Boone High School football began in 1896 and there have been many ups and downs in the 125-year history of the sport here.
Lots of coaches too, but, due to longevity and success, four are particular standouts.
Those four are Harold (Bud) Fisher, 1928-34; Merle Harris, 1958-71 and again in 1976; Dale Tryon, 1988-99, and Mark Camenisch, 2003-17, who guided nine Toreador teams into post season play starting in 2004.
Of course, playoff competition didn't begin in Iowa until 1972, so Fisher and Harris were never given the opportunity to coach playoff teams. That Harris team of 1976 came close to qualifying, but not as many teams were chosen for playoff play at that time.
Coach Fisher, in his seven-year run, posted a 39-18-6 record with best teams of 7-1 in 1928; 7-1-1 in 1930 and 7-2 in 1934.
Harris had an overall record, in 21 seasons at three Iowa schools, of 103-59-10 for a winning percentage of 62.8. In his 15 seasons at Boone High, his record was 72-42-7 for a winning percentage of 60.3. His best Toreador team was the 1963 unit that was 8-0 and acclaimed, statewide, as the third best team in Iowa, regardless of class. He also guided teams here to records of 7-1 in 1960; 6-1 in 1963; 7-0-1 in 1968 and 8-1 in 1976.
Coach Tryon, in his 11 seasons here, was 116-70 for a winning percentage of 60.3, an identical percentage of success that Coach Harris had produced. His 1993 squad was 11-1 and both his 1992 and 1995 teams were 9-2.
Coach Camenisch guided the BHS program for 14 years with a final record of 75-52-1, for a winning percentage of 60.0 also.
Of the 49 years of playoffs in Iowa, Boone High football teams have qualified for state competition 15 times and have produced a 6-15 record.
Coach Camenisch led nine Toreadors teams to the playoffs......2004, 05, 07, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 16.
Tryon had playoff teams in 1992, 93, 95 and 98 and his 1993 team, with two playoff victories, advanced to the semifinal round, the Toreadors best ever playoff finish.
Year-by-year, here is the Toreadors playoff history. All games were in the 3-A classification.
In 1992, defeated LeMars, 28-7, but lost to Spencer, 27-0; in 1993, beat Spencer, 8-7 and Cherokee Washington, 14-7, but lost to Harlan, 28-0, in the semis; in 1995, beat Algona, 28-26, in overtime but lost to Spencer, 24-0; in 1998, lost to Carroll Kuemper, 25-8; in 2000, lost to Waverly, 26-8; in 2001, defeated Creston, 16-3, but lost to Clear Lake, 21-0; in 2004, lost to Waukee, 34-20; in 2005, lost to Clear Lake, 17-0; in 2007, lost to Pella, 29-27; in 2008, lost to Charles City, 31-0; in 2010, lost to Decorah, 42-14; in 2011, lost to Decorah, 30-17; in 2012, lost to Clear Lake, 35-0; in 2013, lost to Waverly-Shell Rock, 33-7; and in 2016, defeated Orient-Macksburg, 22-21, but lost to Webster City, 21-19.
Some of the other more prominent Toreador football coaches through the years have been H.F. Dickensheets, DeWitt (Duke) Williams, Chick Evans, Wayne Hill, Larry Baldus and Jim McLeran.
McLernan led the Boone team for five seasons, 1953-57, while the other five coaches had tenures of four years.....Dickensheets starting in 1913, Williams in 1920, Evans in 1924, Hill in 1939 and Baldus in 1945.
AND, the Mendenhall brothers must be mentioned. L.L. Mendenhall started as the BHS grid coach in 1917, but was then called into service. His brother, O.H. Mendenhall, took over and their 1918 squad was 7-0, Boone High's first undefeated season. The next and only other time the program has had an undefeated campaign occurred in 1964 when that squad finished at 8-0.
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An interesting note from Ron Hopkins, BSH-59, this week.
Ron wrote, "thought you might find interesting an historical reference in the Boone News Republican in a book about stateside life during World War II. It seems that an Office of Censorship (OC) was formed just days after Pearl Harbor to aid in censorship of communications into and out of the U.S. and its territories. Remember that slogan, "loose lips sink ships?" According to Wikipedia, the efforts were made primarily through a voluntary regulatory code and were largely successful in balancing the protection of sensitive war related information with the constitutional freedoms of the press. The book's author, Tracy Campbell, wrote, "after the Boone News printed a story identifying a local soldier's unit location, it received a letter from the OC asking that it refrain from publishing "the identity of any U.S. military unit or ship in any combat zone."
The book's title is "The Year of Peril: America in Peril".........Yale University Press, 2020.
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The Kornerman saw this and liked it......"Older people aren't being asked about what they need. They are being told what they need by people who have never been old."
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: LaVerne Wittrock, 96, Halbur. Survivors include a son, Marvin, of Boone.........Harold Kline, 83, Boone. Attended Boxholm and Boone schools..Army vet. Married Elaine Collins in 1960. Worked for the DOT for 38 years prior to retirement in 1995. Survivors include Elaine, a daughter, Vaughn Vinchattle, a son, Rod Kline, and a brother, Don Kline, all of Boone............
Ken McCabe, 90, Boone. Grew up in Minnesota. A decorated Army vet. After service, starting in 1953, worked 25 years as a Regional Supervisor for Imperial Refineries. Married Patricia Ott in 1959. After retirement, he started a small engine repair shop in Boone. Also did some work for the Census Bureau and Gates. He was proud of his early support and work for the Boone Speedway. Very active in Boone Sacred Heart Church. Survivors include his wife, Pat, and son, Wayne, both of Boone, a daughter, and several siblings.
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