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Dan Regnier – Coach

Mankato High School – class of 1939

College – Mankato State Teachers College ‘43

Coach – Storden High School 1943-44, Football, Basketball; Worthington High School – Head Baseball Coach 1951-1976, Freshman Football, Freshman Basketball, Assistant High School Football, Basketball and Baseball; Worthington Junior College – Football

Other Activities – WHS Athletic Equipment Manager 1951-1983, Officiated Football and Basketball for area high schools 1943-1974

Awards – Retired Coaches Award ‘77

Dan and his wife, Kathy, have 5 children, Nadine, Steve, Doug, Annette, and Brian. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1990.

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Lee A. Nystrom -WHS Class of 1969

Football
Basketball
Track

College – Macalester College ‘72 -Football, Most Improved ’70, Honorable mention All-MIAC ’71, Pre-reason All-American candidate ’72, MVP ’72

Other Football – Green Bay Packers, offensive tackle for 3 years; Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriot; Scots Club.

Coach – Macalaster College – Assistant coach football at 1976-1984, Baseball Assistant Coach

Awards – Macalaster College Athletic Hall of Fame ‘86

Lee is the Executive Vice President of Marsh & LcLennan National Marketing. He plays in two recreational basketball leagues and two softball leagues and enjoys golfing as well. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1990.

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Roy Minter – Coach

Owatonna High School – class of 1954

*Wrestling – State Champion ‘54

College – Mankato State College, BS ‘58 & Masters ‘62, Wrestling – NAIA National Champion ’58,  NCAA Division I All-American, 2nd place 1956, 4th place 1957 and 1958
Awards
*MCCC Coach of the Year (9 times)
*Region 13 Coach of the Year (3 times)

Coach – Worthington High School – Wrestling – 10 years, Tennis and Track each 1 year; Worthington Junior College – football for  for 7 years; Willmar Community College – wrestling for 22 years, football assistant for 18 years, golf for 10 and baseball for 2 years, 69 MCCC State Champions, 28 Region 13 Champions, 40 NJCAA All Americans, Coaching Record (32 Years) 395-91-11, Willmar Community College record (22 years) 299-69-9, Winningest “Active” Coach in the NJCAA and 2 wins from being the winningest coach in the NJCAA in wrestling

Awards – Minnesota Wrestling Hall of Fame ‘78; NJCAA Hall of Fame ‘79; Mankato State Hall of Fame ‘82, Owatonna High School Hall of Fame ‘84, NJCAA Man of the Year ‘88, 9 time MCCC Coach of the Year, 3 time Region 13 Coach of the Year

He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1990.

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Gary Ridge – WHS Class of 1961

Football – 2 year letter-winner; Quarterback; Co-captain ‘61

Basketball – 3 year letter-winner; Leading scorer ‘61

Track – 3 year letter-winner; High Hurdle record ‘60

Academics and Activities – National Honor Society; Choir-President ‘61,Soloist, Boys’ octet ensemble; Trojannaires; Class sophomore president; Student Council; Business Manager of senior class; VFW Athletic & Scholarship Award ‘61

College – Macalester ‘65 – Track, 4 year letterman, Co-captain ’65, Macalester Track Honor Roll, 120 yd High Hurdles, MIAC Champion, set the school record in 120 yd. High Hurdles and 330 yd Intermediate Hurdles,  and Mile Relay

Coach –  Teacher/Coach in Westbrook, MN, Conference Track Champions 1966; Owatonna, MN – Football, Jr. High 1970-1985, Sr. High Varsity Asst. 1986 – Present, Big 19 Conference Champs 1986, Big 9 Runner-up 1987, 1988; Track, Jr. High 1971-1977, Sr. High Varsity Girls 1978 – Present, State Runner-up 1978, Region Champs 1980 & 1981, Big 9 Champs 1978, 1979 & 1980, True Team Champs 1988, 4th at State Meet, 4 time Outstate Indoor Champs , 4 time Runner-up Outstate Indoor, 3 time Rochester Mayo Invitational Champs, Eagles (Apple Valley) Champs, qualified at least one individual to the state meet every year 1978-1989, Dual Meet Record 1978-1989 (101-19)

Gary served in the military from 1966-1970. He  was commissioned in Field Artillery ’67 and served in Germany, Fort Lewis, Washington, & Vietnam. He was on reserved duty 1979-present (battery commander with the 314th field artillery 1979 – 1982) and commissioned as major in 1986. Gary is currently in Individual Ready Reserve. He coaches in Owatonna, MN from 1970-present, is an active member of the Associated Church and involved with Elks, Owatonna Country Club and Owatonna Jaycees.  Gary is married to Glenda Metz ( WHS Class of 1965).  They have 2 daughters, Christine and Sara. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1989.

