Fun facts related to Two Harbors High School football.  More to come....  Please e-mail thhsagates@yahoo.com with any additions you may have. 

• The Agates won 15 straight games during a two season stretch in 1976-1977.
• Anthony Christensen twice rushed for over 400 yards in a single game.  In 2004, Christensen ran for 409 yards versus Deer River, and in 2005 Anthony rushed for 406 yards versus Eveleth-Gilbert.  
  
• Roy Levitt rushed for 329 yards in one game (versus Eveleth-Gilbert -- October 10, 2003).
  
• Scott MacDonald (THHS Class of '71) attended West Virginia on a basketball scholarship, then played football for the Mountaineers during his senior year.  As a tight end, MacDonald played in the 1975 Peach Bowl, where his coach Bobby Bowden went up against Lou Holtz's North Carolina State squad.  Late in the 4th quarter, with his team behind, MacDonald caught a tipped pass at midfield, and raced 50 yards for the winning touchdown.  Among the NC State defenders chasing MacDonald was linebacker Bill Cowher, now the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.   It has been called one of the more memorable games in the history of the Peach Bowl.
  
• Chuck Halsted's all time high school coaching record was 175-68-4 (.709 winning percentage).  Source:  MSHL website
• After an outstanding career as a fullback and middle linebacker for the Agates, Boyd Hanson (Class of '78) went on to play college football at UMD.  As a Bulldog, Hanson remains first in career rushing touchdown (36) and total touchdowns (40) while being fifth on the career rushing list.
• Anthony Christensen holds the single season rushing record for the Agates, as he rushed for 2,709 yards during the 2005 season.
• Jesse Lundgren rushed for nearly 1,800 yards during the 1991 season.
• Anthony Christensen rushed for 5,146 yards during his Agates career (2003-2005) and scored 64 total touchdowns.
  
• During the 1976 season, the Agate defense was among the best in the state.  The Agates allowed only 61 points in 9 games (6.8 per game), which included 4 shutouts.
• Doug Norlander (Class of '81) played fullback and punted for the Out-State team during the Minnesota State High School All-Star Game at Parade Stadium in July of 1981.
• Lute Olson, Hall of Fame college basketball coach, was hired by THHS in 1957 as head basketball and assistant football coach.  Chuck Halsted, then athletic director and head football coach for the Agates, had seen Lute play at Grand Forks (ND) Central High, and liked the coaching potential he saw.  Halsted recommended to the superintendent that Olson be hired.  Olson was at Two Harbors until 1961, when he left for a job in Colorado.
  
• Prior to 1972, Minnesota did not have a state high school football tournament.  Teams would play their regular season games, and the season would end.
  
• In the mid-late 70's, the Seaway Conference (which THHS was a part of) champions would play the Iron Range Conference champions in a post season game, dubbed the Iron Bowl.  
  

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