1939-40 Return to Year-by-Year HOME
STATE CHAMPIONS CLASS A: Winfield CLASS B: Buhler
This competitive team had as standout player Leo Landon. School renamed Capitol Catholic High School (CCHS). They continued playing home games at Ripley Park. Lester Renyer was another student athlete that was lost in WW II service.
TOP ROW: Les Renyer, Larry Zeller, Bill Denni, Leo Landon, Jerry Sage, Coach Mike Dluhy.
SEATED: Ray Etzel, Cliff Jones, Bob Flynn, Maurice Waters, Bill West. (1940 SHAMROCK Yearbook)
SOURCE: TDC, TSJ, SMS
| 1939-1940 | COACH | Mike Dluhy | Jayhawk League | ||||||
| WON 9 | LOST 12 | ||||||||
| DATE | TEAM | W/L | CCHS | OPPONENT | PLACE | LEAGUE/TOURNEY | |||
| 12/12/39 | Silver Lake | W | 31 | 14 | Silver Lake | ||||
| 12/22/39 | Osage City | L | 24 | 33 | Osage City | Jayhawk | |||
| 12/26/39 | I.C. - St. Mary's | W | 37 | 28 | Ripley Park | ||||
| 1/5/40 | Alma | W | 30 | 25 | Alma | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/9/40 | Seaman | L | 22 | 36 | Seaman | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/16/40 | Eskridge | W | 40 | 19 | Ripley Park | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/19/40 | St. Mary's | L | 23 | 24 | Ripley Park | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/21/40 | Maur Hill - Atch | L | 24 | 32 | Ripley Park | ||||
| 1/23/40 | Wamego | W | 17 | 14 | Ripley Park | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/24/40 | Highland Park | L | 16 | 42 | Highland Park | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/26/40 | Osage City | W | 24 | 22 | Ripley Park | Jayhawk | |||
| 1/30/40 | Alma | L | 23 | 24 | Ripley Park | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/2/40 | Seaman | L | 24 | 27 | Ripley Park | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/6/40 | Highland Park | L | 21 | 34 | Highland Park | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/9/40 | Eskridge | W | 38 | 29 | Eskridge | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/14/40 | St. Mary's | L | 32 | 38 | St. Mary's | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/20/40 | Wamego | W | 28 | 26 | Wamego | Jayhawk | |||
| 2/25/40 | Maur Hill - Atch | L | 15 | 22 | MH - Atchison | ||||
| 2/27/40 | I.C. - St. Mary's | L | 27 | 35 | IC - St. Mary's | ||||
| 3/6/40 | Wamego | W | 40 | 32 | Osage City | A Regional | |||
| 3/7/40 | Emporia | L | 26 | 44 | Osage City | A Regional | |||
| 562 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | No | G | FG | FT | TP | ||
| Leo Landon | 17 | 65 | 44 | 174 | |||
| Moe Waters | 16 | 30 | 7 | 67 | |||
| Lester Renyer | 16 | 31 | 18 | 80 | |||
| Jerry Sage | 15 | 21 | 8 | 50 | |||
| Bill West | 13 | 15 | 3 | 33 | |||
| Larry Zeller | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 | |||
| Ray Etzel | 16 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Bill Dennis | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Bob Flynn | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Bob Eberly | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Reuben Neidens | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Clifford Jones | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jack Casanova | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1/9/40 Seaman | 22 | ||||||
| 1/19/40 St. Mary's | 23 | ||||||
| 1/30/40 Alma | 23 | ||||||
| 2/27/40 I.C. - St Mary's | 27 | ||||||
| 562 | |||||||
1/9/40.1/19/40.1/30/40.2/27/40: no box scores found.
I.C. - St. Mary's = Immaculate Conception