MORAN EXCELLED IN BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL
Any of us who have a knowledge of Boone High School athletics "way back" would have to agree that Dayle (Hap) Moran must be labeled one of the Toreadors greatest athletes ever. Perhaps number one.
After all, he excelled in both football and basketball, even at a national level.
Moran, a 1921 Boone High School graduate, was renowned in high school as a great basketball player. But, actually, it was his football exploits that he became even more famous for.
In basketball, he was named captain of the 1920 all-state team and led his Toreador squad to a state championship at the Ames Invitational. But there was more.
That team was invited to compete with other high school teams from nearly a dozen states in a tournament sponsored by the University of Chicago.
The Boone team opened with two victories, defeating Fond Du Lac Wisconsin and Glendennin West Virginia. In the Glendennin victory, Moran scored nine goals, including a Bartlett Gymnasium record-setting heave of 43-feet, nine inches on one of his shots.
In the semis, Moran was forced out of action via an injury and the Toreadors, leading at the time, were defeated then and in the consolation game.
Moran was again a star player on the 1921 team that won its second consecutive state title.
A 6-1, 190 pound football halfback/defensive back, Moran was recruited out of high school by Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, primarily for basketball, but also for football.
In 1923, Moran returned to Iowa to play both sports at Grinnell College.
In 1926, he played his first professional football game, the Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Akron.
Moran scored Frankford's only points in that game and his team went on to win the NFL championship as he became his team's second highest scorer.
The Chicago Cardinals of the NFL recruited Moran in 1927, primarily for his kicking skills. He finished that season second in the league in field goals and ninth for PAT's (points after).
In 1928, Moran started the season with the Pottsville Maroons and finished it with the New York Giants.
In 1930, he set an NFL record for the longest run from scrimmage, in 1931, he was the Giants scoring leader and in 1933, he set the NFL record for the most yards receiving in a single game.
Dayle spent five years, 1929-33, with the Giants. That pass receiving record was 114 yards.
The longest run record he set was 91 yards and it remained a Giants record for 75 years, until Tiki Barber broke it in 2005.
After retiring from the NFL, he played for the Paterson Panthers of the American Association and coached that team in 1936.
Moran was born in Belle Plaine Iowa in 1901 and died at age 93 in New Milford, Connecticut in 1994.
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TOREADORS PERSISTENCE FINALLY PAYS OFF
It took several serious threats before a Boone High School girls tennis team finally captured an elusive Iowa State championship.
In the large school class 2-A competition of 2007-08, the BHS girls won the title with a championship victory over.......no less than always tough rival, Ames, at Ames.
Coming into the competition, Des Moines Roosevelt, another always prominent contender, was labeled the favorite. Predicably, the Riders were very tough but the Boone girls prevailed by winning two of three doubles matches after splitting the six singles battles.
The championship match with the Little Cyclones was actually easier. The Toreadors won by taking five of the six singles matches.
Mary Pat McMullan, who won that year's state singles championship, led her team to victory. She defeated an Iowa City West player, 6-0, 6-1, in first round play and then defeated a netter from Ottumwa, 6-0, 6-0.
In the semis, she faced a very tough opponent and good friend, Evelyn Qin of Ames. It took a come-from-behind effort but McMullan went 0-6, 6-4 and 7-6(4) to the victory.
Mary Pat's Marshalltown opponent in the championship match was defeated, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Aiding McMullan's effort greatly was the team of Maggi Schutte and Traci Moklestad who took third place in state doubles. The doubles team of Lindsay Greiner and Julie Stockhausen had also qualified for state play.
Katie Moklestad and Hannah Worrall were others members of the championship team coached by Shawn Latimer and Aaron Holm.
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SEVERAL EARN STATE VOLLEYBALL HONORS
A newer Boone sport, girls volleyball, has not produced any state champions, team or individual, but many of the local contestants have fared well in the sport as individuals.
Sarah Trowbridge and Mariah McPartland lead the way. Sarah Trowbridge won first all-state elite honors in 2002 after fourth team recognition in 2001.
McPartland was second all-state in 2013 and followed up with top honors in 2014.
Jenny Schaefer was third-team all-state in 1999 and second in 2000.
Earning third team all-state recognition were Drennon Ford in 2007 and Kinsie Zinnel in 2019.
In 2000, Jennifer Trowbridge captured fourth team all-state honors.
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GIRLS, BOYS SOCCER JUST GETTING STARTED
Speaking of new sports.....soccer, for both girls and boys, has been introduced in the most recent years. Boone High School athletics will be looking for championships in that sport in the future.
Meantime, Jared Dow did earn 3-A first team all-state recognition in 2015.
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Troy Gene Gibson, 51, Boone........Don Vest Sr., 89, Independence, MO. Formerly of Boone. Born in Boone. BSH-49. Navy vet. At one time, owned restaurants in Tama IA and Clarksville, AR. Retired in Boone in 1987 after 30 years of work as a railroad yardmaster. At one time was a Iowa Golden Gloves boxing champion. His wife, Colleen Riddle Vest is deceased. His first wife was Patsy Cowhick. Survivors include children/step-children seven sons, three daughters. Survivors also include his sister, Ethel Morgan, of Boone and a daughter-in-law.............Miranda Squires, 42, Boone. Born in and grew up in Illinois. Graduated from Adel-DeSoto, Minburn HS in Iowa in 1996. Earned a degree in sociology from ISU in 2002. Was a talented musician, a trained vocalist. Survivors include her mother, a sister and brother........Richard (Dick) McWilliams, 77, Boone. Earned two degrees from ISU including his Master's in 1971. Joined the Peace Corps and spent three years in India. Married Julie in Ames in 1969. In 1971, the couple moved to Spirit Lake as he took a position at the fish hatchery there. After 21 years in Spirit Lake, the couple moved to Boone in 1992 as he took a position as Fisheries Management Biologist at Ledges State Park. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, two sisters and a brother.
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