Beavers win Section crown in dramatic Franklin meet
Corry Area High School Beavers defend Section 2 title at Franklin with a standout team effort led by coaches Bennink and Calderone. Orange and Black secure decisive wins in the two mile relay and 880 yard relay, finishing with strong depth and relentless desire. Meantime, Meadville's Stan Zadroany commits to Wake Forest, and Doug Rozelle earns All-State in swimming. Kanee Area High names John Hyland new football coach.
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Doug Rozelle Jr
Rozelle
Pennsylvania Swimming Coaches
Sean O'Leary
Erie Academy
Ed Fox
Strong Vincent
Bill Kweder
Erie East
John Hyland
Kanee Area
Hyland
Rochester High School
Perndale High School
Six Records Fall Beavers Sweep Corry Track Season
Corry Area High School Beavers dominated the season amassing 794 team points across eight meets led by Bob Swart. Dan Corbett claimed second in total points with undefeated shot put and Tom Xander topped the high jump. the 880 relay also undefeated. Six school marks fell including two-mile relay 8:34.9 and 10:42.3 by John Seitz and John Scheiner 880-yard 1:35.8. Eric Sutton triple jump 40 feet 3 3 quarters inches.
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Bob Swart
Corry Area
Beavers
Dan Corbett
Tom Xander
Beaver
Max Bennink
Ben Calderone
Oil City
Rocky Grove
Corry
Warren
Cranberry
Titusville
Youngsville
Meadville
Franklin
Pranklin
John Seitz
John Scheiner
Eric Sutton
Journal
Endaley
Section Two Golf Match Still Tomorrow
Corry Area High School learned of a time change for the Section Two golf match only this morning. The event had been moved from tomorrow to today at Cambridge Springs after an athletic directors meeting with no Corry representative present. Weather then postponed the match again, but organizers maintain the original plan that the Section Two golf match remains scheduled for tomorrow.
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Corry Area High School
Roger Ottaway
Cambridge Springs
Corry
Ottaway
All-Section Track Meet Set Saturday
The Section Two schools join Beavers at Howard J. Sheen Field for the All-Section track meet with action starting at 10 am. Coaches meet at Corry Area High School at 7 pm to select top runners and draw lanes. Morning prelims run through most events with 1:30 pm trials. shot put, javelin and two mile finish earlier.
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Beavers
Howard J. Sheen
Corry Area High School
Beaver Fred Corbett
CAHS
Track records from Butler Meadville era span records and era notes
Section Two lists 100 yd dash marks for Butler Meadville 310.1 set 1955 and 1961 with Miller Titusville :10.1. It also records two mile relay Warren Panaritis Grugo Lowe Cobb 8:20.5 in 1987, 120 yd high hurdles Harvey Oil City :14.75 in 1968, mile Ron Fultz Franklin 4234.5 in 1966, saga relay Franklin 1:33.5 in 1966, 440 yd run Matthews War Ten :50.35 in 1966, 180 yd low hurdles Harvey OA City :19.7 in 1908, dash Erickson War 2 1906, two mile run Shaffer Warren 10:14.2 in 1967, mile relay Franklin Judson Marshall McMichael Brown 3:32.9 in 1961, shot put F Corbett Corry 38[4] in 1967, broad jump Robinson Titusville 21 5 in 1955, high jump McMahon Corry 6 ft 1962, disens F Corbett Corry 156 ft 9 in 1967, javelin Kocan Titusville 190 6 in 1966, pole vault Armstrong Warren 12 ft 11 in 1985, triple jump Beichner Warren 43[1%] in 1967.
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Harvey
OA City
Erickson
Dash
Butler
Meadville
Shaffer
Warren
Franklin
Judson
Marshall
McMichael
Brown
F. Corbett
Corry
Robinson
Titusville
McMahon
Kocan
Armstrong
Beichner
Hunter pitches perfect game as A L records fall
Jim Catfish Hunter in Hertford North Carolina pitched the ninth perfect game in modern baseball history and the first in 46 years in the American League. He added three runs driven in with two singles and fanned 27 straight Twins while Detroit, Boston, California and New York won their AL games. Don Larsen, Charlie Robertson, Jim Bunning and Sandy Koufax are among past perfect game legends.
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Associated Press
Jim
Catfish” Hunter
Hertford
N.C
Hunter
Minnesota
Twins
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Washington
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Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Don Larsen
New York Yankees
Brooklyn
Charlie Robertson
Chicago White Sox
Jim Bunning
Philadelphia
Sandy Koufax
Los Angeles Dodgers
Jim Northrup
Clyde Wright
Luis Aparicio
White Sox
Andy Kosko
Jake Gibbs
Braves Bow To Bucs In 14 Innings
Braves fall 4-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 14 innings as Lyman Harris laments lack of offense after scoring in the first inning. Nearby scores: San Francisco tops Houston. St. Louis nips New York. Philadelphia defeats Cincinnati. Chicago edges Los Angeles.
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Atlanta Braves
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Houston
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Los Angeles
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Astros
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Phillies
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Pete Hose
Billy Williams
Ron Santo
Adolfo Phillips
Cubs
Joe Niekro
Rocky
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