High school athletic records DALLAS CLARK broke of mine at TWIN RIVERS

[Fishhead]

FOOTBALL

Career interceptions
Career games played
Career tackles

BASKETBALL

Career points

BASEBALL

Career hits
Career RBI's



Next summer, I hopefully will be taking SBR's own THE GENERAL, an avid Colts fan, to meet Dallas and most of the Colts OL at a summer charity golf outing in my hometown. Really looking forward to this.

[blittydeuce]

[Fishhead]

Please note however, I should have put an * next to Clarks football records, as he played 8-man football whereas I played the normal 11-man version.

[Bread]

[Fishhead]

GENERAL, this is what we will be attending next year..............don't worry, we don't have to golf.

All you have to do is eat heavily and give the Colts your offensive ideas and to inform them that you will handle any and all of their disputes offshore that they may encounter.




Photo GalleryFour members of the Indianapolis Colts’ offensive line made a trip to Iowa to play in teammate Dallas Clark’s Foundation golf outing on Friday, June 12 at the Spring Valley Golf Course. Even a rainy day and soaked clothing couldn’t keep the smiles off the faces of the players. Pictured are offensive right tackle Ryan Deim, Clark, offensive guard Ryan Lilja, all-pro center Jeff Saturday and offensive tackle Charlie Johnson.









The Dallas Clark Foundation hosted the second annual golf tournament to raise funds for the scholarships given to area students. The event was played at the Spring Valley Golf Course in Livermore on Friday, June 12 with 32 teams participating.
"It's a fun way to give back to the area," said Clark, the tight end for the Indianapolis Colts. "It's something I always wanted to do. It's taken a little time to get things set up but it's started up good. It's all done because of the great support from the communities in the area. It would be nothing without them."
"It was a very successful event," said the organizer Molly Berte. "We had a great turnout of golfers. It is a great cause to give back to the community that we live in. I am so honored to be able to work with a great person like Dallas."
The foundation gave out four, $3,000 scholarships to four area high school seniors this spring. Kelsey Kuecker of Algona High, Kyle Pedersen of Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne and Amber Streit along with Adam Thilges of Twin River Valley were the 2009 recipients. All four attended the banquet at the conclusion of the golf outing.
Seniors from the local area schools have the opportunity to apply for these scholarships. They were selected by their academic qualifications and other achievements they accomplished throughout their school years.
This year's event was won by the group of Josh Manske, Steve Mueller, Steve Ditsworth and Virgil Williams with a 15-under par 57. One of the highlights of the outing was four players from the Colts' offensive line and teammates of Clark playing in the event.
All-pro center Jeff Saturday, offensive right tackle Ryan Deim, offensive tackle Charlie Johnson and offensive guard Ryan Lilja. Each of the Indianapolis linemen commented on their day in little Livermore.
"It's been fantastic, to come back and see where Dallas is from," said the all-pro Saturday. "We went back out and saw the home where he grew up in, the street named Dallas Clark Road and all things we did were great and the golf was just a plus. The people were great and we really enjoyed helping raise money for No. 44 and the foundation.
"I think the way you guys feel about him, we also feel about him in Indy. He is a class man, a heck of a teammate and just a great guy. Dallas is one of the favorite guys in the team for everybody and someone your really enjoy being with."
"It was a pretty good looking course, said Lilja. "I didn't expect to see this in the middle of nowhere out here in the sticks. The place was very cosmopolitan. Pretty much what we expected with Dallas.
"It was good to see where he is from. Being around the people he grew up with and influenced his life. It was a treat for us to see where he began his career and it was a great time; we all had a blast."
"It is a great event for a worthy cause," said Deim. "We wanted to come out and support Dallas. It's something we try to do that as teammates.
"He's one of my favorites on the team. A great guy and everything he does for the foundation is a good deal and we're happy to help him out."
"It was great," said Johnson. "We try to come out and support other teammates in their charities. It is my first time in Iowa and I loved it. This is a nice course. We had a great time and it was for a good cause.
"Dallas means a lot to our team. He can do a lot of things for us. He can line up at tight end and block; he can line up at receiver and catch a lot of balls. He's a huge part of our team and our success."
Clark talked about his teammates coming out to support his foundation and also the fact that all four scholarship winners could make it to the banquet.
"Having them come out here means a lot to me," said Clark. "We have busy schedules especially at this time of the year where our days are winding down until camp and for those guys to give up a day to fly out to small Livermore; it really is special.
"It's great that they could come here and see the people that have affected me and helped me in a positive way and it's just great to have them around and give the people around here a chance to meet them and find out they're really neat guys. It is also really neat that all four winners could make it; they were very deserving and will all be very successful in life."

