Concordia Sports - The First 100 Years by Finn Grinaker

"Concordia Men's Sports - The First One Hundred Years"
by Vernon Finn Grinaker
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Chapter 8-- The 70's

| 1970-1971 | 1971-1972 | 1972-1973 | 1973-1974 | 1974-1975 | 1975-1976 | 1976-1977 | 1977-1978 | 1978-1979 | 1979-1980 |

1972 Football

In 1972 the Cobber football team, under Coach Jim Christopherson, amassed a 6 - 3 overall record and finished in 3rd place in the conference with a 3 - 4 record.

On the football team were J. Hanson, M. Kutter, D. Jerome, S. Hannon, W. Wille, W. Petersen, L. Wendt, G. Bjerken, M. Naumann, L. Anderson, M. McNelly, G. Willis, J. Weitzel, S. Peterson, C. Zempel, D. Rogness, K. Baldry, M. Jacobs, B. Griffeths, M. McNelly, R. Ginter, B. Kvebak, J. Haugo, N. Gilbertson, J. Lang, D. Erickson, L. Anderson, D. Ness, G. Erickson, D. Hendrikson, B. Rogness, M. Walker, V. Kollar, R. Sorvig, C. Ohlin, B. Larsen, D. Drommerhausen. L. Wallen, D. Brokke, B. Johnson, B. Wagner, K. Knoff, T. Busch, D. Gabrielson, J. Lindstrom, T. Backes, D. Throntveit, J. Patterson, C. Haukebo, J. Boe, F. Hashley, D. Price, R. Toso, L. Seifert, C. Thompson, D. Wall, M. McLeod, B. Burtch, J. Jendro, R. Brandt, D. Quam, T. Highum, G. Christopher, K. Danielson, L. Sannes, J. Frigaard, K. Tollefson, K. Baldry, P. Nelson, J. Smith, S. Gordon, R. Jerve, H. Mather, T. Braun, D. Sundby, D. Fahrman, G. Senske, C. Ludtke, and T. Rollie.

The season’s results were:
Concordia 31 Moorhead State 14
Concordia 37 Bemidji State 0
Concordia 48 Augsburg 14
Concordia 30 Gustavus 31
Concordia 9 Duluth 10
Concordia 35 Hamline 14
Concordia 35 Macalester 14
Concordia 32 St. Thomas 7
Concordia 7 St. John’s 32

Standings in the conference were:
Gustavus 6 - 1
St. John’s 5 - 2
Concordia 4 - 3
Duluth 4 - 3
St. Thomas 3 - 4
Hamline 3 - 4
Augsburg 3 - 4
Macalester 0 - 7

1972 Cross Country

Coach Ed Langsdorf had high hopes for his 1972 cross-country team The team was almost the same as the previous year, losing only Captain Darrel Carstens through graduation. This year’s squad was led by sophomores Dennis Frichtell and Ed Deutschmann who showed promise last year and performed well in the 1972 track season. Two other returning lettermen, Bob Johnson and Daryl Kosiak, both sophomores, are expected to help the team.

Results of the season were:
Triangular meet: Jamestown - 26, MSC - 29, Concordia - 85
Dual Meet: Wahpeton Science - 16, Concordia - 42
Triangular Meet: Valley City - 26, Concordia - 48, Mayville - 56

1972-73 Men's Basketball

Sonny Gulsvig’s 1972 - 1973 basketball team finished the season 10 - 15 overall and
4 - 10 in the MIAC. His roster included Don Williamson, James Morstad, Dave Tranby, Phil Maring, Steve Gets, Mike Astrup, Rad Dahlberg, Pete Holte, James Bjorklund, Karl Beck, Craig Ruechert, John Jordono, Bruce Kjesbo, Dave Reitan, James Andresen, Dick Knutson, and Robert Holt.

