May 10, 1968
THE GRANTONIAN
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Trackmen win, set records
by Julie Ferry
In the final round of Portland
Interscholastic League track
meets, two state and one PIL
dual meet records were set.
Ron Brown and Bruce Mc-
Cormmach came through for the
Generals, with a state best in the
low hurdles and a PIL dual best
in the mile. Steve Krohn of
Madison added a state best in
the 220.
Brown dashed through the
low hurdles in a time of 19.9,
bettering his old record by one-
tenth of a second. Krohn also
bettered the 220 time by one-
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UNIDENTIFIED GENERAL gets ready to bunt the oncoming
ball. The opposing catcher and umpire curve into the same
stance as each gets ready to do his job.
Ifore/fy baseball team
wins 2 of 5;
placed in number 2 position in city
Losing 2 out of 5 games last
week the varsity baseball team
is seated in the number 2 posi
tion in the city. Two other
teams share this position after
play in the second half.
Last Monday the Generals
won over Lincoln 8-3, but lost
3-1 after 11 innings of play to
Madison on Tuesday.,The Mar
shall Minutemen were shut out
7-0 on Wednesday, the Techmen
lost on Thursday by a score of
5-1.
Girls1 tennis team
first in city matches
“They said it couldn’t be
done,” explained Miss Virginia
Behm, girls’ tennis coach, as the
team won 5-0 against Jefferson
last Friday and took first place
in city competition.
“According to the other
coaches, Grant was supposed to
be one of the weakest teams ini
the league,” stated Miss Behm.
Recognition should go to the
members of the tennis team who
devoted their entire efforts to
the success of the team.
According to Coach Behm,
special recognition should be at
tributed to the first and second
singles players, Carolyn Lum
ber and Sherrie Horning. Caro
lyn went undefeated throughout
the season and Sherrie played
the difficult number one posi
tion.
Myrna West and Marcy Mc-
Killip, second doubles team, also
deserve recognition,” added Miss
Behm.
For district competition. Grant
had seated Carolyn as second in
city. Other district hopefuls are
Kim Severson in singles; dou
bles team: Ann Bellerby and
Alice Bailey; and team 2: Sher
rie and Marcy.
On Friday the Cleveland In
dians became number one in the
city by defeating the G-Men by
a score of 4-0.
“The boys played good ball,
even though we did lose. Cleve
land is getting to be a tough
team,” commented Roy Harring
ton, varsity baseball coach.
Our last game this season will
be against Wilson at Wilson next
week. City playoffs will begin
on Wednesday and continue
through Friday, so let’s see ev
eryone out there to support our
great team.
tenth of a second. McCormmach
finished the mile in 4:16.6. The
old record that held up for one
week was 4:17.5.
Other wins that helped the
G-Men down Marshall 100%-
35% and keep them undefeated
were the team of Bob Bates, Jeff
Swan, Ron Brown and Jim Gil
bert in the 440 relay.
Chuck Kinsey in the 2 mile
with a 9:42.8 winning time, Jim
Gee in the broad jump and
Ralph Baakenson in the discus
also added winning points to the
Generals’ score.
The only events won by the
Minutemen were the javelin and
high jump.
Benson defeated the Jackson
Raiders, 101-35, to join the Gen
erals on the list of undefeated
teams. This season was com
posed of six dual meets.
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Track team gets title;
girls ready for state
The girls’ track team clinched
the city title Friday after de
feating their four opponents in
the district meet with 169
points. 12 girls also qualified
for state competition.
“They must have saved every
thing for Friday because they
really exploded then,” comment
ed Miss Carolyn Fitzwater, girls’
track coach.
First place winners were Rita
Harris in discus, javelin and shot
put, and Kathy Eckroth in the
mile and 880.yard run.
Others qualifying for state
are Jane Stillwell, Sylvia Lo
max, Laurie Hufinor, Carolyn
Walker and Kathy Cook. Also
included are Cheryl Devaney,
Judy Shaw, Debbie Bowls, Lilly
Sevier and Betty Harris.
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