Regular Season

• Finished the regular season 18-2.
   

• In the season’s second game, a rematch of the 1968 Class AA State Championship game, the Bulldogs defeated the Topeka Trojans 71-60.  In the game played at Topeka High School’s 4,000-seat gym known as “The Dungeon”, Walter Williams led the Bulldogs with 26 points and Ron Russell chipped in 21 points and 14 rebounds. 
   

• In a win against the Wichita West Pioneers in the semifinals of the Wichita North Invitational Tournament on January 24, 1969, Wyandotte became the first high school to document & claim their 1,000th all-time victory.
   

• The Bulldogs suffered 2 losses in the regular season.

  • Lost to the Wichita North Redskins (now Redhawks) 63-62 in the finals of the Wichita North Invitational Tournament in Wichita.  The loss ended a 25-game Bulldog winning streak.

    • Walter Williams led the Bulldogs with 23 points and Glenn Russell added 13.

  • Lost to the Washington Wildcats 61-60 in the regular season finale.
     

• Won the Sunflower League for the 12th time in the previous 13 years.

 

Regional Tournament @ Wyandotte High School

• In the semifinals, defeated the Washington Wildcats 56-47.

  • Washington, who defeated Wyandotte the previous Saturday in the regular season finale, led by one point with a minute to go in the third quarter.

  • Ron Russell led Wyandotte with a season-high 24 points. Walter Williams fought off early foul trouble to finish with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
     

• In the championship game, the Bulldogs beat the Shawnee Mission North Indians (now Bison) 67-37.

  • Walter Williams led the Bulldogs with 19 points, Glenn Russell chipped in 17, Ron Russell added 12, and Richard Morsden had 8.  Dick Shoults led Wyandotte with 8 assists.

 

State Tournament @ Allen Fieldhouse at the University of Kansas in Lawrence

• Playing in front of a crowd of 3,500 in the quarterfinals, Wyandotte defeated the Wichita East Blue Aces 58-25.

  • Walter Williams led the Bulldogs with 19 points and Ron Russell added 17.

  • The Bulldogs held Wichita East to 14 points in the last 3 quarters of the game.
     

• Playing in front of a crowd of 5,500 in the semifinals, Wyandotte defeated the Wichita North Redskins (now Redhawks) 52-49.

  • Ron Russell led Wyandotte with 17 points, Walter Williams tallied 13, and Glenn Russell added 12.

  • Wyandotte led by 4 points with 3:50 left but three late baskets by Williams closed the game.
     

• Playing before a crowd of 8,000 in the State Championship game, the Bulldogs defeated the Wichita Southeast Golden Buffaloes 45-43.

  • Wyandotte trailed by 5 with 5 minutes left but rallied to tie with one minute remaining in the game.

  • With the game tied, Wichita Southeast stalled until the 0:20 mark until a Glenn Russell steal.

  • Wyandotte then held the ball for the last shot. With 0:02 left, Glenn Russell hit a 25-foot shot from the right wing to win the title.

  • Walter Williams led the Bulldogs with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Glenn Russell added 12 points. Dick Shoults contributed 8 points & Ron Russell added 7.
     

• Competing in the 13th state tournament in Coach Walter Shublom’s 14th season, Wyandotte won its 3rd straight state championship and 10th in those 14 seasons.
   

• The 1969 championship game win over Wichita Southeast was the Bulldogs’ 15th consecutive state tournament game win.

  • The winning streak that started in 1964 state tournament and ended with an overtime loss to the Wichita Southeast Golden Buffaloes in the 1971 state championship game.