[onthewhat]

If Coach woulda put me in back in '82, we'd have won State...

[kmarinouofm]

If Coach woulda put me in back in '82, we'd have won State...

no doubt if coach put me in we would have won state.. No doubt in my mind.. Back in 82 I could throw a pig skin a quarter mile!!

Give me a ball .. you wanna see me throw it over those mountains..

[Fishhead]

Very REAL..............

In fact, many in the area still consider me the better high school athlete.............well, maybe 2 or 3 anyway.

Dallas really didn't blossom until he arrived at college...........many of the records he broke of mine were attributed to the fact that he was able to start in his Freshman year in football and sophmore year in the other sports because of decreased enrollment in our high school.

When I attended high school in Bode, Iowa we had appoximently 25 male students per class, as to only 13-14 when Dallas attended the school.

Yes, we grew up in the middle of nowhere, but it was great and a to this day is still a great place to raise a family.

FH

[Fishhead]

Neither one of us ever won a state championship(to this day our school as never won a state title in ANY sport), but we came close in all three sports when I played. In fact, our basketball team went 17-0 during the regular season.

[Dad]

Fishhead is our very own Al Bundy.

[jjgold]

Fishhead I did not realize you were a big time athlete in HS


Did you get college scholarships and if you did which schools.

[Fishhead]

Fishhead is our very own Al Bundy.

Excellent analogy...........

Only exception is I'm not married with children and don't work as a shoe salesman.

[illmatick]

Fishhead I'm heading down to new orleans in 3 weeks and need to know which casino is the easiest to beat there,also looking for some good short handed cash games tyia

[Fishhead]

Fishhead I did not realize you were a big time athlete in HS


Did you get college scholarships and if you did which schools.

Baseball..........Iowa Lakes Jr. College

From there went on to the University of Iowa and lasted two weeks on the team(I was very mentally challenged and thus couldn't handle playing ball, working, and going to school all at the sametime).

Played two years of summer semi-pro ball and then hung up the spikes for good.

I really miss playing baseball, I loved it.

[Richkas]

8 man football

is that in them same small towns where they phuck their cousins

[Fishhead]

8 man football

is that in them same small towns where they phuck their cousins

Talk to Dallas, I played 11-man football.........

[The General]

Looking forward to this, Fishhead.

[dwaechte]

This is believable.

[jjgold]

Fishhead you have to be the best athlete on SBR

[Deuce]

This never happened. If he were hanging toe to toe with Clark he would be right next to him in an NFL huddle. This is all whore shit...

[illmatick]

not true,, JJ i will making a video of myself very soon,basically showing you weaklings how to properly hit a bag, I have been boxing since I was 8 and will be showing you lame fuks how to defend yourself, check-hook is my best punch and I have brought several people to their knees with 14oz gloves, I want you to pay close attention to the petrustion of my physique and then try and tell me I am not an athlete

[Fishhead]

Fishhead you have to be the best athlete on SBR

NO WAY, not even close...................

Good athlete, but there are many here at SBR, I can assure you of that...........many that were more accomplished in their athletic careers than I ever thought of being.

[Fishhead]

This never happened. If he were hanging toe to toe with Clark he would be right next to him in an NFL huddle. This is all whore shit...

Dallas was born one year after I graduated high school................

Having said that, what does performing well in high school have anything to do with playing pro?

There were more than a couple guys from my high school that had better athletic careers on the gridiron than Clark from my high school during their playing days in high school, as well as the other sports they both competed in high school.

Even though Dallas was an all-stater(2nd team) in football, he didn't blossom as a football player until Kirk Ferentz switched him from linebacker to Tight End when he enrolled at Iowa as walk-on athlete........as mentioned earlier, after my junior college days I was a walk-on for the University of Iowa baseball team and lasted only two weeks...........maybe coach Fry should have convinced to try out for football at the tight end position.

[Deuce]

Dallas was born one year after I graduated high school................ Having said that, what does performing well in high school have anything to do with playing pro? There were more than a couple guys from my high school that had better athletic careers on the gridiron than Clark from my high school during their playing days in high school, as well as the other sports they both competed in high school. Even though Dallas was an all-stater(2nd team) in football, he didn't blossom as a football player until Kirk Ferentz switched him from linebacker to Tight End when he enrolled at Iowa as walk-on athlete........as mentioned earlier, after my junior college days I was a walk-on for the University of Iowa baseball team and lasted only two weeks...........maybe coach Fry should have convinced to try out for football at the tight end position.

