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Don Kuiper – Coach

Platte High School Class of 1958

College – Northwestern College

Teaching – Haywarden, IA; Onawa, IA; Elementary Physical Education Worthington 34 years

Coach – Head Girls Basketball 24 years; Assistant Football 34 years; Assistant Track 11 years; Golf 15 years; Tennis 3 years

Coaching Honors – Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame ‘96; State AAA Girls Basketball Coach of the Year ‘99; Northwestern College Alumni Coach of the Year ‘88; Northwestern College Parents of the Year ‘88; Southwest Conference Champions (Girls Basketball – 13 years, Girls Golf, and Boys Golf -4 years); Coached in three State Basketball tournaments

Don and his wife, Julie, have 3 children: Brian, Dawn, and Marc.  Don is retired but continues to substitute teach, coach football, and paint. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2001.

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Bryan Hagen – WHS Class of 1984

Football – ’83, ‘84; All-Southwest Conference; Team Captain; Daily Globe All-Area (outstanding lineman); State Football Playoffs ‘84

Wrestling ’83, ‘84; Team Co-captain; All-Southwest Conference; Region Runner-up; 5th in State Wrestling Tournament ‘84

Track ‘84; Southwest Conference Champions

Awards – Don Strom ‘84 

College
Worthington Community College ’84-86; Football – Two time-all state, two-time Academic All-American, Most Valuable ’86; Wrestling – Two-time State & Region Champion, 7th in NJCAA ’85, 6th in NJCAA ’86, Two-time Academic All-American; MN Community College Hall of Fame ‘93 – Weber State University ’86, ‘87 – Wrestling, University of Wyoming ’87, 88, 89 – Wrestling – two time WAC Conference Champion, Two-time All-American & Academic All-American Most Valuable ’89, Outstanding Student-Athlete

Bio
Bryan is the Pharmacist/Manager of Sterling Drug in Worthington where he lives with his wife, Sue.  He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2001.

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Larry Tellinghuisen – WHS Class of 1977

Basketball – three year letter winner; All-Southwest Conference; Daily Globe All-Area (1st team); Most Valuable Player ‘77; SW Conference Champs; Minnesota All-Star Game ‘77; Honorable Mention All-Conference ‘76

Football – letter winner
Baseball – letter winner

College – Worthington Community College – Basketball,  All Midwest Region JUCO team ’79, All Southern Division Team, Most Valuable Player ’79; Southwest State University, Graduated Magna Cum Laude – Basketball, All NIC 2nd team ’80, NIC Honorable Mention ’81

Larry and his wife, Sandy have 5 children: Tonya, Candi, Ross, Brooke, and Reed.  He the Athletic Director/Teacher/Coach at Sac. Community Junior/Senior High School. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Joel Krekelberg – WHS Class of 1973

Track – letter winner  3 years

Football –  2 year letter winner

Basketball – 2 year letter winner; Led team in assists ’72 & ‘73; Hustle Award 2 years

Awards – Lem Herting Scholarship; Don Strom Award ‘73

Activities – Homecoming King ‘73; Senior Class President

College – Worthington State Junior College; Mankato State University, Graduated with Honors in 1978

Bio
Joel was an Assistant Trainer for the Houston Oilers & New Orleans Saints of the NFL. Now he is a Volunteer Athletic Trainer for Worthington High School & Minnesota West CC for Iowa Lakes Orthopedics. Joel has two sons: Cavan and Ian.  He is the son of Dale and Pat Krekelberg. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Brenda Pederson – WHS Class of 1979

Tennis ’74-‘79 – All-Southwest Conference ’74-‘78; Sub-Region Doubles; Team Champ ’74-‘78; Region Team Champs ‘78

Basketball ’77-‘79; Sub-Region Champions ’77-‘79; Conference Champions ‘79; Region Runner-up ‘79; won the Hustle Award 1978

Activities and Academics – Choir, Band, Senior Class Secretary, Fellowship of Christian Athletes; 7th in class of 1979

College – Augustana College – Graduated Cum Laude ‘83, Tennis

Brenda has been an Assistant Vice-President – Member Services for Lutheran Brotherhood for the past 13 years.  She currently resides in Minneapolis.  She is the daughter of Herb and Gladys Pederson. She was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Dale Peters – WHS Class of 1950

Football ’48-50

Track ’47-‘50 – Pole vault record for over 15 years; 2 time State Track Meet participant

College – Worthington State Junior College

Dale and his wife, Donna, have a foster daughter: Barbara (Kruger) Cook.  Dale was a Worthington Police Officer from 1956-1966, then became Nobles County Sheriff from 1967-1994. He is a Past President of the Minnesota State Sheriff’s Association. Dale now raises thoroughbred horses and is an avid supporter of Worthington High School sports. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Richard Horak – WHS Class of 1965

Football – Lettered three years; All-Conference and All-State;Co-Captain;WCCO All-State

Wrestling – Lettered two years; District 8 Champion; Co-Captain

Baseball – Lettered two years

Academics and Awards – Outstanding Senior Athlete at WHS in 1965; National Honor Society; Junior Class President; Student Council President; American Legion Good Citizenship Award

College – South Dakota State B.S. Civil Engineering 1969, Football 4 years, three time winner of the Ralph Towers Award for outstanding engineering student/football player, Wrestling one year

Richard currently resides in Spearfish, SD with his wife, Linda where he is an engineering consultant.  They have three grown children; Ann, Betsy, and Josh. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Leo Peterson – Coach

Britton High School Class of 1955

College – South Dakota State University, Bachelor’s Degree 1963, Master’s Degree 1972

Teaching – Sturgis, South Dakota Jr. High – Science; Worthington High School – Biology Teacher 1966-1993

Coach – Head Cross-County; Assistant Baseball; Jr. High Basketball and Cross-Country; American Legion Baseball; YMCA Summer Track and Baseball; Retired from coaching 1996

Other – Boys Basketball Scorer and Statistician 20+ years; Football Scoreboard Operator

Leo is retired and lives in Gilbert, Arizona with his wife, Nancy.  They have 2 grown children: Kristen and Dan. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1999.

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John Forsyth – Coach

Northville High School Class of 1952

College – Huron College, Bachelor’s Degree; University of South Dakota, MA

Teaching – Gregory, South Dakota, Math Teacher; Worthington High School, Math and Science Teacher for 33 years, 3rd Worthington Teacher of the Year

Coach – Head Baseball Coach; Assistant Basketball Coach 27 years

Other – Athletic Equipment Manager at WHS; Baseball Umpire; Volleyball Referee

John and his wife, Pat, have four children; Kathy, Michelle, Janelle, and Bruce.  John passed away April 18, 1999. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Rosaline “Moz” Hayenga – WHS Class of 1990

Basketball – five year letter-winner; All Southwest Conference 4 years; Daily Globe All-Area 4 years; All-State Honorable Mention senior year; WHS Career Leader in Assists and Steals; 1,004 career points; 408 career assists

Track – four year letter-winner; Set School Record in Shot Put

Volleyball – three year letter-winner; All-Southwest Conference

Academics – National Honor Society

College – Worthington Community College, Basketball, NJCAA National Women’s Basketball Player of the Year 1992; Moorhead State, Basketball, Honors student

Coach – St. Cloud State University – Basketball Assistant; Worthington High School – Girls Basketball Assistant; Moorhead State – Assistant Basketball, Strength and Acceleration Specialist. She was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 1999.

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