School: LaGrange
Nickname: Longhorns
Colors: red and white
Stadium: unknown
State championships: None
Short history: The Longhorns’ football history is a brief one. The team went 0-5 in its only season, 1961, and its best chance went by the wayside in a 15-7 loss to Pine Bluffs in the season finale.
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School: Ranchester
Nickname: Rustlers
Colors: purple and gold
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Times worth remembering: The Rustlers posted two non-losing seasons in six years before combining with Dayton to become Tongue River, 3-3 in 1953 and 4-2 in 1955.
Times worth forgetting: On the flipside, Ranchester’s other seasons were pretty bad, including two winless seasons, 0-3 in 1951 and 0-4 in 1954.
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School: Sunrise
Nickname: Miners
Colors: blue and white
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Times worth remembering: The Miners picked the wrong time to have their best season. Sunrise posted an 8-0 record in 1961 — just one year after the WHSAA did away with the eight-man playoff system. The season included a 26-20 intersectional win over Mountain View.
Times worth forgetting: The late 1950s were a tough time for the Miners. From 1955-59, Sunrise did not have a winning season. The toughest year was the first year of the streak — a 2-3-1 season in 1955.