Than your league must be bush league because if you are putting up huge numbers in HS youre highly recruited by Universities no matter how retarted you are. If that were the case, you wouldnt be walking on at ICC.

[jjgold]

Lots of guys that never made it to the pros were better than guys at the same age who did excel in the pros. It is very possible Fishhead was a better player than Clark in HS.

[Dad]

8 man football

is that in them same small towns where they phuck their cousins

8 man football is played at smaller schools where they usually do noy have enough players to fill a team. It's usually seen at private schools.

Lots of kids will get recruited by these privaye schools to play for them and the school will waive the school fees.

[Fishhead]

Than your league must be bush league because if you are putting up huge numbers in HS youre highly recruited by Universities no matter how retarted you are. If that were the case, you wouldnt be walking on at ICC.

I was recruited by many small colleges.....took a scholarship at a JR. COLLEGE.................played there, graduated and walked on at IOWA........where I told you I quit after two weeks and played two years of semi-pro during the summer.

What I didn't tell you is that I was offerred a free agent contract by the White Sox club(for chump change) and was would be assigned to play rookie ball or A ball...........this was immediately after my jr college days and instead I decided to go to college, as I knew I could never go any higher than AA ball professional ball.

[Deuce]

Lots of guys that never made it to the pros were better than guys at the same age who did excel in the pros. It is very possible Fishhead was a better player than Clark in HS.

At age 12 I was better than Yzerman

[jjgold]

not true,, JJ i will making a video of myself very soon,basically showing you weaklings how to properly hit a bag, I have been boxing since I was 8 and will be showing you lame fuks how to defend yourself, check-hook is my best punch and I have brought several people to their knees with 14oz gloves, I want you to pay close attention to the petrustion of my physique and then try and tell me I am not an athlete

Make a video and I will make a response video to yours

[jjgold]

At age 12 I was better than Yzerman

Now that is possible Deuce, I will give you one.

[Chi_archie]

[Fishhead]

I played high school ball with poster CY1981 of TheRX who was recruited heavily by many major colleges to play QB..................he took an offer at Iowa State and played football for 2 years but eventually decided to just concentrate on baseball and ended up breaking the schools all-time homerun record. I believe he stands #2 on the all-time list today, if not mistaken.

Cy1981 and Dallas are very close friends.

[Fishhead]

I played high school ball with poster CY1981 of TheRX who was recruited heavily by many major colleges to play QB..................he took an offer at Iowa State and played football for 2 years but eventually decided to just concentrate on baseball and ended up breaking the schools all-time homerun record. I believe he stands #2 on the all-time list today, if not mistaken.

Cy1981 and Dallas are very close friends.

This following is a very nice article on Dallas.......the last part is in reference to poster Cy1981(Greg Lempke in the article)..............Greg is/was just as classy as Dallas in every aspect.