Scores for the season were:
Concordia 60 Moorhead State 59
Concordia 73 Augustana 77
Concordia 65 Northern SD 64
Concordia 77 Minot State 90
Concordia 66 NDSU   87
Concordia 73 Valley City 70
Concordia 48 Hamline 61
Concordia 80 Duluth   81
Concordia 64 Moorhead State 62
Concordia 69 Augsburg 71
Concordia 58 St. Mary’s 56
Concordia 63 Macalester 80
Concordia 59 Gustavus 82
Concordia 70 Duluth   114
Concordia 50 St. Thomas 68
Concordia 64 St. John’s 58
Concordia 72 Hamline 89
Concordia 89 Mary College 77
Concordia 52 Augsburg 66
Concordia 81 St. Mary’s 68
Concordia 63 Macalester 65
Concordia 88 NDSU   85
Concordia 68 Gustavus 84
Concordia 76 St. Thomas 96
Concordia 74 St. John’s 82

1972-73 Wrestling

The 1972 - 1973 Cobber wrestling team included Steve Haddeland, James Smith, Fred Hashley, Paul Isackson, Ed Fain, Joel Haugen, John Rasmussen, Chris Larson, Terry Bishop, Brian Olson, Steve Kittelson, Tom Sorbo, Steve Simonson, Steve Thompson, Rick Swanson, Roy Hendrickson, and Bob Tepe. Finn Grinaker was coach of the team.

The season’s results were:
Concordia 12 Bemidji State 36
Concordia 8 Valley City 41
Concordia 35 Duluth 11
Concordia 19 Moorhead State 23
Concordia 3 NDSU 48
Concordia 6 St. John’s 36
Concordia 0 Augsburg 38
Concordia 24 St. Mary’s 15
Concordia 45 Hamline 3
Concordia 36 St. Thomas 10

St. Cloud Tournament: 11th place out of 16 teams
Duluth Tournament: 1st place out of 9 teams
Luther Tournament: 6th place out of 9 teams
Conference Meet: 3rd place out of 8 teams

1972-73 Hockey

Al Rice coached the 1972 - 1973 hockey season to a 9 - 13 overall record, 7 - 8 in the MIAC. On the team were Bill Driver, John Sirotiak, Captain Tom Hanle, Hal Olimb, Kevin Roth,
Mark Turk, Mike Donahue, Mike Boyle, Rick Sandstrom, Bill Babich, Garth Lutz, Ron Torfin, Mark Skrien, Rob Abalan, Lee McFadden, Gary Johnson, Dick Erickson, Lynn Hanson, Dan Zotz, Steve Root, Tim Cullen, Terry Cullen, and Ron Torfin.

The varsity hockey scores were:
Concordia 5 Air Force 6
Concordia 4 Air Force 5
Concordia 7 St. Cloud State 0
Concordia 4 St. Cloud State 3
Concordia 2 Bemidji State 8
Concordia 3 Gustavus 4
Concordia 2 Air Force 6
Concordia 10 Hamline 1
Concordia 10 Hamline 0
Concordia 4 St. John’s 1
Concordia 3 St. Thomas 5
Concordia 5 St. Thomas 4
Concordia 6 Augsburg 9
Concordia 1 Augsburg 5
Concordia 2 St. Mary’s 7
Concordia 4 St. Mary’s 9
Concordia 10 St. John’s 5
Concordia 3 Bemidji State 12
Concordia 4 Gustavus 8
Concordia 1 Gustavus 6
Concordia 12 Macalester 4
Concordia 6 Macalester 5

1973 Baseball

The 1973 baseball team were 12 - 9 overall and 8 - 8 in the conference for 5th place. Under Coach Al Rice, the team included Craig Haukebo, Mark Nicholson, Jeff Paterson, Bill Driver, Karl Beck, Peter Holte, Paul Nelson, Jack Peterson, Bruce Lattu, Scott Atchison, Steve Gress, Gary Enderle, Lyle Larson, Jack Smokrovich, Howard Metzer, Mike Semling, Rod Peterson, Kirby Crawford, Bruce Carlson, John Nelson, Jim Agre, Guy Kalland, and Bill Richardson.

