed the walls, we kicked in the door.
In ‘73 we went undefeated,
Looking good, like our pants that were pleated.
In ‘74 we lost our first game with shame,
But it showed we were human, it brought us fame.
No one could stop the mission we were on,
The game became serious, but still lots of fun.
We played slow motion goal line, some of the guys,
Serious overtime practice, these are no lies.
A commitment to be the best we could be,
That’s when we became a very close family.
I’m going to talk about some of the players,
Or should I say, “Here are the slayers.”
Pete Grathwohl “Grunt,” Gary Whitesides “Head,”
Knew how to hit, nearly knocking off heads.
Offensive tackles, Rick Wehemeyer, Jim Gordon,
Pulling around end, opponents turn and run.
Running backs, Dave Williams “Train,” Gerry Ellis,
Best of the best, ball running fellas.
Wide receivers, Raymond White, Shelley Caldwell, “Chilidog,”
Running down field, pulling in the hog.
Offensive guards, Greg Critchfield, Gary Jones,
Blocking opponents, you could hear the moans.
Centers, Terry Durnil “Moby,” Jim Shauwecker “Wacker,”
Downfield looking for a safety or linebacker.
Defensive backs, David Newman, Payton Mathews,
Gave quarterbacks passing, some serious blues.
Running back's biggest fear? Big bad Ron Crews,
Our fastest and smoothest was Stanley Hughes.
At quarterback a gentleman, his name Leo Lewis,
Leading us down field, faith in all of us.
We need to remember Gary Jones, Ron Crews,
Their loss was really big Kewpie news.
We don’t have to worry, or want them back,
We’ll see them later, with God as our quarterback.
I love you all, thinking of you,
I kneel to pray,
There’s one more thing I need to say.
Who say Kewpies don’t love Tom Travis now!

Who say!  Who say!

I love you all.

To all the Kewpies, wherever you are.
 
 
 
 

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