LIVERMORE, Iowa -- Talk to Dallas Clark. Wander his hometown and talk to the people who know him best, his family and friends, his neighbors and teachers. An image emerges, and with each testimonial it becomes more distinct.
Greg Lemke, a family friend, even said it: "He's a choir boy."
That's a fact, and Denise Foth corroborated it. She taught Clark in elementary school. She was music director of the United Methodist Church youth choir.
"He had to sing a solo once," said Foth. "He didn't come in quite right, and all the boys kind of got the giggles."
What goes around, comes around. People are singing Clark's praises now. From choir boy to University of Iowa walk-on to John Mackey Award winner as college football's top tight end to NFL first-round draft choice. Clark will complete his first activity as an Indianapolis Colt today, when the team's three-day minicamp concludes at the RCA Dome.
The public is invited. Admission to the 2 to 4 p.m. session is free.
Clark's hometown has 431 residents and no stoplights, and everyone is, to some extent, a product of his or her environment. Livermore produces tall corn and upstanding youth.
"I think the most serious problem we have here is kids playing marbles for keeps," said Twin River Valley superintendent James Kenton, whose school district incorporates Bode, Brasgate, Gilmore City, Livermore, Ottosen and Pioneer.
Humboldt County is north plains country, mile on mile of deep, black dirt, some of Iowa's richest farmland, dotted with hilltop farmhouses and shaped by the east and west forks of the Des Moines River, the twin rivers. Agra-industry giants such as Pioneer and DeKalb grow seed corn here, and summer evenings are long and quiet, very quiet.
"My fun entailed turning on the light on the garage and shooting baskets or watching movies," said Clark, his ready smile spilling across his face.
If that sounds Hoosierly, it's because it is. The cornfields come in on three sides of the garage behind the white frame house in which Clark was raised on the east side of town. He grew up a Bob Knight fan. He remains one.
And if you want to understand Clark, you go back to that white house, back to that garage, back to the person who meant the world to Dallas and his older brothers, Dan and Derrik, who starred at Twin River Valley High School before him.
Always there
Jan Clark and her husband, Doug, were divorced while the boys were young and, "Dad didn't come around much," said Dallas. Jan, who worked as the town clerk, was the boys' provider, their confidante, their biggest fan. She always was there.
"If she had a sink full of dirty dishes and a messy house and those boys were doing something, the housework waited," said Jan's mother, Dee Johnson, 78 and still working three days a week as a cashier at Twin River Food Center.
High school graduation is a big deal in the farm communities of northern Iowa and they observe it with open houses. Almost everyone has one. People go from house to house, taking a bite here and a drink there.
Jan and her sister, Judy, had just finished sweeping the garage, where Dallas' open house would be conducted, that spring day in 1998. Jan complained of feeling faint. She sat down. She collapsed.
Judy screamed for Dallas, who was in the house watching television. Dallas ran to the garage, then back to the house. He called 911, then attempted to revive his mother. The heart attack was too massive, the damage too profound. The most important person in Dallas Clark's life died in his arms, three days before his high school graduation. Jan was 48.
Life goes on, however deep the anguish, however widely shared. Happy graduation.
"It was devastating," said Don Hasenkamp, principal of Twin River Valley High School. "It was about as tough a graduation as you can imagine -- for the whole school."
Everyone in the area knew Jan Clark. Almost everyone loved her. They held the funeral in the school gymnasium. It was packed.
Jean Larson was there. She and Jan were close friends. They taught Sunday school together. Dallas dated Larson's daughter, Karen, throughout his senior year, and Jean succeeded Jan as town clerk.
"She's why Dallas is what he is today," Larson said through the Kleenex and the sniffles and the sighs.
What Clark is -- besides the All-America football player and 3-point student a few hours short of his degree in elementary education -- is the Twin River Valley's favorite son.
That was obvious on Jan. 8, when they brought him home from Iowa City and honored him at halftime of the basketball game with visiting Armstrong-Ringstead High. Dallas sat on the stage, and by midway through the first quarter, no one was watching the game. A line snaked from the home bleachers, down the sideline, behind the basket, up the steps and onto the stage, to Clark. Everyone wanted a handshake, a hug, an autograph.
At halftime, Hasenkamp ("Mr. H") introduced Clark. Even the Armstrong-Ringstead fans stood and roared. A picture was unveiled: Clark in his No. 44 Iowa uniform, the ball in his hands, just crossing the goal line for a touchdown at Kinnick Stadium.
That photo is now mounted beside the gym's main entrance, and a close inspection is revealing. On Clark's right wristband, in block lettering, is written "MOM." It's his ritual: "MOM" and below it "WWJD" for "What Would Jesus Do?" and on his left wristband, a cross and the names of his brothers' children. Before every game, he pulls on his mementos and makes his way to the end zone, where he says thanks to his Lord and hello to his mom.
"She's still with me," he said. "She's always with me.
"She was able to give me the strength to do everything I've done. I've always tried to make her proud and happy."
New avenue
From unrecruited to walk-on to scout-teamer to starter to Mackey Award winner to first-round draft choice. That's a lot of doing. That's a lot of strength.
Clark has made more than his mother proud and happy.
Television sets were on all over the Twin River Valley eight days ago, when the Colts drafted Clark. Lemke wasn't watching. He had a field to plow. He listened on the radio in the cab of his tractor.
No sooner had NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced Clark's name than Lemke's two-way radio crackled. It was his father-in-law, Bill Smith, in another tractor in an adjacent field.
"Good things happen to great people," said Smith, a wrestling gold medalist in the 1952 Olympics.
Lemke rogered that. He underwent open-heart surgery in a Des Moines hospital last March. When they wheeled him out of intensive care a couple days later, the first person he spotted was Clark.
"First visitor I had," said Lemke, 45, who played quarterback at Iowa State in his day. "If Dallas was an insurance agent, he'd be just as popular around here as he is, just because of who he is."
Clark grew up fast. He had to. He learned something about life and death and people and what matters and what doesn't. He drove two hours to Des Moines because he doesn't take people like Lemke for granted.
"It really puts everything into perspective," said Clark. "I don't know how long my time in the NFL will last. I'm just going to work as hard as I can and try to enjoy every day."

[mmike032]

when your down and out and feel like a loser...
just reach around and pat yourself on the back and remember the glory days of dominating 1A private school sports.

[chance]

Sounds like a fishy tale!!!! Good story though. I suppose we could have all been a contender? Should have, could have, might have.