Results were:
Concordia 4 NDSU   2
Concordia 11 NDSU   15
Concordia 9 Valley City State 5
Concordia 4 Hamline 5
Concordia 2 Hamline 1
Concordia 8 Moorhead State 2
Concordia 2 UMD   3
Concordia 2 UMD   8
Concordia 0 Augsburg 3
Concordia 0 Augsburg 4
Concordia 15 St. Mary’s 5
Concordia 3 St. Mary’s 2
Concordia 3 Macalester 6
Concordia 15 Macalester 6
Concordia 9 Moorhead State 2
Concordia 4 Gustavus 3
Concordia 2 Gustavus 1
Concordia 3 St. Thomas 5
Concordia 2 St. Thomas 3
Concordia 2 St. John’s 1
Concordia 8 St. John’s 4

1973 Track

Ed Langsdorf coached the 1973 track team which included Robin Foss, Larry Lenyard, John Lund, Roy Magnuson, Mark Seymour, Tim Price, Don Brummond, Dave Uhlir, Alan Johnston, Bob Johnson, Mark Johnson, Charlie Hammer, Dave Sundby, John Theigpen, Bill Sorenson, Bob Fabian, Gary Johnson, Daryl Kosiak, Bob Heckert, Dave Maggitt, Dennis Frichtel, Terry Asp, Bob Seim, Phil Dregger, Ed Deutschman, John Tunheim, and Don Wamsley. The team was 6th in the MIAC.

“The Concordia track team is off and running as they have participated in several early season, indoor track meets. Dennis Fritchel set a new Concordia indoor track mark in the 880-yard run with a time of 1:58.1. Bob Seim brought down another indoor CC record as he posted a 52.9 second 440-yard dash.
“Also worth noting is that Concordia will host three indoor meets in March in the new fieldhouse. Coach Ed Langsdorf cited that the new facility is making a tremendous difference in the track program.”

Results of the track season were:
Concordia 36 NDSU 91
Moorhead State Invitational: 3rd place out of 4 teams
Triangular at Concordia: 1st place out of 3 teams
Triangular at Concordia: 2nd place out of 3 teams
City of Moorhead: Concordia - 22, MSC - 104
Triangular at Concordia: 2nd place out of 3 teams
NDSSS Invitational: 2nd place out of 4 teams
Bethel-Mac Relays: 3rd place out of 7 teams
Northern Triangular: 4th place out of 4 teams

1973 Golf

In 1973 the Concordia golf team, coached by Finn Grinaker, won its first MIAC championship with a 36-hole total of 809, edging out Augsburg at 816. Those on the team were Fred Kahn, Chris Aasland, Bill Riddering, Kevin Bostrom, Jeff Tweeton, Tom Sorbo, Mark Handahl, Craig Johnson, Paul Johnson, and Steve Storslee. Other results of the season were:

Concordia 373 Moorhead State 378
Cobber-Dragon Invitational: 3rd place out of 10 teams
Northern State Invitational: 4th place out of 7 teams
Concordia 404 NDSU 399
Morris Invitational: 4th place out of 11 teams
All City: NDSU l- 389, MSC - 394, Concordia - 408
Honeywell Tournament: 6th place out of 24 teams

1973 Tennis

The 1973 Cobber tennis team under Coach Bob Nick finished 5th in the MIAC, but won 9 of 13 dual matches during the season. Playing for Concordia were Brent Glommen, Steve. Schneider, Grady Kjesbo, Mark Schaefer, Chuck Hawkins, Jim Spencer, Dan Hagseth, Bob Wolf, Mark Theno, Scott Chapman, Dale Rehkamp, Dave Buchman, Keith Dustrud, and Jim Sanoden.
Tennis scores were:
Concordia 8 Moorhead State 1
Concordia 7 UND   2
Concordia 2 Bemidji State 7
Concordia 6 NDSU   3
Concordia 6 St. Thomas 3
Concordia 3 Macalester 6
Concordia 7 Augburg 0
Concordia 4 NDSU   5
Concordia 9 Moorhead State 0
Concordia 5 Bemidji State 4
Concordia 3 Gustavus 6
Concordia 8 St. John’s 1
Concordia 5 Hamline 4

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