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Milt Osterberg – Coach

South High School, Minneapolis, Class of 1931

College – Mankato Teachers College, 1938; Football – played for 4 years having no high school experience.

Coach – Medford High School 1938-1940 – Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track; Morris High School 1941-1943- Football, Basketball, Baseball,Track; Worthington High School 1944-1946 – Football- Undefeated 1946, Basketball; Worthington Junior College 1947-1953; Worthington High School 1954-1972 – Football- 1968 Conference Champs; Wrestling – Helped implement a wrestling program in 1954

Awards
1970 District 8 football coach of the year
1970 Region 2 football coach of the year
1978 Corky Brace Award
1979 Football coaches Hall of Fame
1985 MN State High School Coaches Assoc. Hall of Fame

Milt and his wife, Lu, have 6 children, Gerry, Pam, John, Mike, and Terri. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1989.

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Janelle Pederson – WHS Class of 1983

Tennis – Lettered four years; 1981 All-Southwest Conference (1st in 3rd singles); 1983 2nd in 1st singles in SW Conference; Sub-Region doubles champions; 1983 Most Valuable Player

Basketball – Lettered one year

Academics – National Honor Society; Class Officer; Graduated in top ten percent of class

College –  St. Cloud State University

Janelle is currently employed in marketing in Cross Junction, VA. She was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2011.

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William “Bill” Brower – At Large

Alton High School Class of 1948

Baseball – lettered 3 years; All State

Basketball – lettered 3 years; All State; State Tournament teams

Participated in the only sports offered. 

Awards – MN State High School Wrestling Coaches Association Award for outstanding coverage 1970;  2 time National Junior College Athletic Association awards for outstanding coverage in the 70’s

Community – Former president, Worthington Community College Bluejay Booster Club, Worthington Bowling Association, Member Worthington Elks Lodge, Member Westminster Presbyterian Church

Bill and his first wife, Mary, had 3 children, Cynthia, Thomas and Michael.  Bill and his second wife, Shirley later had 6 children, Deborah, Scott, Eric, Craig, Brenda, and Kenneth.  Bill can to Worthington in 1951 to play semipro baseball.  He was employee of the Worthington Daily Globe for 26 years where he was sports editor for 23 of those years.  During that time he won numerous Associated Press awards.  He retired in 1992.  Now Bill’s enjoying family, bowling, golfing, and part time sports work at the Daily Globe. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1995.

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Jeff Basche – WHS Class of 1977

Football – 2 time letter winner; Conference Champs ‘77

Basketball – 2 time letter winner, All Conference; All Area; Conference Champs ’77

Baseball – 2 time letter winner

Awards – Dom Strom Award; Lem Herting Award 

College – Worthington Junior College 78-79, Basketball, Conference Champs ’79, 3rd place in MN State Tournament; University of Minnesota ‘81, Degree in AccountingJeff and his wife, Julie, live in Brooklyn Center.  They have 3 children and 1 grandson.  Jeff worked at Twin City Poultry as the Vice President of Finance until he retired in 2019. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Harris Darling – WHS Class of 1956

Football – letter winner (’54, ’55, ’56)

Baseball – letter winner (’54, ’55, ’56)

Academics and Activities – National Honor Society; Senior class President; Band participant for 5 years

College – University of Minnesota (8 years), BA in Speech, BS in Business, Law Degree

Military – United States Army, Commanding Officer for the 83rd Ordnance General Support Company

Harris served as an attorney for 40 years. He was Assistant Nobles County for 16 years and Nobles County Attorney for 16 years. He also served on the Worthington Area Industries Board and is now retired and living in Worthington. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Dennis Burns – WHS Class of 1956

Football – 3 years; All-state Honorable Mention ‘56; Played in the North-South All Star game; Co-captain ‘56

Track – 3 years; Best Discus throw of 135’1”; Shot Put 46’10” (school record for 10 years)

College – Worthington Junior College,Football ‘57; Rochester JC, Track ‘58; Mankato State, Football ’61-62
University of Minnesota 62-64

Other – Served in the United States Army from 59-61 3rd Armored Division; Soldier of the Month Oct. 1960

Dennis and his wife, Mary Ellen, have 3 children: Michael, Stephen, and Mark, and one grandson, Brian.  Dennis is retired for the St. Paul Insurance Company. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2004.

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