66 - Port-Gnaden Win 1st Annual Wilmington Girls' Track Meet (5-9-66)

WILMINGTON - Eight high school girls from Gnadenhutten and Port Washington stunned a 12-team field of much larger schools during the weekend in the 1st Annual Wilmington College Girls' Invitational Track Meet.  The meet was open to high school girls whose coaches are graduates of Wilmington College.  The local contingent piled up 37 points; although, not taking part in all the different events.  Leading the way for the Bonnie Struchen-coached local squad was Jean McCune of Port Washington who went 15 feet, 9.75 inches in the broad jump for a county record.  Other girls and their feats were:

Vickie Martin of Gnadenhutten, 4 feet, 2 inches in the High Jump for 1st
Jane Dichler of Gnadenhutten, 178 feet in the Baseball Throw for 5th

The 300-Yard Tap Shuttle Relay team of Grace Haupert, Pam Fillman, Sharon Tufford and Jean McCune, all of Port Washington, 0:40.5 for 1st

Janice Mizer of Port Washington, 4th in the 220-Yard Run
Sharon Tufford, 0:92.2 in the 75-Yard Dash for 1st and Pam Fillman 3rd in the same event

Vickie Martin, 3rd in the 100-Yard Run

The local team didn't participate in the 8-pount Shot Put, Discus and 440-Yard Run.

The girls stayed overnight Saturday in a barn at the farm of Suellen Graumilich who teaches at Tuscarawas.

TRACK TEAM STANDINGS

1.  Gnadenhutten-Port Washington 37
2.  Clinton Massey 33
3.  Princeton Cincy 20
4.  East Clinton 19
5.  Hillsboro 14
6.  Kettering Fairmont West of Dayton 12
7.  Wilmington High and Mount Healthy 10
8.  Xenia, Fairborn and Washington Court House 5
9.  Goshen and Tuscarawas 3


Tuesday, May 10, 1966
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE (5-10-66):  Gnadenhutten (6-3) will play Bridgeport (14-5) at 2 Wednesday in District Baseball Tournament action.  The Gnadenhutten-Bridgeport game will be at Gnadenhutten.  Steve Moore and Mike Kail both are hitting at a .500 clip to pace Gnaden.  Dan Jinks is at .400, Don Finnicum .368, Roger Huebner .333, Darrell Laughlin and Ken Huprich also are doing fine jobs.

NOTE (5-11-66):  Dick King, a Dennison High graduate and former basketball coach at Port Washington, has been named cage boss at Ridgeville High in Lorain County.  King, 31, replaces Jack Schumacher who resigned after a feud with the school administration.  King, a graduate of Muskingum College, has been head basketball and tack coach, assistant in football and athletic director at Centerburg High near Mount Vernon where his cage clubs posted a 73-33 record.