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STATE CHAMPIONS  CLASS AA: Wyandotte  CLASS A: Wamego  CLASS B: Tribune  CLASS BB: Brewster

                        Hayden continued to rebuild during this season. Coach Bueltel brought the team back to a competitive status (13-9) and he would never have another losing season at Hayden. The previous year's sub .500 record was only his third losing season since he started at Hayden in 1952. Highlight of this year was the team's performance at the Topeka Invitational tourney. Hayden had prepared for the tournament with a surprising win over Topeka High. The first round win over Wichita East was a big upset at the time. Greg Laird played some of his best games during this period. Don Faught, Joe Konrade, Carl Beier and John Gibbs gained more experience this year as Juniors. 1968 would mark the last year of competition for Hayden in the highest state classification. Hayden came close to knocking off Topeka High in the Class AA Regional semi-final.

  COACH Ken Bueltel Centennial League
WON  13 LOST   9
12/1/67 Lawrence W 55 53 Lawrence
12/8/67 Highland Park L 56 72 Municipal Auditorium Centennial
12/9/67 Olathe W 75 50 Municipal Auditorium
12/15/67 Leavenworth L 63 76 Leavenworth Centennial
1/5/68 Atchison W 58 49 Atchison Centennial
1/6/68 Topeka West L 50 64 Topeka West
1/12/68 Shawnee Heights L 49 59 Municipal Auditorium Centennial
1/19/68 Washburn Rural W 51 41 Municipal Auditorium Centennial
1/20/68 Topeka High W 51 48 Municipal Auditorium
1/25/68 Wichita East W 44 41 Municipal Auditorium Topeka Inv
1/26/68 Highland Park W 36 30 Municipal Auditorium Topeka Inv
1/27/68 Topeka High L 49 59 Municipal Auditorium Topeka Inv
2/6/68 Seaman W 62 56 Municipal Auditorium Centennial
2/9/68 Leavenworth L 55 61 Municipal Auditorium Centennial
2/10/68 Atchison W 35 33 Municipal Auditorium Centennial
2/17/68 Shawnee Heights W * 58 55 Shawnee Heights Centennial
2/23/68 Washburn Rural L 34 51 Washburn Rural Centennial
2/27/68 Seaman W 67 62 Whiting Field House Centennial
3/1/68 Highland Park L 53 56 Topeka High Centennial
3/5/68 Seaman W 59 53 Topeka High AA Regional
3/7/68 Topeka High L 52 55 Topeka High AA Regional
3/8/68 Topeka West W 51 43 Topeka High AA Regional
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PLAYER No G FG FT TP
Don Faught 22 99 72 270
Greg Laird 22 92 49 233
Joe Konrade 22 70 77 217
Carl Beier 20 57 33 147
John Gibbs 22 36 39 111
Phil McMorris 22 26 29 81
Bernard Bartley 16 13 6 32
Mike Stadler 18 11 9 31
Steve Glotzbach 16 8 5 21
Clarence Raimey 9 5 1 11
Mike Morrisey 5 1 3 5
Mike Hunninghake 1 2 0 4
Greg Custenborder 3 0 0 0
Jim Wempe 3 0 0 0
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