66 - Strasburg Tops All In Girls Junior High Track Meet (5-3-66)

Strasburg's victorious Junior High Championship Team consists of:  Patti Krantz, Linda Simmers, Kay VanFossen, Dorothy Landis, Diane Megert, Linda Welling, Evelyn Himes, Romona Renner and Head Coach Jack Brandt.

Members of Garaway High School's Championship Team are:  Janet Zeiner, Debbie Weiss, Jane Finzer, Sharon Young, Mollie Gerber, Elizabeth Regula, Cathy Miller, Lois Burky, Mardella Miller, Jennifer Zimmerman, Patty Johnson, girl's physical education instructor and Head Coach Fred Craigo.


UHRICHSVILLE - Strasburg wins Junior High county girls track title in Claymont Stadium yesterday.  Only one record was broken, that by Midvale grader Becky Krocker who won the Baseball Throw with a toss of 197 feet, 6.75 inches to break a record which had stood for 25 years.  Miss Krocker also won the Shot Put with a heave of 33 feet, 1.5 inches to be the only grade school entrant to win a pair of 1st Place Ribbons.  Patti Krantz, Linda Simmers, Dorothy Landis and Kay VanFossen paced the Tigers in the 220-Yard Relay and the 300-Yard Shuttel Relay team of Miss Simmers, Romona Renner, Miss Krantz and Linda Welling won with a time of 0:41.9.

TRACK TEAM STANDINGS

1.  Strasburg Tigers 28.5
2.  Tuscasrawas Valley Trojans 24
3.  Midvale Blue Devils 15
4.  Gnadenhutten Indians and Tuscarawas Broncos 8 Tied
5.  Port Washington Purple Riders 6.5
6.  Garaway Pirates 6

TRACK INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

75-Yard Dash

1.  Linda Welling (S)
2.  Dupper (G)
3.  Wright (TV)
4.  Rummell (T)
5.  Fisher (TV)
Time 0:09.8

220-Yard Relay

1.  Strasburg Tigers (Patti Krantz, Linda Simmers, Dorothy Landis, Kay VanFossen)
2.  Tuscarawas Valley Trojans
3.  Gnadenhutten Indians
4.  Garaway Pirates
5.  Port Washington Purple Riders
Time Unknown

Baseball Throw

1.  Becky Krocker (M)
2.  Landis (S)
3.  Dillon (TV)
4.  Bender (P)
5.  Sheely (GP)
Distance 193 feet, 7 inches

Shot Put

1.  Becky Krocker (M)
2.  Landis (S)
3.  Crone (TV)
4.  Huth (TV)
5.  Miller (GP)
Distance 33 feet, 1.5 inches

Broad Jump

1.  Loretta Rummell (T)
2.  Wright (TV)
3.  Murry (P) and Welling (S) Tie
4.  Bender (P)
Distance 13 feet, 1.75 inches

300-Yard Shuttle Relay

1.  Strasburg Tigers (Simmers, Renner, Krantz, Welling)
2.  Tuscarawas Valley Trojans
3.  Midvale Blue Devils
4.  Garaway Pirates
5.  Gnadenhutten Indians
Time 0:41.9

Wednesday, May 4, 1966
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio