2004 Football
Kewpies are State Champs, Simple the Best!
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Banquet" December 8, 2004 - Click
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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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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
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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team, staff, school, fans and alumni!
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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.
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
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.